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Vol. No. 78

Monday, December 10th, 1945.

JAVA DECISION

More British

Troops Going

BATAVIA, DEC. 9.

HIGHEST AUTHORITIES HERE SAID TO DAY THAT THR

BRITISH HAD DRCH TO BRING WHATEVER AÐ DITIONAL FORCES MIGHT BE NEEDED INTO AVA DUNYA TO RESTORE ORDER AND REESTABLISH SOVEREIGNTY IN THE NETHERLANDS EASTIE

DIES

THE BECISION, WHICH WOULD END BRITISH POLICY OF DEALING WITH THE, INDONESIAN INDEPEN DENCE LEADERS IN AN EFFORT TO WORK OUT A COMPROMISE, IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN REACHED AT THE SINGAPORE CONFERENCE THIS WEEK RE TWELS ADMIRAL LORD TOPIS MOUNTRAPEV AND THE BRITISH, FRENCH AND DUTCH COMMAN DERS

Reconciled

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Generalissimo Appeals To Students

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of the Haitish framers in Java, expressing regret that a hondd Prenafer had exploded

Christis n upon the Comeral's return from Singapore on Pa day.

BANDOENG SKIRMISHES

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papier

Laudan, Dec. 1. Stripe of підниц dropped by RAF. bomber crews ever German towne tant Christman fu fost CAC radar an RAK, top #cere! in tourtime are being sold in shopa FT1

Britinh decorate homes This Christmas,

Therr tra fee kinda on nale, including half inch stripe fee incħra lung, uned agnina! radar-controlled flak 12:00 aling at 105ed o parket. Beater.

Petrol Fire On Commando Vessel

Price 10 ets

DEMOBBING IS WELL AHEAD OF SCHEDULE

*LONDON, DEC. 91′′

ERNEST JAY. "DAILY HERALD" I OLITICAL CORRES

FONDENT, WRITES: IT IS ANTICIPATED Fancy Thatt

THE TARGET OF 3,000,000 FROM THE FORCES WILL BE REACHED BY TÚC MIDDLE OF NEXT MAY IN- STEAD OF THE END OF JUNE, DA TENAMED IN THE REVISED DEMORILISATION PLAN ANNOUNC- ED ON OCT. 2,

"GEORGE ISAACS, MINISTER OF LABOUR, IS EXPECT- DO MAKE A STATEMENT NEXT WEEK ON GOV- "ÉRNMENT'S DECISION TO SPEED UP RELEASES IN THE NEW YEAR. HINT OF THIS WAS GIVEN BY MR. ATTLEE IN THE COMMONS ON THURSDAY.

HESS TELLS A.P. THE FULL STORY

NUERNBERG, DEC, V.

RUDOLF HESS, CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, SAID

HE DID NOT FLY TO ENGLAND TO ENLIST ERI TISH SUPPORT TO ATTACK RUSSIA BUT TO TRY TO HALT THE FIGHTING BETWEEN TWO "NOBLE RACES."

IN WRITTEN ANSWERS FROM HIS VUERNBERG JAIL CELL TO QUESTIONS SUBMITTEL 9Y THE ASSO- CLATED PRESS, HESS REVEALE. HE HAD PLAN- NED HIS FLIGHT NEARLY A YEAR BEFORE THE RUSSIAN ATTACK.

As a matter of fact hadd taken of several times for bang- hard but had been driven howk by bad weather each time be fire his successful attempt May 10, 1991.

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Tess said he expected to be called crazy by Hitler and pr fond unying loyalty to the mm with whom he was inear- cerated at Landsberg in 1995 write and whom he helped to "Mein Kampf."

TRIP DELAYED novel fenture of Hess' Insistence

One

statement

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Haushofer that Messerschmitt knew nothing of his proposed tight. It had been presumed that both know of his intentions.

U.S. Marines Sheil China Village

"Mr. Isaacs has already in- timated that releases from the forces will exceed the estimate of 1,500,000 by the end of the year. Men and women are al- ready being demobbed At the rate of 100.000 a week. This Agure will be increased in the New Year.

