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Vol. 1, No. 49. Tuesday, November 6th, 1945
DANGERS OF DARDANELLES
LONDON, NOV. 5. CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND AMERI- CAN GOVERNMENTS, SEEKING TO DEFINE THE COMMON Attitude ON THE QUESTION OF FU- TURE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT ON THE AD MINISTRATION OF THE TURKISH STRAITS, ARE NOW TAKING PLACE.
IT IS LEARNED UPON EXCELLENT AUTHORITY THAT THE TWO CHIEF WESTERN ALlies are SEEKING THROUGH WASHINGTON TO ARRIVE AT A JOINT STAND BEFORE PROCEEDING FURTHER AND ARE TAKING THE MATTER UP WITH THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT. NO REQUEST FOR NEW INFORMA- TION OR PEELERS HAVE BEEN SENT TO ANKARA YET, SINCE THE TALKS ARE UNDERSTOOD TO BE STILL IN AN EARLY STAGE. Main desire, it is bellevil, is to clarify the Anglo-American attitute in order to agree when bargaining on this problem be gins.
Conversations between Turkey and Russia broke down when Moscow's demands were made! known to the Turks last sum- mer. It was then understood that Moscow insisted on a new
Japan Had Nothing Left
Tokyo, Nov. 5.
United States army records disclosed to-day that Japan'a proudest army divisione wore wiped out around the edges of the Empire and only three first class divisions were avail able in the final works of the Pacifie
to defend the homoland from invasion.
war
The arrogant divisions that led the triumphant Japanana blitz throughout Asia
word chowed
or by-pussod, und
at the end even the great Kwantung army in Manchuria torta stripped for homeland defense against the feared American invasion-Associat- od Preas.
Pacific Rescue
THAT
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Price 10 cts.
CHUNGKING'S U.S.
FIRM STAND
60,000 MEN IN SOEKARNO ARMY
LONDON, NOV. 5.
THE DUTCH RADIO TO-DAY QUOTED A DUTCH NEWS AGENCY DISPATCH FROM BATAVIA ESTIMATING THAT THE INDONESIAN NATIONALIST ARMY NOW TOTALS 60,000 MEN, INCLUDING GERMAN AND JA- PANESE MILITARY ADVISERS.
+
THE BROADCAST SAID THAT NO DUTCH TROOPS ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN JAVA BEFORE NOV. 25. IT SAID THAT THE BRITISH AND INDIAN FORCES EXPECTED CAVALRY REINFORCEMENTS.
CHUNGKING NOW. D.
Accused Ai. Chungking, Nov. Đ The Chinese Commun- ist "Now China › Daling News" charged' to-day-that- "American" maristen Bars positively engaged in arm ed intervention in China's internal affairs."
The newspaper, publish- in Chungking, printed, a correspondent'a dispatch that marinos "at Ching- wangtao in colopetation with Kuomintang troops as tacked Communiatein derated areas for days."-s Ansociated Press
Vatican At
Odds With
dfsclosed that how Hungary
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NEW YORK, NOV. K. RELATIONS BETWEEN THE VATICAN AND VARIOUS POLITICAL
BODIES HAV BUFFERED THREE DISTING CLEAVAGES IN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
First was the donunciation of the Polish concordat Vatican by the Warsaw Gover
with the mont
Becond was the circulation of a pastoral letter in Catholic districts of Yugoslavia by local bishops. Hungary of a pastoral letter h
Third was the distribution to the Primate, Cardinal Joszef Min doxsony.
