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THE CHINA `MAIL, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1946,

BRITONS NAMED AT TRIAL

Ghost Camp Found On

London Financiers' Meeting With Goering Island

Peace Parley That Failed

NUERNBERG, MAR, 20. AFTER THE SWEDISH ENGINEER, BİRGER DAHLERUS, STAR WITNESS FOR HEERMANN GOERING, BLUNT- LY ADMITTED TO THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUN. AL YESTERDAY THAT HE WAS USED AS A NAZI TOOL FOR PRE-WAR PEACE NEGOTIATIONS WHICH WERE MERELY INTENDED TO SEPARATE BRITAIN FROM POLAND AND ENABLE GERMANY TO SMASH THE POLES WITHOUT INTERFERENCE, HERMANN COERING RETURNED TO THE WIT.. NESS STAND AND VEHEMENTLY OWN WITNESS' ACCUSATION. "DURING THE WHOLE NEGOTIATIONS," DECLARED

COERING, “IT WAS NOT A QUESTION SO FAR AS I WAS CONCERNED OF ISOLATING POLAND AND KEEPING ENGLAND OUT OF THE QUARREL, BUT INSTEAD IT WAS A QUESTION OF BRINGING ABOUT SOME PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT ON THE LINES OF THE MUNICH AGREEMENT.”

DENIED HIS

con-

TRD.

•

Hurt Him

Cape Tory. Mar, 20.

The ban ironed last week on Kathleen Winsor's beat adling novel "Forever Amber" has been lifted by the South African Minister of the Interior, it was an~ nounced to day-

(Mr. Waller Nash, New Zealand Deputy Primo Minister and Minister of Finance, stated to-day that "Forever Amber," which is banned in New Zealand, "did so much damage to mo that I do not want to talk about it any more.")-Ren- ter.

Strangled To Death

Truman' On

Atlantic

Charter

those

Manila, Mar, 20. Several hundred skeletons of Japanese officers and soldiers have been found by a Philip- pins military police command) patrol at the ghost camp of Ma-i jor Nen Kono, commander of the remnants of the Japanese defense garrison at Negron Is- land.

Washington, Mac. 20. President Truman yesterday, The patrol radioed the office told Congress the United States of the provost marshal-general must seek to perfect the United of the Philippines. The army Nations Charter or betray camp was located at Sitio Paga- the trust of

who sidan but not a single living Ja- [ought for Insting peace and panese was found.

The bodles were discovered security.

The President's report on the lying in nipa houses and along

Deaths were activitice of the United States the roads. delegates to the U.N.O. meeting sumed to have been caused by in London sald "The United hunger and sense, although it States supports the Charter. is not beyond probability that

States The United

the unit committed mass sul- purts to the fullest the cide, Implementation of the principles

Aun.

pro-

Hundreda of unserviceable

of the Charler. The United y guns were found in artii- States seeks to achieve the pur- fery emplacements. The post was poses of the Charter and the located in a wild, almost in- United States seeks to perfect accessible spot, rarely visit- by the natives. — the Charter as experience lights ed

Associated Press.

the way.

Budapest, Mar. 20. Three Hungarian Nyins (Na- zis) were strangled to death--the

"To do less than our utmost legal method of hanging in Hun gary-a week after

former Pre- in this essential effort of peace mier Ferenc Szalasi was executed loving nations, whatever may be in the

difficulties,' obstacles and would be to betray the trust of those who fought to win the op portunity to have a work at inst with pence and security

the

well being for all."

Speaking more loudly and ani- extracts from Dahlerus' own book matedly than at any previous to show that the witness time, Goering added "If I had sidered Hitler -abnormal.

that only been a question of eliminal- Goering was intoxicated with the ing England from the quarrel, En- idea of going to war And that glish diplomney would

have re

Goering warned his that Joachim

same manner. cognize that it

enough Von Ibentrop, had tried to ar The trio were Dr. Sandor Sciar, training and I would have used range for the crash of the plane former political adviser to Szalast; different tactics,"

carrying Dahlerus to London on Baron Gabor Kemeny, former For- Daklorus under cross-examina s

peace miskien in August eign Minister and Jence Szoel tien testified that he realized soon

Fle gummed

"As WVD

I get it loessy Szoell, former deputy Pre- after the war began

that the then of the three principal people mir. All served in Szalasia. pro- *German

including Kovernmen

The In Germany, the Chancellor was Nazi Hungarian regime. The oxe Goering

intended the negotia- not normal, the Reich Marshal was Lions, in which he took a leading

seven persons convicted as Hun cutions accounted for the last of rule. only break the allies' unity. Before the o break of

parian war criminals. Agrociated hostilities. Dahlerus wald, he be lieved he could make a useful con- tribution toward peace as a ari- vate envoy to Britain on behalf of Goering and Hitler but "has known what I know to-day 1 would know my efforts could no possibly succeed.”

