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SAIGON BATTLE MENACE

Japanese Leading Annamite

Negotiations

Still Continue

LONDON, OCT. 7.

OF THE LONDON THE SAIGON CORRESPON DENT

NEWSPAPER "NEWS OF THE WORLD" TO-DAY CA- BLES: "MORE THAN FIFTEEN THOUSAND ANNA. MITES, WITH THEIR JAPANESE LEADERS, ARE WAITING OUTSIDE THUS CITY IN AN ENDLESS MONSOON DOWN-POUR."

'ON THIS SIDE OF THE NO-MAN'S

RIVER WHICH SKIRTS THE CITY, OUR TROOPS REMAIN IN THEIR

THE CITY POSITIONS. WITHIN DEFENSIVE

OF THE ANNAMITE THREE REPRESENTATIVES

WAITING, UN- EXTREMIST ORGANISATION ARE

TO DER A BRITISH SELF-CONDUCT GUARANTEE, MEET THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES FOR FURTHER DISCUSSIONS.”

gether

mare

many

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"Those will decide whether) alone in beneiged Saigon and they bringing Beld artillery and the Annamite armed force, tare

thousand armoured cars. with

Major-General Grneey. Britis partially unarmed

Military Commander and hend a armed followers, is to atlem

Allies Control Commisalon i the to ut

reply to his repiest for awaiting a to carry it threat lack Saigon and wipe out its permission to use R.A.F. Spitfires European population of twenty against the Annamites theneand

Within the city, Marshal Count Terauchi, aged Заравене Com- mander-in-Chief in the Southern regions, sita with bowed heud In the house he was ordered by the British to occupy following prouf of Japanese participation in An namite uprisings.

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In flowery language and with many bows, he repeatedly serts that the men of his army now leading the Annamites are "deserters" and traitors in the lunger to Emperor. and are no be considered as Janarese

TRUCE FOR TALKS Since the truce for discussion began last Tuesday, British and French ships have arrived with supplies and reinforcements. Soon there will be well over twenty- thousand British and Indian troops

CLASHES

IN JAVA

BATAVIA, OCT. 7. THE SITUATION IN JAVA TOOK A GRAVE TURN TO- CLASHES IN DAY WITH BATAVIA AND SOURABAYA BETWEEN NATIONALISTS. AND

PRO-DUTCH ANTI-NATIONALISTS.

AND

In Batavia, six persona were killed in clashes between Japan- I ese and Indonesians engaged in looting which has been go

on for the past three days, i ports from Sourabaya are st confused.

***

I spite

of the continued trene nervousness of the French population in Saigon, it is believed that by agreeing to a truce or Teday last the Annan.ites have lost their Inst hope of angeredline in un attack on the elty."-- Reuter.

CITY BLOCKADED

Salgon, Oct. 7.

The Australian Red Cross has undertaken the task of feeding the French population of Saigon The food situation is acute, na th Annamites have blockaded the elt and are preventing supplies fresh food from entering Routes

"Army" Gigantic Present

NAGASAKI MYTH

Tokyo, Oct. 7.

A recurrent stury of dangerous radioactivity lingering in atomic-bombed Nagasaki is a myth, said Col. Stafford L.

Warren, who returned from a 10- day study there. He sald radio activity in Nagasaki is below the United States average And only one- thousandths of what 21 luminous watch dial yields. -Associated Press.

Britain's Food Shortage

TURE,

LONDON, OCT. 7. MR. BEN WILLIAMS, THE

OF AGRICUL MINISTER

DECLARED. TO-DAY THAT THE FOOD SITUA TION IN THE BRITISH ISLES IS AS SERIOUS AS AT ANY TIME

WAR DURING THE PERIOD.

He urged that the war-time allotment schemes should bu

wherever possible continued

individual food ecoming that production was

геді the only answer to the problem.

Meanwhile, as a result of the Liverpool dock atrike, cargoes of butter, bacon and eggs stil

e to be put ashore.-Reuter.

AMERICA TO OUST SHINTOISM IN

JAPAN

WASHINGTON, OCT. 7.

To Britain

LONDON, OCT. PRESIDENT TRUMAN IS CONSIDERING A PLAN TO TRANSFER TO THE PEOPLE OF BRITAIN OVER 200 MIL- LION POUNDS WORTH OF FOOD AND CLOTHING. FREE OF CHARGE, TO HELP THEM THROUGH THE COM- NG WINTER, REPORTS THE "DAILY MAIL" NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT.