GENERAL HO YING-CHING, GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S TOP FIELD COMMANDER, AT A PRESS CONFERENCE DECLARED THAT THE GENTRAL GOVERNMENT IS DETERMINED TO RE-OPEN ITS COMMUNICATION LINES THROUGH COMMUNIST-
·· HELD AREAS. GENERAL HO ACCUSED THE COMMUNIST TROOPS OF: DISRUPTING THE MOVEMENT OF NATIONALIST TROOPS TO. NORTH CHINA BUT ASSERTED "UP TO THE PRESENT AND ACCORDING TO ALL INFORMA- TION AT HAND WHICH J HAVE SEEN THERE IS NO FIGHTING ON A LARGE SCALE IN NORTH CHINA. General Ho said that the gov- ernment was anxious to move troops along the railways un- impeded because many people in the interior were anxious to return to their homer elsewhere in Chian and Incked safilolont food and clothing to face the winter.
Ho
he would have to go to Shansi and Suf- yuan shortly,
He, declared that the move- ment of
Chinese troops into Manchuria is already under way and said that the Japanese in China are 00 per cent, disormed Sixteen hundred Dutch Indonesiana said a
contact with the exception of about troops have arrived in Sydney bureau had been set up at Mage-210,000 combat troops in Hopeh from Holland 'aboard a British tang for the British who will and Shantung who would liner. Maj. S. Steenhoven, the supervise evacuation of inter-disarmed by the end
be commanding officer, said his mennees.
of the month. were prepared for any clashes The Magelang truce, effected RUSSIAN RELATIONS with the Indonesiane.
by Dr. Soekarno, self-proclaim-
He said that a plan will soon A British arunouncement in led Indonesian republic pre- be launched to use the disarm Baavia that the army comman- aldont, provides for immediate ed Japanese to rebuild the war dore will hold no conferences in the East Indies British access to Amerawa, the
more press dlsarming of Japanese and free devastated cities and districts.. drew vigorous protests to-day site
He brushed aside the question from foreign.correspondents.
another Internment of the reported mistreatment of | camp.---Associated Press. Chinese troops by the Russian The ruling, which correspon)- denta anid
in Manchuria, saying: would seriously
A BREAKDOWN Unconfirmed
""The Russian military radio
au- thorities have spokso of
done their best accurate picture of
to aid the Chinese the possibility of a break-up of the
National eventa, niso prohibits interviews conference between Indonesian troops moving to Manchuria mission is obtained from the of the Netherlands East Indies. Southeast Asia command.
who do not belong to the Cen- A Router message from Sydney tral Government." says that another unconfirmed en ven for anal for train landing is that proposals issue
ing them. at a camp pear Brisbane twice dally in lieu fell through. of press conferences.
The British liner "Esperance ordered railroads to be repair public relations office agreed to Bay" arrived at Batavia to-day ed to facilitate the arrival of attempt to obtain answers to with 1,400 Indonesian strikers the Chinese troops. any questions submitted in from Australia aboard, after hav-
NEW LANDINGS writing.
ing had to run in to port to em- Chinese sources
in Tientsin The first handout asid there burk 100 Australian soldiers to say that, encouraged by reports:
Owing to the strikers' threaten from Manchuria's
of the in Java, but
Russian - withdrawal there was domeing attitude to the ships' officers a new looting in Batavia,
consta, Na- wireless call was sent ahead to tionalist troops would make It said tension had eased con- Batavia to send troops on board new landings soon north of the siderably at Sourebaya and immediately after the ship drapped. Great Wall including the portoknow tended to minimize reports by anchor. This was done but the of Halutao, in the Linotung Allied pilots that douestan
100,000 In-Indonesians, though rowdy. caused Gulf,
WELLINGTON, NOV. & EXCELLENT MAPS AND troops were on the no trouble and were sent ashore,
apart from the ringleaders, who Barboy, Unied States 7th Am THE
Hero -Vice-Admiral Daniel CHARTS DISCOVERED TAT move in central Java,
for the moment remain. In the
JAPANESE FIELD ship'n gaol.
phibious Commander, attempt HEADQUARTERS IN 13th SOUTHERN BOUGAINVILLE Chinese STRONGLY INDICATED THE that he JAPANESE INTENTION TO NEW ZEALAND,
of
thought that the main stumbling block which remains is Soviet in- sistance upon bases in the
Bos phorus-Dardanelles region. though Ankara claims Moscow has never told the Turks just where or of what sort these bases would be. The Allied signatories to the Montreux Convention, plus the United States, believe revisten of that agreement is desirable. eape- cially since several enemy powers,, pact to be signed to replace that including Japan, were a party to WERE SIGHTED BY SEARCH handicap their attempts to pre-reaching London to-day
the convention. Britain and the United States have
necure such revision fa by an in- ternational conference conclu
len with which the Turks are in accord.
the
denounced by Moscow in apring.
