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Japs. Arrest Four Chinese
Lalamuniou, June 23.
The Japanese police today apprehended four Chinese - tionals for allegedly ansaufting Japanese, in what the Kyudo News Agency aid was the first arrent of foreign nationals by the nur- Japanese police since "rétider,
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The Chinese are reported to have beaten two Japanese dance- hull employees and caused dam- age catimated at 200,000 yen in a dance hali.
arrest the Chinese since there
volved are members
of the
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1946,
Atmosphere Of Unrelieved Pessimism In Nanking
Matsuoka Very III
Tokyo, June 23.
Nanking, June 23.
The peace-seeking Committee of Three is meeting ILLICIT DRUG
in an atmosphere of unrelieved pessimism, Pessimism deepened with word from Changchun TRAFFIC
that the American branch of Executive (Truce) Headquarters was flatly refused permission to send cease-fire teams into eight Communist- held areas in Central and Northern Manchuria. Tom Masterson of the Anso-
ciated Press, in a despatch from
Changeun, sald the Commun
a request to permit
Masterson said that the Head-
The Kyodo News Kyodo said Allied authorities Agency reported tonight permitted the Japanese police to that Yosuka Matsuoka, st commander at Harbin also in a shortage of Allied police who helped to enmesh rejected anita in the area where the in-Japan in the Tripartite American observers in Commun- ridents occured. It has not been Pact and who is a de-ist areas, learned whether the Chinene in fendant in the War quarters delegation which flew Chinese military. Associated Crimes Trial, is in a cri- to Harbl
tical condition in the Communist General Lin Piao,1 Tokyo Imperial Univer-avishly banquetted. But Gen sity hospital.
eral Lin was firm in his rejec- tion of their requests and the party flew back to Changchun. General Lin was reported to have said, he would not allow cense fire teama or
observery
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NOTICE TO PRE-WAR EMPLOYEES OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT
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Kyodo aid that, in addition o tuber vonis. Matsuoka has kidney trouble; his condition has become more criticnl siner yesterday, as now his hands and feet sullering from dropsy.
Matsuoka was removist front the prisoner's box by the order East Military Tri- the Far
after his trial (with 27
The War Department has decided to make ex-gratia pay- ments to pre-war employers off War Department who were
the top Japanese)
on Friday to
Bee
Wa courteously treated and
into the territory until a settle- mout is reached in Nanking.
Conditions In Harbin Returning American officers reaching Changchun today re opened. ported that the
Russians left
in the case of! Firat he was taken to an Ameri-tarbin virtually untouched.
intered during the Japan se
vupalion, or death of such employees during
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military hospitat for ex- Ammation. Then transferred to of the Airborne Truce Head- The Americans were members internment, to their depender 5. Japanese institution.
quarters' Delegation which flow alvine. Dr. Shane Oh North on Friday to see Com 2. Cimants who have hern re-employed by the War Depart, who was removed from the munist General Lin Piao, met shall apply to the Officer box at the same time when he sit for persisteti in slapping War-time Commanding their
Premier Toin's head, is report partiendars,
ed ha lee in a “jovial meal" in er daimuts should the same hospital, where he is
the Civil Labour under mental observation. Control
Station was discussing medical problems Ten. Fire
with detor in German and Buildings, Hongkong.
English.
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Col. IC APM. Land Forces, Hangkang,
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BRITISH M.Ps ARRESTED
Singapore, June 29. Three members of the Carps of British Military Police, 'which is co-operating with the Singapore City police in the suppression of guughter crime, appeared
Court toda
in
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charged with robbing Chinese of cash and moperty valued of
of about 1.000. They are alleged to have robbed the man at the point of a pistol.
With them in the dock weer Two
Eurasian girls and a Chinch man sharged with retention of the stolen pra- perty. They were resuited until July 11--Refer
LITTE BOY WHO LIKES THE POLICE
on
Washington, June 23. General Douglas MacArthur's Colonel Crawford Same, of stair, reported today that the American occupation of both Japan and Keren han cut off 90 per cont of the world's pre-war illicit drug traffic at its source.
