1945-09-19 — Page 4

THE CHINA MAIL, HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1945.

Bridge House Was Shanghai's Atrocity

Centre

SHANGHAI, SEPT. 18.

FILTH, STARVATION, TORTURE AND DEATH THESE WERE THE ELEMENTS THAT MADE THE NAME OF HRIDGE HOUSE AS TERRIFYING TO THE PEOPLE OF SHANGHAI AS WAS DACHAU ΤΟ ANTI-NAZI RUSSIANS AND GERMANS AND MAIDENE TO POLES.

Contact

With N.T.

Guerillas

CONTACT HAS

WITH

BEEN

NOW THAT THE LAST OF THE LIVING SURVIVORS OF MADE BY BRITISH OFFI-

THAT SECRET PRISON OF THE JAPANESE GEN-CERS

COMMUNIST DARMERIE HAS BEEN RELEASED, THE TRUTH OF GUERILLAS WHO HAVE THE BRUTALITY OF THE JAPANESE CAN BE BEEN OPERATING IN THE

TOLD FREELY.

NEW TERRITORIES BOR- DER ZONE.

The full truth of the fate of many individuals will probably never be known, for the Jup anese kept no record of prison- ers or of those who died while under their detention.

There is nothing fright- ening. nothing even gloomiy ΓΥ unpleasant about the ex- terior of Bridge House.

BRITISH EMBASSY

CEREMONY

TOKYO,

SEPT.

It

IN THE

looks like the comfortablo, They were of the East River modern apartment house Division, in direct touch with was in 1937 when the Japa-Yenan, and were met at a bor+ nese converted it into one of der village. The official story the most infamous prisons in recounts:- all Asia.

As we bumped into the village, the Chinese crowded the doorways It in

41 broad, expansive

at th of their houses, looking structure of light cream first British people they had acen coloured brick, itx

window for four years. When we stoppet wide and generous. There is at the end of the village street almost JA look of prosperity and the five of us

ue (3 army offi about the size of the building, cere) got out Chinese dressed in its hall, its stairways and its black pushed through the crowd drive, and one may assume that and said he would escort us to

hin officer. A bulge below such an atmosphere was inten- tional, for as a building Bridge Jackel showed that he was armed

Around lis neck ho House was inhabited by pro caluured face towel--this seemed perous Chinese families.

to be the only

only distinguishing mark of the troops. We were Jer through a

A a gate that Chinen bandelero was guard of wearing Bridge House were only a biting, into the courtyard of a low

building. KTOY

BITTER ANACHRONISM

But the pleasant exterior

and the

big.

nor

wide windows

wear

ať

werk

in

D

wore

Chairs were plac

Was

dle

D

Major-General Frank Festing (in beret) photographed with. officers and men of the Norfolk Regiment during the Burma campaign. The Colony's 8ft. 4-and-a-half in. G.O.C, was in com- mand of the famed 36th Division in Burma.

In

Thick Of Fighting

WIA

ir

Particu

existed

the 36th

TRYING EVERYTHING Smooth Going

In Japan

ONCE

American warships are 'to tow the Japanese battleship Nogato 500 miles out to sca from Tokyo. An atomic bomb will then be dropped ont the skip for experimental purposes-Router.

Australia

Will Have Her Say

THE

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LONDON, SEPT. 18. PRESS TODAY RE

TOKYO, SEPT. 18.-GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, SU- PREME ALLIED COMMANDER IN THE PACIFIC, HAS AN- NOUNCED THAT THE OCCUP-

IS PRO

PICY OR JAPAN

SO SMOOTH is not THAT ALL U.S. "CITIZEN SOLDIERS" IN THE PACIFIC CAN PROBABLY BE DEMOBI- LISED WITHIN SIX MONTHS. LEAVING THE GARRISONING

THE OF

JAPANESE HOME LAND TO 200,000 REGULAR ARMY TROOPS.

prison guards all over the "C most of the killing" said the inbegan their spectacular thrun HERES OF WORLD WAR II" ufar establishment and

were

B

UNION JACK WAS RAISEnter anachronism for the people fed on the verandah for us, and OVER THE BRITISH EMBASSY detained there. The Japanese ten was brought.

