Easing The Swabs Won't Go Away
(By Aurel Varannal) ·
Budaport, March 25.
The evacuation of over 500,000 Germans from Hun- gary in accordance with the Potsdam agreement has begun, but the Gormans, commonly known as Swabs because most of their ancestors came from Wurttemberg, Swabia, during the reign of the Empress Maria Theresa in the 18th Century, are not koon to go.
to
of war,
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1946.
Of Tension With Russia
CHUNGKING, MARCH 25. A DISTINCT EASING OF THE TENSION BETWEEN
CHINA AND RUSSIA WAS NOTED IN THIS CAPI... AL OF CHINA YESTERDAY AFTER DISCLOSURE OF A RUSSIAN - NOTE ASSURING THAT SOVIET *FORCES IN MANCHURIA WILL BE WITHDRAWN COMPLETELY NOT. LATER THAN THE END OF APRIL.
OF HER TROOPS FROM MANCHURIA, WAS GIVEN IN RE- CHINESE
· PLY TO A FORMAL NOTE FROM THE COVERNMENT. DATED MARCH 6. REQUESTING THE IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL OF ALL SOVIET FORCES IN MANCHURIA;
RUSSIA'S ASSURANCE OF WITHDRAWAL
of
Chinese Foreign MinisterŢinto Changchun, among them, Wang Shich-chich told the Peo-elements of the Communist new Many, forereeing their fate, ple's Political Council that he 4th Army, formerly stationed have taken great paina
<lts- hnd recolved a note on March south of the Yangtze. appear since the end
The same despatch reported whilst at least balf of the 4,000 22 from the Soviet Ambassador
the "unaccountable arrival at to be evacuated in the first group in China, Apollo Petrov, stut-
Russian air Hungarian ing that Soviet troops are being Rad fled before the
to withdrawn from Manchuria and Changchun
have come from police arrived to escort them trains. They were the German in that the withdrawal will be com-unita, said to habitants of Budaors, a small plated "by the end of next April, China, and the staging of air manoeuvres” over the Man about eight miles from at the latent."
capital. - Associated Budapest where 4,000 out of the. China's reply to this note, churian total population of 6,000 were due Wang Shih-chleh said, was that Press,
Soviet troops in Manchuria were The Sarabs are mainly concea- tiated in certain areas
of Hunoriginally intended to have com rary, such as the neighbourhood pleted their withdrawal by Dec. of Budapest, and before the war 3, but the deadline was mutuai- played a leading role in Hungary'sly deferred by agreement to Jan.
litical life. in
af3 and again to Feb. 1. po-session
town
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NEW SHIPPING COMPANY
San Franciscs, Mar. 20.. A new steamship company -Pacific Transport Lines In- corporated is being organis cd in San Francisco with the Intention of entering the trane Pacific trades without help Government subsidy. It is understood that the now company is negotialing for the purchase of three ships, dead- tona exceeding 10,000 weight. The company plans a monthly freight and passenger, andling from San Francisco and Los Angeles to the Philip pincs and China-Router.
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TROOPS. FOR JAPAN.
FUSHAN
Pagy
MYSTERY IN DEATH CHINESE IN-
AS WHEN ALIVE
(BY: HAROLD K. MILKS)
Chungking, March 25.
The death of the legendary General Tai Li, head of the Chinese secret police'and director of the famous war- timo. Sino-American Organicâtion, appears as myster- lous as the life he lived.
Fully a week has elapsed since the special aeroplane in.
which he was flying, disappeared in cloudy skies along the Yangtze River, between Shanghai Nanking.
The Chinese Government has not yet officially announced his Chungking, Mar, 25. China will shortly be sending death, though rollable sources troops to Japan, Dr. Wang Shih say that Generalissimo Chiang Chich, Chinese Foreign Minister, Kai-shek wept when he was told said here at a meeting of the of the loss of his trusted asain Peoples Political Council.
tant.. He declared that China Insiste that she received a high priority Japanose reparations and that In
enterprises in China including the Japanese public and private Manchuria and Formosa would be considered part of such repara- tions, Reutor,
Indonesians Accept British Ultimatum
Batavia, March 25.
Indonesian forces have agreed to evacuate the southern area of Bandoung, a hill station 120 miles south-cast. of Batavia, by mid-night, according to the latest re- ports in Batavis.
Despatches from Nanking said that Generat crashed at
and
General Tai Li had been a loyal supporter of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek ever since the days of the revolution.
From
Chinese
Chungking, Mar. 25.
despatchos from Mukden say that Nationalist troops entered, Fushan on March 20, catablishing a regular gar- rison there, while a unit of the 62nd Army is advancing near Liaoyang and another unit from the now lat Army occupied Tichling on March 21.