Colonel Same, MacArthur's chief of Public Health and Welfare, advised the War De- partment that "now there is no illegal traße in narcotics in Ja- pan,"
CHINESE COMMUNISTS
Chicago, June 23. Lord Inverohapel, British Ambasador to the United States,
muid today that "Chinese Communists are not
really Communists. Actually,
they ar
to past the ferdal supton in China"
Lord Inver'chapel orpressed "great faith in the ultimate pood sener of the Chinese.-- Associated Prana.
TREASURE HUNT ARREST
"INTERFERENCE IN CHINA"
The
'Moscow, June 23,
continued. pre- sence of American arm- ed forces and continued American aid to China were criticised by the Soviet writer Mikhail Vasilev, in the "Red Star," organ of the So- viet Defence Ministry.
Vasilev accused the Kuomin- tang troops of breaking pro- mises to stop fighting by in- stigating armed conflicts in various places.
"One of the reasons for this stimulation of civil war in China Chinese
Batavia, June 23. A long-missing witness is considered by, the He said the Americans had in the theft of the jewel and by the world to be the arm- ed aid given the Kuomintang destroyed heroin valued at over hoard estimated at be-uy the United States. In spite $1,000,000 and other stores were tween cized and are still being held. £7,500,000 was arrested Chinese on
£6,250,000 and of the insistent and rightful de-
"We have eliminated poppy
non-interference in Chinese matters, and for the ro
growing as a major agricultural today in a Batavia in-moval occupation. When we took over.ternment camp.
of American troops in there
the country, the United States were 100,000 Korean
He is Arira Nomura, 46-is giving the Kuomintang mili- farmers growing poppies for year-old former army opium and 300,000 Japanese who was director of the Japan-before.
colonal tary aid more energetically than poppy farms. Now, there are ese Java planning group which "Wint is more, the United none," he declared in his report.atole the treasure.
Associated Press..
As Many Wives As He Likes
Oakland, Calif., Juny 20. Lt. Stephen Fellows returned from an Army military Intelli-
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States Congress in now discus- Approximately £1,500,000 hsing the project of allowing the jewels, bullion, and coins have United States to give China bren recovered and the recovery milltary, nid, Before leaving of the rest is imminent, it was for Paris, James Byrnes, Unit- reported.
ed States Socretary of State, ap-
The loot was
taken from a pealed to Congress to allow the Balavin government ovnal United States to train Chinese pawnshop soon after the Japan-soldiers."--Reuter. ese occupation in 1942 More than 10 persons had been arrest
rence job in the Southern Philip.ed previously in connection with LADY PARK
bines with the title of Dats the the case, including several Bri.. Mores and a dortment entitling tlah offieris,--Associated Press. him to as many Moro wives as he could support.
They said some buildings on the outskirts of Harbin were destroyed, but otherwise, there was little evidence of war Jam- be able to gorge Linwelf
Any little boy who wants to Age. They added that there was chocolate and aweeth |ed better no evidence of large scale strip-arrange to lose himselt in the | ping.
vicinity of No. 2 Police Station. Fellows declined the wives but They also reported, that in-- If he is like one boy who did so brought back a lavish lead of gifts, habitants tok them that 80,000 | last night, he won't want to
In the military government ser- Kyodo, said that at the end of Japanese are still living
in leave to go home,
ge, Fellows had kept the Mor observalim, physi-Harbin, About 40,000 Russians the works
A Chinese doctor-the adjecie directed the
tribes from fighting each other. ejana plan to examine bis cere-
and 37 other nationalities are tive applies both to his race and
military police brospinal faid 'ond report the
city's you,no his type of moticing his wife. Troops in law enforcement.-Assa-
command in training the included in The
native reaults to the Tribunal, -· As.
and their 3-year-old boy were ciated Press. population.— Associated Press. sociated Press.
baving dinner last night in a restaurant--in Wanchal-The tood must have been especially i good, or the conversation spark- ling, because neither parent no- ticed the child leave.