Then the officer appeared with

THE G.O.C. HONG KONG SHORTLY BEFORE NOON TO- found the rooms to big to be

sort of tortures an interpreter, whom wo

MAJOR-GENERAL F. W. FEST THE PRESENCE OF used for the DAY IN

so they musk covered later to be a graduate of ING, C.B.E. D.S.O., COMMAN THE ROYAL NAVY AND MA- they intended.

Th RINE GUARDS AND RANKING partitions of wood. Six people the Hong Kong University. DER OF THE LEGION OF BRITISH

AMERICAN were crowded AND

inly a compartofficer gave us an account of th MERIT (AMERICAN), IS ONI KNOWN OF ment-only. 12 feeled or 24 organization on and aims of his OF THE BEST Admiral Sir Bernard Rawlings, people into a space twice that Froup.

SOUTHEAST ASIA COM 'OBTAINING ARMS

MAND'S GENERALS who was British Naval Attache in

This, he said,

the only division Ir small His "there are. Tokyo in 1988, sakl

changes but it is good to be TIRRY

The filth and vermin that group of the East River Division Burma to operate as part of the and Chinese force: buck."

the Kwangtung Independen American naturally, accumulated, The ceremony ended with the

They used to cal under Generals Stillwell and Sul. changing of the

it the Kwangzung be

During the fighting Anti-Japanese tan, Marine guard matters of indifference to thGuerilla Army.

his 361

36th Britis insisted northern Burma Lieut-General Eichelberger, of the Japanese guards, and the pri

Army.

ted had Chinese division' 11.9. Army was present as well as were given seither time meant military---but not politica Division

Banks. facilities. Major-General Byers and Major-

to clean the independence,

their 48

Division operating on the General Willoughby, in

General MacArthur said that by addition rooms or themselves.

Headquarters was in direct wire larly friendly relations Admiral| of

The conditions of fith and less communication with In & representative

using the Japanese governmental Com with the 1st Chinese Army com

structure he To enforcing the sur- Halsey and the Australian

Jenan General Pan Wu-kun's 50th by General Sun Lee-cher ant neglect were not very different munist Headquarters

manded

render terms with a small frac- British fleets.

from those of other Japanese and their East River Division war and Ger

tion of a million of men and a bil- The

waved in the slight

new contact with the 4th Division which fought side by to people

lion dollars. Communist Army. They have re side with the British division for breeze as the sun came out in what Prisons. According

been released, they

ceived

General

declared MacArthur few arms from the nine months. otherwise was a dismal day. The who have

result of the northern armies-but usually they

taking part After

hat within six months, the oc- In thi FERS TO MR.

EVATT THE that ceremony was conducted complete were merely the ly inside the Embassy Compound general callousness and crimin-depend upon killing Japanese te Arakan fighting in

forces--unless some 1944, wher AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTA Cupational factors arise will stared at indifference that have been get arms.

they but the curious Japanese

AT captured the well-know! TIVE

THE FOREIGN unforeseen

200,000 from cars and street cars in the characteristic of alt Japanese "These are the people that do Maungdaw tunnels,

CONFERENCE probably number not over MINISTERS'

AS "THE front street. United Press.

BILLY mon. This size, probably, is with- R-1 in the framework of our projected prosperity Sphere," and few of terpreter, indicating twe boys across northern Burma, relieving HUGHES

will ut MomBelve the former prisoners

AUS-149 believe standing behind us. They looked the Chindits

RECALLING

THE about 12 years old; they can the time they that

TRALIAN PREMIER, HUGHES permit of the complete demobiliza- were even infiltrate into the enemy's the Japanese

fall of Rar lines relieved, after the

RETORT TO PRESIDENT tion of our citizen forces which nobly conscious that such treatment without being suspected. One of goon, in May, they had advancer WOODROW WILSON AT THE fought so long and so

them shyly lifted his jacket to more than 600 miles through som

FIRST WORLD PEACE CON- through to victory

DISARMING FIRST THE TORTURES

reveal

a large hand grenade out of the worst fighting country, ir|FERENCE.

