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Vol. 1, No. 22.

CHINA MAIL

ESTABLISHED FOR OVER 100 YEARS

Friday, October 5th, 1945.

CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S

COUP AT KUNMING

THIRD DIVISION

FOR WARMER CLIME

London, Oct. 4.--The War Office announced today the impending transfer of the 3rd Division from Germany Egypt.

to

The 3rd Division is the only one which fight throughead the European camnaign, from the landing on D-Day until the surrender of the Germ(17 forcenRouter.

Three Americans Wounded

CHUNGKING, OCT, 4.

GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK WAS REPORTED TO- WAR LORD LUNG YUN OF DAY TO HAVE DIVESTED HIS TITLE IN THE YUNNAN GOVERNMENT, AND AS- SUMED CONTROL OF TIE KUNMING COMMANDER'S ARMY,

WHICH LONG HAS BEEN KNOWN AS THE BEST FCD AND BEST EQUIPPED IN SOUTHWEST CHINA TRAVELLERS REACHING CHUNGKING SAID A DIVISION OF CHANG'S TROOPS ENTERED KUNMING DURING THE JAPANESE BLOCKADE OF THE CHINA COAST. GEN. LUNG LONG HAS BEEN A THORN IN THE CEN. TRAL GOVERNMENT'S SIDE.

GURKHAS IN ACTION IN SAIGON AREA

SAIGON, OCT. 4. LEADERS HAVE MET MAJOR-GENERAL DOUGLAS GRACEY, COM- MANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ALLIED FORCES IN SOUTHERN INDO-CHINA, IN A TWO-HOUR CON- FERENCE IN SAIGON,

THE INDO-CHINA NATION ALIST

THE NATIONALIST PARTY WAS LED BY DR. CHAM NGOC THAC, REPRESENTING THE GOVERNMENT, WHO WAS ACCOMPANIED BY DR. BAC, NATIONA- LIST LEADER IN SAIGON. THESE LEADERS WERE DUE TO HOLD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES YESTERDAY.

He also was reportedly removed as director of Chiang's Kunming headquarters and vico-commander of the Supreme Headquarters of the Chinese Armies,

It is not known here whether Lung was arrested. The travel- lers sald order was being main- Lained by the new military control. American military personne. at Kunming and other Yunnan airflelds were ordered to colla- borate with the central govern- ment troops if necessary to protect American interests.

REPORTING TO PARLIAMENT.

London, Ont. 4.—It was an- nounced in Parliament to-day that Mr. Brnost Bovin, tho Foreign Minister, will make a full report to the House of Commons on Tuesday on the breakdown of the first meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, Router.

AID DROPS OUT OF THE CLOUDS

THREE OF THE CREW OF A HONG KONG-BOUND SUN DERLAND FLYING BOAT WHICH LANDED AT SAMA IN

BECAUSE OF BAL

R STEPPED OUT OF THEIR AIRCRAFT AND AL MOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER WARDS TRANSFUSION TO A SERIOUS GAVE A BLOOD

are

Price 10 cts.

ONE OF BIGGEST

BLUFFS OF WAR

LONDON, OCT. 4..

THE "DAILY EXPRESS' TO-DAY REVEALS WHAT IT RIGHTLY DESCRIBES AS "ONE OF THE BIGGEST BLUFFS OF THE WAR.”

IT WAS NOTHING LESS THAN THE OFFICIALLY AR- RANGED IMPERSONATION OF FIELD-MARSHAL SIR BERNARD MONTGOMERY.

The impersonator

was senti

on a "special mission" to the Mediterranean, including Egypt, The news of Montgomery's pre- sence in the Mediterranean theatre Was flashed to Ger- many by Nazi agenta, and Ger- many concluded that if Mont- gomery was In the Mediter- rancan, no immediate invasion | of the Continent need be fear- ed.

D-Day WEE staged while "Montgomery" was in Egypt, and it is ancient history that the Germans were taken com- pletely by surprise.

