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THE CHINA MAI HONG KONG, MONDAY, DECEMEEN 10, 1945.

AZERBAIJAN MASSACRE Twenty-Three Officials Killed and Mutilated

Shepherds To Consternation In SAYS UNRRA

Be Released

BE

LONDON, DEC. 9. BHEPHERDS SERVING IN

WILL. THE FORCES AMONG 10,000 AGRICUL TURAL WORKERS WHOSE EARLY RELEASE UNDER CLABS

ARRANGEMENTS GOVERNMENT HAS AGREED TO, THE LABOUR MINISTRY ANNOUNCED TO-DAY.

In addition Class B block re- leason will be

offered

to

Teheran

LONDON, DEC. 9.

[RICHARD WYNDHAM, "NEWS OF THE WORLD" SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT IN TEHERAN, SAYS IN A CABLE PUBLISHED TO-DAZ: "THE NEWS OF THE MAS- SACRE AND MULTILATION OF GENDARMES AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN AZERBAI JAN PRO- VINCE HAS CAUSED CONSTERNATION HERE,

"IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ARRIVE AT THE TRUE FACTS OF THE SITUATION OWING TO THE SEVERING OF COMMUNICATIONS AND THE COMPLETE BARRIER AGAINST ATTEMPTED INVESTIGATION.

IS THROWING MONEY AWAY

Edgar Snow Incident

Chungking. Deo. B. Chinese authorities anid to- day, that the application of "Saturday Evening Port" as- sociate editor Edgar Snow to enter the Chiude capital was silli under consideration.

They declined to make any. comment pending a final deci- ofon-Associated Press.

Homma To Go To Manila

to

WASHINGTON, DEC. 8. THE UNITED NATIONS RE- LIEF AND REHABILITATION ORGANIZATION WAS TO-DAY ACCUSED BY REPRESENTA, TIVE BOREN, DEMOCRAT, OF OKLAHOMA, OF WASTE AND

Tokyo, Dec. 8. INCOMPETENCY

IN HAND.

Informed

sources said to-day LING U.N.R.RA, MATTERS” General Homma, who is accused Boren voted against authorisa-of ordering the Bataan "march tiog

of additional funda

of death" for war prisoners in He declared ho felt too much 1042, will leave Tokyo for Maniin "Bits of news have filtered | assurance of diplomatic rights

wasted and im through by "travellers' tales,”

for the people of the Azerbaiian money was being want to make tobortly to stand trial as a war

properly used.

criminal. en scribbled notes amuggled province, Molotov asserted.An-

Bach contributions as humanity

Homina,

submitted Who classed as general farm workers, through the barriers or the des- Boclated Press,

indicates as essential to the needs arrest on Oct. 16, has been held market garden wurkern. cattle-

The Military Authorities have

of the men, lockman,

starving people of the in prison. The Associated Press voted for informanto said plans were under Inen. cartera, horsemen, pluugh- tary radio.

to be held at Happy Valley Race

Carry out our men, tractor rivers and farm

Course

way to fly him to Manila within on New Year's Day inappropriations to

for Ald of H.E. The Commander-in-

original agreement

U.N.B.- a few days and indicated his trial Tabourers.

feel we have already H.A. but Chief's Hong Kong Distrosa Fund.

would start 8oo. appropriated enough money, if it Mr. Kwok Hin Wang

The authorities have appointed is economically and properly used,

to be in to accomplish our purpose. charge of the Cash Swoop, Office: "Thore is enough incompetency

1st in the handling of U.N.R.R.Aperished, but said he was ready B Des Voeux Road, Central, Floor and Messrs. Thompon & matters to make me feel sure as commander-in-chief of tho Chartered Accountants as thero will be atarvation and Philippines forces to tako full Co Secretaries & Treasurers. Office: suffering in Europe regardless of responsibility for any acts of my Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank how much money wo appropriate."|mbordinates."---Associated Press. Building.

-Associated Presn

{ow

yardmen, dairy-berate call of the Persian mi!-organised a Charity Race Mecting world, and I recently

Auction and whom nge and vare group in 50 or less. Reuter.

