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THE CHINA MAIL, HONG KONG, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1945.

Military Pensions Ban In Japan Hits

at the Bank of East Asia Blog COMMUNISTS AND

Ust_dear) Tolophone No. 26087.

Datod the 27th day of November, 1946.

P. C, WOO.

CHEONG KEE BANK Established 185

111, Queen's Road Cential Exchange, Remittance, Trust, ele, Gold & Silver Smiths Tel. 20041

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BRITISH MILITARY ADMINI- STRATION, HONG KONG POLICE AND PRISONS BRANCH

MONEY CHANGERS

ATOMIC BOMB-

LONDON, NOV. 20.

At Vital Spot

TOKYO, NOV, 26.

A RESOLUTION WAS CAR-LIFE OF THE UNSTEADY SHIDEHARA CABINET A RIED AT THE COMMUNIST PEARED TO-DAY T E FORESHORTENED BY A PARTY CONGRESS DEPLOR- SOLAR PLEXUS BLOW IN THE NEWEST ORDER ING ATTEMPTS NOW BEING

FROM ALLIED HEADQUARTERS FOR ELIMINATION MADE ΤΟ UTILISE THE

OF MILITARY PENSION'S. THE CABINET DOWN- ATOMIC BOMB FOR NARROW

FALL IS EXPECTED AFTER THIS WEEK'S SESSION, PURPOSES. AND

NATIONAL

THE PENSION ISSUE CROWNS A SERIES OF UNSOLVED. The resolution told the govern-

DOMESTIC PROBLEMS CERTAIN TO BRING SHARP ments of Brital and the United

CRITICISM OF THE GOVERNMENT FROM THE States that much attempts, while foredoomed

ELECTION - CONSCIOUS DIET. were al

IN ADDITION to failure, ready seriously Imperilling that international cooperation which alone could avert the dangers of

hard world was

The resolution

demanded immediate sharing of atomic bombs

the

throw Wil crets between powers and urged that ultimate

mat

the contral

with the falted

wurity compil Naburis

Reuter

Gathering Of The Arab Clans

Jestivalen, Nov 25.

Nuri Said Pasdn. former Pre- mer of Iraq and chief arcnileet ut the "greater Syria" plan which I was formulated by King Hussett Fur Traunyndan, to unite all Arabs

Under the terms of the Miscel the Near East, has been called laneous Lirenres Ordinance of to 10

Jamil Mardam Bry chairman of the present spion of no person may carry મા The Arab Lengua Council, in over the business of Money Changer unless he is licensed.

difeallten faring the newly-appointed Palestiner Hiche All persons wishing to continue; Aral Committee their Money Changing business)

must apply to the Commissioner

Hv I4

in Jerusalem Arriving from Baghdad this evening on my

for Uwira

fo iurraw".

of Police immediately for licences.]ertine of the routed, and is to

Hong Kong.

C. H. SANSOM,

Culonci,

C. A. Police,

22nd November, 1945.

BRITISH MILITARY ADMIN. ISTRATION, HONG KONG. POLICE AND PRISONS BRANCH

PAWNBROKERS' LICENCES

No person may carry on the hustless of pawnbroking In Hong Kong unless he is in posses- sion of a licence to do so.

Applications for licences must be made to the Commissioner of Police without delay. Old licences should if possible accompany the applications.

C. H. SANSOM, Colonel C.A.

Police and Prisons Branch.

Houg Kong,

22nd November, 1945.

CLUB LUSITANO Will those who were members of Lhe above Club on December, 1941. please attend an unofficist meeting at the Club House on Sunday, 2nd

December, 1945, at 11.30 a.m.

1. Е. Ван

Fred A. Xavier

Owing to an inadvertence, the meet. ing was announced by the Sunday Harald to take place on the 13th instead of the 2nd December, 1945.

Bring your prescriptions to

A

Tel 20018

20€69

be present at the meeting of the Bagher Fourmittee, pastmoned until †

- wersal

THERE ARE THE RECURRENT HEADACHES OF THE HOUSING CRISIS, THE ACUTE COAL SHORF- AGE WHICH THREATENS THE SUSPENSION OF KEY INDUSTRIES IN RECONVERSION ACTIVI-

TIES

Some steel plants already are shut down, the Japanese press reports.

some

sions elimination bit home af the people who already are rest- less on account of personal liveli- hood problema, which probably will curry more weight in the coming elections than will politi- eat philosophless,

Critical tones are expected in |to-day's opening of the 89th ex- traordinary Diet session. The Sceful Democrats announced they would challenge the war The February 1 deadline for responsibility Gif

Diet pensions elimination makes i members. including Speaker essential for the Diet to act at Trabio Shimada in the House the present session, thus of Representatives

cipitating hot debates although Populer support is expected there is no chance of getting the for the order for a heavy war- directive changed. time profits tax. but the pen-

An Illegal "Blitz"Charged

FRANCE REJECTS

CHINA REQUEST

CHUNGKING, NOV, 20 THE "CHINA TIMES" SAID YESTERDAY THAT FRANCE HAS REJECTED THE CHINESE REQUEST FOR CON- VERSION OF HAIPHONG INTO A FREE INDO-CHINA COASTAL PORT.