RAP.C. OFFICER

terrancan was a

to the Madi-

The man who finant in th Royal Army Pay Corps, Lieut. Clifton James, who looks exactly like Field-Marshal Montgomery,

The resemblance had been noted by British intelligence officers and they made use of it at a critica. moment of the war.

There

TRAMS

BRING RELIEF.

/

THE COLONY'S TRANS- PORT PROBLEM WAS ALLE VIATED YESTERDAY LY

ILL DUTCHMAN JUSI

WHEN THE TRAM SER- VICE FREED FROM INTERNMENT.

BETWEEN CAUSE The man was being treated by

WAY BAY AND WHITTY members of an American recovery

STREET WAS RESUMED. unit and when a call was made

The first car to be placed on for blood donors the whole R.A.F

the run. left tha Company'a Crow

of the Sunderland volun

sheds shortly after 8 p.m. and teered. Three of them gave transfusion.

not many minutes after, the U.S. ORDER

The

ta stil

vehicle was packed with pas Maj. Gen. H. S. Aurand, com- vory

ry Patient, however,

when the flying bon

sengers, as was the case with mander of United States service proceeded to Hong Kong the

ere were certain dificulties to at Kooming, was next day it brought an 3.0.3. 10

be overcome, such as voice, ges all cars that were subsequent supply units

turg and Montgomery's distinctively put into service. reported to have forbidden Ameri- blood plasma and an oxygen manner of salute, but not the li can troops or Stilwell road con-musk equipment.

the resumption of the slightest risk of detection could be tram service, cyclists, and trie voys to enter the city.

The plasma and oxygen equip.run-and Lieut.

James: WRA careful. ment

being flown to Samu atly practised for weeks before these shawa, provided the only means

cyclists, who, apart, from, rick once in a Catalina flying boat. The meeting with Major-fifty Nationaliste were killed

in the secret were entiafled. The Sun fiying boat! General

of public transport, felt a audr Gracey followed thef and a large quantity of guna provincials, with barricades being and a crew of six left Hong Kong ty as he was an actor before the

ACTOR BEFORE WAR piloted by

Officer, George James tackled. the Yob request that Dr. Thac bu grant- and ammunition was captured.used.

more ensi den drop, in business. cd an interview with the Allied On the same night the Nation- Lu

war. Incidentally, ho bad to be Commander. Under the Alliedalists attacked Saigon's power-ars, commander of Chiang's this morning with Rear Admira

arca forces, now im. S. Daniel, who until recently provided with a false finger, for Commander's orders, he and his house with machine-guns and Indo-China accepting the Japanese had his flag in ELM.S. Anson and he lost

the top of during thi Com ander sorted by Japan hand grenades, but they were surrender, is Lung's sucecasor commanded the first battle, squats auto training 11

Gen. LI Chung Buang has assum-dron of the Britian Pacific Fleet

When

all wan set. Field- ed administration until Lu arrives. "Rear Admiral Daniel la returning Marshal

Associated Press.

Montgomery was to the United Kingdom.

seen, off in Loadou by all the highest officers of the Imperial General Staff and was accom- panied by an imposing suite. In the Mediterranean theatre, be drove through streets of cheer The motor-bus service being people, and carried on fast as tween

Blake Pier and Happy the Field-Marshal's status on

would be expected of an offfeur of Valley will now be available important mission all of every fifteen minutes, instead the Germans noted, to their ex- which of every half-hour.

treme discomfiture.---Reuter.

driven off.

Gurkha

Sporadic fighting with simall artn's was reported between the government troops and the Yunnan

THREE AMERICANS

WOUNDED

Later

ene to the meeting place

Saigon is now comparatively

and Dogra troops, quiet. On the Northern out who made a clearing sweep skirts, however,

the Saigon perimeter the Japancae around fought their toughest battle yet which takes in most of the with the nationalists, when a city, encountered Afty An- large party of Annamites at-nuraltes on Monday, killing the Kunming area, three tempted to break through picker | twenty or so. linee guarding the approaches to the river on Sunday.