The despatches, report "in- tense lighting" in the city of Sza Ping-kal, which the Com-. munist forces occupied on the heels of the Soviet withdrawal."
The "People's Daily" pub- lishes a despatch received from Mukdeh saying that that city is facing runaway inflation" as. result of the over-issue of the Red army military currency,
The despatch said that during the first stages of the occupa- tion the Russians Issued $300,- 000,000 worth of this currency which the Chinese government Recognized, but subsequently, amount to they increased the $400,000,000.-Associated Press.
The few people who knew him well enld that he placed loyalty to Chiang Kai-shek above everything else. Tal Li's plane With the Mukden incident in the mountains 1981, Genera! Tai was placed bordering the Yangtze River on in charge of the formation of March 17, then burned Itself anti-Japanese groups. into cinder, killing all of the that day until the enemy aur-. 16 occupants, but the Na-rendered laat August, Tal wag- tional Government is still awaited a war without quarter asked ing reports from its own In- or given with the invaders and vestigators before officially an- their Chinese supporters, nouncing the violent death of
Firat he fought the enemy A group of local matrons, the famous milltary lender who alone, using the meager Chinese who have" admitted lived by violence.
resources. Then
Thrills For Matrons Wanted
San Francisco, Mar. 25.
they are Pearl Over 40, have rebelled against after General Tai Li was such a Harbour and the formation of to-day's emphasis on young love. They have asked Hollywood shadowy figure before the war Sino American Organisation that many Cabinet ministers had known as B.A.C.O., his guerilla to provide thrills for women who
the aren't so young. to admit they had never met fighters teamed up with
the Chief of the personnel of the "rice paddy the popular term for Bureau of Investigations and navy," Statistica. General Tal had com- United States Navy personnel plete control over China's secret who were assigned to help Tal police.
Li's men fight the Japanesо.
the most fertile ground, and con As far as it is known, China
of trolling the major part the has stuck resolutely to her de- country's trade and industries, they were found in leading posi-cision to make no conccasions to the Russin going beyond, the terms the Cabinet, 00
Sino-Soviet treaty General Staff and as high state of the
him. As August 14, 1915 under which officials.
When Hungary' was occupied by Russia afrined her respect for fullest: Auvereignty the Germans on March 19, 1944,China's they openly proclaimed themselves over Manchuria and recognised Germans and those who had pre-its territorial and administra
reconnaisance so far has shown arly marked evacua- the tously taken Hungarian names Live integrity:
Chinese Air changed them buck
tion of Indonesian forces. was to be Gernian Changchun railway
The British Milliary Authori-ments, presumably still uncon- All the young men, proud- ones. ty calling themselves Germana, placed under joint Sino-Soviet
last-minute re- trolled and extremist gangs. ownership and operation; Dairenties refused a
Many times he had been ac joined the SS and SA.
to postpone by
ruthlessness, and ten might not obey the Army or-cused of Thousands of thein, though Hy was declared a free port open to quest
their clearing operation ders by the time British forces still admitted during a Peiping ing often only a couple of miles the commerce of all nations, but days
Occupy the Bouthern Interview on Feb. 28, with this from the capital, never troubled with its administration in Chin-in southern Bandceng, and the begin to
to the Indonesian half of the town.-Associated writer, that he had no mercy to learn laneacion. Now they are ese hands; and China agreed to ultimatum
for "any enemy of China." *enught.
ex- and Russia of lay down their armis,
will
10
The docislan as to whether they the joint use by the two coun-extremists in the area to leave. Press.
to be evacuated or not dependa
tries-China
right to Thereafter, the British
upon their mother tongue, so that Port Arthur as a naval base and [pired at midnight. whilst about 300,000 of them re-granted Russia the gistered as Germans in the 1940 maintain army, navy and air presumably go ahead with their census, the number to be evacuat forces there.
Only those who
Without Mercy
University Students Go On Strike
operation to clean out this ter- rorist hotbed, which in the past. ed over 500,000.
Chinese Dispute
fortnight, has been responsible took part in the resistance move.
or wounding of ment acainst German oppro-sion)
With Russia's agreement to for the death and proved by deeds that they did
Nazis, withdraw from Manchuria, the over 100 British troops, Allied not sympathise with the
The
for are exempted from the evacuation restoration of normal conditions prisoners-of-war and internees.
unsuccessful plea there hinges upon whether the order.
made Chines have been
Government and the postponement of operation was Complaints
can com-made by Major-General Kar- that the treatment meted out to Chinese Communists
tanamita of the Indonesian thesa Germans is somewhat harsh. pose their differences there. Swabs from the soul Trans The Comuniste, who claim Army, who acted as inter-
for Danubian village of Vaskut
been to have 300,000 troops there, are mediary of the Trime Minister, instance, are and to have
pressing for a greater degree of Dr. Sjahrir.