"Westward in Azerbaijan, the town of Marand has been ve- cupled by the Democrats, who proceeded to murder the Chief

of Police.

Arrangements have also been nude for release in Class B of a bundred Turni craftsmen (blacksmiths), wheelwrights, and- dlers, estate maintenance workers "In the rebel stronghold of

tc.) who are required for argent work in connection with food pro-arab, 21 Gendarmes and two officers were disarmed, murdered and their bodies mutilated.

elections' "In Tabriz, 'free have been held in which no one who opposed the 'democratic movement was allowed to vote. As a preliminary precaution the Chief of Police there was mur- dered.

JAPANESE

GIVE EVIDENCE

TWO

NEW DELHI, DEC. 9.

JAPANESE

MATS

THROUGH

DIPLO.

"The elections were carried

was tense.

1 in conditions outwardly calm, with the bazaars remain- WERE MARCHED ing open; but the atmosphere

RED FORT AT NEW DELHI BEFORE AN ARMED GURKHA ESCORT TO-

"Mahmoud Maruman, the new AS

DE- DAY TO APPEAR FENCE WITNESSES IN THE Mayor of Teheran, who is re- TRIAL OF THE THREE OFFI-ported to be pro-Russlan, has nineteen Municipal CERS OF THE "INDIAN NA-dismissed TIONAL

ARMY," CHARGED employees without giving any WIT I WAGING WAR reason. Many had 20 years ser- AGAINST THE KING,

vice and are left without giving any reason. Many had 20 years former Japanese Vice-Minister for For service and are left without a vign Affairs,

stated: "I think pension."-Reuter. the only

the Japanese

RUSSIA'S ATTITUDE Government wanted the recogni- tion of the Provisional Govern- ment of Free Indin' was to help the Japanese war effort."

Sunichi

Matsumoto,

reason

Washington, Dec. 9.

trouble in Hussia blames the Northern Iran on "reactionary Replying to Mr. Desai, Counsel elements which have opposed the Tights" to for the defence, on what were extension of national Japan's war aims with regard to the people in that area, the State India. Sunichi Mataumuto said: Department disclosed to-day. "to make India independent,"

with This information came Sabure Ohta, the other Japu the release of the text of Russia's nese witness, who was in the reply to the United States' note Japanese Foreign Office through-on Nov. 24 urging that all Soviet, out the war, produced a copy of British und American troop eva- a sppoch by General Tojo, for- cuate Iran by Jan. 1.

mer

Japanese Prime Minister,

Russia pointed out that she had stating that Japon was ready to already agreed

with Britain to plgen the Andaman and Nicobar

withdraw all troops by March 2 Islands

Ocean) In the Indian under the

and said she saw no grounds for of jurisdiction "Provisional Guvernment of Free Beting earlier.

India."--Reuter.

WAR STRATEGY

NEW DELHI, DEC, 6.

the

First-Rate

Bargain

For United States

LONDON, DEC. 9. REFUSAL OF THE UNITED STATES LOAN TO BRITAIN WOULD NECESSITATE HARDSHIPS OF WHICH PEOPLE AT PRESENT HAVE NO IDEA.

REFUSAL WOULD ALSO ENTAIL INFORMING THE UNITED STATES THAT BRITAIN REGARDS THE LEND-LEASE ACCOUNT AS NULL AND VOID, WHICH WOULD BE CONSIDERED A SHARP REBUFF BY THE AMERICANS, AND NONE LOOKING AT THE UNCER- TAIN WORLD THESE DAYS CAN HONESTLY CON- TEMPLATE AN ANGLO-AMERICAN RIET.

cites American

Homma, in an interview during the early days of the occupation, denied ho ordered the "death march"

which thousands

N.Z. Needs More Babies

Wellington, Dec. 8. Major-General E. Puttick, re- tiring Chlof of the New Zealand to- Goneral Staff, told officers day that an increased population was necessary for adequate do- fence of Now Zealand

He said it would be too costly for New Zealand to maintain a navy sufficient to defend her long coastline, neither could she afford an air force for her sole protes-

tion.