"Once Japan

nn is disarmed Often the guards showed his belt.

The Japs

them the world. During

whol

President Wilson asked Hughes: force will be sufficiently strong to call surprise that the prisoners little devils. They also did good period the troops were supplier "Who

to do you represent?"

The generał should ask for means of eleaesenne, and in leading American

British work helsing

prisoners entirely by air.

Earlier in the

which Hughes snapped: "60,000 ensure our will." Genera

continued that Japan's future ing themselves and their ces Airmen to safety," One of the eating saw service in Franc

of Hiro- He was victorious in his initia' political and governmental struc- of Bridge found an airman who had lander and Norway and commanded th CHARLESTON, SOUTH CARO.

House were, undoubtedly, par near Kai Tak Aerodrome and led 20th

fight with the Big Five to gain ture-involving the LINA, SEPT. 18-WINDS

Independent Brigadeth OF

Australian representation in the hit as ruler of Japan-on both

and the national

International GALE FORCE WHIPPED THE of a planned programme to him to the village. He was then captors of Diego Saurez and sub Ministers' Council. BEACHES OF GEORGIA AND break down all human dignity encorted to free China.

sequently of Majunga and Tama

He followed up the advantage scale would be dreifted later upon

highest diplomatic level THE BURRI- of the individual prisoner and POLITICAL RESTRAINT CAROLINA AS

tane-in Madagascar,

by starting the day early, explor the United nations." CANE, WHICH KILLED TWO destroy his will try

CAUSED DAMAGES

very restrained in the thick of the fighting with

Agenda. They do not force

ree the people to his troops and had many narrow

This morning Mr. Evatt attend FLORIDA GATHERED FORCE mg to do anything his julle become communists, and the inter escapes. The loftiest of Lorded a meeting of the Dominions

might ask.

proter FOR A RENEWED SURGE IN.

Was genuinely shocked Louis Mountbatten's generais,

Ministers, presided over by the The tortures were applied most when I asked him if they intended is 6 feet four inches tall. He has British Foreign Secretary Bovin LAND.

Hurricane warnings

up brutally to those the Japanese sus to take the land from the indivi- a variety of walking sticks and a with whom he lunched. were between Brunswick, Georgia and pected of having either informa dual farmer and give it to the vil collection of unusual pipes. The After lunch Evatt attended

the ing

lage community. Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, Lion, money or power that

However, they 'General le married; his wife and

meeting of the

Executive

Com- as the hurricane--the worst to Japanese wanted. Victima of those print a newspaper called 'Pro-three sons live on the North Tyne mittee of the Preparatory

which

Northumberland. they distribute freely, in

His regi the United States since 1926 tortures included not only Cheese res

mission of the United Nations. atrikе

Kress*

Australian and foreign civilians, but Japanese and post up Mau Tse Tung's proment is the Rifle Brigade,

Bources

inti -raced northward,

well, and Airaily, The centre of the hurricane was as

Evatt two months clamation and instructions to the

mate that Ev could reason about 40 miles off Brunswick early before the Tokyo plea for surren- people. They maintain a school.

ably be assumed to have got the Monday and

seven Weather der

American aviators. This officer

politely refused to

his foot inside the Council Bureau Enid that it would probably The

tortures of Bridgt allow us to standard

his

Chamber door and presum- Section- which

Proceed the Japanese al Headquarters without permis skirt the Georgia coast to strike House, by

ably will make Australia's with its full fury, near there.

really hoped to secure some objec-sion from his superior officer; he

voice heard in the demando There had to get permission also to allow The Weather Burena also warn- tive, were of two kinds.

for sterner measures against Japan

GALE STILL LASHING U.S. COAST

was cruel,

*** real tortures

war,

the

dead."

