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Vol. II, No. 95. Tuesday, January 1st, 1946,

SNAGS IN CHINA

Proposals Present

Truce Proposals Complex Problem

CHUNGKING, DEC. 31.

SEVERAL SERIOUS SNAGS LIE IN THE PATH OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMUNIST PROPOSAL FOR AN UNCONDITIONAL

"FROZEN" TRUCE WITH HOTH SIDES

AT THEIR PRESENT POSITIONS FIRST OF ALL GOVERNMENT QUARTERS HAVE MADE CLEAR THAT NO TRUCE COULD BE ACCEPTED IF IT WERE IN ANY WAY TO IMPEDE RESTORATION OF RAILROAD COMMUNICATIONS OR INTERFERE WITH THE DISARMAMENT AND REPATRIATION OF JAPANESE TROOPS,

All Quiet On North China Front

TIENTSIN, DEC 31.

SORT OF AN 'ARMISTICE BE

Secondly, there are reliable 'ni! dications that even af Govern ment were tu never the bro pomal without qualification, the Communists will renew some of their previoua chims such as a) share in the disarmament of Ja- i panese troops.

Murder

Berlin, Dee 31.

п

Bodies of four murder vic- tim were found in the Ger- man capital yesterday. The victims were Two Kunstans --and

$100 German aiviliane.* One of the Resins was in Red Army captain's uniform, Meanwhile, the Ruanian milltary police scoured the American sector of the city for gunmen responsible for the slaying of two ['nited States soldiers Lant werk... Ansoriated Press.

Dawn Of A

New Day

TOKYO, DEC. 31

Price 10 ots

HONOUR IS DUE TO MAN WHO SHOT DARLAN

New Year

Holiday

To-day being New Year'n Bay, the officca of the "China Mfail” will be closed. There will be no paper to-morroto. Publication will be resumed on the morning of January 3.

UNFORGETTABLE YEAR IN 1945

NEW YORK, DEC. 31.

THE DROPPING OF THE ATOMIC BOMB, THE END OF WORLD WAR NO. 2 AND THE DEATH OF PRE- SIDENT ROOSEVELT WERE THE BIGGEST NEWS STORIES OF 1945, ACCORDING TO A SURVEY OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER EDITORS. THESE THREE STORIES WERE OUTSTANDING IN A YEAR CROWDED WITH MANY TREMENDOUS EVENTS WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION, THE YEAR WAS PACKED WITH

NEWS HISTORY ONE CAN NEVER FORGET.

(By Michael Foot). 1

LONDON, DEC. 31.

A THREE-YEAR-OLD WRONG TO A MURDERED MAN HAS BEEN RIGHTED THIS CHRISTMAS, SINCE THESE MATTERS ARE NOT USUALLY RECTIFIED SO

·SWIFTLY (IT TOOK THE CHURCH SEVERAL CEN- TURIES TO CANONISE JOAN OF ARC) IT IS PROPER THAT THE EVENT SHOULD BE CELEBRATED.

A SPECIAL REVISION COURT HAS BEEN SITTING IN ALGIERS. IT HAS ANNULLED THE VERDICT PASS» ED ON CHRISTMAS DAY, 1942, BY THE COURT MAR- TIAL WHICH CONDEMNED TO DEATH FERNARD BONNIER DE LA CHAPELLE, FOR THE ASSASSINA- TION OF ADMIRAL DARLAN. After studying the evidence the court has decided that Dar- lan and not his assailant was the real traitor to France. Bon- nier da la Chapelle, says the court, acted from the highest patriotic mctives.

The dead man cannot be re- surrected. But ha ame can be honoured along with all those others of the resistance move- ments in Europe who gave their own lives to strike agalnel their country's enemies,

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Yet this in not the only rea son why we should celebrate. The Darlan "Incident" was amall event in the history of the war, It was one of the decisive turning points,

- The Associated Press editors.|| 10. Poatwar upheavala Now that the injustice han) answering R. poll, have selected plague the world, The Agenda been remedied and a grosa hypo- the following epochal incidents for 1946 is a long and tortuous crisy exposed it is instructive to as the ten biggest news stories] document for there are many | look back and consider what we

Bore spola throughout the owe to this usedsain.

of the year;

by

man.