Turkey was naked to cede the Caucasian border 'districts of Karr and Ardahan. She was also asked to agree to the establishment of a Soviet base in the Straits aren, and to commit herself to support ing the Soviet position ahead of time in any proposed International conference on the Straits. A con- ference would be held when these requests were complied with.
The Turks sald ΠΟ to this. Especially they said no to the ideas of ceding territory or bunos.
furthermore
In the
general Area u
Bent Ал
reports
There is no secret about the antipathy between Communium and Catholicism. Official Sovies. publications throughout this gene have attacked the Vatican on the ground that it maintains a "secret servico" and is "heavily financing anti-Soviet efforts."
Latest incidont arises in Hu gary where citizens go to the polls to-day in the fret of a weekly. Budapest radio, which is in the hands of the provisional govern- appardonable and unwarranted net ment, called the pastoral letter " of encroachmont on current politics just before the elections. It giv a false impression of interna conditions and misinterprots the purpose and method of Agrärluf redorm."Beuter.
acknowledged that the best way to baby flat-ten took aboard 13 pas- with Allied officers unless per- loaders and the Governor-General | and will help disarm any troops series of elections.
It is believed that the Western Powers have intimated that they do not approve of the matter be- ink Bettied bilaterally between Turkey and Russia.
Beyond this the Anglo-American attitude is not being very sharply defined. President Truman has clearly altered his concentions be
the same
Bongers and ten members of the which had made a forced sea land- crew from the Honoluln Clipper
Clipper le being towed to Honolulu. Ing owing to engine trouble. The
Associated Press.
WORLD WAR NUMBER THREE DANGER
Kansas, Nov. 5. "If the allied nations don't oc- cupy Japan and Germany for)
BATAVIA LOOTING said they planned
The British military officials
"handouts"
to
The
Kranting tween last August-when he men- { "an appropriate length of time was no new violence reported keep the Indonesians in order.
STUMBLING BLOCK Although there has been no far ther conversation of Import
Indonesians Want To Do Business
BATAVIA, NOV. 6. FOREIGN MINISTER SOE BARDJO
HAN
1
ANNOUNCED
tioned the Black Sea Mediterran- aan Straits by name among water ways to which all nations should have freedom of access.
WORLD DANGER
It is believed that London and Washington are now trying to as certain two fundamental things Their own specific case in the de- mands and how for they are wilt. ing to go to support thera: Russlo's minimum demands, which so far are still belteved to include banen of an unspecified nature.
The Straits matter Бан been complicated by Soviet hats re- garding American desire for bases far from the United States in the Preifle and recordin what IM
Britain's de facto although not de THAT HIS UNRECOGNISED, Jare control of the Suez Canal
INDONESIAN REPUBLIC" IS PREPARED TO LOAD AMERI CAN SHIPS WITH LARGE QUANTITIES OF KAPOK RUB- BER IN AN UNNAMED PORT, lie added that his government hoped to sell to American firme in order to establish credit for pur- chase of American gooda.
There is no indication whether the United States is prepared to deal with the Indonesiane.
Other developments in troubled Java: liberty ships are unloading great quantities of uniforms, me dical supplies, food and trucks sold to the Dutch by the United States Army.
The Indonesian All-Islam Con- Tega scheduled for n two-day meeting will open on Nov. 8 to determine the policy of the work-
ing problem of the Moslems in connection with the building up of the Republic of Indonesia."
