1945-10-10 — Page 3

HOW CHINA

AIDED H.K.

HONG KONG OWES A BIG DERT OF GRATITUDE TO MAJOR-GENERAL S, K. YEE, WHO IS AT PRESENT IN THE COLONY AS A MEMBER OF THE CHINESE MILITARY MISSION.

When Canton fell to the Ja

1938 Generalissimo panene in Chiang Kai-shot raw the need for much closer liaison between Chungking and Hong Kong, and Major-General Yee WON the man chosen for the job. Tear- rived here soon after and his real mission was successfully if disguised ander the cloak ordinary business interests. He was quick to surround himself with comptent

people and be

fore very long he had built up an organisation in which Hei had complete confidence.

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CHINA MAIL DOUBLE TENTH SUPPLEMENT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1945.

This Colony's Debt To Major-General

cido by going to war against Great | fernal disorder prior to the con- Britain and the United States.

clusion of hostilities.

Seven days later Japan struck, exactly as Chiness Intelligence re ported they would.'

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ESCAPE

THRILLS

de-

On the 25th December things had left. They then commandeered looked really desperate and Major-n motor boat and, were soon under. General Yee had a motor torpedo fire from a Japanese machine-gun him . munificent present for his Efficient staff work was also sea-

boat ready for a last minute dash post and three officers, Mr. Mac- loyalty. ponsible for nipping in the but for safety, but, due to the complete dougall being one, were wounded. the plan to massacre the entire failure of communications after All the officers except two jumped Threo Chinese members of the European community on the morn news of the capitulation had beaver the side and awam-to-shore party-who-were-to-have-escaped- ing of December

Major-Gon- gun to spread, ho missed the but Major-General Yea remained 0701

MT.B. at the Queen Mary Hon-"f behind with the two wounded_mon together in an M.T.B. were in co-operation with D.C.I. Shaftain, handied the meet- pital and he and his party—Mr. D.

by the British Govern- ing at Hotel Cecil, where

The machine-gun Are continued corated the M. Macdougall (now Brigadier and for two hours but no attempt wasmont, Admiral Chan Chak re- Authoritien-came-to terms with Chief Civil Affairs Officer) was one made to Investigate the motor celving the K.B.E, Major-General- the underworld. rame

Details of this of them--then went to Aberdeen, boat, which was slowly drifting Yee the C.B.E. and Commander

only to be told that the fivo M.T.B.A in the direction of Aplichnu island. plan are still din official secret.

Hau, aide-de-camp to Admiral The two officers begged him tn

to Chan Chak, the O.B.E. escape while he was able, anying that they were out of the war now as the result of their wounds and expressing the desire to be Rent back to Hong Kong.

When things began to look grin. here in Hong Kong—on the 17th- Major-General Yee decided it was time to try and get Chinese unais- tance earlier than previously ar

and the mesange ranged, back to the effect that the Chinese forces-100,000 crack troopin under General Shi Ngok, G.0.0. the 9th War Zone-would arrive here on the 28th,

That was just three days too Inte as Hong Kong capitulated on of the 25th. One the afternoon regent forming the vanguard of the Chinese troops had actually penetrated as for na the outskirts of Shamchun at the time (3,25 pm) Hong Kong capitulated.

Major-Genera!

WHA

one

Yee estimated, the Japanese strength on thre Oheid opinion at that timinland at 20,000 and 10,000 on Our Inability to hold was that Hong Kong could hold the island. out for possibly three months this force was lack of aircraft and

mobile unita.

He explained the against Japanese attack, and failure of the island forces to open

Chinese accordingly laid fire 1121 the

landing Japanese their plans for Assistance in barges.

There

only that event.

explanation and that was that all our gun positions had been wiped! Major-General Yee then re-out by accurate artillery fire. turned to the Military College at Chungking

remained i Rod there for a month, and it was while he was in the capital thal the Chinese Intelligence Ser

Several days before the capitu. Istion Sir Mark Young, Governor of Hong Kong, teled to persoade Majur-General

the Yee to tak? returning opportunity

of

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vice reported the Japanese plan Chungking while there of action in the Far East, ne chance, but the latter, fully realis tually naming the generals whof in his position if he was caught to direct perations here, preferred to remain as tồng Кои Котк Malaya, as he could be of use to the Gay against the Philippines and the Dutch ernment.

were

Fast Indies. This was sensa tional news, and he was orders ed to return to Hong Kong im- mediately.