Nationalism Out Of Date

Dutch Marines Arrive Off-

Batavia

OF

BATAVIA, DEC, 31, BRITISH OFFICIALS AN- NOUNCED SUNDAY THAT 2,000 AMERICAN-T RAINED DUTOH MARINES HAD AR- RIVED OFF THIS” ÇAPITAL TROUBLED JAVA AND PROBABLY WOULD DISEM - BARK WITHIN A FEW DAYS. The troops were said to be fully auppiled with American equip ment. They were recruited most- and are ty in southern Holland considered among the finest in the Netherlands.

The British said they informed Indonesian leaders the Dutch marince would help enforce order, So although the unrecognised Indone- sian govĉrtment agreed Friday to cooperate with the British in restoring order, provided no fur- ther Dutch troops were brought in.

Christmas morning, 1942. deep had been the revalafo ut trafle with this traitor that there could have been few reo ple in this country who did not rejoice.

1. The atomle age opens world. But accord has won in- News of Darlan's Assassina August 6, 1945. A stunned and dicated in many of the pro- tion reached this country < 11 hardly understanding world blem and 12 hopeful world heard from President Truman stands by.--Associated Press. the story of. "the most terrible and destructive forte ever harnessed

atomic These and other fact ra tende

energy."

However. Premier Sutan Sja- the problem complex instead of

2.Japan surrenders—August

NO PROTEST

hrir, onable to attend a cabinet Nevertheless, the a simple one.

104946. The Becond wor'd

meeting which premamably was Communist proposal «hich hos

Assassination is not a com for discussion of the landings, INDICATIONS OF SM been in Chiang Kai shek's hands SUPREME ALLIED COMMAN death and destruction came to GENERAL MACARTHUR,, war, history's greatest Blood of

mendable political net in komral| told the Associated Press the land 28 is being Kiven

CHAMPAIGN, ILL, DEC. 31.

times. TWEEN THE CENTRAL since Dec.

THE NEW

Yet none objected when| Inga wers agreed upon long agờ. DAY} an "end with Japan's uncondi- DER, SAW

BISHOP BROMLEY OSNAM,

fired at serious consideration and gov DAWNING FOR NIPPON IN A tional GOVERMENT

Laval in | -Associated Press. AND COM

surrender, surprising PRESIDENT OF THE COUN-shots were be del NEW might MUNIST TROOPS WERE SEEN erpent's. reply

YEAR'S STATEMENT only because of the rupidity OLL

when 1 OF

objected CHURCHES TOLD as. Nong BY ORSERVERS HERE INlivered at the next formal meet TO THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN. with which Japan folded up THE NATIONAL METHODIST Hoydrick met his end in Prigue. TRE ABSENCE OF NORTH ing between representatives of "No longer is the future to be

STUDENT CONFERENCE Why then should any complala CHINA ACTURINTS DURING the two sides who last conferred settied by a fow" he said. "The after the Nazi collapse.

3.-Germany collapses May SUNDAY THAT THE MORAL at the removal of Darlan?. whackleg of militarism of feuda-

1945 and [tler?-Mitte DEMAND TO ABOLISH WAR However Darlan's corifeder- American marines guneling raili

AND no prolism, of the regimentation of the 7,

PEACE ESTABLISH There is practically

controlled Algiers. ates still fines and coal ten os had nothing

A WORLD OR- CALLS FOR speel of the unity conference body and soul have been removed and the nation that sheepishly

They feared for their own skins. with

abuse of followed him went down to utter exrupt cmtend

GANISATION ADEQUATE TO opening on New Year's Day A education are no more. All now and devastating defeat. Hitler. DEMAND.

