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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1947.
TANGKU Tientsin Rotary Club
Meeting
RED LANDING AT Communist Threat To Tientsin Defence Measures
In City
Nanking, June 17. Pro-Government reports said today that several thousand Communists landed at Tangku, em- barkation port of the U.S. Marines, while Pelping dispatches 'said that 300 Marines are scheduled to sail from Tangku on a United States Navy vessel on June 19,
No details are reported on the Tangku landing but dispatches said Government troops in nearby Tientsin struck eastward to check an advance on the industrial city. The Marines were said to have travelled from Tientsin to Tungku by landing ships, They avoided Travelling by the ra way which is believed to be un- der Communist attack.
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Washington, June 16, The House posed unaním. ovaly and sent to the Senate d hill to permií' Japancao and Korean brider of members of the armed forces to enter the United States sa "non-quote immigrants.
According to the bill, the Marriage must have occurred lena than 30 days after pas-
the Bage of act United
• Preka.
Story Of Torture At Tsunwan
Reinforced Nationalista cap-) tured strongholds in the north- ern sector of the Tientsin-Pu-Tales kow railway within 60 miles of Tientsin while Gen. Fu Tan-yi reinforce. sent thousands of
ments from (hahar province to man fortifications studding the newly-built moat arpund Tien- trin.
of torture, overcrowding, malnutrition and
An interesting talk on Nepal - Land of the Gurkhas-was given at
the Rotary Club yester- day by Mr. W. J. Liddle, who was a Major in the 6th Gurkha Rifles during the war.
Mr. Liddle, who was station- ed for nome time in Nepal, des- eribed his experiences while travelling about the country and also gives details About the system of government there.
Wing pointed out that although Nepal. has a King, tho virtual ruler of the country was 1's Highness the Prime Maharaja, title of the
al! Minister, who controlled
Rovern matters affecting "the ¡ment. His word was final, from
which there was no appent.
Nepal, and Mr. Liddle, was! 0110 independent country that was Rtill closed to foreigners. Special permis- was sion to visit the country
Nepal, vety sparingly given. added Mr. Liddle, was not part
lack of medical attention were related by wit-probably the nesses who testified before No. 5 War Crlines Court yesterday, when the trial of Sgt. Tsu- bota Kanji commenced.
West
asaisted 15
on
being
Government, The Nepalese concluded Mr. Liddle has ul
The Court consists of Lieut. ¡ture" by an interpreter named Col. R.C. Laming Dept. of Lan and beaten while suspend- of the British Empire but an Tientsin authorities confirm the JAG India), Harrister-at-ed In the air. Lee said that he absolutely independent kingdom.
President; and Major was also Informed by theso ed the receipt of the govern | Law.
By treaty, Britain was allow, ment enters clamping a coastal R.S. Rutterfield, Indian Grenn- people that the accused was al-ed to recruit Gurkhas for the B'ockle from Take to Shang-diers, and 4. T. Loranger, JAG, ways present at these tortures. Indian Army. The British Gov-
The next witness, Fong Chow, hal 1t believed that the Canadian Branch
ermpent maintaina 18 Lega- said that he and several others tion at Katinaudu, capital of measure is almer against ther Major M.1. Ormsby, flow of junk-borne Communist Yorkshire Regiment, is the Pro were arrested by accused
Nepal. The accuseil Aug. 11. 1948 and taken to the supplies from Dairen to Shan-secuting Officer. tung. Unnilleial sources said is represented by Mr. Yosht- suuwan Gendarmerie, Dairen is thorn in the Nazumi Tatsulchiro
For said that after tionalist side as a supply point Lieut. D.C. Banßeld as Ad-detained for some five days, he ways been a true friend of Bri- was then out and interrogated in and friendly relationa be of Communist armies. blurking vigorg Officer,
than existed for more
100 any Nanking attempt to reopen
this opening address. Major by acerred. He was given the tween the two countries Tientsin-Pukow, ral!way. Ormsby said that the accused "aeroplane
years. The sources said the Utilities was formerly a Sergeant in the Answer to the questions put to
Mr. Lidle was thanked by him by accused were not satis Rotarian P.5. Cassidy, The Bureau was notified by the Chi-imperial Japanese Army
factors. He was kept suspended meeting was presided over by nese Navy to be ready to dock ved in the Kempeitai
in the air until he became un-Vic-President Ngan Shing. Chinese warships, presumably Tsanwan Gendarmerie, including eight minesweepers.
conscious
kwan who welcathed visiting. Rotarians T.A. Zeo from
and 11.S. Meche Shanghai from Bangkok.
and
at
Major Ormsby said that wit. Tientsin Tense
nesses would testify to torture. Tientsin remains tense, insanitary conditions in the cells, Troops
patrolling the fasulelent food and lack of when re- streets on trucks and manning medical attention,
Gendarmerie. corner pilboxes for the frst quired, at this
witnesses would time since they were construct. These
also are testify that the accused look an ed last year. Labourers digging trenches south of the netive part in the interrogation city. The 10 p. curfew in and ill-treatment of persona de- effective for the third day,
tained at the Gendarmeric. | Pelping is quiet although the Evidence would also be called to Communists have disrupted the show that the accused was ably only remaining fully function-aided and whetted by a certain ing railway-the Kalgan Fine. Chinese delective called Lum Tin Communist attacks on nearly in the interrogation and tor- villages caused a 20 per cent ture of auspects.
re-
torture" when his
Poor Food
Un regaining consciousness, he found himself lying on the ground. Fong said that after a cup of tea had been poured down his throat and he had bren beaten with a wooden club, he was taken back to his cell.
accused The
present
throughout.
