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EFFORT TO BREAK

CHINA MAIL BALKANS IMPASSE

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Vol. I, No. 18.

Monday, October 1st, 1945.

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SEAFORTHS MOVE QUICKLY All Strategic Points In Batavia Held

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DON'T LAUGH

London, Sept. 30.

Over ten thousand couks have been trained in the Army, and it is now pro- posed to establish a schoul Aldershot where they can receive a "nishing" to fit them for the catering trades.

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A War Office spokesman said that good cooks are senrre and the army cooks have a great opportunity.

Renter,

Richelieu Hits Mine Escapes

PARIS, SEPT, 30. THE FOREIGN MINISTRY ANNOUNCED TO-DAY THAT GEN. JACQUES LECLERC WILL PROCEED FROM HIS HEADQUARTERS IN INDIA TO COMMAND FRENCH FORCES IN SAIGON, WHERE

OF THE PRESENCE HIGH FRENCH OFFICIAL IS NEEDED."

Dr. Soekarno To

Cooperate

BATAVIA, SEPT. 30.

U. S. MARINES LAND AT TIENTSIN

Tientsin, Sept. 30. The veteran American Firet Marine Division land- ed

at Taku and to-day Tientaln harbour to help Chinese nationalist AND H.M.S.

troops disarm thousands of Japa-

Associated Press.

BY DAWN TO-DAY MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND TROOPS, INCLUDING TWO BATTALIONS OF THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS, HAD OCCUPIED ALL STRATEGIC POINTS IN THE CITY OF BATAVIA. ROYAL MARINES FROM- H.M.S. SUSSEX

CUMBERLAND HAVE OCCUPIED THE DOCK ZONE AND HAVE PLACED GUARDS ON ALL CAMPS HOUS- ING ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR AND INTERNEES. Small parties of Dutch sei-wards everyone who respects their lors and soldiers have also ar- freedom."-Reuter. rived in Batavia.

The occupation

Lieut-Gen. Sir Philip Chris- was carried tison, Allied Commander in the auit smoothly, and Admiral Lord Netherlands East Indies, said Lamis Mountbatten, in a Pro-to-day he had arranged, at his clamation says: The British insistence, meeting between troops have arrived to accept the Indonesian nationalist lead- the surrender of the Japanese ers and Dutch colonial adminis- forces on behalf of the United frators who previously had re- Nations. They will protect the fused to meet them.-Associat- people, maintain law and ordered Press. until normal government is able to function again." -

More British troops are to land at Batavia, 30urabaya, and Medan in Sumatra in the next two or three days.

Snags Grow

Not Less

INTERNAL POLITICS

LEEDS, SEPT. 30.-DIFFI- The Allied commander in the CULTIES SURROUNDING THE Netherlands East Indies, Lien- ENTIRE PROBLEM OF DEMO. Sir Philip BILISATION Altenant-General

ARE GROWING

BUT LESS

MORE Christison, of SEAC, has re- "NOT

DECLARES THE Iterated that British forces will ACUTE,"

nese,

Nazis Threaten

Reprisals!

LONDON, SEPT. 30.

THE COUNCIL OF FOREIGN MINISTERS MET TWIGE

TO-DAY AND SPECULATION INCREASED AS', TO. WHETHER ITS PRINCIPALS HAD SUCCEEDED IN BREAKING THE STALEMATE-TO-FURTHER-TALKS ON THE BALKANS OR HAD DECIDED TO END THE CONFERENCE FOR THE PRESENT.

ON THE BASIS. OF A REPORT THAT THE AMERICAN

DELEGATION HAD OFFERED A PLAN TO BREAK”- THE IMPASSE, RUMOURS SPREAD THAT THE MINISTERS MIGHT CONTINUE THEIR TALKS IN- TO NEXT WEEK.

The American plan was un- derstood to propose creation of sub-committees of the Five-

Nation Council to deal with SEVERN BRIDGE

PROJECT

specific regions. This would mean that France and. Chino would be ommitted from com mittees on the Balkans, which Russia had insisted upon.

