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Vol. 11, No. 97.

Friday, January 4th, 1946.

Chiang's Peace Offer SHARP RETORT IN CHUNGKING

CHUNGKING, JAN. 3

BETWEEN THE SLOWNESS OF COMMUNICATIONS

CHUNGKING AND VENAN AND THE NEED FOR THE COMMUNIST CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO! THOROUGHLY DISCUSS THE MATTER IS EXPECT. ED TO DELAY OR SOME DAYS THE GOVERN MENTS REPLY TO THE TRUCE COUNTER OFFERS. THE COMMUNISTS HERE COMMUNICATE WITH YENAN IN CODE THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF WARS RADIO STATION

Communist Reply To Newest Offer

the

As the Communist delegatra coming to the unity comference discussed

Government's counter-offer, presa desparteles reported further penetration Jebod by Nation- intes eastern alist legions swinging toward¦ the provincini capilus 11 g Leh from

Man the adjoinitiat churian province of Liaoning.

These dispatches maid The Na- tronalists on Dec. 31 took Chac- China's Communist rubed any, a railroad town, 14 miles By this time officially to day Generalissime from Chengich. Cang Kai shek's suggvation that Gen. Geoage C Marshall parties That in the seace talks, with the

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1

Yenan, Jun 3

the Communista are probably much nearer Chengteh.

JEHOL ACTIVITY

Kai-shek's

Wiltshire Blast

Murió cough, Jun. 3. Tertre British soldiers are frared to have leat their lives and many torre injured in an contusion of German ameni tion which Rus bring removed From a tnited States Arrow dump to railtena wangens, Reuter.

Chennault On "Secret" Trip

FOR

COMMAND

form.

Price 10 cts.

HITLER ORDERS DEATH FOR ALL COMMANDOS

NUERNBERG, JAN. 3.

A SECRET ORDER IN WHICH ADOLF HITLER DECREED "SLAUGHTER TO PHE LAST MAN" OF ALL ALLIED COMMANDOS AND PARA TROOPERS CAPTURED AFTER OCT. 18, 1942, WAS READ AS THE MILITARY TRIBUNAL RESUMED THE TRIAL OF 21 NAZI LEA- DERS AS WAR CRIMINALS.

THE ORDER WAS INSPIRED BY HITLER'S FURY OVER THE DIEPPE RAID AND SIMILAR OPERATIONS, THE "AMERICAN PROSECUTORS" TOLD THE COURT THE ORDER STATED:

"From now on all enemies on Europe of Africa, or demolition Ho-called Commande missions in troops, whether armed or ur- armed, in battle or in flight, are to be slaughtered to the Inst man. "It does not make any difference whether they are landed from ships and airplanes for their actions or whether they are dropped by parachute. Even If these individuals when found should apparently be prepared to give themselves up, no pardon is to be granted to them on prin- ciple."

Kowloon Explosion Aftermath

R.A.F. road-repairing machines were at work yesterday morning clearing up the section of Argyle Street covered with mud and earth by the tunnel explosion the previous night. Excavating parties were also working in an endeavour to

the body of a child and a female servant buried under the debris.

been i

The tunnel where the explo- sion had occurred was some 60 feet in length. It had partly sloughed in and clearance work in the southern cross-cul had been delayed owing to the difficulty of access,

cordite

Large quantities of had been previously removed. what was not known It was contained in the southern cross-

SAN FRANCISCO, JAN. 3. MAJOR GENERAL CLAIRE CHENNAULT LEFT BY PLANE

ON CIHNA WHAT AIR TRANSPORT cut or how deep this extended.

The mal force of the explo- OFFICIALS TERMED A "SECRET" MISsion was in a southerly direction and the only extensive damage SION.

was to the block of Chinese-style The General had retired but was still wearing air force uni-houses at 117-121, Argyle Street, built on a lower level of the hil Boys' the Diocesan on which School stands.