50 KILLED

Japanese reinforcements were called out and the Nationalists were forced to retire. At least

1.390 DIED IN JAPAN

In clashes which occurred in

Americans were wounded. AL

DARTMOOR CONDEMNED

A spokesman at Allied Head: now quiet, according to the quarters yesterday said:

"We latest reports. Reuter. have good information that the local Annamites, who a week ago were full of fight, are now showing a marked disinclination to 'play ball' with the stronger Annamite forces outside the city.

"However, the An- namites are still full of vigour and are reported to be boasting that they control' Saigon. CASUALTY TÖLL

London, Oct. 4.—The report of a committee appointed to Dartmoor dea- report upon cribes the prison as "unsuit- able a pince as it is impossible to imagine.

The Committee recommends the closing of Dartmoor and "The total casualties in the suggests the use of one of the TOKYO, OCT. 4.

month-old disturbances

military camps numerous were ALL 30,805 OF THE KNOWN

which will no longer be re- An- as 259 ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR yesterday given

quired by the War Office.- AND CIVILIAN INTERNEES

numites killed and 200 wound-

Reuter. IN JAPAN AND KOREA CAMPS ed, 29 French civilians killed HAVE BEEN EVACUATED and 229 French civilians kid- AND ARE ENROUTE HOME | napped, of which 102 were re- VIA THE MANILA CLEARING leased. STATION.

The adjutant general's office Listed 1,390 others as dead and 212 as unaccounted for and possibly stragglera.

The evacuated included. 10,099 Americans, 057 Canadians, 9,370 British; 2,109 Australiana; 581 Dutch.

dead include The Americans.-Associated Press.

Kodama's

648

Job In Tokyo:

TOKYO, OCT. 4. AMERICAN OCCUPATION

OFFICIALS

ANNOUNCED

TO-DAY THAT GENERAL MACARTHUR > HAD...WAP-

"Of

the Allied

wounded, while

RUMOUR DENIED

Washington, Oct. 4. forces In-

President Truman to-day denied dians, Americans and French- rumour that Britain, replying to nine were killed and thirteen the suggestion of increased immi- five Gurkhas ration for Jews into Palestine, are reported missing. A num- had demanded equal responsibility ber of French women are also of the United States for Palestine: reported missing. Seven_bodies have been recovered by the

Kuala Lumpur, Oct.. 4. French Authorities, but they The Allied High Command has were so mutilated that they ordered the arrest of all, Japanese could not be recognised-Reu- military police throughout Malaya.

-Reutor.

Ler.

Reuter.

Nazi Archives Reveal Poison Plan

BERLIN, OCT. 4.

PROVED. THE APPOINT- A SECRET NAZI PAPER HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN

MENT OF KENJI KODAMA, AS PRESIDENT OF THE JA- PANESE CENTRAL LIAISON OFFICE THE ORGANISA- IT TION WHICH ́ ́RECEIVES: THE ALLIED · COMMAN- DER'S ORDERS.

2

-GERMAN ARCHIVES SHOWING THAT THE NAZIS WERE PLANNING A PRISON CAMPAIGN AGINST THE ALLIED INVASION, FORCES.

DID NOT MATERIALISE BECAUSE THE SUDDEN BREAKTHROUGH ON THE WESTERN FRONT OVER TOOK THE GERMAN PLANS,

The newspaper "Asahl" re- The paper shows that discus. As a matter of fact, two or

MORE BUSES

SIXTH AIRBORNE DIVISION AT HAIFA

LONDON, OCT. 3.

THE ARRIVAL AT HAIFA TO-DAY OF UNITS OF THE FAMOUS BRITISH SIXTH AIR-BORNE DIVISION COIN- CIDED WITH REPORTS FROM PALESTINE, INDICAT- ING THAT THE TENSION IN HAIFA AND TELAVIV IS EASING.

AT THE SAME TIME CAME A MESSAGE FROM WASHING- TON THAT UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE, MR. JAMES BYRNES, WILL DISCUSS THE WHOLE PALESTINE QUESTION WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN SHORTLY AFTER MR. BYRNES ARRIVAL FROM LON-

DON.