LONDON, OCT. 1.

THE DELAY BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN IS- SUING A STATEMENT IN RESPECT TO WAR DAM-

AGE COMPENSATION FOR COMMERCIAL PROPER BRITISH DESTROYER

TIES DESTROYED OR DAMAGED IN BURMA DUR-

ING THE JAPANESE WAR IS CAUSING CONCERN EXPLOSION

IN TRADING CIRCLES IN LONDON WITH BURMESE INTERESTS.

PLANS FOR TRADE REVIVAL NOT ONLY IN BURMA, AND PARTICULARLY - RANGOON, BUT ALSO PLANŠ FOR THE RESUMPTION OF TRADE WITH BURMA BY BRITISH AND INDIAN FIRMS ARE BEING HELD UP BY LACK OF INFORMATION AS TO THE SCOPE OF GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE. Informed circles in with the Burma Ofee said to- day that the question is one of common interest in Burma, throughout Malaya and all Bri- Ligh

by possessions overrun Axis powers."

tonch

Wives May

Come Out

THE QUESTION IS

LONDON, OCT. 7. STILL UNDER CON

THE WAR OFFICE HAS SIDERATION BY THE

ANNOUNCED THAT AR. TREASURY AND AN AN

RANGEMENTS ARE BEING NOUNCEMENT MAY SOON MADE IN CERTAIN CONDI- TIONS FOR WIVES TO JOIN THEIR HUSBANDS OVER SEAS

BE FORTHCOMING. Meanwhile a pamphlet written by J. K. Michie, one of the fore- most authorities on Burmese busi. neas affairs, and the recent letter

Michio to Tomes in which "consmerce and industry still await a positive declaration of policy" show the general con

concern felt a to Rangoon's futuro.

The privilege can be exercis- salted only to a limited extent in to ship. the beginning owing ping shortages, and it will be confined to officers and other ranks of the regular army and those whose terms of service entail at least a further two years' service overseas.

COMPENSATION DEMAND

อ

Special compassionate rasee will, of course, be entertained

-Reuter.

This concern is shared by number of other leading personall ties in Anglo-Burmese affairs why

that

business firms ir Burma, especially the smaller ones. cannot expect financial assistanc

to help their from their banks recovery, nor are they prepared to part she played in winning the ther capital until they receive com

official nasurance that they wil receive nome compensation from their wat Government towards loesca.

It proposes to give Britain that amount of left over lcase- end supplies as n gesture of goodwill and gratitude for the call of their stock holders for fur WORLD

War.

Together with Lie gigantic present, designed

rally United Kingdom

to

economy,

would

several

hundred

worth of

United

come

CTOTCH

States

army surpluses now stored in the British Isles. No final decision has yet been minde on this twin programme but President Truman is press- ing for swift action, says the correspondent.

been The plan has already windled and welcomed by Lord Halifax, the British Ambassador to Washington.-Reuter.

Nazi Note Forgery

The damage Inflicted on Burm is infinitely greater than that suf fered by Malaya. The chief indus tries of Malaya, rubber and tin can be resuscitated comparativel» enally. and these industries also possessed of great capital and

reserves.

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SECURITY

LONDON, OCT. 1. THE DATE OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE CONSTI- TUENT ASSEMBLY OF THE NEW UNITED NATIONS SECURITY ORGANISATION WAS DEBATED FOR THREE HOURS TO-DAY.

Prof. Webster (Britain) urged

that the proparatory meetlug might continue for three weeks, and suggested that the constituen usaembly meeting bo postponed till January

·

London, Oct; 7.-

A stoker. 10as killed to- day in an explosion aboard the destroyer-H.M.S Zodiac: in Portsmouth har. bour. Fourteen other mem- bora of the crew were in jured,

The explosion occurred when the stoker, opened the door of d | refrigerator. He was killed instantly and OVERY 72072 -nearly was severely burned-Router.

EUROPEANS

CRITICALLY

INJURED

AS THE RESULT OF A MOTORCYCLE SMASH ON PRINCE EDWARD ROAD YESTERDAY

JACK PEMPSEY, OF THE

H.K. POLICE, AND ROBERT SHEEHAN, OF

TAIKOO DOCKS

were seriously injured and are lying in the Royal Air Force Hospital, Kowloon. formerly the Central British School, in a critical condition.

The accident occurred about noon.

the

at

Police Sergt. Dempsey was riding

motorcycle, with Sheehan as a pillion passenger, They came into collision with an Army lorry, In circum- stances not yet ascertainable.

