1945-09-15 — Page 1

Vol. I, No. 5.

CHINA MAIL

ESTABLISHED FOR OVER 100 YEARS Saturday, September 15th, 1945.

Price 10 cts.

COLONY TAKEN OUT OF ITS STRIDE New Currency Proclamations Discovers Chinese Unprepared

STILL USING YEN FOR MONEY: FIRST PHASES

Black

Dragon Round-Up

TOKYO, SEPT. 13. GENERAL MACARTHUR TO. DAY ORDERED THE ARREST OF THE SEVEN TOP MEN IN

THE BLACK DRAGON SO- CIETY AND DISSOLVED THE ORGANIZATION BY STERN DECREE

THE SEVEN IN- CLUDE ONE CABINET MEM-1 BER, TAKETORA OGATA.

its

The Japanese cabinet met to-day

to purge for possible action Black Dragon member while Higashikant advised

Prenler

members to examine-past-roogpdz. to see if they are satisfactory to; MacArthur.

Japanese sources said the ganization disbanded in August.

OF

Admiral Shipċtora Shimada, who directed the Pearl Harbour attack to open the war, has been apprehended by American forces.

Associated Press.

in

U.S. INVESTIGATION The House Committee on

AS

"DUTY FREE CIGARETTES

London, Sept. 13.

To prevent misunderstand- ing regarding the destination

to which duty free gift

parcels of tobacco and ciga- rettes may, atili be sent the Board of Trade has 471- nounced that the only Army Commands to which parcels

กร

now be addressed aro The South East Asia Com.

mand, OPERATIONS

A BEWILDERED HONG KONG, TAKEN COMPLETELY OUT OF ITS STRIDE YESTER DAY BY THE NEW CURRENCY PROCLAMATION, WHICH, BY BROAD INFER-

WORTHLESS ENCE, DECREED THE JAPANESE MILITARY YEN TO BE

MEANS RECOVERED LEGAL TENDER, HAD NOT, LAST EVENING, BY ANY ITS POISE, ALTHOUGH THE SITUATION HAD BEEN RENDERED SOMEWHAT EASIER

"BLACK MARKET" BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF WHEREBY DAILY NECESSARIES PASSED HANDS FOR MILITARY YEN. GOVERNMENTS PLANS TO GET LARGE AMOUNTS OF HE NEW H.K. DOLLAR CURRENCY SWIFTLY INTO CIRCULATION WERE NOT FACILITATED BY THE CHRISTENING WHICH THE WEATHER ELECTEL TO GIVE TO THE NEW CURRENCY,

TORREN- INTERFERING TIAL DOWNPOUR ALL MORNING IN A VARIETY OF WAYS. 'NOR WAS THERE MUCH INDICATION OF MARKED CO-OPERATION BY BM- PLUFERS OF LABUUR OTHER THAN GOVERNA MENT. THE AMOUNTS PAID OVER THE LOUN- TER TO PRIVATE BUSINESS DIRECTORS BY THE BANKS, WAS SMALL BY COMPARISON WITH THE AND ESSEN- SUMS HANDLED BY GOVERNMENT TIAL SERVICE HEADS.

protracted

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SHANGHAI CURRENCY SCRAMBLE

Shanghai, Sept. 13. Scenes recalling the inflation of: the German Mark in the early nineteen twenties occurred here yesterday when there was a hectic.

the Central rush to get rid of

ofcials, at Thursday night's press

Lakeet

anticipated that the for the time being pending the

There is no change in the arrangements by which parcels may still be sent to лnval personnel in shipe.-- Kouter.

Stanley Comfort

Boxes

COMFORT BOXES WERE

IS HITLER DEAD?