TUNNEL NEAR HOUSES The centre of the explosion was only a few yards emoved the rear wall of those from houses and the tunnel must have extended to within a bare few yards of them, built on race overlooking Argyle Street with garagen on the street-level, A spokesman of the Chinese conmilate in San Francisco, said

The damage could have been considerably greater were it not that there has been it *** sometime ago that Chennault for the fact that there was

of considerable amount direction askuut

earth which smothered the force

that

Before leaving. General Chen. nauit. former American

Air Commander in China, requested W whil dismiss fax The Chines press predicted that

no statement be issued vourably evity suggestion dealing imutant

developments" in with the subtediate cessation of

concerning his departure.

However, there are strong in- rivil war in Cho and the estabJhol within the next few days)

yapparently meaning that Cheng- Jishizent of unity and demoerney

dications

Chennoult is A gentral committee spokesman teh is likely to be taken.

bound for some private nasign- The Demberalic Leagus camels with the Chinese National whled that the tomatite Abou favoured presence of other out with a blast against several at any air force.

An unpartial elements, points its Chiang

a third party.

New Year message to the Na The tak ment was followed by

tion. An official apokesman of telauison that the civil strife in North Chum has inken "a very the League brought out the To- Seria ting with the capture slowing points: Changk fter a of Pumba

The National Assembly sche. Chausaur, unpourtant rail towns in duled for May is not truly re. China's military pilat training

presentative of the people, programme.

The spokesman felt he would The spoke to war red the town Fremgnise the delegates elected

serve the Chinese Gaverament ten years nge and merely to in- crease their number is "int, a civilian. Associated Press, the spirit of demoeracy and m-

Get hienst delid posvanee

were emapletely like muted from the Japanse by Communists and that the attack on Frein as "wbelky mu justatiend

The thal ] wookers ans lended that "The Kazanit tang dustedy slag this offer sive and evastante ats formes tromal Jokel prese

would

troduces a feal example of tri An

ing with the dignity of law."

LOCAL GOVERNMEST Any reorganisation of

the

An ociated Government should be drenfril

Sterling-Bloc Survey

Washington, Jus. a survey of the Sterling are

by the Benroment of Commerce

Consultative. y th Pitical Coune) and not e Terled by:

from at invitatis

a ainul party to the leaders of society oller and

representatives of pulitin parties to take part in adminstration

The nationation of troops with should procved parallel political deneralisation.

Chiang Kai-shek made

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Anti-Atomic

Navy For Britain

of the explosion.

ter-

of soft

It was, however, #uficiently of the iron violent to wrench The upper portion of the block Kates leading up to the terrace. of houses was more considerably | damaged than the lower, but the Police advised everyone to move out as it was not certain that the building could hold together, FORTUNATE Tandon, Jan. 3.

CIRCUMSTANCE The Daily Mad' says that as

Commission is The absence of major casual- special Admiralty working on revolutionary plans tien on the streets is explainal for a new anti-atom nuve for Bby the fact that the intersection a very busy one, most the trahe usually taking Waterloo Road, and further, by the fact that the explosion ov curred at night,

Inin

is not

The Commission's report is ex J nected to be delivered in March and will decide whether the 40,000. ton H.M.S. Vanguard" will be the last of that tent of battleshin the Navy will buildi.

It predicted that every branch of May at the desolution of the mention of the problem of load the Royal Navy from recruiting war me Sterling aren systemi

which realnced the Sterling bloc Xovernment which is the crux and training to battle tactles will al the outbreak of war) will not of the present disputes"-As-, be affected by the Commission's

filings Associated Press. automatically result in the expan Hociated Press.

ston of United Staida exports, if stes are not taken to ensure the comulele enuverilbility of Sterling After tracing the developmenta of the Sterling bloc, the survey states that the Sterling system need not necessarily be restrictive or discriminatory.

However, where Sterling itself

becomes inconvertible

Then there

LAST FLIGHT MADE

OVER "THE HUMP"

H.Q. AIR COMMAND), S.E.A., JAN. 3.

is almost certain to be restrictive THE AIR TRANSPORT ROUTE INTO CHINA "OVER THE

TEKA und Sumu discriminatory treatment-Beuter,

U.S. PLANS FOR CHINESE NAVY

Canton, Jan. 3. Rear-Adm. Stuart S. Murrayf of the United States Navy Isl touring Suuth China on what in] reported unofficially to be a sur- vey for possible bases and train.

ing stations for development of

a Chinese navy under an Ameri-

HUMP." IS NOW CLOSED. AND AIRCRAFT HAVE CEASED TO FLY THAT DRAMATIC AND PERILOUS DAILY RUN FROM NORTH EAST INDIA ACROSS HIMALAYAN SPURS INTO CHINA.