AMOUNTING TO 360,000.00 Mece of abject humanity, will look uitted their In, Burma General Putting ing overy aspect of the Council's

AND

បព

were

ed that winds, probably of 50 to 60 were violent tortures by which the as to take photographs of him. miles per hour would affect the Japanese expected to achieve quick. He said he would ank, and if we

Volunteer Inquiry

h

A Com-

whole of the mid-Atlantic coast-succoss, and there were the long, camo in two or the permitted that H.K.V.D.C. persorinel whens a Pacific power in any future!

United Prras.

MALAY RUBBER INDUSTRY

the

Thos

AT

the

this

of...

General MacArthur, meanwhile, has moved Headonarters from

his Yokohama to an office in the Dailohi Mutual Insurenes Build- ing, in Tokyo." He will take up residenca in the U.S. Embassy. Wirclean.

RADIO

WEDNESDAY: 19th SEPTEMBER,

1048:

ZBW HONGKONG Brand^taking on · Frequencies of 600 Filacycles and from 33.80-1.80 p.m., G.80-7.80 p.m. and 9.00-10.00 p.m. on 0.47 Megacycles. H.K.T.-

19.80 p.m.-Band of the Doldstrom

Guards and Charles Kullim (Tenor)

He will also seck for an im daya' time. It is notified in Volunteer Orders provement in Australia's statur tortures by which the we would probably be

must

have expected to to do so. brenk down

wn their victima only

were mobilized between 7.12.41 discussions concerning the, Pac-1.00 p.m.-News & Announcements., We prepared to go.

We had and 25.12.41, who were not treated fic.-Reuter. weeks. after days or

great difficulty in persuading them as prisoners of war by the Japan WATER TORTURE Somo

to

jelgarettes-the interpreter.

strain. In the case of the avia-Forbidden to receive gifta, am by witnessCA, where

body.

Any reward.

The officer 'then atood up. -Ho occupati 2.41

Wo

INVITATION TO DINNER

him gave

any

TRIP TO MACAO

Under arrangements made by

Commander-in-Chief

on

1.10. p.m-Car Frank-Sonata la A

Major.

1.40 p.m.-Light Orchestral.

2.00 p.m-Close down...

"Die

6.80 p.m.-Selections from

Melatarainger von Nunjborg". 7,00 pm-News & Announcements. 7.10 p.m.-STUDIO ---- Hong Kong Hospitale Today (1)--A Talk by Cecil Taylor, pm Lght Orchestral Pro- Kramme with Peter Dawson and Deanna Durbin,

Prisoners were subjected accept our gifts of English ese as at the date of the Japanes

K-surrender, and who have not duress only to the

of physical plained that

hat they were strictly already done no, are to ronder undor confidential cover of the Americans, opium or gamble, and wore tors, Singapore, Sept. 17. Narayan

aimeeter's when questioned, refused.ricans.

wer, or if he said he did not kned to help the poople of the vict.|

neocasary, statomonta special correspondent,

the farmers without demand- brief outline of their Toporta

and the answers, the guard would ||ing" that rubber experts working with apply the electric plato with its

the sinco

Ja arca or the British administration

circums leaving to-day for Kuala Lumpur sensitive parts of the victim'saluted us all, then shook hands. tances under which they proceeder week's leave to members of the

the object of finding out in

to the Civillan Internment Camy R.K.V.D.C. to visit relatives it 7.20 what condition the Japanese have

a note from the The police states that until ste! Macao. has been granted. that Senior British Commando Officer time as those statements are dezvous at Volunteer Headquar8.00 Band Waggon, of the aviators said

All those proceeding will ren left, the Malayan rubber industry. One er treatment was another in Fanling, whore jeep ho ha calved and investigation made, i

will meet members of the

ters, Lower Albert Road, at 8 am Rubber Commission there, to dis-violent torture the Japanese used stopped that morning to explain will not be possible to continuo

to invite thrive.