"Releases under Class B have now been stepped up from 10 per cent of Class A to 15 per cent, mainly in respect of build- ing workers,

Manila, Dec. 0. Lioutonant Edwin J. Frtok relaten how adven ranged Japanesa soldiers trekked painfully out of the jungle covered mountaino of Mindore jalund, held up Chiucas fruck and rolo for mileo to reach Calapan "just so they could commit "hari-kir?"" is

front

Hard."

He said: "After coming all that way to surrender they wanted to shoot me for try ing to prevent their suicide,“ -Aanociated Press.

Van Mook Called For

Explanation

LONDON, DEC. 9.

A REUTER MESSAGE FROM

"Service departmeins have been authorised to offer re- Jense Lo 10,000 agriculturad workers. A few hundred rural THE HAGUE SAYS DR. HU.

VAN MOOK, craftsmen will also be out soon," BERTUS

(GEN. OF THE NETHERLANDS WON'T SLIDE BACK

EAST INDIES, WILL BE CALL ED TO ACCOUNT FOR HIS

The

LT.

Mr. Isaacs atated at Stanton,POLICY DURING HIS COMING Derbyshire, Inst night that senVISIT TO HOLLAND, were coming back at of the forces at the rate of 10,000 Hague newspaper quoting "n Ver? report was published in a week and "we are not going to reliable source." slide back."

Question

to Tjarda YRN Starkenbergh Sta fchouwer, who recently resigned as Governor-General, will also be discussed, the newspaper added.

N

a Successor

Some circles hoped that Dr. vab Mook would fill this post but thra possibility can now be ruled out and most likely candidates are Dr. A. Loudon, Netherlands Ame |bassador to Washington, and 1 H. van Royen, Minister withou portfolio. the Journal said. Reuter.

The War Office announced to night: "The Secretary for War

found it possible ter roding the delay in the release of of fcern, as announced on Oct. 16, and he has promulgated a fur ther programme for Class A lenses for the Army as a whols, TIENTSIN, DEC. 9. AMERICAN MARINES FIR

"The programme is

officers-group 21 MUR lows: Male ED 24 69-MILLIMETRE

INTO A CHIw be completed by Jan. 9 in- TAR SHELLS NESE VILLAGE NRAR AN-Jatead of by Feb. 10. Group 22 SHAN ON DEC. 4.

will start on Jan. 10 and will be The Bring took place after one completed by Jan. 24. Group 23 Marine had been killed and an will start on Jan. 25 and will he other Chinese gunmen. Marine Major completed by Feb. 19. Group 24 General Kellery Rockey II, Am-will start on Feb. 20 and will be dale to be an- phibious Corps Cummander, said completed by a

nounced later. The firing was ordered, Rockey Male other ranks-Group 24 said, after the two guninen, who to be completed by Feb. 4. shot the Marines in "cold blood" Group 26 will start on Feb. 5 had not been surrendered to the and will be completed by a dale Americans Associated Press.

A FIRE, WHICH STARTED IN THE ENGINE UTKIM, BROKE GUT ON THE "KAN, QURE" IN HONG KONG AT ABOUT 7 30 LAST EVENING.

"Kangrare,” a medium The sized stem hanch belonging to ommando Brigade, ent rod harbour at whwnt 7 on the and anchared off Bailey's Yard, in Hunghom.

About half an hour afterward| Hess also disclosed that he de. petrol aboars caught fire. With Biberately delayed his trip for a

to-day. killed assistance fran the fire brigade certain time because of

the outbreak was soon brought military the under control fat aut until the Africa enused danger lest my stern of the ship had been badly sudden arrival in England would damaged.

give rise to a false interpreta At overheated exlatist pipe ties."

In answer to a question cons is believed

been the of the Are. Two fire rerning his reaction to the of

German ANIANCE Nent appliances and a fire float teipficial

[Ins wna dementet. ed in extinguishing the flame that auid: There were no casualties.

A Hedish statement said that

10 Inliau soldiers were und 11 woanden during kir mishes in Bandoeng with IndonesiaAN.

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The statement said that it ing Dutchm wet fie to two houses after two Dute batera, as cusd of looting. had been rested by Intian soldiers, Somandanta tarda attack ap.inst

Innesion nationalists Ambarawa aren

lay.