The last mission was flown on New Year's Eve by Dakotas of R.A.F. Transport Command.

Looter Shot By Commando

The R.A.Fs part in the re- gular service dates from July! 1944. The route was pioneered by American pilots of U.S. Air Transport Command and Chin- cse National Airways Corpora- tion to carry by air into China) the war material which onco; flowed along the ald

Burma

Police from Mongkok Station,

ANOTHER

recover

KOWLOON GANG MURDER

committed

Ind

Joseph Morton. Associated Press war corresponde, members of the American office of strategic services group he accompanied deep behind the German lines in Slovakia late in 1944, wege put to death on the personal order of former Ges-

Chief Krast tape

Kalten- brunner, an affidavit alleged.

EXECUTION ORDER The American prosecutors presented the affidavit by Adolf Zulter, an adjutant in a concen- tration camp, telling of the American captives being brought in from Slovakia.

"I suppose the number of ar- 16," rivals were

about 12 to

Zutter said. "They wore a uni

or

Kowloon anngaters murder again at night following

was American a robbery at No. 507, Shanghai form which Street.

Canadian. Eight or 10 days Three anned men were concorn- after their arrival the execution They entered the third for order came in by telegraph or and their haul included a diamond telephone.

"A man named Zieris came to ring. a gold chain, Lwn watches and 10,000 Customs gold Units. me in my office and

d.

told me.

Just before they were prepared 'Now Kaltenbrunner has given for their execu- to leave, one of the inmates, Ngan permission Tak-shing, 28, attempted to raise flon.""

This He continued: the alarm, and was shot through the chest. dying within д Jow was secret and had the signa-

lure signed Kaltenbrunner""

minutes.

letter

Britain Freezes

London, Jan. 3. People in Britain are ex- periencing the coldent day in the past twelve months.

The coldest place reported in in the hills to the South of Scotland, where there is aizd teen degrees of front-Rantar,

Lord Haw-Haw

Hanged At Wandsworth

Londen, Jan. 3. William Joyer, "Lord Haw Haw" for Nazi Germany's wartime radio propaganda lanes, died to-day on the gallow of Wandsworth prison for high treason.

Tho

40-year-old American-bern Joyce, who was in Germany on a British pasport qne who sold his honeyod voice to the Nazis a radio propagandist at the outget of the war, was executed for the trenson of which he was convicted By a British court on September 29.

He died on the where John Amery, former British Cabinet Minister, was hanged on December 19 treason charges growing out Aimilar radio activities --Associat ed Press.

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More than fifty people waited on the frosty pavements outside the prison to see the notice of execu- tion posted up on the prison gaten. Extra police were on duty an a pussiblo precaution agninst алу Jast-minute demonstration by nym pathizers.Reuter.

Ethridge On Russia

Louisville, Jan. 3.

At least one other shot was fired i The aidavit said an order then by the gang to cover their escape.was received for the destruction

The incident occurred at about of all fites relating to the killing Mark Ethridge, 'newspaper 10 p.m. and though police arrived: within two minutes of the shoot of the American party, includ-publisher, said here that nei the gang had plready going even the death orders.-As- ther Rumunia nor Bulgaria were ing clear away.

sociated Press.

Jap "Ace" Sticks To His Story

TOKYO, JAN. 3.

THEY DON'T GIVE MEDALS IN JAPAN TO MEN LIKE SUB-LIEUTENANT SABURO SAKAI OF THE JAPAN- ESE NAVY. THERE WERE NO DEMONSTRATIONS WHEN HE RETURNED QUIETLY FROM SEVEN YEARS OF WAR, HE WAS NOT RECEIVED AT THE IMPERIAL PALACE,

TO-DAY HE IS MERELY AN OFFICE CLERK — and the NATION'S TOP LIVING AIR ACE. HE SHOT DOWN. HE SWEARS, 63 AMERICAN, AUSTRALIAN, AND DUTCH AIRPLANES,

No one recognises him nowa-j thei as he walks along

ONLY ONCE AFTER

He returned to combat only

broadly represented in Governments.