6.20 p-mDon Cossack Cholt. cuss rehabilitation of the indus- in their effort to get information his position and

on Thursday. personnel theso ting This was try. The

All a form of torture used officer to dine with him. The note financial or Commission, consisting

1 passes will be signed by tl 9.58 pm-Mozart--Symphony. In G assistance JNE) - of experts with a wide knowledge In all Japancso priséno.

was an invitation for the guerillas

APY Information.

concerning Adjutant and should be made ou Minor, of rubber plantatioris, landed at bench, to which he was bound,

The victim was made to lo flat to dine at Fanling,

personal effects (including furn by O-Cs Cove. in the case of 8.00 pm News & Announcements, Kudla Lumpur a week ago, with his head hanging over, the

tures)

those living in and individually b 0.10 pin-STUDIO-- "Commandos" houses and proporties have made a tour of the ostend. Except for his

motor care, etc. bolonging to mer those living out,All passes to br

A Talk by Capt. Tan Carrel. Despite unofficial

bors of H.K.V.D.C. killed in acting in at Volunteer Headquartera noa might Opera nostrils, pronounce

his

ar died monta, a complete picture

BTE | Dr. as prisoners of war wilator than 10.00 hours, 19.9.46. a towel and the guard, using ʼn warned that owing to loss of keye be gratefully received at Volar

Those living in

Hond fa not available at the moment.

An accurato' assessment of the lowly down the victim's

quarters at

at 8 a.m. will be

be provide damage due to wilful destruction If the victim resisted, he would other posting boxon, except those kin may be informed

accommodation at Voluntoor 19.10-pm-LONDON KaloyHomo ward Bound" A Foature for Pris and neglect, must await the ex-beaten, and if he did not waist be at the General Post Office and Mail can now be accepted fo

resist he Kowloon Contral Post Oleo, ar Shanghaf

quarters on ·

night 19th

oners of War. parta' official findings Router. would be so bloated that the pain closed. Letters should be poster Cables for the following ar 20th. Those requiring accommodo

in the stomach was unbearable. As only

sal 10.00 pan-Olona down, at the above-mentione

Donal walling at Volunteer Headquarter fon must apply as early se a variation, In order to make offices.

or collection:Q.M.S. W Howit bld to this

Fraser, Mrs. 8. N. Vane Those who are now employed b

Printed and published. for the Moss, of the Hong Kong Fire form of torture even more

Nancy Kow, Miss Minnie Maxwel

wel. LK.V.D.C., Government or Esson-

The Newspaper, Brignile, have returned to the bearable, guard

It is hoped that the Passpor Mrs. Madar, Mrs. T. B. Low lal Services must obtain written Proprietar In charge of Colony from Australia and have operations would sometimes mix Office will be reopened in the Mrs. Lillan Shaw Mrs. E. Dud permission from their employer Enterprise, Limited by Gordon resumed their duties. They are koronono with the water before course of the next two days

nan, Mrs. Lilian Broadbridge, an ntationed for the prosent at the pouring it down the victim's nos-stated a

Tarranged at intervals of Hong Kong. Contral Fire Brigade Station.

[yesterday, trilo-United Press.

bay, Capt. Dowar,

days.

and

0

POSTAL WARNİNG.

of the whole face would be covered with Members of the pubile

and delights from the l’'sporni

stato of Malaya's main industry common kettle, would pour, water and damage all pillar boxes and teor Headquarters, so that next o cannot paradohi $10.00 9 m2 LONDON Röley--News-

Mr. WA M. Smith and Mr. G. C. Fhe patria SORE upon th

the

7

Government Officia Totters for Folix J. Lavy, H, Gub will be Reliats for mito Cado Burnett, Windsor Houng,

throo