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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1952..
Four Days To The Moon?
Field Marshal's Helicopter Flight
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Dr II, Grast, Astronemer Observatory, of Leyden estimates that A rocket capable of 11.2 kilometres (about seven miler) per Benand wil be necessary to overcome the earth' Fravity and make EPACO travel a possiblity,
He rald that the moon could be reached. days-Reuter,
in four
Colonial Corporation Censured
FAILURE OF A MEAT SCHEME
Belize, Mar, 16, The British Honduras Legislature has urged the Colonial Development Cor- porafton to Invest soms of the funds left from its de- funct British Honduras livestock scheme together with local funds to show what can be done about raising beef here.
unnecessary
A helicopter carrying Field Marshal Sir William Slim, Chief of Imperial General Staff, shown in flight over the parade ground at Chelsea Barracks, Lon- don, Field Marshal Slim had originally planned to fly from the Barracks to Shri- venham, Berkshire, but fog ruined the flight and he took a trip over the parade ground instead. Reuterphoto.
When Japanese Leaders Feared
Attempt On MacArthur's Life
Tokyo, Mar. 16.
even
The Legislature severely en- tiched the Corporation for abandoning, the scheme, which but been in operation since 1950.
A former Japanese Premier told today of simmering revolts and The Legislators Faid that the cheme had failed because of:
plots in Japan immediately after this country surrendered in 1945. 1-The Corporation's refusal
"A section of the Imperial were flying over Tokyo and the to take advice from the Govern- In a magazine story, Prince || ment
and Jucal stocic-ralserv, Naruhiko Higoshl-Kuni, former Bodyguard planned to occupy situation was such that choy
confine 2.The large
who became the Palace. and
the could tell what might happen. sciaries of an Japanese General
10 carry out their "At a later date, I went to sinnecessarily large number of Premier in August, 1945, for the Emperor
Yokohama to meet General highly-paid European staff and purpose of surrender and re- Bluns," Ilgushi-Kuni recalls. elaborate houses for them and signed in October,
came MacArthur. He had an office in 1943, after "Several young officers
the Customs building. I declared, the
Was their families.
the occupation began, told how to see me. They
rank
with of received
courtesy but 3-High
land-clearing costs authorities worried that General Officers obove the which could have been
re-Douglas MacArthur
would be colonel can no longer be relied when Foreign Minister Mamoru to see the Sued.
sassinated after his landing on. We, from the rank of mu- Shigemitsu___went
command General he was not jor down, will take
given 4The importation of un-
said Higashi-Kunl
in the Army. We intend to a cha suitable
chair nor did the General ex- and equipment which has been idle "Diamond," a Japanese econight a a decisive battle for the tend his hand to shake hands
that mles magazine, since its arrival.
young fatherland."
with Shigemitsu, I was told. officers large contributions Japanese 5.The
were "in- Higashi-Kuni says that, foll "I first thought I would be
in the reported to have been made to toxicated with_victory"
ing to talk them out of it, he received very, coldly but it turn the expenses of the organiza- early stages of the war but that made a series of 11 broadcasts ed out contrary to expectations. tion in London and Jamaica,
the opinion that
and prudence. The General asked why I didn't Japan would lose and early in urging caution
This dissuaded enough of the come earlier.
"My Impression of Generni. seek peace.
od In front of the Palace for
rprising," which was soldier and Higashi-Kuni,
04, re-the now
take place. as the occupa-planned signed as soon
Then
at tion was well under way: He
air base of Atsugi,! lost his princely title under oc-the naval cupation redeems and became a where the first Americans In- tended to land, and later did Buddhist monk in 1050,
Zand, Higashi-Kuni in his bylined
young plats wire The article said that soon after the threatening to fly their planes to
Singa- Japanese overwhelmed
MONEY WASTED
he vas
To prove that the scheme 14 1942 miggested that his country otheads that only a few gather MacArthur is that he is a real
feasible the Legislators urged the Colonial Development Cor- paration to reconsider the posi- tion or that some part of the balance (£375,000) already allocated to this scheme be in- vested with locat fundy to enable them to show what can be done in the matter of beef- raising.
The senior nominated member of the Legislature, Mr J. Salva- dor Espat, himself u stock- raiser, led the censure of the Corporation.
But he declared, "We deeply
Lo
Hiero Was trouble
pore on Feb. 15, 1942, "I sug-collide with and crash the in- gested several times to Premier coming planes of the occupation Tojo about opening negotia-forces," says the former Prince. "Planes of the Atsugi air base hovered in demonstrations
tioas to seek peace.
a kind person."—
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appreciate the generous efforts "Tojo appeared to some cx- almost daily over the Premior's Republic Pictures presents
residence.
We were much worried, because there were a number of special attack pilots
who wore in the force afrald of doing anything."
TICKLISH SITUATION
of the people of the United tent not necessarily opposed to Ho lacked Kingdom to assist in our eco-the idea of pruce. nomie development and the the power to control the Army, more or less pulled waste of their hard-earned He was money
has caused us much con- about by the younger officers.
"Intoxicated cern."-Reuter.
victory with gained during the early stages of the war, the younger officers boasted they were going to take Australia soon,"
LABOURER'S
RECORD
London, Mar. 10.
record
is
A weight-lifting claimed by Harold Mead. 26, a building labourer who lifted 32 tone of cement In 040 bags in tix and a half hours to feed curent mixer, breaking previous records of his own-25 and 28 tons.
B
two
Mead is 5 ft. 0 ins, tall and weighs 11 stone. His job in valves king cement bags from on a a stack, putting them bench, slitting them with knife and emptying the cement into a mixer-Reuter,
Canadian Draft
For Germany
not
Finally the Government succeeded in disbanding this force four days before General MacArthur reached Atsugi, he recollects, but:
ARGUED WITH TOJO Higashi-Kuni reintes that he
"Again we were worried lest kept arguing with Tojo (later some funatic might shoot the executed
as a war criminal), General on his way to Tokyo. that "even Kublal Khan did not We felt relieved when we were succeed in his venture to con- told of his safe arrival, because
au quer the south. How do you naval planes carrying bombs
expect Japan will be able to conquer the south? The present war situation is tantamount to a wrestler with his legs stretch- ed out too much. If the wrest- ler's legs are stretched any further, he will lose his balance and his legs are liable to come off the ring and the wrestler would lose.
"The victorious altuation to- day may last for a short while but it cannot continue for any length of time and' we aro bound to end in failure."
The same suggestion was made
10. the lato Premier Kuninki Koiso, who succeeded Higashi-Kunt reports, but The first reinforcement draft falled because. Kolso had eyen troops to join less control over the Army, than 27th Brigade in Hanover, Tojo, Germany, arrived at Liverpool As the war took the
had feared, the yesterday in the Cunard liner Higushi-Kuni Ascanio.
Prince says he refused offers They left by train for Londen to become Premier. He finally
Liverpool, Mar. 10.
of 83 Canadian
The
course
and
around August their seceded
1045,
when the Emperor, told
are continuing journey to Germany today,
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