111 the 20:11 to

CHUNGKING, DEL 9. GENERALISSIMO CHANG KATSIKK TO-DAY INTER

11 Batavia VENED IN THE KUNMING INCIDENT WHEN HE WIR-sian newspaber stated that

Led Press.

to have

... CRIME WAVE

Me

"our

set-back in North

NOT SURPRISED

"I wrote in a letter which I

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me,

behing for Adolf Hitler

seriously

woanded

ONLY ONE 10 ESCAPE

by

to be announced later.

WOMEN'S GROUPS

Popularity Of A Full Rice Bowl

ISSUED. SUNDAY OBSERVER"

LONDON, DEC. 9. THE PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION WHICH IS GO. ING TO INDIA SHOULD NOT CONFINE ITS ATTENTION TO

POLITICAL THE

THE COMMENTS NEWSPAPER TO-DAY.

As Mr. R. S. Butler, former Minister of Education ander the Conlition Government, emphasised at the close of an interesting les ture by Sir William Barton on

A.T.S. officers-group 28 will be completed by Jan. 31, in- stead of Feb. 10 as previously announced. Groups 29 to 35 will start on Feb. 1 and will be m LONDON, DEC. 9. MR. JIM GRIFFITHS. THE pleted by Feb. 28.

A.T.S. other ranks and NATIONAL INSURANCE

V.A.D.'-groupa 41 to 43-will MINISTER, HAS HAD FIRST start on Feb. 1, to be completed

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF DEVELOP by Feb. 28. Nursing officers MENT OF THE MINER'S DIS- groups 27 to 32 will start social work in some of the chinf EASE OF PNEUMOCONIONIS, Jan. 30 and be completed by provinces, India's crying needs are

He Is the unly man of his March 3

economic and to these the Govern

{been giving special care. above who were domiclled out-

Thirty training centres have side the U.K. prior la entiatement been set up with more to come at of the pit to serve industry outside may now submit claims to re-purt help to be given me t should consult 2,600,000 Indian soldiers who must patriation irad the mine,

This was revealed by Mr. G. S. their commanding officer an to be put back into work.

irrigation Lindgren, pariinmentary secretary how their claim ought to be seh-

Ple ̈ ኄ

plan for ta the Ministry. in the Commons mitted.

Orissa will add 1,000,000 acres to yesterday when the Workmen's

the 77,000,000 already irrigated No announcement can be made by British engineers more than Compensation (Pneumoconiosi ·) at this stage about the release of three times

the irrigation Anericu

that I had decided to carry at my intention even at the risk ED THE AUTHORITIES OF the Dutch East Indies And re

The acting Governor Gent of IN BRITAIN

of the Fuehrer declaring me in HAND LONDON, DEC. 9. VARIOUS UNIVERSITIE“.

reived a peremptory orden" to THOUSANDS OF CIVIL, AND sane. A news item to that effect COLLEGIES AND MIDDLE

therefore,.no surprise to SCHOOLS IN THE YUNNAN port to The Hague. Associal-MilaITARY POLICE ALL OVER LONDON WERE COMBING CAPITAL, ORGING AN EAR-

DURING THE NIGHT IN AN "I am convinced that if 1 hd EFFORT TO CHECK THE UN

been in Hitler's place and some- one else had suddenly without PREDENTED CRIME WAVE SWEEPING THE CITY

my permission committed an ne COUNTRY GENERALLY.

that night be misinterpreted This all-out activity followed a

Germany. I would whole week in which kidnnopings. and harm burglaries, hold-ups and big scale also have declared such a pers helts of jewels, poultry and food) on crazy Asociated Press, have been rampant.

USE OF AMBONESE LY END OF THE STU DEST Reuter adds that shopping has STRIKE WHICH FOLLOW!!! been alocate to encuate 20,000

THROWING THE

A, Japan. OP HAND GRENADE TO PLS- is stated Pdland is willing to Angoo d. 1 reformes, Samen- PERSE A MASS ANTI-CIVIL) take

4,000, Australia DEMONSTRATION WAR

and New Zealand uke to 5,000 word MERTING.

The hand grenade killed for Mlacenta

www. wounded 2221

others.

depoce The Generalissimo. that this afortunate heidee! should have occurred "at & time when alludents sh chi targe on their studies wholeheartgily after eight years of pha

The Generalissimo said that the uneal for strike, it al lowed to continue will ervally humper the task of national re- construction."