-,

returned to

防

It was announced a few days. ago that the service might end daily after 7:30 pm, but so satisfactory was the output of still on the run- hours later,

UPLIFT

It was indicated: last night that if the tests, of the biggest North Point routine are equally successful, lifts will be running again in the, Colony later to-day

10 YEARS

FOR U.S. SERGEANTS

"

Tokyo, Oct. 4. Prisva_terms of 10 years' hard Jabour have been given three American sergeants after, their conviction at court martial pros ceedings of the shooting to death of

Katsu aaako shop, owner, Tanaka, and his 16-year-old, go after drinking-bout in Tanaka'a:4 shop од September 10.

The three were Sherman, Huff- man, John Nimita and Boy,... O'Roark.

After the shootings, they bor mandeered a train and forced. Maks driver to return them to their Yokohama command post.—ås sociated Press.

No announcement, may be. ex-Įwould take the reply and fun IT PAYS TO

Washington. The contents of the ADVERTISE telegram, which arrived yesterday, have not been disclosed and al indications are that the whol mattor will rest, unili Mr. Byrnes conference with President Truman.

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pected from the White House till details when bo ihen.

The air-borne troops, who dis onbarked with full equipment, are going to barracks "somewhere in Palestino."

The inhabitants of Haifa and Telaviv became panicky - because af

of impending dia- erders,urs

spread by ngitatora: people had started a general сходия

they are return- MEATTLE'S REPLY The White House Presidential Pross

Secretary to-day confirmed the report that the message from the British Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attles, regarding the question, has reached lunged to discuss the

A epite of persistent

In times such as these thore are numerous things one ro quires, and is unable to secure in the shops. They are perhogin: not just what is roanted, of, thour; are cold out, or they aro tog, ca pensive. A classified advertise::, ment is the way to reach eVERTE A one. The shopkeeper. “will answer the advertisement and so will the ordinary) vílizon). For $2.00 you will prabably beli "lig kable to get what you are looki A CHINESE WOMAN ON ing for Telephone, 32312 and WHOSE PREMISES A place. FORMOSAN. GUARD WAB advertisement.. ARRESTED BY. SERGT.

WOMAN

TO BE CHARGED

A SALTER, OF: MONGKOK

your own individual

cannot say POLICE STATION, ON TUES COURTESY The whole DAY IS TO BE BROUGHT DUARGA Bago pa malt, m

and] BEFORE, THE MAGISTRATE

IN KOWLOON: TO-MORROW,

reliably In

ported on October 1 that the cussios centred around: déve-threo Allled soldiers weromys that President/Crus

....

Haffey Ocfr dpkins Tho. Britlahierülhet. “Birlus, 200 flagship of the Levant and Eastwa Mediterrancan Fleet, arrived here.

ms.commpanied by the destroyer, two-day courtony":

oponing the Harbouring the Formosan, Wilo yesterday after w/don- PRIRE

about it. undori in a diplomatic.

It was learned

She will be charged with roquest for of Falosting to Jows in had been at large for nearly a cloing anges of the operations, Germany was cazzied to London month since all, Formosans and it is supposed that poisons by Mr Jamas Byrnes, United were ordered to report for in

State were actually in use but the Staten Bec tary

and ternment. speed, of, the, advance upset all delivered on Heptember 14.

NOT DISCLOSED German calculations about On September: 10 Bit Atlee where-to-distribute their "sur sent a message to Preslicht Tru priso packets. Router

| man, slating" that Mr. Byrnes

would be appointed. He form-lopment of a drug, which would erly headed the Central China cause death, but not for some teriously poloned during the Development company and the hours after it had been admin- Yokohama Speale bank, both fatered. closed by MacArthur's orders.

Officials anid: "Wo looked him over and found nothing in his record, to prevent his holding} thla job.”—Associated Press.

The scientists brought into the discuation wero also asked to produce out- eide tableks for Germano to uso da a last resort.

The guard himself/ház boch

uonti to Whitfield: Barracks. It was held that no charge against him could be supported.

Chungking, Oct. 4. Kwongchowwan, bas now been relieved from Japannes control. The garrison of 2,800 men hap been disarmed and did men sent tall? concentration eamps-Router.