---It · reported rejection also of the proposal for joint control of the Haiphong Kunming railroad.

Such a Chinese request never has been hanounced officially al- though

the Chinese foreign offler representativo in Indo-China anid Anturday that French acquiesence in such developments would be welcomed.Associated Press.

Saipan

Doomed Japan

TOKYO, NOV. 26. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS TO-DAY ORDERED THE JAPA- NESE GOVERNMENT TO AP PREHEND COLONEL TADA- SHI KAWASHIMA, FORMERLY WITH THE JAPANESE (TH A RACKET

AT ARMY HEADQUARTERS The Shidehara Government is HANKOW, AND DELIVER HIM this forced to assume reapon-| TO THE SUGAMO PRISON

the

ONE bility just a

YESTERDAY previous WHERE Higashi-Kuni Cabinet had to MORE SUSPECTED WAR CRI take the responsibility for M MINAL GAVE HIMSELF UP. Arthur's elimination of retrea sive wartime laws.

Headquarters did not amplify its order calling for the arrest of Kawashima As he was not liated in any Japan "Who's Who."

General Kuniski Koise, former "tiger"

Colonel Raymond Kramer. head of Macarthur's cronomur. ertion, described the military pension system as "a racket,""

He explained that under he military pension plar three declaring belleve 1 am years' service made it possible to retire regardivas of ure physical condition

cent."

Premier and once enlled Manila, Nov. 25.

Governor of Koren entered the A Japanese ficer. Colonel

of prison outside Tokyo Kira, of the 14th Army Group in the Philippines, Lombined at the Yamashita war crime trial to-day that calls for rice and other sup- plies from Japanese occupied Indo- due to A Palestine

unanswered Arab delegation China went which was ofcially Invited to the American sea and air block- Cairo by Mardam Bey is expected ade.

on Wednesday to arrive them Reuter

Co PLAN TO DICTATE

San Francisco, Nov 26. Effective December 1, the (.3.0. Longshoremen and Warehousemen 1inion will cease commercial cargo loading of ships which it believer should be assigned Eu troops returning home winounced Pro

sident Harry Bridges.

"The mensure will include all, ships taken off the troop runs and converted to commercial pur- pose," Bridges telegraphed to Secretary Navy Forrestal, Secretary of War Patterson and Chairman Emory S. Land of the

Maritime

Press,

Commission.

Arecat-

REPATRIATION OF JAPS IN CHINA

Peiping, Nov. 26 Repatriation of Jupanese Troops through Tangku will be completed December 4, accord- ing to a spokesman of the 11th war zone administration. port freezes early in December: and thereafter movement will continue through Tsingtao. Associated Press.

The

New York, Nov. 25. The publication "Iron Age" said to-day the steel industry is putting up a solid front which may result soon in a bitter fight on wage demands and governmental price policies.-Associated Press.

WATSON'S

union

for reliablu dispensing at ressonable pricos. The Hong Kong Dispensary Estd. 1841

Alexandra Building.

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COMBINED SERVICES OFFICERS CLUBS

The Festival Of

ST. ANDREW'S NIGHT.

Will be celebrated in the traditional manner

DY A.

DINNER DANCE

To be held in the Roco Room, Fenlasála Hotel, Kowloon

ON

Friday, 30th November, 1945, at 19.00 hours.

Dinnor will bo Bcrvod from 20.30 hours

Admission By Ticket Only... Ticket Binglo,$7.00, Double $10,00 Obtainable from all Branch Beoretirios

Tablon nro Bookable and must bò Cisimod before 20.00 hours

Tao Pipors of 49 B. M. Commando Band will be in attendance

by kind permission of the Ootamanding (ffloor. (Thoro will be no Club Dando on Thuraday Evoilog.

20th1 Navombor, 1045),

He asserted that Lieut-General Yamashita was greatly concerned ver the food situation and had exprened his denire that the Allied internees and prisoners of war be taken care of properly.

Kira added that Yamashita had prohibiting his issued an order moldiera from stealing from civi Ita as.

The Supreme Court (11 1. Philippines' to-day reserved ita of Lieut.- the plen dugiaion on General Yamushita's counsel that was being illegally blitzed be before a firing squad" by high- raiding American generals.

The plen was made in a request for habens corpus writ which contended that the United States Military Commission hearing of

Was

Yamashita's case

without jurisdiction and held that the was the proper Philippine Court iribunal. Counsel for defense naked that the Philippine court jurisdiction and take Yamashita into custody-Assu- ciated Press.

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The pension called for ex penditure of 15 per cent of the Government's revenue annually, and Kramer said "If the Gov. ernment spends 15 per cent on could not provide for over all military penafuna it certainly

security." Associated Press.