According to an official report, concentrated in a camp where they spent weeks waiting for self-government in nine pro- transport with no shelter from vinces comprising that territory Indonesian peace preservation snow and rain, and in some places and for the choice of a provin- corps units agreed in Western Hungary, Swabs are cial governor by local elections the area by midnight, but dis-monthly allowance as a war-time
to evacuate
he
Canton, March-25. Yat-son University wore Students of the National Sun
on strike to-day for an increase in allowance from C.N. $7,500 a month to C.N. $18,000 a month. They insist the prosent allowance is not enough to pay for their board owing to the increasing cost of living.
.: Most students are given a|
having infatend of by appointment by claim responsibility for, the measure, although some of them UNUSUAL
irregulars, their study without support. OCCUPATIONS
reported to be starving. used up all the food supplies they the Chinese Central were allowed to take with them
ment,
·
The situation has
.
Many Escapes
They are members of an or- ganisation known as the "Senior
said that, League" who, in a statement
the newspaper, to after all,."older people love, too."
They have submitted Charles Bickford as the adult answer to Van Johnson.
They placed him at the top of their popularity poll because he is not only magnetic and manly, but credible."
Next on their list came Wal- ter Pidgeon, Ronald Colman and Spencer Tracy.
At one time, more than 70,000 Amerienn trained Chinese troops obeyed the orders of Tui Li and his deputy Commander, Rear-Admiral Milton S. Miles of Jerome, Arizona.
Tal Li's reported death In the airplane crash is known in Chungking and the place is full of people who believe the my- sterious general may have es- caped his fate as he has done so He had many times in the past, survived so many attacks in the past 20 years, some so miracul- ous that Chinese who remember them, shake their heads when told that Tai Li died in a flam-to ing plane's wreckage.
M. de Margerle Going Home
San Diego, Cal., Mar. 25. The Former French Minister China, M. de Margerie, and his wife and daughter, Diano, who la 18 years old, arrived here They talk vaguely of Tai Li's yesterday in the transport "Pre- double and they predict that sident Adams," the only civi-
hearly among
1,100 someday, the mysterious dark- lians
American service-mun. hatred general may reappear,
The de Margerie family are Generalissimo Chiang Kai- en route from Shanghai to shek is not among this group. France, after spending the last for, say his associates, the three years, aa de Margerle put have sufficient means to contínue
Generalissimo wept when told it,” in China just ahead of the of the violent and of the man Japanese." They lived in Shang- Govern armed Indonesian
numbering several thousand.
who had been his friend and hai for five years just prior to become There is not much likelihood Tuition fee is only nominal
strong supporter for more than the war's butbreak-Associated and no provision for food has been
the operation,{ The colleglans also demand
London, March 25.
-Press. made by the authorities.
20 years. Associated Press. Demobilised soldiers who In an article published in the complicated with the appearance of resistance to Government
Magyar of several new regimea in vari- except possibly from few Isolat- the payment of allowances in ar-
banda, according to the rears Including appropriation want to follow unusual ocću- Nemzet," by
Hungarim ous of several provinces, which ed
They insist on for lamp oil, authors and artists who protested have rendered-their taking over Dutch news agency.
Nationalist officials, impos-
having a health service, electri-pations have set problems for
the Army Education Corps. against harsh treatment of eva-by
city and water for those sible. tuce, they appealed
Inquiries this week include": evacuees who had committed no A semi-official Chinese des-
The British authorities are The University President. How to become a sausage-mak- given a place in the new demo-patch alleged that, 100,000 uni-reported to have taken precau-Wang Shing-kung, has crime against Hungary to be
er, an expert at cocktail shak- dentified armed men," presum-
a gold cracy. The appeal caused sen-
D
ably a reference to Communists tions to see that Indonesians do away.in Chungking for the past Ing.-a rabbit-breeder,
A telegram was pagner. sation and drew many, protests,
Bent to him three days ago,
There has been a great do- especially from the Communist or pro-Communist forces, had not take hostages to the moun- three weeks,
At The Hague the Dutch
mand from the Education Corps'; The official view is that massed between the Manchurian
Prime Minister. Profesacy though the Swabs deserve ittle parts of Yingkoy and Llavyang
Meanwhile, undergraduates libraries for technical books consideration the evacuation is and the Mukden-Port Arthur
tion speech
for the Labour cles to be posted on walls are life. Party said that he was con-
Other subjects: men wish to Indonesian leaders forbidden to do so by the proc vinced the Soviet Air Units
and the Dutch Government could tor. They have been engaged learn are:-
in pan duels In connection with How to run a public house.. agreement, They were said to be armed reach
How to make Venetian blinds The Dutch troops recently factional controversics. Walls
or Persian carpets, with Japanese weapons, includ-
The art of water divining. ing heavy artillery. Another landed in Java were only a police were plastered with such litera
The best methods of bringing Pay further advance against despatch from the same source ferce to help those Indonesians, ture and slogans posted, at night
up children. arrears of accrued pay is now assorted that Communist troops who would cooperate in work and read in the morning. being prepared, HK.VDC. por were advancing on Changchun, ing for the recovery of Indone-Associated Press: sonnel will be notified individually the Manchurian capital from sia, he said,
press.
tains.