Air Survey Of Sprucing Up
Rice Areas
Singapore, June 23,
The Old Town
He was picked up in the mid-i dle of busy Percival Street at
BEHEADED P.Q.W.S
U.S. Airmen Who Crashed In China
CONTESTS
The Lady Park Club Wris crowded to capacity yesterday when the charity swimming competitions and Bathing Beau- ty contesta in aid of the Royal Air Parce Denevolent Fund, and Washington, June 23.
Chinese Charities were held. of the most dificult
The committee failed badly in searches ever conducted is be the arrangements in not pro- ing made in China in an attemptviding for the large crowd which to recover the bodies of 1.000 turned up. The doors were American service-men.
One
While the Japanese A Royal Air Forces aerial sue- were here, practically no vey has revealed that approxi- mately 16,000,000 acres of irri. attention was paid to the he was given sweets to eat and on behalf of Lieutenant-Colonel f the recovery of the bodies.
re-
competitions.
epen early in the afternoon and They are mostly aviators who about 3 pm. hundreds of people bailed out or crashed during the who had purchased $5 tickets war. In addition, 500 isolated had grent difficulty in obtaining. Guam, June 20. Lieutenant-Commander Don China. The Chiese and Ameri- they could see nothing of the grave have been located in admission, and when they did 10 p.m. by a policeman who took ald Dickey, defence counsel, to- can him off to the station. There, day entered a
governments offered plea of insanity wards for information leading to
At one stage the crowd stormed everyone made a fuss of him. Kikuji Ito, one of four Japanese'
the gates and a number got in and Kated rice lands in Burm. care and maintenance of
About 15 minutes later, in accused of bayoneting and be ficulties. Colonci Charles Kear that the organisers and the police
Describing some of the dif
it was only with great difficulty French Indo-China and Java are Hong Kong's buildings, came Dad, with a photo album heading two Amerleau prison- not being enitivated, indicating with the result that one give a full description, offer a August 19, 1944.
ender one
ney, in charge of Graves Re- restored order. on Chichi dima on arm and ready to ers of war
gistrations of United States The voice of the of the first points to reward, and so on. There was: The defence testimony
Forces in China Headquarters, could not be heard above the din in the noise caused strike a person entering a terrific reunion seene in the based on an examination given reported:
which resultes present And "Roads are
the practically non-by Hong Kong is their shab- police station and the little boy Ito by a Japanese naval sur-existent, Airfields are scarce and every endeavour to obtain the re-
paid the station a.nice tribute geon. biness.
The case was then ad- not in good condition. We can Peauty contest failed.
salts of the events and Bathing when he said he didn't want to journed. Signs are evident, however,
The resumption date get into some areas only by air. His Excellency the Governor, quite strenuously.
ciated Presa.
that the crop in Burma and Java will be inore than 600.000 lous short of internal needs.
The office Lord Killearn, special Cabinet Minister for the Far East, said that Burma will be fed on her own surplus ae-
was
announcer
Savings Bank will be at the rate! cumulated during wartime, and that steps are being taken too home. In fact, he objected į has not been announced.--Aso-We have travelled to some areas accompanied by Lady Young and
of 1% per annam. Such rate of interest will be subject to be changed at the discretion of the Bank at any time on one
calendar month's notice being given by publication in one English and one Chinese news- paper in Hong Kong.
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the Burmese Government hoped give buildings a thorough wash to continue exports from the up and
fresh coats of paint. surplus. It was believed the Several of Hong Kong's leading same condition existed in Java stores, restaurants and theatres although no necurate informa are now being done up.
tion was available yet on the surplus there.
Renovation of the Govern- ment Quarters in Wourne!- The Indo-China survey show chong Road is proceeding, apace ed 7.875.000 acres of 52 per cent and indications point to the fact 8 expected that-these-premises-will-soon-be Hong Kong, 20th June, 1946, cultivated with
104,000 ton surplus from an ex- fit for habitation again. These! pected crop of nearly 2,000,000 quarters were used as godowns by the Japanese, who blocked up the window spaces with bricks and cement.
