1946-01-30 — Page 1

CHINA MAIL

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Vol. II, No. 119.

Wednesday, January 80th, 1946.

DAKOTA RESCUE Not British

OFF FORMOSA

THE DRAMATIC RESCUE OF TWENTY SURVIVORS OF AN AMERICAN C447 TRANSPORT PLANE WHICH "DITCHED“ ÖN MONDAY NIGHT OFF THE SOUTH-EAST COAST OF FORMOSA, WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE NAVAL AUTHORITIES YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

Nows of the rescue came dur- ing the afternoon in a signal | from a Catalina sent out to

Fire Destroysearch for the Dakota, the mes-

"Shetland”

London, Jan. 29. Britain's largest flying boat,

58-ton

"Shetland"-the

tho only one of its kind yet built- sank at it moorings veaterday at Felixstowe after catching fire. Then were no casual- tice, Reuter,

reading: Have located and rescuing 20 survivors of the C47,"

The Catalina is, of course, «) flyingboat and was able to put down on the water after locat- ing the survivors.

First nowa

of the

mishap

Dublin, Jan. 20.

Mr. Eamon de Valera, Prime Ministor of Eiro, has -backed the claim of Maureen O'Hara, fim star, to be an "Irish citizen" and not a British subject.

Speaking at. Waterford in Bouth Eire, de Valora

Afr. enid to-day "No citizen of

any allegiance oluce whatever to Britain or the British Crown. We are not British subjects and it is im- pertinence to call us much.”—__ Renter.

ORTH

MACABRE SCENE

Nuernberg, Jan. 20.

Price 10 cts.

WRENS GET INTO FLAP OVER STUFFED TIGER

THE WRENS HAD THEIR FEATHERS RUFFLED

OVER THE WEEK-END WHEN THE STUFFED TIGER GRACING THE ENTRANCE TO THE WRENERY AT NO. 52, ROBINSON ROAD, WAS AB- DUCTED UNDER FÅLSE PRETENCES. THE WHOLE MANOEUVRE WAS EXECUTED IN SUCH A MASTERLY FASHION THAT AT PRESENT NO ONE YET IS QUITE SURE WHAT MEMBER OF THE "HONG KONG NATURALIST SOCIETY” IT IVAS WHO FIRST RANG-UP REQUESTING A LOAN OF THE SPECIMEN,

HITLER ORDER TO KILL POPE

NUERNBERG, JAN: 29.

AN ORDER FROM HITLER TO "ASSASSINATE OR RE- MOVE THE POPE." TO KNOCK KING VICTOR EMMANUEL OFF HIS THRONE AND TO LIBER- ATE MUSSOLINI AT ALL HAZARDS WAS THE FUEHRER'S HOMICIDAL REACTION TO THE COLLAPSE OF THE ITALIAN WAR EFFORT AND. THE IMPRISONMENT OF THE DUCE IN 1943. The rescue of the Duce was sprung on schedulo in a spectn- cular mountain top raid.

But the plot against the Pope and the King of Italy was thwarted by Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, swarthy genius of the German counter inteliigence

a dramatic luncheon

Rather Have My Boy Back"

ON

Different versions have It that it was a Mr. Willoughby- Blythe or a Mr. Wyndham- Smith. The gentleman, claim- ing to be a member of the Hong Kong Naturalist Society; asked if he could send a fellow mem- bor down to collect the specimen and place it on exhibition at Queen's Building.

Not Good Enough

Jerusalem. Jan. 29. Jeron dingyfned on ! RA-E men and driving stolen forrica made an unsucccesful attempt to steal arms and ammunition from an RA.F. station at Awragir, twenty miles fròm Telaviv, an official communi- que said last night-Reuter.

DATE SET

FOR STANLEY

TRIALS

The "member" who arrived at the Wrenery with a truck to collect the tiger, introduced him. self as a Mr. Stone. The First Officer of the Wrens was out.

BY THE Officer who. CIVIL AFFAIRS OFFICER

AN

Mr. Stone was received by the ISSUED ORDER HAS. BEEN

TWISTED NECK

CHIEF

According to the hitherto un- KNING AR pora considerable resemblance occupation, adhered to or assist-

TIFE

Regulating Potty after listening to what appeared REQUIRING HONG KONG to be an account of a bona fideTESIDENTS DETAINED AT desire on the part of, the Na STANLEY FOR COLLABORA turalist Society to appease locald esire to view stuffed wild TIES DURING THE JAPAN- TIONIST OR OTHER ACTIVI- beasts, agreed to releasing the ESE OCCUPATION, TO BE tiger for exhibition.

BROUGHT TO TRIAL WITH. IN THREE WEEKS.