Post-war requirements should provide for the maximum force the country could afford being available at vital points oversens wherever needed.

Now Zealand should train off- cers and N.C.O.'s of tho Terri- ard and store existing equipment for any possible. futuro use while obtaining modern equipment.→

The Conservative "Yorkshire The paper Post" states the loan pact ap-intervention in China as on eftoriai Army to the highest stand- pears to be a first-rate bargain fective means of destroying the for the United States.

Chinese market. "Just 43 Bri- The Communist "Daily Worker" tish policy in keeping India In Reuter. neks: "La the American loan to chains and poverty keeps the Britain to be followed by an in-purchasing power of the Indian ternational economic agreement masses disastrously low." or by a cut-throat war for mar- kets, leading once again to trade depression and war?"

SIX FLIERS

NOW SAFE

CRUNGKING, DEC. 9. CHINESE COMMUNISTS

Britain had to DON'T RUB IT IN SAYS

DULLES-

The reason negotiate the American loan on commercial terms, writes Ste- wart Gillies, Daily Express City

New York, Dec. 8. Editor, is that the Americans John Foster Dulles, advisor to found unacceptable Lord Koy-Sparotary of Staté Byrnes at the conference of foreign nes suggestion that Great Bri- London

ministers, Bald tain had made a relatively grea-United States should adopt

yesterday the ter war effort.

simple publicity-devold policy" to- wards extension of material aid ORIGINAL PROPOSAL

to other nations, to avold i will

"Inevitable disappointment of Commissar Molotov Foreign

Lord Keynes original pro many hopes could make us the

was that the object-

Well-nigh universal at also reiterated in his reply that HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT posal, he says,

Jeal- Union the Soviet

"adberce un THE SIX AMERICAN FLIERS United States should make a lousy and dislike," bo Buld waveringly" to the Rookevelt- WHO HAD MADE A FORCED gift with no obligation what sort of quiritual isolation involves Charoh-Stalin declaration in LANDING IN COMMUNIST

no world A FUNCTIONARY OF THE Teheran in 1943

no armamenta which pledged TERRITORY ON NOV. I HAVE for repayment either of in-a danger from which

could drotect us."--Absociated JAPANESE FOREIGN OFFICE, that the three countries maintain BEEN RETURNED TO TIEN-terest or principal because Bri-organisation, and

tain had in the common cause Independence. SUMMONED YESTERDAY AS "the

Bovereignty TSIN.

Press deliberately sacrificed her ex- THE FIRST DEFENSE WIT-and integrity of Iran." NESS IN THE INDIAN NA- The Russian note said that the

These same spurces reported port industry, had lost half of TIONAL ARMY

TRIAL Iranian Government's account of simultaneously the beginning of her merchant fleet and and ac SOUGHT TO PROVE THE the no-called armed uprising in an offensivo by Central Govern- cepted a drastic austerity stan- INDEPENDENCE OF THE northern Iran did not, in the ment troops with 100,000 men in dard of living. LATE SUBHAS CHANDRA Soviet view. correspond to the Shanal and Honan provinces.

It was only fair, therefore, BOSE'S PROVINCIAL facts. It declared that the events

Referring to the airmon the GOVERNMENT AS A PUPPET did not constitute an armed up Communists said that the Ameri-that the United States should rising and were not even directed cans were accorded "good treat help to equalise matters by against the national governmentment while in Communist terri-making a contribution at Teheran.

tory although they had previous their abundant financial re- ly strafed the Communists." They sources. were returned, the Cousino- Aerican friends."

OF JAPAN,

The prosecution elicited from Shunichi Matsumoto, twice vice- Minister of Foreign Affairs, an admission that promotion of Azad Hind or Free Indin was part of Japanese war strategy.

Matsumoto said that Bose. Was the leader of Azad Hind and the National Army and was brought from Gormany to Japan about April, 1943. The witness cast no light on how Boso travelled to Japan. Boso had vanished al- most magically from his cutta home Just before Japan went to war..

Was

Col.