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Burma has already harvested a crop of more than 1,800.000 tons from 7,000,000 neres which is more than 500,000 tons short of domestic-needs-
The Java survey showed 80 per cent of the land planted and a 4,000,000 tom crop which is 65,000 tons short of Java re- „quiremontu.—Associated Press.
" Yearly
IMPERIALISM "
IN THE P.I.
Cabantuan, Luzon, June 23.
Tram drivers and conductora
appeared on duty yesterday wearing amart looking white uniforms, complete with silver coloured brass collar badges, marked "H.K.T."
Chinese Army Vehicle Crash
Five
were
A mimeographed leaflet sign- Chinese weapon
A
injured when
earrier colilded
Cheque For Christian Church In China.
London, June 23.
by bent and to others by pack animala,"
Buried in five cemeteries in China are. 1,924 American war den-Acsociated Press.
SHE MARRIED A "MONGOL"
Springfield, Mo., June 23. Miss Marlon Buchanan, 20,
Three thousand persons from all parts of Britain Springfield College graduate and today crowded into St Paul's Cathedral in the Taung Lo-wang, 26, Yale Uni-
Miss E. N. Young were present in the latter part of the afternoon. During the afternoon the band of the Jaipur guards played selec tjons,
Owing to the intense heat cold drinks were in great demand and the canteen was barely able to cater to the demanda.
The Bathing Beauty contes; at- tracted-about-10-entries all_GE which were Chinese.
heart of London to watch the Archbiship of versity language teacher and a Coalition Cabinet
native
Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, Primate of fused a marriage icons here of Shanghai, were re- all England, hand a cheque for £67,000 to because of Bishop T. K. Shen, the delegate of the Chris- forbidden tian Church in China.
For France
law the Missouri the marriage of white persons and Mongolians,
Paris, June 23. It was a unique ceremony, for
The couple will be marreid. President Georges Bidault an- "By the elimination of never before in the history of church,"
our today at Columbus, Kansas, and nounced today a new coalition the bishop the Church of England, has the "the
said, return here for a reception of government wherein members Japanese hoped to their friends, Primate of the whole of the land strangle
of the communist and sociallat the church дв a-The couple met at Phoenix, parties would serve beside mem- called upon the churches to aid whole, or make it submit a sister church in
to Arizona, where she was high bera of his own popular republi- a foreign their control, but the church re-school country,
interpreter with the can movement, thus ending Aisted and survived in spite of Army air forcos-Associate ance's governmental eriais. it all."-Router.
Press,
communista indicated their willingness to compromiso on the issue of trade wage domands.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ⚫ that the Ordinary
General Meeting of the Share- holders of the Corporation will he held at the lead Office of the
Almost every diocese hus con- tributed to rebuilding China's Corporation, 1 Queen's Rond Central, Hong Kong, on Friday ed Hukbalahap, urging peasants with a publie bus in Nathan Road battered churches and it was a the 12th day of July, 1916, at to retain their arms is being dis-on Saturday afternoon only colourful and impressive scene
person was detained in hospital, a 11.30 am. for the purpose of tributed in Nueva
as the richly coloured Diocesan' Eeija pro- 12-year-old boy with injuries to receiving and considering the vince where the government is
banners were carried in a state- head. report of the Directors and of currently contreing its pacifica- The military vehicle, driven byly procession through he wreat the Auditors and the Profils and tion programme in central Captain Wong Chung-san. of the Cathedral as a prelude to the Loan Account and Balance Sheet Luzan.
Chinese Fifth Army, was being presentation ceremony. The leaflet also urged oppost-driven south along Nathan Rond for the year ending 31st Decem-
425 ber, 1945, and for the election tion to the Bell Bill, describing) at 25 p.m. when it collided with of Directors and the appoint the trade rehabilitation measure the bus near the driver's compart- Both vehicles were wreck ment of Auditors.