Koisu whose once bristling mustache ia now cropped close Bald that when Salpan was cap- tured by the American forces L became obvious that Japan had lost the war.

He conditioned his atatement saying he had hopes at no time

the Philippine that change the entice picture. —Anso- might recapture

cinted PreAK,

campaign und

Saipan

Emperor And People To Be Keynote?

TOKRO, NOV, 26.

THE DIET SESSION WAS CONVOKED TO-DAY FOR NOVEMBER 28 AMID INDICATIONS THAT BARON SHIDEHARA WILL EMPHASIZE "CLOSE RELATION- SHIP OF THE EMPEROR AND HIS PEOPLE" AS A PLEA FOR UNITY IN IMPORTANT DOMESTIC ISSUES.

HIROHITO WILL PERSONALLY FORMALLY OPEN THE SESSION AT 11.00 ON NOVEMBER 27, READING THE IMPERIAL RESCRIPT BEFORE THE PLENARY SES- SION.

The rescript in broad terms outlines the scope of the busl ness of the session.

ROCKEY FLIES BACK

Chunging. Nov. 20. Concluding brief visit

This instance marka Srstly Generalissime and Madame Chiang that the rescript will order the Kai-shek, Marine Maj-Gen. Keller Rocker Comqunder of the Third Diet to abolish repressive laws. Amphibious Corpa

China, The Japanese said that Shide- How back to Shanghai late yester-hara in his-speech covering the entire Government problems considered likely by will devote considerable atten that the General and tion to the Allied directives. observers Generalisoling went over together The Premier will also exten- the whole situation involved with sively discuss plans of improve

in the presence of American Marines ing the peoples' livelihood in North Chinn.-Associated;

dicating contemplated measures of relief for war aufferers and war wounded.

day

Press.

Whe

U.S. To Compete

Washington, Nov. 75.

A Bul which would place the United States in competition with India, Egypt, Peru and Brazil for the world cotton export market, is to be introduced to Congrees by Senator James Eastland, Demo- crat of Mississippi.

The proposal is "to establish a G.M. STRIKE REQUEST

gateway through the tariff walls The Cabinet, which had been of the United States and as u Detroit, Nov. 26. working with the American au-means of bridging the gap be The striking C.I.O. Unted thorities on the new directives, tween

American And world Automobile workers have asked approved the speech shortly be prices." The Bill would be called the General Motors' Corporation Fore the direction.

the Land-Bank Bill. again to negotiate their wago

Interperlators will include 75- fight in public and with the aid year old Takao Saito, veteran of Federal conciliators in the parliamentarian who was interesta of promoting

the polled from the old Minseito earliest possible settlement of Party in 1940 after vigorous the Union's thirty per-cent. questioning on the policies. fo- wage boost demand.—Associated wards China. Press,

NEAR ITS END

famous

Americal

1X~

The Bill would mean that the nation purchasing United States agricultural surpluses could ex- port into the United States the same amount of its own to "make it possible to sell United States cotton at low world prices."-Aaso- ciated Press.

U.S. COSTS IN PACIFIC

Social democrats said they would attack the Government's land reformation bill' because the expropriation measure whe

Washington, Nov. 25. Tacoma, Washington, Nov. 26.

Secretary of Commerce Henry Nearer to the close of its his-amended "too mildly," - A950-

ciated Press.

Wallace revealed to-day that the tory, the

United States spent 1.3.5980,- division will soon be de-activat- FINN REPARATIONS 000,000 on China and US$245,- 000,000 on the Philippines from ed 269 officers and 4,476 enlisted)

July 1940 to June 1945. men of the division having ax-

Stockholm, Nov, 26.

During the same period the rived yesterday, from

The Finland control commission

United States recolved aboard the U.S.S. Adenounced. It would deliver goods 090,000 from China and U-8,$188- 1 U.9.$140,- Coontz, Associated valued at $14,000,000 (U.S.) 1000,000 from the Philippines most-

Russia by the end of 1940 under provisions of the Finnish-Russian armistice "to restitute or replace" property the Finne careled from Soviet territory during the wax. Associated Press.

miral Press,

Toko-

Takyo, Nov. 20. Repatriation of Chiness and Korean coal miners from northern Japan has boon resumed with the lifting of General MacArthur's ban against railroad movement of workers to four Japatoso ports. The ban had been imposed to pro- vent. overcrowding of the port while shipping was inadequate. Associated Preas.

TRAIN SMASH

Nov, 26. London, The New Delhi radio reported last night 10 passengers were killed ant 15 injured in passenger-freight train collision between Rampur, and Philibit in northern India-Anaociated Press. 400 JAPS TO GOʻON TRIAL

ly paid to the army.

The figures, do not include gold transactions Assuciated. Fross.

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London, Nov. 20. The Executive Committee of the The United States Ambassador in London, Mr. John Winant,

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Molbourne, Nov. 20,sembly of the United Nations, has Ing starvation In Europe must

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