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE AUTHORITIES REVEALED YESTERDAY IN FRANK- FURT THAT HITLER'S FOUR PERSONAL PHYSI- CIANS, WHO ARE NOW IN AMERICAN HANDS, HAVE SWORN THAT HE WAS ALIVE, BUT IN "VERY POOR CONDITION" LATE IN APRIL

Brigadier Edwin Siber, Chief Intelligence officer of the United States forces in the European theatre, said that al- though the majority of evi- dence points to Hitler being dead military intelligence is still operating on the theory* that he is still alive until proved beyond all doubt that he is dead,

1

Other high intelligence of- ficers express their personal opinions that Hitler is dead. Doctors give lengthy testi-

of the former puppet govern-

in Nanking although it was DISTRIBUTED TO ALL mony that Hitler could not have

announced that these WOMEN IN STANLEY YES-Itved long after April. would continue to eirculate TERDAY, AND THOSE WHO The military refuses to dis- HAVE BEEN REGISTERED close the complete doctors' re- FOR THE NEXT EVACUA- port on Hitler's health; how

ALSO RECEIV-over, it is admitted that he TION SHIP ED, OTHER CLOTHING,- suffered from sinus trouble, The men and children receiv. Jamong other things-Wireless. 1 nothing, but their turn will

be

All indications were that the tately impossible, but it was quite the evident at the Bank that officials establishing process of H.K. dollar as a freely circu- there were not so ready to dispurse Reserve Bank noten issued on be

Government hall lating medium throughout the cash to clients Colony will probably

indicated might ba longer than Government anti- un-American actions has dis- cipated, while there were signs closed that it has decided on that the process may be further Bank would pay to ang client decision on the rate at which they an investigation of the Japan-

unless larger applying the sum of $200 as an will exchanged. ese Black Dragon Society with-volumes of subsidiary coinage advance without reference to the Panic-stricken shoppers, many in the United States. Mem-

ask and ten-cent notes make their state of his account in December, of them carrying their cash

1041. The Bank was not prepar-suitcases and satchels roamed ed to extend credit. There was no town yesterday buying up every- TEMPORARY PHASE question of temporary accommoda- thing they could lay their hand Meantime, the

of the {tion.

on in their eagerness to get rid of

The Comfort Boxes contain- Chinese population, having nothing! The banks will be open to-day the puppet currency.

slidea, comb, hair KURODA MYSTIFIED

opinion else to use for money, continued between 10 a.m. and noon to re- The general

of the local ed: hair Lieutenant-General Shigenori to make use of the apanese Mill-sume the issue of currency, and banks is that if losses involved in net, shampoo, mirror, lip stick, from puppet to nail file, cold cream, face pow- Kuroda, highest Japanese com-tary Yen--following a temporary large employers of labour are changing over

again urged to obtain funds, as national currency should prove too der,

Deodorant, powder puff, tooth Brugh, tooth and make great, Shanghai might suffer

paste, face of any kind virtually ceased.

Generally speaking, prices in immediate paym

payments terms of yen rose fairly sharply, ployees in LK. dollars.

KOWLOON REACTION

bers said that they would General MacArthur to send to Washington confiscated fiea of the Society.--Wireless.

appearance.

mass

come.

mander in the Philippines from phone during which transactionsvernment has don their em-crushing economic blow which towel, sun glasses, safety pins,

1943 to 1944, and No. 13 on the list of war criminals, tid United Press in his home on the outskirts of Tokyo, that he did not know why he was a cused of war crimes, but was ready to surrender.

but there were curious fluctuations

would react unfavourably

China ne a whole,-Router.

in

Commandos

in the course of the day in the Shopkeepera and hawkers

doing "unofficial exchange rate" between Kowloon yesterday were the yen and the H.K. dollar. The their utmost to pick up as much ruling rate in the

Kong cur carly

currency as possible part of Hong the day was around 1.800 to for their wares. dia-H.K.31. This dropped later to Good-quality Japanese cigarettes between Army and Y.250 and fell progressively until were being sold at que Hong Kong Nuvy on industrini strength, in

the evening optimists were dollar per packet, the shortage of out in

Japan lost because of sensione

STRANGE BELIEF

and failure to hold the Marinas quoting between Y.140 and Y.170. and the Philippines, he said, adding that he knew of no in- Behind this tendency, apparent-

cidents during his command in fostand by interested quarters the Philippines warranting in-fostered by dictment.Wireless.