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Duted ex proners of war and Audanese Trones in Batavia N be d ata the unter aliamdes Romer

AND

The Aruertan and Polish Mili Are Fote are assisting Scotland Yard Keuter.

BANKS

No Mincing Of Words REOPEN IN

At Big Three Talks

MOSCOW, DEC.

Generalissimo Chiang assur-SOME PRANK BUT PRACTICAL TALKING, WHICH WILL

ed the students that a fair and impartial settlement of the in-) eident would be sought.

Bent ! "The Mr. King Chu. Vice-Minister of Education, to Kunming to inves-↑ tigate the Incident and take ap- propriate strow to speed up its settlement. Reuter.

Government has

PACIFIC SEARCH

the

London, Dee. V. The Melbourne Radio to-day quoted Mr. A. S. Drakeford, Aus- tralian Minister for Air and Civil Aviation, as saying that Royal Australian Air Force planes are searching overy atoll in south-west Pacific, south of the Allied Philippines, for possiblu survivors, who may be awaiting resque. The planes are dronn leaflets in many languages, in- structing natives to dircet OUT- vivors rendezvous points over which they will fly a few days Inter-Router.

BO MUCH TO CLEAR THE AIR BETWEEN BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES ON ONE SIDE, AND THE SOVIET UNION ON THE OTHER, IS EXPECTED WHEN THE "BIG THREE" FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET HERE NEXT WEEK.

FOREIGN SOURCES IN MOSCOW ARE INCLINED TO TAKE A CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC VIEW OF THE PROSPECTS FOR THE CONFERENCE, REGARDING IT AS A VITAL-PRELIMINARY TO THE UNITED NA-

TIONS DELIBERATION. Some observers go so far ns to express the opinion that the

Army Thought It Wouldn't

Be Right

MAIN BURDEN MEMPHIS, DEC. 9. The press has recently been

SHANGHAI

SHANGHAI, DEC. 9. FOREIGN BANKS WILL RE- OPEN FOR LIMITED OPERATION WHICH WILL NOT INCLUDE

HERE ON MONDAY

in his village of An Individuals in all groups givenment of India han for some time

south Wales, now alive. Reason he escaped was that he was fortunate etrugh to come out

Bill was reud for the third time. -Ruuter.

| later groups. Reuter.

Share Your Homes Appeal By

Minister

BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 9.

FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANS. THERE ARE 24,000 NEW PERMANENT HOUSES UNDER ACTIONS.

CONTRACT IN BRITAIN NOW. MK ANEURIN EEVAN GAVE THIS LATEST FIGURE IN GOVERNMENT'S HOUSING DRIVE HERE TO-DAY.

Customers who had Chinese cur- rency accounts at the outbreak of AND, HE SAID, THE TEMPORARY HOUSING PRO- GRAMME IS GOING WELL AND PRODUCING BE- TWEEN 500 AND 600 HOUSES A WEEK,

the war will be able to draw on them.

Thoso who converted their money into the Japanese puppet currency after the start of the Birming am discussing housing

war - will be, permitted to recon-

of

The "ealth Minister was in

year

flood."

FLOATING DOCK- IN HARBOUR

A

in

And the Food Depart ment is having remarkable success in devising and popularising now forms of nourishing food.

To the Congress lenders with whom talk is so much preferable to work, these activities are the cause of some concern.

"Among the millions of India. the popularity of polities cannot compare with peace and a full rice bowl," the paper concludca- Reuter.

FRANCE'S POSITION

Paris, Dec. 9. General Charles do Gaullo's office to-night issued the following statement: "France will not pro-

test against her exclusion from the coming Moscow talks if the subjects discussed relate to the atom bomb and do not concarz" France,

vert into Chinese National Cur-problems with 600 representa rency at a fixed rate of 200 to tives of 121 local authorities in

the Midlands. world's future will depend to a one.