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Turkey is meanwhile anly awaiting clarification of the Anglo American view.
Turk Aro against granting bases but are mrch defeated with the idea of a truly International. nereement. They feel that if a real international if mutual trust can be develoned Peace orvanisation is formed and with Russia, the Straits question, will diminish in importance but that in the interim it in notential'e dangerous not only to Turkey but to the world.---Revier.
General
and in adequate strength" we may have a world war number three on our hands" Jonathan Wainwright predicted A monument to be presented to the Philippines in memory of the 26th Cavalry was unveil ed here.Associated Press.
Reuter Man's Mercy Errand
PARIS, NOV. 5.
THANKS TO THE FINDING OF A SMALL QUANTITY OF A RARE DRUG AT THE LAST MOMENT, WHEN A BRITISH MERCY PLANE FAILED TO ARRIVE IN TIME, THERE IS HOPE TO-DAY OF A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME OF THE FIGHT TO SAVE THE LIFE OF A YOUNG FRENCH GIRL, WHICH HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE LAST FRIDAY.
THE GIRL IS RENES HOUCKE OF LILLE, DAUGHTER OF JULES HOUČKE, ONE OF THE NEWLY-ELECTED DEPUTIES OF FRANCE'S CONSTITUENT ASSEN- BLY.
She was a Red Cross giri at, shall have the drug even if I have the beginning of the war in to swim the Channel for it," said 1989, but for the last three her father. IMPORTANT VISIT
years she has been lying on her M. Houcke had the Lille radio Istanbul, Nov. 6.
back afflicted with coccitis-n broadcast an appeal for the drug Turkish political quarters to the spine.
Great Importance is ascribed by discase of the lower end of the on Friday, and the appeal was re- broadcast in English to England viaft which Mr. Edwin Wilson, United States Ambassador to Tur- suddenly took
On Friday, Rence's condition by the Paris radio that night,
the a turn for key, paid to Hassan Saka. Foreign worse, and the doctors declared Hospital in London, and arrange The appeal was heard by Guy's Minister on Saturday. He is re- that only one drug might save
ments were made for the drug to ported to have handed over the her life-known in Franco 88
be flown from London to France. on the question of antilobine. This was unobtainable The plane, however, failed to in France, they added. "Rence arrive, and the, girl's condition.
again worsened.
do-memorandles Reiter,"
Eight-hundred Indonesian portees from Australia refused to disembark from a British ship until 10 other Indonesians who were arrested on board the ship had been released.-Associated
Press
Idle Shipping
San Francisco, Nov. 5. Seven. Pacific Coast CLO, maritime unions, charged to-day that more than 20 troops are 'Jying idle in San Francisco Bay and asked President Truman for an investigation of "this scandalous' situatión.”
Unton spokesmen said 20 of the ships arrived before Sept. 80 and if placed in service they would be capable of transport ing from 50,000 to 100,000 troops at one time home from evórsong,——Associated Press.
GENEVA DITCHED
the
·
P. W. TOLD WAR OVER DIED FROM SHOCK
LONDON, NOV.
MANY PRISONERS-OF-WAR WITH THE JAPANESE, IN- OLUDING TAMIL AND MALAYAN CIVILIAN INTER- NEES, WERE SO EMACIATED AND MENTALLY UN- FIT TO RECEIVE THE NEWS OF THE JAPANESE SURRENDER, THAT CARE. HAD TO BE TAKEN IN TELLING THEM, DECLARED. SERGEANT FRANK FOSTER OF THE AUSTRALIAN FORCES IN A A.B.C. ONE OF HIS FRIENDS FROM QUEENSLAND HAD
BROADCAST TO-NIGHTMA
ACTUALLY DIED FROM SHOCK HE SAID. Sergeant Foster was taken Worlding in remote jungle. prisoner in Java in 1942 and areas, we had no means of relating his experiences as one knowing whether the war would of those used on the building last one year or ton
He emphasised that Russo- Chinese relations in Manchuria were very close" and declared that the Soviet authorities had
Wanted New Zealand Too
Dutch ·SOURCER. report from ed to land the Chinese Batavia that preparations are now Army but met such being made to evacuate 12,000, Communist objections women and children from cent landed them instead at Chin- INVADE Java at the earliest possible mo- wangtao, 85 miles to the south-ACCORDING TO A STATE- ment
Already 2.700 women and child-west, in order to avold blood-MENT BY THE DEFENCE
ehed.