This is required by an amend- Courto The abduction was carried outment to the Military

Proclamation, as. follows:- ca Saturday morning. On the An Austrian Jew who was re-who, at

16B. Rule 16 shall not apply reached Hong Kong when a captured after breaking

JARROW,' JAN. 20. following morning, a number of to persons whose detention has out session in Venice, succeeded in MOTHER WHO IS TO Wren officers were present at a been ordered by or under the signal was picked up from the from the Mauthausen murder forewarning anti-Fascist Itn- RECEIVE THE C47 announcing that she had house was hanged on a gallows lian agents that the coup d'etat HONOUR A COUNTRY

GREATEST Cocktail part at No. 1 Con authority of the Chief Civil Af- only five minutes gas left and before the concentration camp's would be attempted.

CAN BESTOW

AN mando Officers Mesh where fairs Officer because suspected WAS was going down, bearing

tiger was to inmates to the tune of "The

on exhibition that of having, during the Japaneso TO-DAY wards Okinawa,

Beer Barrel Polka" played by n

published German documents BRITISH SHIPS IN SEARCH Ray orchestra, a young Span- and a brief account given to the AND THE DAY THE AWARD to the missing specimen.

ed the Japanese and/or been ish photographer, Francois Boix, Associated Press by Major-Gen HONORARY

There was considerable argu- SOROLL OF THE vessel, Glenearn told the War Crimes Tribunal eral Erwin Lahousen in an in- ATHENS, GREECE. THE mandos as

FREEDOM The British

OF cocktail party at No. 1 Com-guilty of activities prejudicial to the Allied Cause and/or of to identification. und other British ships here yesterday.

terview last December, Canaris MOST COVETED HONOUR, IS No. 1 Commando claimed that against the Defence Regulations having committed offences bound from Hong Kong for Jn-| The Austrian was brought summoned Lahousen who was MADE SHE WILL GO ABOUT it could not be the same tiger or serious offences agaisnt the pan taking the first contingents back to the camp in a cart usual- then the Chief of the German HER BUSINESS OF CHAR-aa it was not gazing in the anae Criminal Law of lleng Kong, of the British occupation forces, ly reserved for outgoing corpsea, sabotage section and Colonel RING AS USUAL

direction as the Wrenery's miss at once proceeded to the aren. On Its side in German was the

Freytag von Loringhoweven, She is to receive the honour on ing specimen. Definite identi in custody, be brought before a in the vicinity of the island of legend "All birds come home to CHUNGKING, JAN. 29.

anti-Hitler staff officer, and behalf of her son, Rifleman Harry cation seemed to revolve round Kotosho, and joined in the roost," he related. THE SUCCESS OF THE search for the C47, presumably

told them of the plot.

Deakin of the 9th Kings Royal While the victim was paraded CHINESE ALL-PARTY PO-re-forming and continuing their before the Assembled Innatos fascist General Ame be warned

urged that anti-Rifle Corps (Rangers), the first the point whether, the Wren's Summary Military Court with in 21 days from the publication action on Grecian beast had been gazing right or of this Order or within such ex- Briton to do LITICAL CONSULTATIVE voyage when news of the rescue the orchestra started to play and later a meeting took place

soil.

The tiger, however, was not Affairs Officer shall in any par tended period as the Chlof Civil CONFERENCE WHICH 15) was picked up.

Associated Press.

He was killed on April 12, at the Holel Danielll in Venice 1941 and the award is a tribute surrendered. The game TRYING TO BRING ABOUT) →→

when Ame with members of his to all British soldiers who died ing, an attempt was made lù re-

ticular case or in any clues of THE UNIFICATION OF

Italian accret organisation and for Greeco.

cover it by an R.A.F. truck that case by Order under his hand

direct. "It Colonel Helfferich, who was

le a great honour," the claimed to have been acting on directly. desponsible to Marshal mother, now Mrs. M. Devlin, said behalf of the Wrenery. Badoglio, were warned. Canaris at her home in Ormondo Street, and Ame had a two-hour discus- Jarrow, "but I would rather havo alon later at the Lido Club,

my boy back VATICAN ALERT

CHUNGKING SUCCESS PREDICTION

-TH COUNTRY, IS NOW AS-]

SURED,

THE CHINESE

CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY SAID TO-DAY,

the

Complete agreement on thorny question of Government. organisation has been reached by granting of more concessions by the Central Government.

With this settlement, the solu- tion of the question of the Na- fional Assembly, fast on the conference agenda, is regarded as "merely a matter of formua-

ty," the Agency said.