Up to 9.80 p.m., neither man 'had recovered consciousness, and enquiries at the luapital "Both are

Mr. Steltinius, the American elicited the reply: leader, declared that the Worldangerously ill." Security Orzanisation must com into existence at the carliest pos-

sible moment.

ter.

Reu-

It is understood that Demp- sey, who is a man of magalā- cent physique, was expecting to be repatriated by the next slip Both he leaving the Colony. and Sheehan were at Stanley Internment Camp.

Japanese In Tientsin Resentful

UTTERLY DESTROYED In Burma the destruction in many cases was no complete the certain businesses, especially th smaller ones along with their capl tal and assets, were utterly deg

Burma

absolutely troyed. anprepared militarily and econo mically, to

meet any foreign inva sion. Only a small commodity

"We must keep our eye on-OUT Acheme

tarret, for all the small nations of and this did not cover the in forage insurance

the world are waiting for the new of Joss

abandoned-good Organisation to function." goods which had not been destroyed ir the fighting or could not be dea troyed or removed by their owners.

No other form of war Insuranc BERLIN, OCT. 7.

existed to

to cover

the damage don THE BRITISH INVESTIGA. by military policy nor the very TING

caused AUTHORITIES HAYL extensive destruction HANDED TO THE AMERICAN the recent campaign that ended WAR CRIMES COMMISSION with the recapture of Rangoon,

NAZI EVIDENCE OF

FOR- JOHN CARTER VINCENT, STATE DEPARTMENT CHIEF GERIES OF

Beyond the setting up of fores BRITISH AND try and agriculture commissions OF FAR EASTERN AFFAIRS, ANNOUNCED TO-DAY

AMERICAN BANKNOTES. it believed that no official surve THAT THE UNITED STATES HAD DECIDED ΤΟ It is revealed that in 1942, th

assessment of

commercia ABOLISH SHIINTOISM AS JAPAN'S STATE RE-It in,

S.S. called

for volunteers in th damage has as yet been attempted concentration

TRADE HOLD-UP who camps HE SAID IT WOULD NOT AFFECT SHINTOISM "INSO- | printers and engravers.

The volume of trade now being

Rice, PAR IT IS THE RELIGION OF INDIVIDUAL JA

held up was Those chosen were segregated in

large. very PANESE," BUT IT WILL LOSE GOVERNMENT SUP prens in Western Germany where patroleum, minerals and teak wer

word esta-exported on a large scale before PORT, SPECIAL TAXES, ITS PLACE IN JAPANESE four printing plants SCHOOLS AND ITS OFFICIAL ENFORCEMENT blished each capable of printing the war and very extensive mar 1.500 forged notes. an hour-keta, particularly for British and UPON THE PEOPLE.

Reuter.

Indian goods will be available ar Vincent said there were no

soon as normal commerce can be resunied. A number of business straight relations between the

men from Burma have como tc Tate 17, prtment and General

Britain Bince the liberation to IleArthur.

plend for a quicker trade recovery With the end of the monsoon this month, repairs to dama transportation and communications will go ahead rapidly, opening a the flow of trade to Rangoon whic” business firmis feel they plan for until the Governmen policy on compensation is on-

in

the

LIGION,

Pad 1Arthur welcomed isers and more

is

" to him. He sald en of Japan would until the country demobilized end demilitarize and "well along the path of liberal reform."

The Allied Authoritien Batavia

to-day reminded Co- lonel Niame, Japancke liason officer at Allied Headquarters, that they were still responsible for the maintenance of law and

Capt. R. L. Dennlaon, Navy order in the areas not yet oc- member of the government's cupied by allled forces-Router. policy-making committee, said the navy "will have to exercise potential control over Japan' ↓ ong after removal of troops indicating plans for the tinuance of blockade controls. --ABBociated Press.

Why Coal Is Short

London, Oct. 7.

The Minister of Mines, Mr.

con

Washington, Oct. 7. Japan's traditional institution

B. Shinwell, aaid in Durbar dated

were

20,000-WORD INDICTMENT

OF GOERING & CO.

BERLIN, OCT. 7.

THE LAST PREPARATIONS HAVE NOW BEEN MADE FOR THE TRIAL AT NUREMBURG OF GOERING, HESS. RIBBENTROP AND 21 OTHER HIGH NAZI LEADERS FOR WAR CRIMES.