*The

Would-Be Murderer

British Prosecutor, Sir Maxwell Fyfe, quoted numerou

A Daniel Among The Lions

Landon, Mar. 20. Britain Co repay the American lean in us than 50 years, but only as free agents,

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in a crazy state of intoxication and the Foreign Minister was B would-be murderer who wanted to: sabotage your plane."

Dahlerus named seven British businessmen as having participat ed in an unofficial urare parles with Goering on Dahlerus' wife's) estate in Schleswing-Holstein. The tribunal had earlier ruled the names were unnecessary but later Fyfe requested that they bg, rend because "we are anxious there be no concealment at all,"

Seven Britons

The seven named were: the Honorable Charles Mclaren of Messrs John Brown and Com- Dany Ltd.. S.W.1. London: S. W. Rawson of Firth and John Brown Ltd., Sheffield: H. A. Holden of Worthing; Bir Robert Renwick of 46 New Broad Street London: Brian S. Mountain of Eagle Star Insurance Company. London; C. A. Spencer, a director of John Brown and Company. London: and T. Mensforth. managing direc tor of the Electric Hotpoint Ap-) plinnce Company.

Nearly four weeks after the outbreak of the war. Hitler re.

Preas.

report. Berpared by: of State James!

Byrnes, was submitted to Con- Secretary gress for its information.-AN- sociated Press.

Surplus Army Property In Pacific

even

Cabinet

Mission Leaves

London, March 20. Lord Pethick-Lawrence, mam ber of the British Cabinet Mission vich left for India yesterday,

d that the sim

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The third member of the mis- sion. Mr. A. V. Alexander. First Lord of the Admiralty, left in a separate plane. The party is ex- ected to reach New Delhi on Sunday.-Associated Press.

Sir Stafford Crioos President of the Board of Trade and also a member of the mission. said that HE SAID THE PROPERTY WHICH WAS NEEDED BY he had "the highest hove that on THE OVERSEAS THEATRES BUT WHICH IS DETERIO- this occasion we shall be able to work with the Indians and the RATING DUE TO THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF MAIN- Viceroy to bring about that mea~ TENANCE WILL EITHER BE DECLARED AS SUR- sure of freedom for India out- PLUS TO FOREIGN LIQUIDATION COMMISSIONS lined by the Prime Minister, OR RETURNED TO AMERICA IMMEDIATELY., Liquidation Commission Chief missioner John K. Howard said Thomas McCabe said that mil- that as of March 9 $660,400,000 lions of dollars of surplus goods worth of "cost price" supplies developing imperial preference lected British probosni for h and supplies on Okinawa cah-have been declared a surplus peace discusion, Dahlerus lold the not be shipped to China until by the army and navy to the tribunal.

docks built for nare shipping commission, of which $146,000,-

cost -price, He said that Hitler's hertion are provided. He further said 000

sold for

London, Mar. 20. in the refusal was "I am not pre- that all angles are being work-| $56,200,000,

It is announced that the pared to discuss Poland. It has ed on to expedite the daw of The largest sales to date have 45,000-ton American battleship av of Britain's businean.' been occupied and is no longer goods.

been in the Philippine Islands,["Missouri," with Admiral Kent of the where $380,000,000 worth of Hewitt, Commander Dahlerus pave a detalled account Royall, dental that there had supplies have bean declared sur- United States Naval Forces in of his peace negotiations which been any wantor destruction plus, $105,000.000 worth of Europe on board, will took him on a steady round of of usable United States property these stocks have been sold for Gibraltar on March 31 for Iatan- visits to Berlin. London and in the Pacific, li said that $47,700,000 or 30 per cent of bul, carrying the remains of the years ago, the result would be Stockholm beginning in July-1939 dumping supplies at sea was their cost disastrous for the world, and, 1940. At that time, he said the quickest and cheapest me- Press.

and continuing

Ambassador. price Associated late Turkish even until July

Neuter. not the least, disastrous for the Goering suggested to him that thad of demilitariuation.

Mr.

and the Sterling system, Leupold Amery told the Améri

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can Chamber of Commerce here to-day.

Describing himself "Daniel among 300 lions," he said if the world were foolish enough once again to repat the experiment of re-establishing

the international economy of 20

United States, who were the

worst sufferers from the after-endeavour to initiate neace over. effects of the world depression. tures..