MAN.

their

He recently returned from a fact-finding trip in the Balkans as emissary to President Tru- He sak: "lu spite of the fact that Russia has sometimes Reled like an Imperial power since the end of the war be- lieve she does earnestly want organisation for international security."

He said that Russia "made great concessions to the Ameri- can viewpoint nt. Moscow.” Associated Press.

Baby Born With Two Heads

BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 3.

A CIMED WITH TWO HEADS the R.A.F. Police, the Fire Bri- days gade and the R.A.P. Ambulance streets, indistinguishable from once after that: at Iwo Jima, WAS BORN ON MONDAY TO Section, aided Ty R.A.F. men all the other shabbily dressed in June, 1944, when he said he, THE WIFE OF AN AMERICAN shot down three American navy SOLDIER, IT WAS REPORTED and Commandos from stations people.

close to the scene of the exple- But to-day he terminated an fighters-"the toughest fight of HERE TO-DAY BY BOSPITAL sion worked for several hours interview by arising, bowing my experience." The rest of his AUTHORITIES. through the night and early stifly, and saying: "I apologise wartime career was spent as in- morning. Several padres rush to the relatives of the men ed also to the scene.

have killed."

very

strict about figures.

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ward Nurses in the maternity said

the child, born about a month structor or test pilot.

Ending the interview by prematurely, was being kept in a for feeding Rescue work was complicated; His record of kills, he said, struggling into his wom over- ward with other premature bables by the louse footing in the as- was definite. "The Navy was cont, he asked, half-apologeti and that it wakens

Ically: "I had to take, time off and cries normally but that it is

"quite feeble." cent to the terrace and by the

The mother, they said, was re- amount of muddy water that watched each of these planes for this will you let my hoss

covering normally. ringed the terrace on the Argyle crash."

know I've been spending this

with time

you?" Associated Oficials of the hospital declined disclose tho names of the parents but said the father re- turned to the United States Just July.

Street side. Some of the more Actually, he said, there was prudent thought it inadvisable an oven greater ace in the Ja- to slay too long in the area, panese Navy Sub-Lieutenant granting the possibility of an-, Tetsu Iwamoto, who bagged other explosion.

Ohta Trial

Completed

Manila, Jan. 3.

Press.

more than 100 allied planes but COUNSELS

no one knows what happened to!

him.

ONLY A FEW

Asked how a handful of Nip- poneso could claim such high scores Sakai replied:

CAUTION

WASHINGTON, JAN, 3. PROSPECTS FOR PEACE IN CHINA ARE SEEMINGLY

to

The baby's chance of survival are slim according to hospital an- thorities here. The child has two perfectly formed heads and two neel: She apparently has two respiratory organs, ABsociated Press.

A 30-year-old Chinese was killed total tonnage far exceedel any- Seichi Ohta, former head of the because of our shortage of man- POST" YESTERDAY, can advisory organisation, which at Magazine Gap Road early yes- thing that the old Burma Road' famous "thought, police" in the Power, were left in combat toj THE PAPER COUNSELLED | winds, mainly cloudy; colder.

Philippines: terday morning, when he was shot had carried.

in reported to be under sideration.

dio."

con-

He inspected the Pearl River

COLDER WEATHER "There were only a few Ja-BRIGHTER NOW THAN AT panese experts. The American ANY TIME RECENTLY, AC-

To-day's weather forecast by Road. As the service develop- A military commission ended sees were sent home as instruc- CORDING TO AN EDITORIAL

THE "WASHINGTON the Royal Observatory follows: ed, reaching a frequency of to-day its hearings in the war

BUT-Gusty North to North-East more than 200 aircraft daily the crimes case against Lieut.-Col. tors, but the top Japanese pilots, IN

CAUTION IN HASTY CON- Yesterday's temperatures:-

THAT THE Maximum: 67 degrees at It announced its

Sakal didn't die, but he la CLUSIONS

10.30 a.m. by a Commande who was on patrol In September 1945 the Ameri- decision would be rendered on

still partly paralysed. After CHUNGKING-YENAN CRISIS

IS SUBSIDING.