THE CHIEF BRITISH DELEGATE ON THE WAR CRIMES COMMISSION, COL. SHAWCROSS SAID THAT THE INDICTMENT HAD BEEN DRAWN UP BY REPRE- SENTATIVES OF BRITAIN. THE UNITED STATES, RUSSIA, FRANCE AND HOLLAND.

It represented a document of Rudolf Heas will be served in Eng- 20.000 words, covering fou land. Heas is at present held in a prison in Wales, awaiting the foolscap pages of closely prin ed manuscript.

order for his transport to Nurem burg by plane.

The Indictment will be presented

te

modified, her secret police linui Court early this week and copie of Emperor is to be radically to the members of the Nurembur

and the large "family"

will be served on each of the to-day that the main reason for industrial combines broken up accused. the decline in coal production | Mr. John Carter Vincent, un

The copy, to be delivered. was that 18,000 men less were official of the United States Stat-

in employed in the industry this Department sald last night,

broadcast explaining the United year than last,

for Japan "We have every reason to be

the new Cabinet will that

There had been no reduction In the output per man.

He said that the Government wanted more men, but those coming out of the Services were not ready yet to go back to the coal industry--Router.

Washington Talks

States occupation policy Token Strike

lleve

be an improvement on the Inst ono, but if any Japanese officia is found to unfit for office, he wil go out" Mr. Vincent added.— Router.

SECRET WEAPONS.

TOKYO, OCT. 7.'. JAPAN APPEARS TO BE HAVE TRYING TO DEVELOP A SECRET WEAPON,

An apparatus found in Japan and tested by investientors B ceeded in killing a rabbit at 30 yards.

Planned

LONDON,-OCT-7.-

APPROXIMATELY 100,000 MEN ENGAGED ON BOM REPAIR WORK IN LONDON ARE PROPOSING TO STAGE ONE-HOUR TOKEN STRIKE TO-MORROW.

The project in Intended as demonstration arafast the shar reduction in their pay as a resul of the decision to reduce their hours of work from 64 to 44 hour a week,

Washington, Oct. 7. The British reply to the latest American proposals is expected to bo firat that offer of financial afð In greatly appreciated and highly effabios socondly, that dissolution of the Empire pool cannot be dis-

The men aro to send a depute tion to Mr. Anenrin Bevan to dis cussed without comparable Ameri- can concessions in the way of man exposed to the "ravaques the situation. They point ou exchange und subsidien and (hird for an hour, complained of dizzi- that the majority of them war the future of Empire Proferness and fatiguo lasting for 24 brought into London from othe once and the sterling bloc will not hours.

An American secret weapon be decided only by Britain but

must be reduced--if at all--by which was actually used and ne Joint discussion

It is possible but romawhat im conto for more than a million tons of Japanese alipoing, was an grobable that this ime Govern-electric torpedo, which had the ent will agree to wake un offer ndvantare of loaving no trafi I-

parts of the country,

Now they are no longer normit ted to work overtime they canno any longer afford to keep tw hothes going.

They are asking for wndes a the rate of Bi- a hour in the oven

in the British promis to consul. the water and exposing the post of the 44-hour schedule being in the Dominion Banteremption of the submarino-fleutersisted upon-Router.

Martin Boormann, who R11

ceeded Iless as the Fuehrer's

Deputy, le not yet in captivity

but it is likely that he will

tried in his absence.

or

canno

are not standing idle, for example the British shipping com. panies are going ahead with con without Government assistance or struction and contract plans, b a larger scale than has so far bee proposed, though it may be lon before the pre-war volume of trad and standard of living is ro catablished.--Reuter."

Next Repat Ship

TIENTSIN, OCT. 7 MAJ. GEN. KELLER ROCKEY, COMMANDER OF THE THIRD AMPHIBIOUS MARINES, YESTERDAY ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF 18.000 JAPANESE TROOPS IN NORTH CHINA FOR GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK. THE CHINESE POPULACE CHEERED AS A MARINE BAND PLAYED THE CHINESE AND AMERICAN ANTHEMS AS LIEUT. GEN. UCHIGC AND MAJ. GEN. OMATO FORMALLY SURRENDERED. IT WAS THE FIRST CAPITULATION OF JAPANESE TROOPS IN THE TIEN- TSIN-PEIPING AREA, WHERE THEY HAVE 50,000 TROOPS.

The Japanese, feeling they were undefeated in battle, were resent ful at being compelled to walk half a block to surrender At table in front of the French municipal building, where they laid their words on the green cloth.