Bristol Car Thrill

seven people cheated

denth

that the last has not been said,

dime and nickel pieces working to prevent a further drop of prices into cents.

any-

на

The Military Yen was still ac- oppted, the exchange being

from 240 to 400 yen to Hoog Kong dollar. and that although the Yen is no Bicyclists were asking fares of longer legal tender, some measure five Hong Kong dollars qr 200 yen

at a rate bet ter than the black market quota- for a trip from the Star Ferry

pier to Kowloon "Tong!

Peanut oil was priced at H.K.$16 the Chinese Reaction among

10 dollars. population

generally was one of per catty and pork at 1 shocked surprise and distress but

to redeem the notes at

tion is still on the cards.

beyond a mild demonstration

at

PORTER'S HEROISM

N.T.

AT

Duke Of York In Colony

H.M.S. DUKE OF YORK, ONE

on needles, pins, white and black cotton, thimble, darning wool. tapo, adhesive plaster, bandage and a pencil in a small box in- side a bigger box in which were: Johnson's Baby Powder, OF BRITAIN'S GIANT 35,000 TONS BATTLESHIPS, ENTER- wool, towel, hair brush, toilet ED HONG KONG LAST EVEN- rull, knitting needle, wool ING FLYING THE FLAG OF instructiona how to make THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF jumper and a writing pad. OF THE BRITISH PACIFIC Those hoping to leave shortly FLEET (ADMIRAL SIR BRUCE received in addition to the FRASER). above a dress, a frock, a tight way in the same ship, lying

a cardigan, cout,

same flag that Admiral Sir Bruce

Fraser-then Commander- underwear, handkerchiefs and in-Chief of the Home Fleet-sow the sinking of the Scharnhorst, pair of sandals The wool caused tremendous the lose of her last big surfaco excitement as there were vessel eliminating Germany as a multitude of shades, and as sea power. It was after this that

begon there Was no choice in the Sir Bruce

to assemble his the Pacific

icfic war. matter many were anxious to huge fleet for

Sir Bruce was at Guam, decorat exchange theirs for someone-

ing Fleet Admiral C. W. Nimitz clac's,

Commander-in- (Allied Noval Stanley also had an issue of chief in the Puoille) when news brandy!

of the Japanese surrender

Ho

TROOP TRAINS OF THE 5TH COMMANDO BRIGADE LEFT TSIMSHATSUI STA- TION FOR THE NEW TER- 10,30 A.M. RITORIES YESTERDAY MORNING IN A DOWNPOUR OF RAIN, THE PRINCIPAL DESTINA-| TION BEING, FANLING.

They detrained at this sta- tion to assume charge of the disarming of some 600 Japan- Fese soldiers, who were ineekly lined-up in an orderly file awaiting developments.

The Japanese wore entrain-}

the office of a Chinese newspaper which

carried a misleading head- line. no incident occurred.. For 15 minutes on Thursday, Confronted with an

an unpleasant nsposer, the majority of the bigger their car hung-suspended over a shops adopted the simplest courao 30-foot chaam.

and closed

their doors for the day. Between them and death was a Many restaurants and eating

FROM SAVED A SOLDIER houses began

VDY, quarter-inch thick length of wire

the Bamo the only atrand that held when though some resumed operation DEATH UNDER THE WHEELS mati Railway Station, from their car crashed through a fonce later in the day when it became ON THURSDAY BY JUMPING which point they were marched

un the road between Bristol and evident that the yen had claimed Weston Supermare.

its own short breathing-space be- disappearing from the

PRICE PROBLEM

self

PLATFORM AND to FROM THE LYING ON TOP OF HIM.

Camp.

now

Fire Fire In Orontes

pyjamas,

1

Came

throw proceeded to Tokyo to repre-

Britain at the surrender

iso n low daya-agor*

H.E. Rear-Admiral." Harcourt paid

a visit to the Duke of York

in the evening and was guest of Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser at dinner.

