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HONG KONG, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1946.

EXECUTIONS ADMITTED

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FASCIST

O.C. Kishi Unit Gives Four Reasons Why METHODS

He Personally Killed Two Chinese

STAT.MENT ON

RELEASE SOON

London, April 10.

The Labour Minister, Mr. Inanes, stated in the House of Commona today that he hopod, before the Buster recess, to announce the provisional pro- gramme for releuae from the Serviccn-Reuter.

OPOSSUM DIVERTED TO RESCUE

One Japanese Is

Acquitted

ADMITTING THAT HE HAD PERSONALLY EXECUTED TWO CHINESE VILLAGERS, LIEUTENANT KISHI YASUO, LEADER OF THE JAPANESE-UNIT ON LÄN. CHARGED WITH TAU MEMBERS OF WHICH ARE WAR CRIMES, TOLD THE MILITARY TRIBUNAL YESTERDAY THAT HIS REASONS FOR DOING SO INCLUDED THE FACT THAT HE HAD FEW SOLDIERS IN HIS COMPANY, THAT HE FEARED FUTURE AT- TACKS, AND THAT — ALTHOUGH JAPAN HAD AL- READY SURRENDERED HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PEACE AND ORDER UNTIL THE ARRIVAL OF ALLIED FORCES:

(Legal),

Explosion

Vienna, Apr. 10.

An explosion which blow out a small amount of track on the Vonna-Lina railroad Line Monday night delayed the Mozart military train for

It aeven hours.

tho second explosion in two werks to interrupt the ser- više.—Associated Press,

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SAIGON EXPLOSIONS DYING DOWN

IN BURMA

Rangoon, April 9.

PRICE: 10 CENTS

Uba Po, anti-Fascist Leaguo leader, "who visited London in .1944 for consultations on the futuro constitution for Burma, accused the British of using, "Fascist methods" in Burma..

He was commenting on the speech by Mr. Arthur Hender- son in the House of Commons on Friday. By rejecting the de- mand for early elections, by running the country with a pup- pet Executivo Counell, and the glorified society called the Legis- lative Council, the British Gov- ernment is using Fascist me thods, which is the same na us ing force," he declared.

MOUNTBATTEN

WING LUNG BANK 112, Queen's Road C. Tels: 20524-20833

Sydney, April 10,

Admiral Lord Louis Mount- batten loft Darwin today to return to South East Asia, after his visit to Australia

and New Zealand. Before

leaving he said he wanted to pet back to South East Asia,

"gus I would be adding,

like to

come to Australia to serve,!!

Router han unconfirmed ro- ports that Lord Mirntbatten may Bitcoood tho. Duke of Gloucester an Governor-Gen- eral of Australia.—Router,

Army And Old School Tie

London, April 10.

BANKERS & GOLD DEALERS

INOVEL

MOVE BY CHINESE

· Genova, April 10. A Chincio resolutios urging hat, after the dissolution of the League of Nations, the nandatory and: ex-mandatory powers should “submit to in-

oction" until: the : "Trustee- hip Council has been constí- tuted,” was put forward by the Chinese delegate, Dr. Lone Liang, st's mecting" of the Mr. Piratin, Communist League's General Committee member for Mile End, will ask tonight. the War Minister in the House

Dr. Llang declared, that, in the of Commons on Thursday, what

the dissolution period between proportion of the officers com- of the Lengue and the creation missioned in the Army: from January 1942 to December. 1945 of the Trusteeship Counell, there were educated at Publle. Ele would be a gap which treatened to turn the mandated territories talked only of Dominion status," montary, Head Master Confer into "a sort of no-man's land,"

ence (Secondary) schools and,

The Chinese statement cameTM U Saw, farmes Premier and schools receiving no financial leader of the Nationalist Party ald from the Ministry of Educa- middle of the discussion on the as a complete surprise, in the said that the British Cabineton. Mission should come out to

"Burre complete inde pendence, Lut Mr. Henderson

conrtol.of, narcotics.