"If decisions are taken on mi- The banks which are to reopen IIe told them that when hel

Jects in which France is interest- great extent on the results of this meeting.

include the National City Bank of; took office only 731 permanent; AN UNUSUAL SIGHT AT-ed and the is not consulted, she New York, Chase National Bank, houses were under contract. “

will not feel bound by thoʻngreb-" TRACTED THE ATTENTION ments signed at the Although no comment of any

conference the Underwriters Bank for the sort has yet been made by the Far East, Chartered Bank

In addition to the 24,000 now OF PASSENGERS ON THE and will ladro a protent at that. Russians, the public here-it is india, Australia and China, Hong-being built, licenses for 1,500 CROSS-HARBOUR FERRY time.Reuter. most difficult for a foreigner to kong & Shanghai Banking Cor-houses have been issued to pri- YESTERDAY IN THE SHAPE

JAP. CALLED TO. gauge the reaction of ine Soporation. Chartered Bank of India Vate builders. By the middle of OF A FLOATING DOCK,

pro- the housing

WASHINGTON The dock, which was towed viet people-seems to welcome all British, and the Banquo next

should bo "In full the announcement as concreta Belge pour l'Etranger.Associat-gramme

to Hong Kong by .M.S.

Washington, Dec. 9. evidence of "Big Three" co-ed Preng,

"Hart," Is the first of its kind

The Navy has announced that operation.

SECOND PLACE

over seen

it In the Colony.

Japancso submarine commander Private building, according was brought from Manus, the Inko Hashimoto has been called to HARBOUR ACCIDENT. to Bovan, must continue to take British naval base in the Ad- Washington as a witness bofors the Navy Court Martial in AD second place to the housing pro-miralty Islands. TAIN AND AN ENLISTED point that the main burden of Three passengers were thrown gramme of local authorities. A Capable of lifting a destroyer, effort to determine whether the W.A.C. WERE TO-DAY MAR- securing and preserving pace into the water when an Ameri-direct consequence of allowing the dock is one of many built RIED AT THE LUTHERAN

It torpedoed naval motor-beat collided speculative builders to run amok in England during the war. The Hague, Dec. 9.

Ho was summoned to Tokyo by CHURCH AFTER THE ARMY lies with the Big Threo," who can Rovernment HAD DENIED THEM A MILIT-shouldered the greatest rospin-with a sampai near the U.S.S. would be inflation in housing was used in many of the opera- the Judge Advocate in the trial of Απ authoritativo

aibility for winning the war. YR68 yesterday afternoon.

rices and the situation might tions in the south-west Pacific Captain Charles B. McVay-A source to-day denied reports that ARY WEDDING

The official announcement of The motor-boat shot round ring disorders.

against the Japanese, Grounds for the army's refusal

sociated Press, Hubertun J. Van Mook, acting

YR68 and was unable to Mr. Bevan made a special ap- Governor-General of the Nethur- were that it would be official, the meeting was published by all the

BACK IN LUXURY

THE WEATHER lants East Indien, liad been re-recognition of fraternisation be- papers to-day, but only on the avoid the sampan, three of peal to the conference to per-

Seattle, Dec. 9. tween officers and enlisted por- foreign nows pages, which are whoso passengers ended up in suade people to share their

A party of 001 Japanese na- To-day's forecast:-Fair, with The source said that the Dutch Bonnel.

always the third or back sure of the water. One of them, an 18-homes. Large numbers of men tionals, 820 of them women, and moderato or fresh easterly winds, Government was considering ank- Captain C. Ravmond Simpson, the four-page Russian popors. year-old girl, received slight in-and women were returning from children, boarded the liner "Mat-cool: outlook, fair. Ing Van Mool to coma to the and technician June Bramarim The Soviet delegates are ex- juries and, after treatment the forces and they had no onla vesterday for their trip Yesterday's maximum tempera- Netherlands to report on the Java wore refused permission to havel situation. It declared that it was the rite performed by an army pected to include a number of aboard the American warship, homes to go to. Only course back to Japan. They camo hore ture was 69.3 degrees at 1 p.ro. not at all unlikely that this would chemin in the Military Hospital experts who attended the Lon- was taken to Queen Mary Hos-open was to ask people to take from Chrystal Springs, Taxas and the minimum 64.5 degrees at

don conference-Reuter."

pital.

them in.-Router. Chapel-Associated Press.

Associate Prosa occur.Associated Press.

MOOK REPORTS DENIAL

callod.

AN ARMY AIR FORCE CAP-emphasising the Russian view;

U.S. cruiser "Indianapolis"

WAD.