Piecing together 19 days of work, these appeared to be Con- ference results On Saturday night:

Italy The Council catablish- ed most of the framework for a peace treaty which probably of will set forth a limitation

B Italian viilltary forces and sharp

of arma- supervision ments. The greatest part of the Julfan March is expected to go to Yugoslavia, together with Zara and the islands near the Yugoslav coast.

of

The internationalisation Trieste was referred to the Council's Deputies.

Apparently an Italian repara- tion bill is to be fixed. Italy's

in

London, Setp. 30%" One of the big projecta

the reconstruction of.. England now approved, is the building of a bridge, over the Severn.

The bridge will cost £10,000,000 and will be 110 feet above high water level. -Reuter.

Far East

Commission

Agreed

LONDON, SEPT. 30,

colonial Empire in a question THE BRITISH GOVERN-

for the deputies.

FRENCH PROPOSALS Germany French

MENT HAS ACCEPTED A PROPOSAL BY THE UNIT- ED STATES FOR SETTING proposals UP A FAR EAST COMMIS- for placing the Rhineland and SION TO FORMULATE PO- the Ruhr under international LICIES FOR CARRYING control are believed

to have OUT THE JAPANESE SUR- MUNICH, SEPT. 30. been turned over to ordinary RENDER TERMS. PLACARDS THREATEN-diplomatic channels. ING REPRISALS BY FOR- MER MEMBERS OF

and

Russia

Iran-Britain THE are understood to have agreed WEHRMACHT AGAINST to withdraw their troops from GERMAN WOMEN

WHO Iran by March 2; 1946. the FRATERNISE WITH AMERI agreed date, six months after CANS WERD FOUND YES- the end of the Japanese war.

Austria The Five Powers THE CENTRE TERDAY IN

appeared hopeful of increasing OF MUNICH.

food

and other

supplies for This was the latest of several

Austria. Indications of underground ac-|

German Reparations ~The LEAD tivity in the Bavarian zone of Council agreed to speed up the General DeGaulle cabled Le have nothing to do with the in-YORKSHIRE POST."

ING CONSERVATIVE PAPER occupation. The zone is under Clero yesterday after a Mials-crnal politics of the NEOF BRITAIN'S INDUSTRIAL the jurisdiction of Gen. George work of the Beparations Com

Cabinet will congontrate on disarming NORTH IN AN EDITORIAL Patton of the Third Army. meeting the small number of the Japanese.

Incidents have been separate Allied troops in Indo-China.

The Yorkshire Post" adds that and sporadic, but some have It is pointed out that dur- The battleship Richelieu, ing the war, the Queen of the the scope of the military obliga- been reported perpetrated by

to Indo-China

Netherlands gave definite assur- tions which Britain is bound to remnants of an

in increasing.

S.S, brigade cover French landings, struckances of constitutional reform ful

in Malacca Straits in the N.E.I. and promised made particularly clear by reports which is stranded in the Alps.

from the East, In India, com-f -Associated Press. The navy said there were no minion Status.-Reuter

munal strife has unhappily once US troops made one of their

out. again broken

In Java, biggest coups to-day when 41 Japanese guerilins have still to be prominent Nazts were arrested in subdued. In Indo-China, Annamite a raid in Munich. Men and women

in antionalists are causing trouble." were included

arrests.- the -Reuter.

Reuter.

Ler

criticised

en route

a mine

at u

casualties and the ship con tinued on its course.

Some official circles express-

PAMPHLETS POSTED

of

Batavia, Sept. 30.

the Allied

The vanguard ed dissatisfaction at the beha viour of Chinese troops in occupation force immediately took their decupation zone, claiming over the Tandijongpriok Harbour prisoners-of-war

TO-DAY.

1,600 Chinese entered Laos. Arus, numerous and Japanex SIX YEARS

headquarters.

The vanguard was a party of Royal Navy men and marins. who were followed by more eZE in barges.

taking over the civil adminis-cumps in Batavia tration "whereas we have ud-

personnel ministrative

there perfectly capable of doing it."