King Gustav of Sweden should said that 8,000 tona

Mr. Amery Burgested that if America approved the trado

policy of th Pritish Empire

Polish Boast

He

of tim- munition, junked vehicles and. weapons were recently dropped Into the China Sea,

Both Royall and McCabe said

and the Sterling bloc, she could The witness asserted that Goer that demobilisation of key per- ahare in the expansion of trade. ing. on the eve of the outbreak sonnel was badly hampering the

and production which would ful- of war, gave him copy of disposni of curplus property.

low. Router.

Hitler's final note to Poland with 'McCabe reported an estimate of instructions that it would be the potential surplus property eivon

the Pacific to be secretly to the British Em- marketable bassy in Berlin. At a British sug worth at least $700,000,000 re- SUCCESSOR TO MONTY gestion. Dahlerus said, he Rave covery value,

London, Mar. 20. Lieut.-General Sir Richard McCreery, Commander of the

Inter-Party Strife Renewed In China

leave

Chungking, March 20. China's Government and Communist quarrel flared anew. yesterday amid mutual accusations of unprovoked mili- tary assaults and Communist threats to boycott the Government re-organisation.

British 8th Army in Italy in! PR If it comes to war with $50,000,000 mire in direct trans-, No. 2 Communist lender.

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ments:

Com-

the note also to the Polish Am Some $180,000,000 worth has bassador Linsky but received the already been sold or is in the reply from the ambassador that "Poland is not interested in nego process of being sold, plus

General Chou En-lai, China's described as critical with the as- assault continuing to inflict know there would be fer from the army and navy to

serted that the Kuomintang many casualties, 1944 to the time of the German revolution in Germany and we the Dutch and Chinese govern-

Gonoral Chou said the Kuo- Congress, which closed the day collapse, will Furceed Field- would march through to Berlin." Marshal Lori Montgomery as

bing the war's first day The United States, he said, is before, had taken decialóns de mintang Congress session decid- ed that its own standing com- Commander of the British Army Geering told him the Poles had dollar

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Dahlerus sad that getting about 87 cents on the signed to preserve its long-time mittee should select other par- of the Rhine, the War Office attacked a German radio station scattered throughout the world. Chou intimated

for aurpius property one-party rule of Government ties' representatives on the re- announced yesterday.

that unless organized Earlier, the prosecution produced The Pacific Liquidation

State. Council and The appointment is offective captured documents showing this

these steps aro corrected his. that. It changed the proposed this summer when Lord Mont attack was fake deliberately

Party might not attend the Con- principles for drafting a now gomery becomes Chief of the stared by the Nazis as att Incident

stitutional Assembly opening at constitution. He said these ac- Imperial General Staff; succeed- te excuse the attack on Poland. · HCL. IN MANILA ing Lord Alanbrooks-Associat-

Nanking on May 5 and might tions "will mean the continuance ed Press.

Proposal-Rejected

Manila. Mar, 20. ・・

decline to go along with the of a one-party dictatorship in-

stead of establishment, of a, de-} The cenglis and statistics Government unity programme to mocratic government." Dahlerus proposed that Gooring bureau said that the cost of liv-which all parties recently agreed. None of the published resclu- fly to London for a final peace ing in Manila increased slighly Communist generals from Hu- tions by the Kuomintang. Con- offort but he said the British had last week and now stands 610 peh and Kwangtung provinces, gress disclosed the one party Melbourne, Mar. 20.

refected the plan because they had per cent above the 1941 level. meanwhile, charged Governl to which Chou objectada. Floodwaters which caused five not received Germany's reply to the increase changes, the down-ment forces with attacking and Aldocked Dres

the British ultimatum. known deaths and endangered The Swede textiled that he met grade trend of the last four attempting to annihilate 60,000 towns in the Western district British diplomat Googe Forbes, months. --Associated Press. Communists in one province and

Manila, March, 19. of Victoria, abated yesterday, formerly of the Heflin Embassy

10,000 in another,

An estimated 5,600 Fillp|ncs leaving building, inundated, in Oslo,

-Philadelphia, Mar. 20. Simultaneously, the news were charged with freason at bridges destroyed and power and

'which Eltermal received proporti

Hitler rejected because Po Harry Loomes, 78-year-old paper: “Ta Kung Pao reported the deadline date on March 18, already occupied. The horseman and Spanish-American that over 20,000 Chinese Com for the filing of case tartha Phi- bat towns in the area are Ameren prosecutor Bobert Jack war calvary man who helped munists launched a heavy attack lippines people's court, Henoe- considered out of danger. The son Interrupted with an oddection In the capture of the Philipine on Beepingtal key in FORESTAL kamer forant be pre- flood followed four days of co-land but be "THE" WYATTSONĒZIE

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