After the Chinese statemcat, on the recom- twas decided,

Committee's

He will also ask how many transfer of the League's non- Burma to find cut the true situa- were commissioned to the Bri-political activities, such as the tion. The present Executive

gade of Guards.-Reuter, Council has absolutely no power. "I do not think it is yet too

Paris, Apr. 10. late for the British Government

The French Cabinet decided to mendation of the to allay the doubts and suspi-day that the French celebrations Chairman, Maurice. Bourtuin of clons of the Burmese by recon- on the first anniversary of the Belgium, to return to the agenda structing the Council on n popu- German surrender will be held on and leave the discussion of the lar basis with real power. May 8, the day the surrender was Chinese resolution to later dates. Reuter.

ONE OF THE 15 JAPANESE ON TRIAL WAS ACQUITTED YESTERDAY. AS THE EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM WAS INSUFFICIENT, OWING TO THE FAILURE OF A WITNESS TO IDENTIFY HIM. THE PRESIDENT OF THE COURT TOLD HIM HE WAS LUCKY TO HAVE A quick rescue was carried

BEEN TRIED BY A BRITISH COURT, THE MAN, AN

Saigon, April 10. out by H.M. sloop Opossum

The explosions of munitions `WILL BE SUBJECT TO DE- ORDINARY carly on Tuesday morning

TENTION A

E-WAR, BUT HIS AC- thundering in a pyrotechnic when the ship located oight QUITTAL IMPLIES HIS REMOVAL FROM STANLEY ammunition dump for the past survivora from an R‚Æ‚A.F-LI-

PRISONS

24 hours have subsided, to berator which crained into The Prosecuting Officer is a witness to identify you in this lesser blasts at five and ten the "ta south of Mindanao.

Captain. Reilly, Staff Cap Court. You are free to leave minutes intervals as Saigon Two menn Flight Lieuten- tin

H.Q. AL-this Court subject only to your began to return to normal yea ant and a passengers are still F.S.E.A and the Defending detention as a prisoner-of-war." missing from among the eight | Officer Lieut, M.,Croft, R.A.S.C Capt, Croft Defending Omcer:terday. Officials said the ex-

in order for plosion was definitely acciden R.A.A.F. crew and to Austrn-assisted by Captain Moti Singh, Mr. President, is

me to ask that the accused be | tal. board. All the survivora were

In his submission, Capt. Croft removed from Stanley Prison to Total tonnage of the munitions injured, three seriously.

said that the prosecution had Shamshulpo. Camp?

involved la unknown, but the losa The President: I don't think was confined, for the most part, The plane's route is unknown brought no evidence, against but it was

n's thirty miles Takahashi Haruhiki cther than so, Capt. Croft. He will be sub- to Japanese

Ammunition. Full remained uncertain a member of the ject to detention as a prisoner-casualties from land when the forced that he was landing occurred Monday Kishi Company.

of-war and that is a question for yesterday as the northern out

skirts Considering all the prosecu-another authority. As far as morning.

of the city romained closed. Hospitals scaled down carlier esti- evidence,

Craft this Court is concerned, he is Capt..

of 30 persons seriously noquitted. I have no doubt homes will be removed.

wounded and eald that only about IN 20 of several hundred who re ceived cuts and bruises proved to be badly hurt.

lian passengers who were on Jodhpur Regiment.

RIOT IN NAPLES

rescue

"Fortunate"

"Takahashi

he

Defence Care

The Late of an estimated 100 Annamlic workers and half a

French dozen

supervisors Inside a pyrotechnie factory when the remained un- explosions atarted known. Most of them are

have escaped.

lieved to Haruhiko"

said, "the decision of this Court

H.M.S. Opossums divertition ed to take part in a guirab while leaked the Court to acquit the en route to Sydney from Hong said accused. Kong and had made a

The Court adjourned for 40 dash of a hundred miles when minutes to consider the submia-