DIPLOMATIC RIGHTS The so-called popular assembly of Northern Iran is seeking only

Successor To

Adm. Barbey

Boso, a radical Congress party

Washington, Dec. 3. man who advocated an immediate. Vice-Admiral Charles BL Cooke, ultimatum to the British to quit Jr., who has been deputy chief of India: In 1939, being pro- naval operations until recently, secuted on a sedition charge at was named to-day to duccond the time of his disappearance and Vice Admiral. Daniel E. Batboy had been informed in his home.

an commander of the U.S. Seventh reported killed

is deployed long the Asiatic copst from liang Barbey recently was given the 7th Fleet assignment tanporarily,

plane crash, in moes sale on

which

route to Tokyo at the end of the Kong to Horen. AN war—Assoolated Press...

"JAPANESE, IN shansi

Pelping, Dec. 9. Japanese troops and sivilian totalling, 116,000, are yet to be eraquated from Shans! and south-western Hopal, it was stated here to-day.

thus

North China ropatriations far Include 34,479 Japaneão sol diora, and 1,000,mplo civilians Associated Press. • ..

in addition to his permanent duty

Communista

as a sign of

but of

This contention failed, as did also the suggestion that the loan The Communiste said well arm- should carry a nominal cats" "of od Japanese Bolstered the 100,000 interest such as 118 per cent. Nationaliste massed along the Lunghai railroad. Associated

Gillies declares that Amari- Press

can industry is now ready for a large-scale expert drive. Reu- Iter.

PROFESSOR LASKI UPSET

QUIST COMES BACK WITH GOOD WIN

Melbourne, Doc. B. The Australian lawn tonnis LONDON, DEC. p.

champion, Adrian Qulat, who, hind SINCE HIS RETURN FROM been out of serious tennis for somid AMERICA ON THURSDAY, weeks suffering from tennis elbow PROFESSOR HAROLD LASKI,

cams back to-day to boat bla CHAIRMAN OF THE LABOUR follow Davis Cup player," John GIVEN NO Bromwich, ranked No. 1 by 0-4. PRESS INTERVIEWS,

1-8 and 6-5, in

inter-state game between Victoria and New South

Mrs. Laski told Router to-day Wales that since his return the Pro-in snother gaine Harry Hopman fossor, had been very quist. He bdat Jack Crawford 3-6, 8-6 and as Commander at Amphibious had no comment to make on either 6-0.-Router. Forces of the 7th Flest, succeed the Anglo-American Lean or the ing Admiral Thames C. Kincald, Indian situstion, because what who won transferred to duty as ever he had said in the past haf

Washington, Doc, 8, commandant of the eastern sow been miilaterpreted. Prodonic The Export Import Bank un- frontier. Coolte has boon rolloved Laski had decided as deputy chief of naval opera- it all because of this.nounced to day it had signed a loan agreement with Marico, pro- tions by Rear Admiral Richard L The Professor will not be vuiling, for credit of $20,000,000. Connolly, who was nominated to attending the annual dinner of toysalat in daancing purchases day for, the rank of Vice Admiral. Sears Houps alto, ght," added of equipment and, services in the

Associated Pross

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PRESS, LIMITED."

An extraordinary general meeting of the above Company will be Bold at the Company's registered office PEIPING, DEC. 9our, Ice House Street, HongKong

Rope No. 211, Prince's Building THE CHINESE SECRET FO-t 12 O'Clock Rim. on Friday the 2815 LICE HAVE ROUNDED UP 250-12 OFFICIALS OF THE JAPA- of conddering and possibly passing a day of December 1945 för kas puritan NESE-SPONSORED GOVERN-special resolution for the sale of the MENT OF NORTH CHINA AS pts of the Company and for SUSPECTED COLLABORA-winding up

TORS, IT WAS STATED HERE TO-DAY..

A formal notice has been posted to all shareholders at their registered Included among those arrested addresses. Any shareholder : who woe Princess Chin. Pel Hut of wishes for further particulars should. the Ching dynasty and three men call at the Company's registered who once held the port of Chair-

office. man of the North China Political Affairs Committee namely, Wang Koh Min, Wang Ying Tai and Wallg YI Prona.

Tang. - Assoclated

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