(Continued on Page 4)
STALINGRAD 'ECHO
MINISTER, MR. FREDERICK
JONES:
Ten have left Sourabaya for Sin- gapore, and another 6,000 are now being evnenated from the port
Significant, arrows
ОП the SEAFORTHS ATTACKED
maps show a section of tim Batavia, Nov. 5.
Moscow, Nov. 6.
East coast of the North Island. During the Aghting which went The Soviet Government on in Batavia throughout the paper "Izvestia" has reported the
nows- for projected landings.
Rabaul night, Indoncalans threw two hand dissolution of the Soviet sponsored taken by the Japanese and after was planned to be grenades over the palisade of an national committee of Free Ger consolidating there' and occupy- hotel which was now being used many, and the affiliate union offing the Solomons and New Ca-.. ds a convalescent home for repa Germon: officers. triated women internees.
Both organisations were founded ledonia, New Zealand would, fol- A patrol of Seaforth Highland-after the Nazi defeat at Stalingrad low next and possibly Samoa ora guarding the hotel went out to originally aimed at "rallying of and the surrounding Islands Amboneas guarde. Later a detach the Soviet Union for struggle simultaneously, Investigate and were shot at by German anti-Fascists situated In Australia was to be attacked ment of British signallers were against the Hitler regime and for plan. shot at from a moving vehicle democratie Germany-Asso- Reuter.
ciated Press.
Anti-Jewish Outbreak In Centre Of Cairo
THE
CAMO, NOV. 6. DRAMATIC: DASH
STRONG POLICE FORCES ARE PATROLLING Late on Saturday afternoon M.
STREETS OF CAIRO TO PREVENT A RECURRENCE Houcke, in desperation, rang. Rau-
OF THE JEWISH-ARAB DISTURBANCES. A SMALL ter's Paris. ofice and asked for ANTI-ZIONIST DEMONSTRATION STARTED IN THE help in tracing the British plano. CENTRE OF CAIRO BUT IT WAS QUICKLY BROKEN
Bouter's correspondent set-ur-UPDATIN gent enquiries going in Britain
according to
ME Jones said that there was much supporting evidence, including Japanese documentá and statements for the plan.
It was highly likely that the battle of Rabaul might have beon the front line battle for New Zealand. Reuter.
Noose Tightening
Manila, Nov. Br
A witness at the war crimes trial of General Yamashita test
and France, and also get in touch ABOUT: HALE. THE SHOPS IN, THE. CITY" ARE CLOSED Led today that the one-time AND THOSE THAT HAVE RE-OPENED HAVE TAKEN "Tier of Malaya who command PRECAUTIONS-AGAINST FURTHER DISTURBANCES.
with every hospital in the Paris region, but the plane could not be traced." PANEL RADNIKA
However, Reuter's correspondent
found a small supply of antile
SPITFIRES NONSTOP TO HONG KONG
It was revealed yesterday that two British Spitfire pilots recently made a nonstop font from Rangoon to Hong Kong, bringing smallpos vaccine It direct line of flight the. with them, th
Légié distance was over 1,200 miles.