Police Only?
been
being carried out as humanely as railroad 35 miles south of Muk./Schermerhorn, in his first elecwho like to write political_arti:| which will help men in civilian
possible-Reator..
H.K.V.D.C. Orders Orders by Lt. Col. E. J. R. Mitchell, OBE., E.D., command- ing H.K.V
.V.D. Corps, March 25, 1946. Order No. 23
den.
by letter when they are to collect which the Soviet garrison is ex- Coples of the treaty between this pay at Headquarters.
Details of the basis of this Pay pected to withdraw shortly,
Advance are posted on the Notice Board at Headquarters.
Giant Rocket On
and the French Government Three Communist regiments the Annamite Nationalist "Goy- aro alleged to have infiltrated ernment" in Indo-China are said to have been produced at. yes torday's plenary session of the Dutch and Indonesian repre- sentatives discussing the con- stitutional issue. The terms of this treaty are believed to be under consideration as a pos- sible basis of agreement-Rou- tex.
U.S.” Carrier
Washington, March 25.
The aircraft carrier Franklin was carrying a new and giant type rocket into enemy territory at the time the was set ablaze and endangered by Japanese dive bombers on March 19, 1945.0
TOWN QUIET
- Batavia, Mar. 25. Indonesian commanders
··
More Suspects In Sugamo Prison
Tokyo, March 25.
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Forty-one additional war crimes suspects have entered the ́ ́Sugamo Prison in the past two weeks, the legal sec-
·tion of Allied Headquarters announced to-day; They Include Lieut.-Colonel | Suzuki wanted in Manila for Kikujl ito-wanted by the com- questioning in the beating, starBirmal for London, Calcutta, By Air mander of the Mariana Islands Vation, torture and overwork of
Wangoon, Singapore & Sydney) Canton for ordering and supervising prisoners of war in the Philip
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This was disclosed in the its planes could fire Tiny Tim formed British Major-General the execution of two American pines in 1948, Capt. Koreshige armed forces report on the use in action, but planes of the In- D. C. Hawthorns yesterday that fllers and Sgt. Major. Hide-Inuzuka, wanted in Manile for
of kiten Tanakadate wanted in con-questioning the beatings, tor- Swatow of many types of rockets in war-tropid did launch Tiny Tim orders for the evacuation faro, hitherto undisclosed. De against the enemy on Okinawa. the south section of Bandoeng nection with the massacre of ture.and summary, axecution of Airmail for Canton & Shanghai C.N.A.Ü. Plaue
Unfortunately, the results would be obeyed by midnight 100 civilians in Mindanao Is American prisoners of war and other officials under His com- scribing the development late in
Sunday, 31st March. 1944 of "Tiny Tim," the latest could not be acurately assess as specified, according to a tele-land, Philippines.
mand while he headed a naval U.S.A., Canada, Central (&)
Bauth. Americs Tia San Sovereign of the and biggest American aircraft ed. There were, It seems, ao phono report received here.
The headquarters of the 23rd Other suspects included First garrison unit in the Philippines
Francisco. rocket, which weighed 1,284 many things being thrown at
wanted in Tadlask
Empire Mortim pounds and packed the wallop the Japanese on Okinawa that Division stated the town was Sargeant Kiyoshige Katagirl, between 1942 and 1944, Comdr. of a 12-inch naval gun; the rest was impossible to distinguish quiet with no shooting for four wanted in Manila on an unspeci Donji Iwataka,
Bed charge, Captain Susumu Manfia in connection with the swatow, Amoy & Straits the wreckage caused by Tiny days... Finally squadrons equipped Tim from the general scenes, 6X It is understood Promier Kawasaki, wanted by the com- beating, starvation, torture and Sutor Sjahrir sent the Republic mander of the Marianas, for overworking of prisonera under for firing Tiny Tim salled for destruction,
construction The report offered no details Army Commander orders to allegedly ordering the execution his command while ho boaded the Pacific on beard the carriera Franklin and Intrepida
ns to what happened to the comply with the British evacua- of an American prisoner of war the 103rd naval. The Franklin was struck by Franklin's cargo of rockets dur- tion demands but the Indone while as commander of Wakel unit In: Manila in 1942 to 1984.
Hideo Associated Press,” Japanese dive bombers beforo (ng: the fire--Associated Press, slang intimated that certain ele island, Lieut. Comdry
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