Was
Fong said that he was de-
have
Guess at the meeting were Messrs. M.S. Cumming, M. L. Beyin, Chas. S. Rosselet, Cecil Way and M. Moneur.
Marine
tained for three months and Court Cases
five days. He was not supplied
with any blankets and did not The altempt of Kwok Cheung. receive sufficient food while de-n Junkmaster, to take his junk tained.
out of the Colony on the night
jump in the price of rice. Gun- Major Ormsby said that testi- | Other prisoners who were of June 16 with 76 passengers:| fire was again andible in Pel-mony would also be given detained at the Gendarmerie aton board without a permit, was
garding the various methods of ping during the night.
the same time, were also sub- described by Marine Magix- torture used by the accused and|jected to torture it the hands of trate Nell Garland as a deliber- Lum and that pecused's former the interpreter Lum and recused. ate attempt at evasion, when Commanding Officer, Major As all prisoners were not re- he fined the offender $200 or six Hirao Yoshio, would say that ceiving adequate food or any weeks for carrying passengers arcused was at the Tsunwan medical attention and were un- without a permit and $250 or Gendarmerie between the releder the impression that they two months for leaving at night vant dates, that medical supplies would die,. none of them, gave without a night clearance.. were limited but that food was any thought to discussing the plentiful.
bentings received.
Contral News from Mukden said elements of the New Sixth and Army-American trained equipped-captured nine Japan- ese fighting in the Communist Third Division. The Japs snid they were concentrated for re- P.M.patriation but had been detain
ed by the Communists.
Press reports from Mukden Torture Story claim that the Government cap. Afirmations by Siu Chiu and tured the airfield on the out- Lam Shing were then produced skirts of Szupingkai in a coun-is Court and read out by Major ter-offensive which caused heavy Ormsby. In their affirmations, Communist
and Siu Chiu and Lam Shing, who casualties drove the Reds several miles are at present absent from the outside of the city, which is Colony, declared that they were 70 miles south of Changchun.-arrested by the accused in United Presa.
August, 1948, interrogated and tortured. They also deposed to tortures undergone by other
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He saw one of his cell-mates, Siu Kwal, die. Siu Kwai was sick and did not receive suffi- cient food or any medical at- tention.
Kwok said all his passengers were destitutes which he was taking out of charity back to the country, though he admitted accepting $365 from them in payment of fare. He said he was unaware that a night per- Fong said that he saw many mit was necessary for leaving
in-1 at night. other prisoners die also. cluding a young woman named Two more junkmasters were Chung Hon-ying. This young brought before the Court for women was placed in the same leaving after 7 p.m. without coll as himself at 6 p.m. and night clearance. died at midnight. She had also buen interrogated.
Hearing was adjourned till
Commando In Court
One, who was apprehended at | 7.30 p.m. at the Western har- bour limits, was cautioned, the
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At tomorrow's meeting of the prisoners detained at the Tsun Legislative Council, the Attorney-¡ Wan Gendarmerie. General will move a resolution | Lee Ming, who was then call-10 a.m. today.. that the titles of "Government | ed, said that be was arrested on
was a borderline case, it being Chemist (Monopoly) and "Assis Aug. 15, 1943 and detained at
possible the junk had just sail- tant Government Chemist (Mono- the Tsunwan Gendarmerie for
ed before the stroke of seven. poly)" be changed to "Govern- ten daya, together with six
The other offender, appre Chemint ment
(Imports and other persons.
hended at 8 p.m. At the adme Exporta Department)" - and Lee said said that he heard
spot, was fined $10 or five days”; "Assistant Government Chemist! frem Siu Chiu, Siu Kwong-wu As Victor John Brown is still One of two fishermen' who
hospital, James (Imports and Exports Depart- and Lam Sing that they had in
Andrew were in the same boat, charged: ment)."
been given the "aeroplane tor- Miller was, on the application of with using a bright light for DSI J.M. Forrcat, remanded an. fishing off Shaukiwan, picaded other week in military custody by not guilty and was discharged. AT 2,00, 5,600, Mr. W. H. Latimer at Kowloon The other who accepted respon- yesterday. Brown and Miller, ability, was fined $25 or ten 7.20, & 9.30 pm.
both of 40 Commando are days. charged with assaulting and rob- Inspector Hill prosecuted for bing Leung Kim.sheung on the the Police in all the cases. afternoon of May 22 of a watch, a pair of "Parker 61" fountain pens and $03 in cash at Austin Road near Gun Club H.
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