They would not wagte a minute

MANILA, DEC. 31. suffering from the bitter cold

the conscience of the by the

Communis.a. enjoy religious freedom and right| a broken "and"gibbering wrecki Reports from Manchuria

ENMITIES were propome

"Brotherhood cannot be estat to allow that ten

BLAZED BETWEEN CHINESE Tu Yu ming. whose Most quarters think there is but of speech without undue restraint. of a man, is presumed to have lished by competitive struggle." world to surak. Nationalis forces ATU stoppedittle prospect of it meeting be Free assembly is guaranteed. divel in his Chancellory, his body The bishop asserted that

The GOVERNMENT SUPPORTERS They "the

acted swiftly just short of Mukden after their fore the second week of Janu-

"The removal of this nutkeuni

sovereign national state has be Gestapo could not have one to AND COMMUNISTS IN MANI freedom for destroyed by fire. lang advanes beyond the Great

enslavement menna

LA'S LARGE CHINESE expeditiously 4. A chieftain dies --

come ne much an snachronism an work more

MUNITY

WHEN A

BOMB the sovereign, family became long little more than 24 hout the WRAPPED AS A HOLIDAY Individual 12, 1945. I have a

hustled together, PACKAGE EXPLODED IN A centuries are inadequate.

CHRISTMAS WEEK

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the

Wall, does not expect to enter the city for at least another two

op Dec. 28.

ary

MUD-SLINGING

İ

Thought Control

JIM!

the people but at the same time it

theto

pon

Bomb Explodes In Cafe

SMOULDERING

COM-

an. Social organisations of voet court was

to the Bonnier de 16 Chapel's Was DOWN-TOWN CAFES KILLING

porary men.

April Lere he weeks. Reliable Bources quote Although Governmcat

and duly to think and act each on his headache, President Roosevelt him as saying the gaze Communist offietals are the sulfan initially. It is eccleary sold by minutes later Le resunnsible for the delay. but

for the mames of Japan to awaken Commander-in-Chief in Ameri- moral dentada made by content "tried" without having a chance, THE FILIPINO CASHIER, LY- of cordiality itself when they Where won no exalumni.

to the fact that they now have ca's greatest war was dead. meet orally as they often do, Apparently all sides are own!!

the power to guvern and what IN for examples

Cocktail at the ine smo decisam before mak

done must be done by themselves. Minister Wasg the next move

party, Forsign

"It in my hope that the New Year may be the The are moral's forces have been Shakorlich gave Saturday night

beginning four atamented by 5,000 mobilier trans tes General Marshall, mutual re- them of "the way and the truth ported from South Chan wiki (Continued on Page 6) and the light." Assetated Press.

Hulutno hy typoved ruk

Failed! Additional States liberty ships. South Chinx forces are expected}

to artive at Hulut in the near future. Associated Prog

MacA. Has A Kick

TOKYO, DEC. BES.

INFORMANTS TO-DAY SAID.

THAT

GENERAL MACA,

ARTHUR'S CHIEF OBJECTION

Little Flower Gets It Of His Chest

NEW YORK, DEC. 31. MAYOR F. H. LAGUARDIA CHARGED IN AN INTERVIEW HERE THAT "OTHER GOVERNMENT – AND SPECI PREVENTING FICALLY GREAT BRITAIN WERE THE REDEMPTION OF PROMISES MADE TO ITALY

IN THE NAME OF THE UNITED STATES. "We must be frank about it,”

TO THE NEW CONTROL PLAN the Mayor declared. "The TION OF AN ALLIED COUN-treatment given italy so far in

POR JAPAN IS THE CREA-

CIL.

not in keeping with our tradi-

He said it will complicato the lions and the promises we made already difficult Lack of forcing to Italy. the Nipponese to conform with

the provisions

Weather Report

QUN-

Today's forecast:--Fresh thterly winds, cloudy; rather cold.

Yesterday's temperature:- Minimum:-59 degrees at 7 aan.

"The promises 1 made, of the Potsdam hopes I held out to Italy, in the broadcasts i made were not pur-

They said it was this objection sonal promises. 5 Everyone uf Maximum:-68 degrees at Noon. to which General MacArthur ** ferred in a statement in which be them had the approval of that

These fources

idcolories now when

{

American Government."

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HOPEFUL WORLD 5.--Labour strike in a post- war world. The end of the war brought attention to the re- pelling problems facing labour and management.

6.--The United Nations set up husekeeping in April. l'ener loving nations met at San Fran cisco to set up an organisatio by which they hope to maintain a global accord forever.