A resolution from Generalia- simo Chiang Kai-shck thut all lawa and decrees restricting the fundamental freedoms of the people should be repealed amended was carried at the meeting of the Supreme Nation- al Defence Council to-day. Reuter.

or

DELAYED ACTION BOMB IN KOWLOON

China Struggling For Compromise

CHUNGKING, JAN. 29.

Lahousen

left.

·DEFENCE MEASURES Mrs. Devlin dore not think| she

be

able to

Defence leave her

tven-

Such persons shall, if already

In the case of arrests subso- quent to the date of this Order such persons shall be brought before a Summary Military Court within seven days of their

TOKYO TRAIN DISASTER

precautions were arrest or within such extended The following day Ante rework to go to Jarrow Town Hall adopted and the beast was re- turned to Rome. The Vatican; to receive the scroll.

moved to the No. 1 Commando time as aforesaid. "I have to go out to keep my wine cellar, where it spent the SUB-COMMITTEES OF THE POLITICAL CONSULTA-

was placed on the alert and prompt counter-measures taken. home together for myself and night. TIVE CONFERENCE, DEALING WITH THE PRO-

But in September, scar-faced my daughter Patricia," she said. On Monday morning, the tiger BLEMS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND REOtto Skorzeny crash-landed his "I have been told to make myself was returned-accompanied by ORGANISATION OF THE GOVERNMENT, RE-

plane on a mountain top to relook nice for the presentation but flowers and a card which read:/ I do not think I can go. Reuter. SUMED WORK YESTERDAY AFTER A DAY'S IN- TERRUPTION BECAUSE OF THE SHORT-LIVED "STRIKE" OF THE DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE. MOST QUARTERS BELIEVE IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO EXTEND STILL FURTHER THE LIFE OF THE CONFERENCE, WHICH WAS TENTATIVELY SET TO CLOSE TO-DAY.

Enerzolic efforts Aro being political consultation conferences made by all parties to reach some and eight by the standing com- sort of a compromise, but some council-Associated Prese

mittco of the people's political of the differences cannot be re- conciled without considerable con- cessloga.

The sub-committee dealing with reorganization of government is anaged principally on the dis- tribution of seals on the excen- tivo yuan, or cabinet. in which Generalisimo Chiang Kai-shek

AN UNEXPLODED has agreed to include representa- BOMB, BELIEVED TO BE tives of other pantica.

A DELAYED ACTION The sub-committee dealing with BOMB DROPPED DURING] the national dissembly La still AN AMERICAN AIR RAID] snareed on the question of its ON THE COLONY DURING validity, which both Communists THE JAPANESE OCCUPA-and Democratic leaeue ropresen- TION, CAUSED SOME EX- tativce. have been challenging be CITEMENT IN KOWLOON Cause it was elected before the LAST NIGHT.

WELT.

It was discovered in Chung- Dr. Lo Lung Chi, spokesman

scue

Mussolini and delivered him to Hitler's Headquarters.

Skorzeni to-day is a prisoner NO MORE FOOD

CUTS FOR BRITAIN

"To err is human

To forgive is divine

TOKYO, JAN. 23.

TWENTY-FOUR WERE

This will not occur again."

KILLED AND 140 INJURED TRAIN It was subsequently learned AS AN ELECTRIC that the Wrens had demanded WITHOUT A DRIVER RACED return of their tiger on the post- TEN KILOMETRES THROUGH

STATIONS AND JUMP tive identification that of its ED A TRACK AT THE CURVE three whiskers on one side of its ED jowl and none on the other.

INDIGNANT LETTER

THDAY..

to

The train was jammed with passengers en

route

their homes near the

Alouri sirfield. The two-car train started back- ina after the motor-man ho

had got off the train for repaire.

in Nuernberg Jail but there is no. Information that this rang- ster whose later sabotage aims

ofi Included the assassination

LONDON, JAN. 29. General Eisenhower, bas added

THE PRIME MINISTER, anything to the known details of the plan to murder the Pope MR. CLEMENT ATTLEE and remove the King-Associat- ON MONDAY, DECLINED TO SUPPORT FURTHER ed Press.