In opening his defence Capt. two dinghies from the distress- sion, and on resumption of the M. Croft said: "Although the

sitting, ed plane were sighted.

the President, Lieut-accused persons have been J. C. Stewart, addressed charged collectively, a separate The sloop proceeded to Zain- Col. boanga to obtain hospital treat-Ta

Takahashi.

verdict of guilty or not guilty ment for the three serious

will have to be found for each usualties.

one of them from the Company Commander Ligut, Kishio Yasuo class Private ls that you will be acquitted at down to second

Okomoto. Kichitaro, this stage. You may consider

"A distinction should be Rome, Apr. 9. yourself fortunate that you have were seriously been tried by a British Court in drawn between those who gave wounded when the pollee opened accordance with the high tradi- orders and, initiated policy, that on demonstrating former tional standards of British is to say Lieut. Kishio Yasus prisoners-of-war, who endeavour-courts. The opinion of the and Lieut. Matsumoto who had gil to set fire to the Naples town Court is

that the evidence the responsibility of command. hall today

against you, if believed, would and those who may have carried Earlier, all traffic in the centre not justify your conviction as a of Naples was held up as shout-

war criminal. It cannot be said superior officers. ing eroads fammed the streets, that the charge againat you waR halting trans and causing shop. keepers to pull down their shatin any way frivolous. You owe ter-Renter.

your acquittal to the failure of

fire

Two persons

President's Term To Be Limited

signed in Berlin-Reuter,

Ghastly Report On Jap. Atrocities

CANBERRA, APRIL: 10: THE SECOND REPORT ON THE JAPANESE ATROCITIES TODAY, 'SIR WILLIAM FLOOD WEBB, CHIEF AUS. TRALIAN DELEGATE TO THE TOKYO,WAR CRIMES! TRIALS, SAID IT WAS DIFFICULT TO FIND SLA: VERY CONDITIONS IN ANY COUNTRY AT ANY, TIME, WORSE THAN THE JAPANESE CONDUCT TO- WARDS HER PRISONERS-OF-WAR.

bo THE REPORT SAID THAT OPPORTUNITIES HAD DELI.

A military spokesman yesterday estimated the final total to be ap- proximately 30 killed. They were French troops and civilian guarda and were in the ammunition dump at the timeAssociated Press.

No Pre-War

out orders received from their Labour Standard

BERATELY BEEN GIVEN BY SADISTS TO JAPANESE GUARDS OF BEATING HELPLESS PRISONERS TO DEATH, MEN WERE DELIBERATELY, KICKED ON TROPICAL ULCERS AND TORTURED TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT THEY BEGGED FOR DEATH. OTHER PRISONERS WERE BURNED WITH PETROL AND SHOCKED WITH LIVE ELECTRIC WIRES. The standard of food, accom-. nication and sanitation pro vided for prisoners on ships and railways was, almost without exception, a gross violation of the rules of warfare,

Sickness among prisoners was regarded as a crime and the sick were singled out-for special maltreatment

Peeping Tom And: 1360 Law

Sir Hartley Shawcross, Bri- tish Attorney-General, who is also, a.member of the Committee, immediately went to talk to the South Africain delegate, who had raised the mandaté ques- tion

The Chinese novel, move will be heard by the final assembly.

Reuter

EGYPTIANS ARE ANGRY

Cairo, April 10.

The statement issued by Ithan Sudanese, delegation, here about the forthcoming, nego- Tations: between: Britain and Egypt for a revisión... of the Troaty bas Anglo-Egyptian aroused the anger of the Egyptians.