One

said newspaper

Gen. Chiu, Allessandri still is in

TO CATCH UP

New

This

is

London, Sept. 30. exchanges and switch-

R. A. A. F. FOR JAPAN

Tokyo, Sept. 30. Some 2,000 members of the

This was

Russia and China had already agreed to the setting up of the Commission.

announced this morning by Mr. James Byrnes, U.S. Secretary of State, who added that Australia, New Zea- land, France, the Netherlands, Canada and

the Philippines become

would

be invited

to

members,

which the Soviets mission, have hinted will be moved from

Asso Moscow to Germany. ciated Press.

TO BE ABOLISHED

Domei

ita

The Commission will hold frst meeting soon, in

Washington

Mr. Bevin, the British For- eign Secretary, asked that In- dia also be invited to member- that ship. Mr. Byrnes said the United States was agree- able, but the issue would have first to be submitted to Russia and China-Associated Press.

Tokyo, Sept. 30:

quoted news agency

unnamed "authoritative Japa-MANIFEST

nese sources" to-day as saying that Japan's army and navy general staffs will be abolished.

General. MacArthur

ABSURDITY'

Bombay, Sept. 30.-The Indian

time nga dissolved the Japan Congress leader, Pandit Nehru, cse imperial headquarters.who is noted for his sympathies Associated Press,

H.M.S.

with China and his friendship for Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to day condemned as a "manifest of description absurdity," the London, Sept. 30.

Chiang 18 the Diadem rescued all Generalissimo Behind closed doors, Dr. Soekar- unable to go to indo-China "en-Ino, in conferring with his Cabinet boards are among plans for the Royal Australian Air Force are members of the crew of a Swe-Fascist leader of the East," made by Saro Chandra Boso, pite reassuring declarations by and with Indonesian leaders man- improvement of London's tele- to take part in the occupation dish steamer which struck brother of the late Indian Quisling the Chungking government.

but it will be of Japan. They will all be mine in the Skaggerak to-day leader, Subhra Chandra Bose.*** ning various public services, dis- phone system, One could ask if the policy of cussing the mode of conduct to some time before real progress volunteers and will fly in short and sank. Reuter. General Lu Han is personal, ns wards the occupation force. is possible, one is led to believe, or if it fol-

Pamphlets have been posted at lows secret directives

frum street corners of Batavia aaying out that there was six years of Chungking."Associated Press. "Indonesians will be hospitable to work to be overtaken before they could hope to get back to pre-war standards.-Reuter.

TORIES RALLY FOR THE POST-MORTEM

SAYS

A Post Office official pointed

FARRELL RELENTS

Buenos Aires, Sept. 30. Argentina's police to-day re leased most of the political pri- soners arrested in connection with the anti-Farrell demon-

strations.

Discussione aro

island hops from Labuan.

They will be equipped with Mustangs and will operate from airfields in and around Tokyo.

The officer commanding thủ unit is already in Tokyo con- ferring with American Air Force men on the tasks to be) nssigned the Australians. Reuter.

JAPS DEMOBBED

REUTER'S POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT

THAT POLITICAL FORCES ARE NOW CONVERGING ON LONDON, FOR THE FIRST REAL SESSION OF BRI

Tokyo, Sept. 30. TAIN'S NEW LABOUR-DOMINATED PARLIAMENT,

The Tokyo ́War Department MacArthur's proceeding to-day informed WHICH OPENS ON TUESDAY WEEK.

1,835,634 THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. CLEMENT ATTLEE, IS NOW in Washington between officials Headquarters that

ACCLIMATISED TO THE HIGH PRESSURE ATMOS of the State. Department and men of the Japanese home army PHERE OF THE CABINET ROOM AT NO. 10, DOWN- the American Ambassador who had been demobilised by Sep- ING STREET, AND HAS HAD NO HOLIDAY TO SUS has just returned, and the re-tember 24. Some 419,000 re- TAIN HIM IN HIS TASK OF LEADING THE GO- sult may be concerted action, maining are in the process. VERNMENT, AND OVER 400 LABOUR M.P.8.

with other American Republics, Reuter. His Conservative adversary, citizena; (3) to arrest the continu- against the Argentine. Reu the former Prime Minister, ed decline in coal production and ter, Mr. Winston Churchill, has en-secure a positive increase in out- Britain's joyed a lengthy vocation and is put, without which all reported to be brimful, of his plane for industrial rehabilitation old sparkle and fire and ready are in jeopardy.