Hatton Garden Mystery

A MYSTERIOUS - VISIT

Shamshulpo Internment

The soldiers were first strip- A soldier on 28 days leave In the car was Charles Tuplin, fore

slipped from the platform at Hal-ped and searched for articles! LONDON, SEPT. 13.--FIRE of Hill Street, Bristol, his wife, murket.

bock station, near Leeds, as the that had been looted or for BROKE OUT ON THE DECKS her sister, her nicco and three

train come in.

nature of OF THE 1,000,000 STERLING anything in the young children.

scramble back, but The acute difficulty-one that Ho tried to

20,000 TON ORIENT LINER As the car crashed through the had been anticipated, but about porter Albert Rhodes, of Watlass escape apparatus."

IN TILBURY They carried back with ORONTES fence, a strand of wire looped it which virtually nothing could be Street, realized that he could not

around the back wheel, hold-done beyond fixing the price of escape in time, so he jumped down them to Shamshulpo a large DOCKS TO-DAY

The fire was localised after. ing the car with the other three rice to establish some sort of yard- and lay on top of the soldier to amount of luggage, wheels over the edge of the cham, stick-avone from a denso of corn, opens

The total number of Japan-five hours. The Orontes ro- A lorry-lead of

came bowilderment in the matter When the train pulled away DRE at Shamshulpo Camp is turned from Australia and the WAS MADE TO THE LON- along, and one of them, leaning of adjusting the yen prices of from the platform, Rhodes and in the vicinity of the Far East last week with troops DON DIAMOND - MARKET over the edge of the chasm, hitched commodities to the H.K. dollar the soldier scrambled up unhurt--

YESTERDAY, WHEN 7,000. mark, Exact figures and evacuees. a rope to the back axle and standard without clue to a reason-| Reuter,

were unavailable, but it is The Orontes is the second POLICE SUDDENLY AP fastened it to the naval lorry. able" "rate of exchange.”

One by one the occupants were

understood that Shamshulpo liner to be ablaze within six PEARED - AND COVERED.

AND helped out and the car was thon Many, small street dealers in

may have to hold more yot days. Last Saturday the Em-ALL APPROACHES hauled back on to the road.-sisted upon quoting in yen, for

The present internment press of Russia, Canadian EXISTS. Reuter.

scheme redorvca

Whitfield Pacific 10,000 ton liner, was They ordered a halt to all Barracks for civilian Japanese doriously damaged by fire in transactions while a check-up interncos.

the dock at Barrow. — Reuter,

Twas carried out CLOTHING FAMINE

Diamonds worth fortunes lay A further hitch occurred in get must be handed, in to the Nor The British motoring industry

London, Sept. 13, glittering on the tablea, while London, Sept. 18. ting the new money into circula wegian Legation before Octo-

haa bean able to accept the first Lord Wavell, Viceroy of India, police checked the identity A clothing famine chiefly of tion the result of some tais ber. U says a communique issued asport order which comes from loft Victoria Station for Pool pepare and other credentials of

between cotton goods faces the middle and understanding

Govern, by the bank of Portugal. The South Africa The contract is Dorset, from wherein will dy Far East Lancashire is, howment officials and the Hong Kong statement says payments th valued at 2,000,000 Pounds Stor back to India. He is expected to more than 200 persons and thon over,únabla to supply there and Shanghal Banking Corpora goods owing to shortage of labour tion. Attempts to clarly the altua, Norwegian currency will no valued at 2,000,000 pounds sterreach his destination on Saturday departed, apparently finding

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nothing wrongWireless and raw materials.-Router. tion last evening: were unfortun-longer be logal-Router.

cigarettes and the like,

because

they could not trust themselves

ANOTHER MONEY TANGLE

not to charge too

Lisbon, Sept. 13 All Nor H.K. dollars.

MISUNDERSTANDING. weglan bank notes lis Portugal

afternoon-Reuter.