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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1948

IN JAPAN

DRUNKENNESS IN J

Considered As A Type Of Insanity

Rowdy Elections Feared

Manila. Jan. 28. Prospects of gun-olay when the Philippines olet its first Indopen- don't President on April 23 were Paterday minimised by Filipino nrmy officers. However, they ox- pressed the belief that the Loftlat "people's army" will be allowed to romain armed until after the elec-NO tions.

Japs. Can't Hold Spellman

Their Liquor

(By James White).

Arouses

Soviet Ire

Moscow, Jan. 28. Discussing the newly designat.

The

Iran May Request Shelving Of Appeal

LONDON, JAN. 28.

THE IRANIAN DELEGATES TO THE UNITED NA

TIONS ORGANISATION STOOD READY TO PRESS IRAN'S COMPLAINTS AGAINST RUSSIA BEFORE THE SECURITY COUNCIL TO-DAY, WHILE AWAITING POSSIBLE NEW INSTRUC- TIONS FROM THE NEW IRANIAN PREMIER WHO IT IS REPORTED IS-FRIENDLY WITH THE SOVIETS. SPECULATION INCREASED THAT IRAN MIGHT ASK THE COUNCIL TO SHELVE THE DISPUTE PEND- ING DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN od Cardinals, the newspaper "Is- TEHERAN AND MOSCOW. vestia" yesterday said that Arch- bishop Francis Speilman of Now

Iranian Shah confirmed t The Iranian delegation said "in York was waging active Vatican the appointment of Premier Ahen- now note to the council yester politics in America and trying to ad Qavam es Sultaneh on Sunday that Russian "interference" Grouse America's support for day, and Teheran dispatches add can be "fully proved." General Franco,

that Sultanch loft immediately ACTED INDEPENDENTLY It added that "this new Car-for the Foreign Office to bond now A delegation official said dinal defended the Vatican, whon instructions

the country's Iranian Government had not in the

structed the representatives to attack by

A spokesman for the Iranian file, the note and that 'the delega Pearl Harbour and after many delegation said that no advice hadtion had acted independently of act of criminal Japanese imperia-beon received and added that the new instruction."" selves as drinkers but it was the favourably received the delegates were proceeding "with The 2,000 word document wELS general observation of foreigners Japanese Ambasador."

n uncertainty" with their plan in reply to a Russian momoran that in the main they could not The official, Government news to demand Security Council inter- dem, opposing, the Council's con hold their liquor. When drunk paper said the naming of fourvention when the Council convenes sideration of the dispute, they generally became sentimental new

the United on Monday. Cardinals in

The Soviets Brayed that their States and one each for Canada, Iran's charges of Russian arm-position in Iran was legal and... and worny.

England and Australle was an ed interference in the Azerbalfan tuntifiable under a

1921 treaty, effort to gain strength in Anglo- province were listed third on the The Iranians answered that the Saxon countries.

Council's tentative agenda, com- 1921 pact was not relevant" and It accused Archbishop Bernard ing before the Soviet's complaints that it was desirable that all for- nignate, Grifin the English Cardinal de-againt Britain for military ac ejen troops leave Iranian terri-

of making slanderous tion in Greece and Indonesia. tory immediately. speeches against the Soviet Union.

Azaociated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO, JAN 28. WHAT DO THE JAPANESE THINK ABOUT DRUNKS, PARTICULARLY DRUNKS WHO GET VIOLENT? THIS HAS NOT BEEN. BROUGHT OUT IN CABLES FROM JAPAN. ON THE CASE OF AN AMERICAN SOLDIER WHO WAS CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR KILLING TWO JAPANESE FOLLOWING WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS A DRINKING BOUT. DOUBT, THE FIRST JAPANESE REACTION WAS THAT OF ANY OCCUPIED PEOPLE WHO SEE A Brig-Goneral Macario Beralta, Philippines Army doputy Chief

MEMBER OF THE OCCUPYING FORCE, GO OUT OF HAND WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF of Staff, said the strength of the Hukbalahap or People's Army is TOO MUCH ALCOHOL. exaggerated and that it had no

nore than 10,000 serviceable guns But behind this is the rather and little ammunition. Ho added contradictory attitude which the The Flipino military

police re Japanese have shown in the past cently were

10,000 toward thipos men do when they armed with tommy guns to show people in

are drunk. central Luzon "we still have a covecoment and still such a thine ings frowned upon

Traditionally, Japanese teach

any form of as Law and order."

excess but in recent years such The Hukbalphan Popular Front teachings have been ignored or and Democratic alliance norted to be negotiating with the taristic Japan. Still, the problem perverted in many cases by mill- campaign manager of President of drunkenness appears to be re- Sergio Omena possibly to suplatively a now one in Japan.