Before the surrender, the Japanese naval attache in Tiantain, Captain Taijo, committed suicide. Chinese

applauded

the

Japanhe officers plainly showed walked to the surrender

Bite,

their humiliation.

The

their

pro-war Tientsin barracks. Rockoy said the barracks were "filthy The started a a big clean-

the Marines, 22 Joturned to

tod description

ม There

job,

waa on further word of any trouble at Chinwantao, wher a few random shots were free previously in a marine-occupies

HONG KONG'S NEXT BATCH area-Associated Preas. Each of the accused will be per: OF KEPATRIATES WILL mitted defending counsel and !' LEAVE IN H.M.S. ARBITER 17

choose canarate representa

+

they tiven, there will be 24 opportunities, of cross-examination.

DEMARCATION LINES Shawcross said, however, that it was not intended to permit the trial to ho unduly retracted.

Each

country taking part in the prosecntion-will-follow a clearly defined-lino of attack. The Ameri cans for instance, will concentrate on pro in that the

Nazis do iber staly planned at Beeressive war The Russians and French will des with actual war crimes to the Ean: and the West. Router..

Behind The |Nazi Gun

NEW YORK. OCT. Z. A DEMAND ~ HAS DEEN MADE IN NEW YORK Rar TUM TRIAI, AR WAR CRIMIN ALS OF FORTY-TWO LEADING GERMAN INDUSTRIALISTA,

It in contended that the German Industrial barons were so much poneblafas the wag as Hitler'm Afost atellites, and they were lmost entirely resoundibin, for the building up of a worldwide cupion a system--Router.

WAS STATED YESTERDAY.

The vessel will leave for Aus tralia. tralia.

got there is no information. of any vessel available for repu triates intending to

go to th United Kingdom.

Semmo 300 ex-internees from. Shanghai have arrived--in-Glon

carn

No final arrangement. have been made regarding their passages on from Hong Kong. A decision in expected to-day.

France Still At War

A

PARIS, OCT. 7, FRANCE STILL CONSIDERS HERBAL INSAS STATE UN WAR WITH SIAM,

tor:

That is until Slam returna ritories occupied by Siamese forco: in 1040 and formally handed t. them by Japan in 1941.

Siam is reluctant to give then up,

It was

vas stated in Paris tha France in working in consultation with Britain. There are also part of Malaya to which Slam bas, laid

clùlm.-Router.

a

Dutch Troops

Arrive

Banks May

Pay A Little

AUTHORITY TO THE BANKS T MAKE FURTHER PAY- MENTS TO PRIVATE CUSTOM- a WAS GIVEN BY GOVERN MENT YESTERDAY.

The Order, published in Page Two, authorises banks to make a further payment of $200 (at their own discretion) to individuals.

Banks are

also empowered to advance to customers carrying on business sufficient to discharge the wages of employees..

Accounts can be opened, subject

to control.

Alois Hitler Released

Hamburg, Oct. Adolf Hitler's brother, Alois Hitler, has been released by the British authorities after being taken into custody nearly, two months ago for questioning..

Ho appeared in the, Hamburg BATAVIA, OCT. 7. ALLIED REPATRIATION town hall to-day, seeking to OFFICIALS SAID TO-DAY chango his name and requesting THAT THE FOOD BITUATION the military government for u IN MUNICIPAL AREAS WAS room. CONTROLLABLE, BUT FAM- INE SEEMS TO FACE THE PEOPLE IN THE INTERIOR.

There is an acuto rico shortag end. existing supplies are, dwind ling fast.

It is

is alleged that the Japanese commandeered a great part of th last rice cïop,"

Two Dutch ships docked In Batavín to-day with 2.000 tons of food and raedical supplied on board and approximately 1,000. Duter. troops from Balikpapan.

Over 10,000 Dutch troops are on their way from Europe, Router.

The

Munich, Uct.1.

*

Heald brother Adolf hatod him and never came to 500 him in the last 10 years. Alots' was proprietor of a beer. tavern in Berlin before and during the war.

Ansociated Press.

Singapore Radiu said to-day that British troons have reached Khota Bahru, where the Japanese made their first landing in 1941. The daarming of Japanese troona in Malaya is practically completed Router.

Buonas Alre, Deti Thousands of milling won

frat German nowspaner to ther disturbances in the

to published nince the capitulation of the prisons to-day, demant appeared in Munich to-day, adited the relenio, of Universite staden hy a group of anti-Nasi journa- most of whom are still held lists-Reutor.

custody-Reuter."

SAMME JA LANA, MIERUNANJARAMSAL