Minimum 57 degrees at in the vicinity.

The "Post" said: "All fac-:

midnight. and Whampoa on his recent visit The man was seen coming down can service ended, but 52 Squa- Friday.

The prosecution. asked the his biggest victory in the South- to Canton. Unofficial reports the road together with another dron, R.A.F. continued to fly the

bloodshed in China. But an: STALIN STANDS AGAIN. indicated Canton was likely to Chinese carrying a large piece of route. They operated daily runa death penalty for Ohta for west Pacific in the early days

Moncow, Jan. 4 be one of the training bases.zine by the Commandos, who call for 18 months, flying about crimes, tortures and deaths in of the war, he was hit at Guadal- tions appear willing to end the ed upon them to stop. One of 10,000 hours with the loss of dreaded Fort Santiago's dun- canal, on August 7, 1942. IIe Associated Press.

the mon throw down the shoot of only one aircraft.

Generalissimo Joseph Stalin has geons, The defence conceded shot down two American SBD's outward agreement on aims has zine and started to run while the The original fillers, running some punishment probably is (dive-bombers) he said, but two always cloaked sharp dongree-

This is why it is still far been nominated a candidate t other man stood still. The Com- the gauntlet of attack from warranted," but contended that heavy shells from their gunsments as to methods.

asaurae that the the forthcoming sloctions for the mande then opened fire and shot enemy aircraft, had to crose the Ohta was not responsible for the crashed into his cock-pit.

Unconscious at first, he ro- too early to

the electors of the "Stalin London, Jan. 3. tho ruaning man, who died on the Himalaya's at 17,000 it., often abuses. Assoclated Prosz.

covered and pulled out of his hatchet will be burled by the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. by A week today, tho United way to hospital,

through electric storms, galen

dive above the water go low contending Chinese factions and stituency" the workers and tech- Nations Oranisation General Ar- It is believed that the man was

victories in U.S. MINE DISASTER

that American ships were firing peace of understanding will leans of a pscow electrical a looter, who was leaving with and snow. Later gombly will meet in London.

North Burma enabled them to

machine-guns descend on that war-torn, har factory--Reuter, Washington, Jan. 3. Delegations to the meeting must, his haul.

change the route and 13,000 ft. within the next two daye Kiyo

altitudo

the was enough for The Navy. Department has rn- Dazed, blinded, partly paralysed, assed land."—Associated Press.

Lodz, Poland, Jan. 3. notice of the matters which they wish to be discussed at the con Greek newspaper odfors found Dakotas to cross the mountains ported 30 casualties aboard the "I wanted to crash into a war minesweeper Minivet, which craft but couldn't find any." he

Joseph Bolklewics, Mayor of ference.

guilty of "insalting foreign gov

related. Eventually, after flying nearby Wellum and Vice-President The British Cabinet mot to-day ernments or their diplomatic ro to draft the final agenda which the presentatived in Crocce may be

more than four hours in bloody of the Peasant Partz, was shot Chinese and Mplavans in Ferak, in

arrested-Associated ported in Singapore.-to-day, British delegation will submit at sentenced to six months' imprison

delirium, he crash-landed safe to death on Dec. 20. "One assall the Malayan Peninsula, were ro

Reuter. the empating.

mon and fined up to five million

southwestern base, -.- The opening ceremony will be Drachmas, under a new press law:

ly, at Rabhul, Japan's great and

broadcasttoutor,

UNO Plans

Itoutar

Athena, Jan. 3..

on the new and cafor line.

The end of the war has made sank after striking a mine on the southern route into China Saturday north-west of Kyushu possible, and crewn need no lon- Twelve were known killed, nine

Injured Associated Press or face the perils of the worst teen are missing and flye wore air journey in the world.

at

him with

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COMMUNAL CLASHES

Singapore, Jan. 8. Communal clashes between