In the five years I spent behind port him against his opponent

Senate President Manuel Roxna. The Japanese Women's Chris- the Japanese lines in China, the

Associated Press..

Han Temperance Unter was for worst thing I heard of a drunken

PRAVDA'S VIEW

are ro-

Moscow, Jan 28,

ed

BATTLE PSYCHOLOGY A survey remains to be made but it likely that relatively few

but much more often under battle Japanese atrocities were commit ted under the influence of alcohol. and victory psychology.

to

treachcan, one year after the UN.O. representatives.

Japan on

50 years ago but, according to soldier was a time when one Texans Petition

the Japan Year Book, it concen- trated on reducing licensed pro- stitution and the Gelaba traffic. The Year Book mentions

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The nowapaper "Pravda" yen W.C.T.U. activity in regard to on a Ne New Year. It was

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Soviet the Diet but the Year Book credits and Ukraino delegates "wait with no other success. warmly supported by the dome-| eratic organisations of these two countries."Amsociated Press.

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The customary drink in Japan. is sake, a light wine made from rica. The Japalices drank it at banguets and parties and the

only wealthy could afford to indulge in it regularly. The Japanese cot making what was alleged to be a passable

wisky some years ago. Before the war you saw a good many drunks in Japan and in Japanese occupied Asia. These principally were soldiers with

money to end, the wealthy and those with generous opponse ac counts. Often they fancied them

FEATHERED VICTIMS OF WAR

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President

Tokyo, Jan. 28. Told that

bearing a petition

signatures approximately 76,000

BRIDGE NOTES

gered up to an elderly British Indy missionary.

her on the cheek, saluted

and wished smartly her a

Year's

Day. In Ox- plaining this particular case a Ja- Dane army officer stressed that

A good billiard player usually the Japanese Jaw holds that of east Texans had been forward manage to get a succession of easy drunken person is not responsible ed to President Truman Brotest plays, causing the spectator to low inx against the "savere sentence"ght of the skill which sets up such for his actions considering it as type of insanity. If. his excuse is d on Pvt. Joseph Hewn simple positions. In the same way a Japancso-fins Bridga player makes plays which true it would know what the Japanese people civilians, General MacArthur to- look perfectly simple and harmlost, rot

Interesting are saying to-day

"not are really responsible for the outcome day replied that the about the American boy who stabbed two within the scope of my authority." of the hand. For example:

A measge

signed by Mary Foley Cruce, of Beaumont, Texas, asked General MacArthur for "mercy and leniency in your re Viow

his sentence." MacArthur replied that alaco

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Japanese.--Associated Press,

to-

Interests Of Small Nations

London, Jan 28.

for the killing of two

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UNO. Offelal announced that the first item on the Council aganda on Monday, after the for- mal adoption of the agenda it- self, would be the consideration. of Albanin'e application for mam- bership in the United Nations.

Iranian issue would be

considered

013, followed by a

of the Greck and In- diamutes.

Iranian and other U.N.O. sour

ces said that it was doubtful that the Iranian caso, would be entire ly withdrawn.

Eivena "shelving" of the dis- pute at the Iranian delegation's request, however, could save the Council from considering the con- troversy.--Associated Press.

TOKEN STRIKE

Colombo, Jan. 28. A one-day token strike of all Indian workers in the Island has been called by the Ceylon Indian National Congrees for Feb. 12 to draw attention to the Indian pro blem and to press for al fran chise and citizenship rights for Indians Associated Pre

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West opened the deuce of clubs, Autant Secretary of State East winning with the Ace. And then

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that the

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tho which penetrated their on the 303,

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members for the International down notificial barriers to expan-club muit. But if he knocked out the Whales are said to have been Court of Justice.

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