They govered it in di1⁄2 houra::
HEAVY POLICE PATROLS REMAINED SIN - THE had ordered the destruc{"Pines
said
od, the defances of the STREETS AND SPECIAL DETAILS, GUARDED FOR EIGN. ESTABLEREN ZATO
Monia and other places. In the ESTABLISHMENTS,ives, in philippians to rid the country of Palestine railrands were reporte, hobrs Involved the fasulting and Flipinon barare the Americans
roturnod 75k ed to be back on normal schedules man-handling of British com The witness, Juan Lupas, following a three-day rush, to stablo byrable Jcwlabs, crowd, at Yamashita brdered the execution finish the job.rs on special of all Fulpitiot who appeared
The work was done by
attempting to arrest a traffic law friendly toward Americana any (drown (which began, their, naktor, violator.
widatuak while isabotage bomba) - He was rescued by the polico.-- were still exploding, Alons sovoral | Associated Proddatuz Basgit rights of wayed of Bereich $115
The first:train from Cairó since the wavo, of sabotaro paralyand the_nation's rull-tratie-on-Wednes day night and Thursday morning arrived on time in Haifa pestors | day,
AN AMERICAN DID
-
| Where in the folandesa mati, TRAN He sild go uppoal was made to Yamashita not to carry out the btrooity order and to more the lives of many Innocent Filipinos, but this Japanoko wire adamant Associated FreZKI
IT AFTER ALLIST
Tokyo, Nev. 6 Emperor Hiruhilo's "white The main lines have been clear-cutranger throat kas beda ld- IN ACTION CAS BRITON ATTACKED horns which admiral Balogy GREEK TROOPS
didn't get to 'rido, after his pro- damden by an American after all,
The International Labour Con-of,02,000 and about.50,000 civi 10th that hostilities had ceased, bine, thanks to Dr. Louis ad, of unexploded, he rode Lout Dick, Ryan, who iTHE AWISS RADIO HEARD
.:་
of the notorious Burn-Siam "In fact, our Japanese guarda railway of death, he said that were so much out of touch that 15,000: British, American, Aus- Nov. 5. tralian and Dutch prisoners out when they told us on August forance has voted unanimously to enver all ties with its parent body lan Malayans and Tamils died wore the victors. Router.
they could not even tell us who Schwartz, head of the British aged rails, have
CA EN LONDON, NOV. 5. In the League of Nations and
at-the job.
hospital in Parin, who delivered more than 300 rails, yorg Gut preparing to stagetan Armistice HRE AJUSTEIKNA FRENCH adhore to the United Nations In rain, hail or shine," he
the drug within 40 minutos altoric of Iarnald organisation. KASI YAP sold, we rozoi avery morning
boing phoned.
Day rodeo, Awung astrido Ha- DISPATCH FRO Earlier the Conference, adopted before dawn,
ATHENS ate our muddy;
Three hours later, a car from anti Zionist outbreaks: in renolution calling, for the pro-sticky and watery rice in darity
bille ailected the drun from Ros, domenetre tell the fascialty, the walked and galloped the white ALONG
INCIU hibiting of child: employees in ness and tramped two miles to
jera Paris ollos,and la "hotheroys in deighbouring Arad couné stalifón half an hour in the Ja X mines and International control of work.
breakę pick face oached Lillesand proved that Palestine panner horneado Argociation GRE exeli, si 0.00 o'clock, on Sunday thould make a manetuaks *for Autom
POLISH DEMOCRAT 6. DATA
MURDERED VASUDĖ
tental (of the Biton
Toshpli Matuada en
Automobilio verorden. nhot and kill-1)-21 de stepped Howke
A clandestine Jewist thashimo *~(First Froot) and SAYING "TRA:
the deployment of school-Dur first job was to build up Children And, catablishment of
mamanent International commit all molindal twolve fest or so. tes on child welfare problems high to help carry the track, by Associated Press.
carrying baskets of soil by hand. · banda" Associated Froen,
The police hard blame "criminal too okru to know whether or dos munications earlier ing Une week because he is more gentle,
the drug arrived in time.-Reuter, i The only incident in the pass Ri, Assooli
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