THE CHINESE MILITARY MISSION has been at work in Hong Kong since the surrender of the Japanese and they report that they are making very favourable progress, They will remain here for another two months. Our photograph shows the members of the Mission, with Major-General Pan Hun-kuo, of the National Military Council and head of

of the Mission, standing fourth from the right in the front row. Major General Pan was born in Kaman, in

in only 40 years of amt

age Staff and College

WAR

a graduate of Whampoa Military Academy and the National Defence College. He was at one time Chinese Military Attache in Berlin, instructor at the Military Academy and Chief of Staff for an Army Corps.

His

Intest

post divisional commander. Major-General S. K. You, C.B.C., Chung- king Lininun

Offeer in Hong Kong. is to be seen third from the right in the front row. Other members of the Mission Major General Juo Ngan-ben (N.M.C.), Major-General Chen Tze-hsung (General Headquarters Service of Supplies).

Liu Fang-chu (General Sta

Capt. Lin Chang-peni

are

of

His own organisation had seenr ed the annues and addresses. many Japanese, Formosan, Korean and Chinese agents and, entering into close collaboration with D.C‚Î Frank Shaftain. onl

Στι was respon- sible for the arrest of numerous spies and fifth columnists. In actual fact over 400 were shot. He also held the Chinese underworld in cheek, and it was due mainly to his efforts that there win

He arrived in Hong Kong December t. 1941 and informed the Military Authorities of pos- sible eventualities, but both they and he, as Chungking had al done, were sceptical as to whether Japan would commit national sui

na in-

Major

kuei (Medical), Me Shiu-hui (Air Force), Col. Hsuch

Wa Mei-kun (Ordnance), It-Col. Chang Chien-hang (Quartermaster's Dept.), Major Chen Yen-hwa (Q.M. Dept.), Lt.Col. Hauch Kung-peng (General Staff), Major Tsai Ching-lieu (Medical), Oung Ping nod Jimmy La (C.N.A.), Major Tung Lang-sun (Ordnance Dept.) and Lt. Col. Chang Wen-chi, (Motor Transport). (Photo, Francis Wal.

Facing up to the facts, Major General Yee thereupon managed to attract the attention of a junk nearby and transferred The two men to it.

One of these men died in the Queen Mary Hospital and the other is now back in the Colony after being a prisoner-of-war.

WOR

When most of the party aban- doned the motor-boat they were fortunate to be able to attract the attention of the five M.T.B's, which were only on the other side of the island, and made their ca- cape in that manner.

Major-General Yee, in paying tribute to the determination and cleverness of D.C.I. Shaftain, said he was amazed to alive. He then recounted what ace him

the latter had told him.

of

When

On December 24 some forty odd fifth columnists were rounded up. On his own, Major-General Yee

but their trial was held over til the following day. Nothing had waited until it was quite dark and been done at the time of the capi then slipped overboard from the tulation on

the 25th, and D.C.1. motor boat and swam to Aplichau Shaftain immediately returned to

lind, where he met and

them personally large sume housed by a Chinese priest

money which had been taken from three weeks. During his stay there he retained the orders they had for them when they were arrested but he was recognised by one of the had os

them from Tokyo. islanders and when confronted by ho was himself arrested the fol- the priest he made a clean breast lowing day by the gendarmes he of it and told him who he was. asked the gendarme oficer what The priest said he had no need to he would have done with: pri- worry an he

Buch had already said his nume was

Lee

Boners. The

was, Yee and that not he had been to the island

would have had them shot." .. times before selling bibles. Majorld." He was thereupon released. many Shaftain replied, "That was all I General Yee, however, was uneasy was not questioned again by the and decided to leave as soon as

Japanese and left in comparative- possible, which he did by junk des ly good health for Australia on pite warnings that the

Weather was not suitable, and, after

retirement after 35 years service exciting trip in rough weather, he

with the Hong Kong Police Force. landed on Chinese territory and actually met Chinese troops turning from the direction Hong Kong.

an

of

answer

Major-General Yee, who may be recalled to Chungking at

any moment, also paid high tribute to the co-operation and friendliness offered him at all times by the Since the Japanese surrender Hong Kong Government before Major-General Yee has contacted the Far Eastern war, during it the priest at Aplichou and given and at the present time

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