The "China" Mail". Is in re- CUTS IN ENGLAND.Sceipt of an indignant letter from FOOD RATIONS AS, Ala Lieut. G. Willoughby, Rot'd., MEANS OF

FEEDING which may throw some light on EUROPE.

the mystery of the abductor's "Any further increase in food identity.

relief

It reads: of supplied for the Europe must come from the Sir,-1 was more than sur- food-supporting countries," Mr. prised to see my name in con- Attlee said, in reply nnected with the abduction of a memorandum urging that "oral stuffed tiger from No. 52 to rations in this country should binson Road, LEFT-WING LEADERS CONTENDED TO-DAY THAT not be raised so long as there I have to point out that I

THE VICTORY OF THE CONSERVATIVE CHRIS is famine in Europe. The mento have at no time had any con- ATOMIC BOMB TIAN SOCIAL UNION IN GERMANY'S LOCALrial was presented by Victor Gol- gection either with the Hong ELECTIONS ON SUNDAY DID NOT REFLECT Jancz, Leftist publisher and Kong Naturalist Society or the EXPERIMENT

"Christian" Progress In Germany

FRANKFURT, JAN, 20.

to

THE TRUE PICTURE OF POLITICAL SENTIMENT founder of "Save Europe Now." W.R.N.s; and am firmly of the Mr. Attlee said there was opinion that this escapade is the AMONG THE MASS OF THE GERMAN POPULA-little prospect of more food for work of an

outright bounder TION IN THE AMERICAN ZONE.

England but held out hope that Masquerading in the name of A The Christian Social Ualon there might be a wider variety St. Q. Cartwright.

available. Associated Press.

I first encountered this plausi amassed a total of 1,300,000

ble fellow at Mateking and again votes in the nearly complete

in 1988 when, by akdiful use of my name he removed a complete family of kangaroos from the London Zoological Gardens,

Yours faithfully, (G. WILLOUGHBY) (Złout.),

Rot'd.

king Arcado during excavations for the Democratic league, maid State Of

for another bomb and it was im- the national assembly, to wh the

bedded fairly deeply in the respect of the people, must, bo a Siege In Chile returns from 11,000 communities General Strike

ground.

posted and barbed wire barri-i cades were erected, traffic in the Arcade was prohibited, and no tices were put up: "Unexploded Bomb.".

genuinely

N

romtecntative

body.

Santiago, Jan. 29.

of under 20,000 population which voted In Germany's first

L

post-war election. The moder- In Singapore:

Blagapore, Jan. 28. The gandral strike in Singapore and Johore is called by the Labour Unions in protest against the ar rests of certain Union officials and the prisonment of Soong Kwong former Secretary-General The Selangor Anti-Japanese

Immediately after its presence Even if its work were limited to was made known, sentries were adoption of a constitution pre- A 60-day state of siego was ately left-wing Social Demo-

viously, approved by all parties, it should still be a national a declared in Chile yesterday and crats came second with 872,400

sense of the censorship was imposed after a votes. sembly in the true word, he declared,

Aght between members of the William Hoegner, Social De- Chilean Workers Federation and mocratic leader and President in police in which four were killed Bavaria where the Christion. So and 65 injured,

cial Union showed the greatest Gon. Olen En-al, Isador of the Vice-Admiral Vincents Bielich strength, contended that the Communist, delegation to the con- has been named to carry out use of the prefix "Christian" Union. ference, who saw to Tenan yon the provisions of the decree and the Influence of the platte Sumber to report to the Com-Bernardo Ibanez, Secretary- galood for C.SU. candidatu munion Leader. Mao Tertung, did General of the Federation said a nearly as many votes as their not return on Monday, as expeét 1 general, nationwide strika, call; political crved. Eric

People in houses in the Inime diate neighbourhood were not fast night asked to leave, but on attempt will be made to-day or to-morrow to remove the bomb and extra precautions may be taken;

THE WEATHER

COMMUNIST DELAYED

ed. - Coromtuilat headquarters here will be issued immediately, to “It. proves, that these people attributed; thing: bo "Shad (weather

protest against the attack. are not you prepared to faca and amid ho¬surely would

We The Federation on Saturday: politicals peats of the

And the elect

to Chungking to-day

The Chinono

voted a 24-hour striks as a

rainst governm

State Of Siege In Chile

a matter of seconds it was speed-. in backwards wildly out of con- trol and passengers were jammed so tightly into the cars that the conductor was unable to make way toward the control engine,

Tho train tacod. through two stations before finally. Jumping the track at a curve- Associated Press,

London, Jan. 29. Prime Minister Clement Athleo stated in the House of Commone to-day that participation of a British representativo in the Forthcoming atomic bomb tests in the Pacific was being considered. in consultations with the United States Authorities.

had

Viscount Hinchinbrooke (Con- sorvative), who raised the matber, that British and guggested Canadian participation was desir able and consistent with the prin ciple of joint experimente deve loved during the ware engine

When Viscount Hinchinbrooke asked. 11, the British representa: tive would be in the mijitary felé and not only a press. ver, ME

·Santiago. Jan. 28.40 prem "208, cade, repliegt.

The Chikan Government has be an

Sanock, a state of siege for

ays following disturbances Feleven persone woré, kili-

12 DEATH SENT