7.--Britain swings to the left July 26, 1945. Came vic- tory and British volers relegal». jed Churchill and his party to a back sunt as the Labour Gov- ernment took over. 8.-Spotlight on

Pearl Har-

The values that lies in a nation of preparing his defence, and by DIA MERCADO, AND INJUR ratist be preserved and treasured the night of Christina Day ING TWO OTHER PERSONS. just as the family

The cats owner, N. G. Young, ns the most was dead, Even his nant was

said he received a note acele Pignificant social unit must be suppressed by these "judues."

"You ngo saying.

náro a 'Well Next day a howl of indigation protected and enriched.

"But the nation as a unifying should have arisen for the fr even so you are still employing known Chinese Nationalist but force has renched runturity. We democratic nationa. It

didn't many Communists. So we invite need a unifying larger and includes all man in a

The silence was gely your attention to vour duty. world community."-Associated organised by the Fareton Omeetens ve Press.

and the Government-Reuter.

concept that is

come.

MacA Hits At Jap. School System

TOKYO, DEC. 31.

bour. With the end of the war SUSPENSION OF THREE SCHOOL COURSES. UTILISED came investigation and Pearl Harbour was more in the news than ever.

9.-Nazi top criminals go on trial-November 20. 1945. An International Military Tribunni |

Nazl leaders brought the book in the final chapter of their story of murder, plunder, horror and torture.

to

Japanese Laughed While Prisoner Went Mad

A

YOKOHAMA, DEC. 81. CHARGE THAT THE JAPANESE COMMANDER OF THE KAMIOKA PRISONER OF WAR CAMP STOOD LAUGHING IN HIS OFFICE WINDOW WHILE AN AMERICAN ARMY PRIVATE WAS MERCILESSLY BEATEN UNTIL HE LOST HIS SANITY WAS MADE AT THE JAPANESE OFFICER'S TRIAL TO-DAY AS A WAR CRIMINAL.

MOST EFFECTIVELY FOR THE SPREADING OF MILITARISTIC ULTRA-NATIONALISM AND CONFIS- CATION OF ALL TEXT-BOOKS AND TEACHERS MANUALS USED FOR THEM HAS BEEN ORDERED BY ALLIED HEADQUARTERS.

The order

which affects nil schools in Japan implemented the recent abolition of State Shinto. It specified that the

courses

JEALOUS WIFE

of Japanese history, KILLS HUSBAND

Now York. Doc. 81,

geography and morals will hel suspended unti) Headquarters approves their resumption.

A woman mad with jealousy Brigadier-General

killed her husband by trushin Dyke, head of Allied Hondquar-him against a wall with her, car tere Information and Education

Ken

R.

your

Communists" froni

Otherwise we resturant. shall be compelled to send you a clock in a couple of days"--Asso- ciated Press,

JUST A FAMILY AFFAIR!

ROME, DEC. 31. DORA CAMUSSO, OF THE VILLAGE OF PARA SABINA, NEAR

ROME. SOLD SOME CATTLE FOR 180,000 LIRE.

Bandits are many in Italy, and she worried about taking so much money home at night. So, she stopped at hor brother's house and asked him to go with her.

He

was too busy, he said, but eave her a pistol.

On the way she met two villa- sery, who examined the weapon, found it unloaded and gave her! two cartridges.

A little farther on she met two masked men who demanded money.

She fired twice, kuling

It happened after the husband both. Then she went over to the Suction, said that these courses of MTS. Geneve Humphreys, 47, bodies and lifted the masks. are so thoroughly loaded with and a friend came out of a res The men were her brother and

taurant nationalistic teachings that

in Little Falls. Now first conein-Associated Press. Jersey.

Humphreys and his friend

complete renovation' is essential. He said the directive did not

result in any Japanese dilatori heard the roar of the engine be HOLLYWOOD

ness in educational house-clear- ing but was intended as "an im

hind them.

plementation of the directive sidewalk and chased her husband JITTERY

naid "On Oct. 31 my faul dia-

The Mayor had broadcast to agreement, wae contained in my radio to the Chief of Staff for Italy during the period before country's cupitulation. rela to the Secretary of State that advising that the terma, in my Citing his one talk on the sub- opinion were not noceptable

Jeet "the king contended that Laguardia declared that the text the task of whipping Japan into had been approved by the late line and foxoing her to assimilate President Roosevelt. dritic chances in her governmen- tal structure and