115 "enabling American iment. perialists to control the econo-ed. with debris strewn all over the mie and milltary life of inde- rond.
The injured consisted of a Cap- pendent Philippines:
tain and Loutenant riding in The leaflet protested against the carrier and two young women the majority party's refusal to and the boy in the bus.
Tarue, Hukbalahap
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By Order of the Board.
A. MORSEN Chief Manager.
Hong Kong, 24th June, 1946. seat Lulu
23 Prées.
In his address Bishop Shen said: "Since the defeat of the Axis powers there has been dis- illusionment in China as well as elsewhore.
Readers' Letters
ex
The
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RELIEF SHIPMENTS
Washington, June 23. Director-General La Guardia of
one to shipments are
The socialists, who previously declared they would not parti- cipate in the Government unless the communists did, announced that members of their Party "National Times" Axed by Government.
Further- more, the failure of Government Associated Press.
would, serve in Bidault's Cabinet,
Sir,-Though belated, comment on the "National Times'
your to adopt stringent measures
enforco compliance with price,re- Issue will, undoubtedly, be
gulations indicates that Govern- Bupment itself is not interested in the "We hoped to have peace and ported by all responsible Journal- plenty, International
1sts for its impartiaty. Person- question of prico control after the standing and industrial recon- views expressed.
under-v. I concur with you in the necessary lists have been publish. | struction. We thought that Government's action in lifting the
The oddity ofed in the Gazette. The brazen ma
mauner in which leader und seven others VA Miss P. Fanchez. of the Royal would, give us
would give us wealth array ban less than 48 hours after mak-diferent regulations de tady nie beginning to ap
wealth and pro-ing that decisive statement in the being openly Er dcction-associated Preasr Chinengan. Haiphones Nud, sperity. Instead we got fruning Legislativo Courell clearly sug-save but Government would proad, quotan "for the Brat time
and more currency the authorities concern-
by xpfraining from time." inflation, wars, and rise of ed were ill-advised at the outset. pasuing regulations which it has Ho added that the situation at no intention of enforcing Does this moment in suffering countries. Wars.
Government
ent not appreciate the is anything but satisfactory." mentality of the people who go to La Guarilla reported that ship./
the Hong Kong public?] ments made from the
Westors Does Government not realise that hemisphere in the week endig its present milk and water policy June 17 were:-Bread Cerbals Sir, I notice from yesterday's is most harmful to the interests 103,000 metric tons; Rico-2/257; the Chinese church during the issue of your paper that Govern- of this Colony and that the laxity Edible Fats 8,418; Canned Meats -Aneity thief who snatched s war the bishop said that the ment has added a large, liss of which is being shown in zegard to 9,980; Milk 675: Coa. 83,203), and ard-bar, from Mra A. M. Quinn church was the special object of commodities to the list of Fries the enforcement of regulations is Fortliners 12,797 Amfudlatud when she was walking with her hatred and suspicion by the Ja Controlled goods. husband, in Nathan Roni, neat
It seems to me a sheer wants of Kol to make the task of. Inture. Press.
administrators extremely difficult? Carnavon, Road, found he needs Pance. Out of 13 liocua, tentims, energy, Ink and paper to. If not, it la about time that Gove Chinese police conatable dia- more-running uraciles before h were totally or partially oo publish these lata, ne it is comernment woke up and get down to covered 68 rounds of 42 Thompson voes in for this sort of thing. I cupled and anven
of the nine mon knowledge that the majority a little, serious work before it' be-uh-machine ayn ammunition yes canht and captrred by ir.bishops in the occupied areas of our civic-minded businessmen comes too late spalona Aterday noon at the back of 40 Quinn after a short," hard chase, were made prisoners.
Þay little or no regard to prices
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near Hankow Road, at. 10 o'clock yesterday morning. One of them pinned her arms behind hor back;
"The trend of world events the other snatched her
hand-bar and they both made off. Half an and our internal affalra maku hour later, a nish was arrested by many feel disappointed and Le- the Polles and is being detained wildered." on suspicion.
Referring to the position of
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