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EX-KING LEOPOLD

Reuter.

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Truman Poses An Awkward Question

WASHINGTON,, SEPT. 29.-

PRESIDENT TRUMAN HAS REQUESTED THE BRITISI GOVERNMENT TO ADMIT DISPLACED JEWS FROM GERMANY INTO PALESTINE, THE WHITE HOUSE HAS ANNOUNCED.

THE REQUEST IS THE RESULT OF A REPORT CALL- K- EISENHOWER, TO ING ON GENERAL. "IKE" MEDY THE

SHOCKING CONDITIONS RE- PORTED. TO THE WHITE HOUSE BY THE UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE ON THE INTER-GOV. ERNMENTAL COMMITTEE ON REFUGLES..

"As matters. now stand, we, Eisenhower stating that Eisen- appear to be treating Jews as hower's policies were obviously the Nazis treated them, except not being carried out by your that we do not externináte subordinate officers. London, Sept. 30.

・・・ London, Sept. 80.

them."

7 I hope you will adopt the Président Truman Informed suggestion that a more extón- The Allied Commission for Reports that ex-King Leopold German Reparations has now of the Belgiana had gone to Gen. Eisenhower: "I am com-give plan of field visitation. by On Socialist legislation, Govern moved its permanent seat from Switzerland are shown to be municating directly with the che appropriate army group to lead his formidable 200 Opment will have to face Opposition Moncave to Berlin, writes Reu- unfounded. He is still living in British Government in an effort headquarters be instituted so position into battle.

critics, but on demobilisation Mr. Churchill will be able to give housing and coal, its own supporter's diplomatic correspondent. Salzburg, but it la believed to have the doors of Palestine that the humque, policies which his whole mind to attacking purely ters will be as sensitive to inactior This is apparent from one of that efforts are being made to opened to such of these dis- have been enunciated are not Socialist

but Mr. Attious the Conservatives.

the French references to the find him a suitable residence placed persons, as are willing to permitted to be ignored in the into Mr. Churchill miny... run will have tolles

Touble responsibilty

work of the Commission in a in Switzerland Reuter, So-

trouble. The Conservative meomrandum submitted to the of acting us cialist

including have a big post-mortem, to hold Council-of-Foreign Ministers SAIGON CURFEW. nationalisation of the

Bank of

and it is believed that the England and British coal mines pon their own eluetion

mines. At a secret randazvana, Born-

Council will assemble at once candidates will, on Fri

ACRI of

300

and at the same time untangling defeater the reasons for their in the German capital-Reuter. | administrative problems, of which day, nook domobilisation in the countless ANSOHLER at the general. "élection" | "

The throafold tank to be accom

some suggest included the

Washington, Sept. 30. plished before the end of the year election stunts that antagoniear Mr. Mackenzie King has ar is: (1) to spood demobilisation and many voters. manpower adjustment; (2) But they will spend most orrived for talks with President make rapid progress with the rotheir time preparing for the next Truman before proceeding to

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It was also stated at the White House that President Truman has writton personally Saigon, Sept. 80. to Mr. 0. R. Attlee on the The British authorities last matter, but has not yet receiv- night Issued a proclamation for ed a reply. bidding public meetings and The letter will bo mado pub- imposing a curfew.le when the answer lo forli

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feld:

"Most of the conditions. In the displaced persons camps- ́ ́ would" quiddy be remedied Af through inspection-tours they came to your attention or to the attention of your su- pervisory oflears.” General Eisenhower has been Sundjad requested to report on th e atopa At the same time, Frealdent he has taken as soon as possi-

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