He added that a few days later A the former Prime Minister Winston difficult enough Jaymeso are accustomed to taking Churchill told the British House orders from only one man. They of Commons: "We cannot fet maintained that should the Jape down the House of Savoy," in-

Mra, Humphreys, who had been waiting for them, drove on to the nene get the impression that Mac- dieating an opposite viewpoint. Arthur's powers or authority have

"There is no use fooling our- lessened it will not help but cause selves," the Mayor said. "There

providing details for the pre-into a cul-de-sac. There she

Hollywood, Dec. 81. MaoArthur to lose face in a coun-

The testimony against Lieu-[ was crammed down his throat vious generalised renovation crushed him to death against the iu conflict in policy between

wall,

Hollywood citizens gated at a try where face is a matter of pri-

the United States and

Great tenant Chotaro Furushima was

Arrested on a murder charge, parachutlet floating down to earth.* mary, concern-Associated Press.

The Education Ministry has. Britain over Italy, I only hope given in an affidavit of Liv and water, bloated his stomach. Instructions. that Italy ed stand it while tenant Herman Theunissen of

aho was fealous because her hus- parachute hanging from, a tree, stitute courses and to submit band had been going with another "Must be a Jan" Let's got him," Great Britain has the upper Java, a Dutch officer. He said ed in detall the beating of Pri- been instructed to proparé sub- the grey-haired housewife said Other citizens save a man with

ho was an eye witness to the vate James Smith who later plans for writing new textbooks woman asociated Press. shouted

near the tree, covering suspended subjects.

Another started shooting at the He termed food Italy'a gront brutal beating of Private Robert died.

"Smith Robinson.

was beaten on the

man parachuting; down. need now-Associated Press..

"He was clubbed senseless fer body and face with sticks last These temporary books will be too waż revived ready for the Spring school smuggling in food. He was re- winter. Ha vived each time and the treat-cach time he became uncon- term in 1946... *A European resident, Mr. Oment continued. We were selous. Finally he was put nak Guppinger, is reported to have forced to watch as the Japan-ed in a coll despite the cold, and be destroyed. The pulp from suffered a heavy loss through cas stood by laughing. He was the doctors were not permitted the activity of burglara at, his beaten so much that he finally to help him. residence, 18 Soymour Torrace, went out of his mind. second floor.

·SEES STALIN

Landon. Dec. 31. Moscow Radio sald-yesterday that Stalin received General Chiang, Chin-kuo, elder son of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shak, upon his arrival in the Russian capital by plane as peelal envoy to his father. Foreign Commissar V. M. Molotov niso attended the meeting Associated Press.

GREEK `ARMY.

hend."

EUROPEAN'S LOSS.

The Dutch officer alan describ

It took a long time to explain to the people that now the war is over the famous Hollywood pencotime."stunta" uro. coming back again..

NATIONAL HOLIDAY

The confiscated text-books will

Chungking, Dec.-31. The Contral Government has

Now the police are looking for them will be used for printing proclaimed New Year's Dars the citizen who started the ghost- new books from which objec- National Holiday to be featured

Svili The Amorcains protested to tionable teachings

be by a memorial service in Chung-ng-Associated Press.

king for Doctor Bun Yat-son with "Furushima lobked out of his the camp commander that if he eliminated.

Generalissimo, Chiang Kal-ahe

LORD KEYES DEAD- Athens, Dec. 31...

medical treat The ordor also suspended the During Saturday night bur-office window and laughed at did not receive The Grook General Staff

ent he would dlo. It was re- still effective war-time laws and presiding day announced a new plan, for a glars entered the premises and the affair"

"After that, he said; Itobinson fused. He died of tuberculosis regulations on methods of teach peace-time strength of the Greeks deoamped with

"Associated ing these subjects. —Associęted clothes to tho

of was subjócted to a horrible and pneumonia.” .. value Army at seven divisions totalling

Press, water treatment in which a hoso! Press; 100,000 men-Associated Press, H.K$10,000.

money and

Chinna's usual "Now Year's The Board of the Admiralty re message to the nation is expected grots to announce the death of to be delivered to-day-Asso- Admiral of the Fleet Lord Keyes,

G.C.B., K.C.V.0., C.N‚G., D.S.Ó.,

ciated Press.

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