The statement asked that the. Sudanega delegation should. form a third partyto the hegotiations and demanded the federation of ithu Svidunese De- mocratic Free Government in The legal considerations

Manila, April 10.

anion with Egypt, but the na under International Law by which the defence hopes to Employers in the Far East

ture of the union to be decided by the Sudanese, Government. show that accused officers and who hope to return their

The statement, further asked the other accused are not guilty workers to pre-war standards

Hull, April 10. that the Free Sudanese Govern. of the war crimes with which they have charged, will be fully were criticised by the Philip

When men suffering from Two Hull women were ment should enter into a treaty dealt with in my closing address, pine Labour Secretary, Marcelo cholera collapsed the Japanese startled by the sight of a with Britain in the light of its together with other points of Adday, who, at the same tried to force them to get up man's face pressed against The statement is a compro-

union with Egypt. law that may, be relevant, time cast a few shaftr qt-la- and then ordered other risun one of the windows of their mise between the varying views

"My task now is to outline

bour.

era. to bury them in a truckload homes recently. One of the of the delegation, half of which briefly the evidence that I in- tend to call for the defenco,

His statement came at a time of stones. They refused and "It is intended to call evid- when strikers reached their peak were beaten, Hospital accom- women asked him what he wants an independent Sudan united under the Egyptian and were seriously hampering re-modation propor did not exist was doing. "It's allright crown and the other half wants ence that Sergt. Jomori Richi

conutruction.

and the so-called hospitals were

he said, and then ran away.n independent Sudan, allied to and L/Cpl. Ando Takashi were.

About employers Adduru had simply death dumps the rupert

Yesterday at Hall, Herbert Britain. not present on the scene when this to say: "It will be a great added.

Твозраст.

(35) of Grahame - The Etatement is bitterly de- the alleged crimes took place, disaster to the country. If we Emaciated. Skeletons

Avenue Horsie Road, Hall, was Bounted as contrary to the "It is intended to call evid- | hayp employers who keep looking Lieutenant Coates, who had bound over for 12 months under wishes of the Nile Valley people. ence to show what orders were back to 1941 or carller; who set to amputate limbs with a butch 1800 Law which deals with peo by Dina Pasha, prominent. received by Japanese units, in their eyes to the mining of pro-

who, "go night walking. Wafdiet, Boleh Harb Pasha, Pre- this command following the fits without regard to human ele-er's saw and a table knife, sum- ple broadcast of Hirohito, Emperor meats, who gard human labour marleed the position as a spec eavesdropping and night springident, of the Young Men's

facle of emaciated skeletons and such as

as peeping through win

Meslem Association, and Sheikh of Japan, on the 16th of August, a cattle or commodity,"

Of labour, he declared: "It is waterlogged wrecks, lying in Stipendiary Magistrato, Tanna, head of the Moslem

The announcing that his country hud of utmost importance that labour pain and finery such as I never Mr. J. Macdonald said, "Lote of Brothers, Dirken and his proposal to accepted the Potsdam Confor develop a sense of responsibility wish to see again

things are said about the Jaws of They all call on the Sudanese limit the President's tenure to eneo conditions. In particular, to accommodate their tactles Of the Burma Siam, rallway England, and some of them are delegation to stand for the unity more than a year in the House this Court of orders given to country rehabilitation pro glacera had received instruc-old law is very good one. Here elections committee, which ap- Kishi: by his C.O.

kramme; there should be no reasons to expedite the laying of is a man brought up for aprins QUID PRO QUOZ parently does not intend to do

Bon why

capi anything.

tal may not be composed and ad- the line "over dead bodies of through people's windows, a mo

prisoners of war," ty

Washington, April 10,

Republican leaders today predicted success for the contem. plated campaign to limit the term of any future United States president to six consecutive years.

A "discharge petition" was filed in the House on March 8 by Representative Dirken, Republican of Illinols, and 218 signatures are needed to force the vote in time to submit the proposal to the people in the form of a con- stitutional amendment before the 1948 presidential elections.

Bigger Pay Forbix years bus been pliren-holed evidence will be given before within the framework of the the report said the Japanese on out of date. But sometimes of Egypt and Sudant-Reuter.

U.S. Servicemen

►

Sizable Force S

its differences with

in the legislative Halls without

Amped that the United States defamation to the 31 Franco- American "inancial and écono mic negotiations, "ls', soeking The

to:private trad "¿posalblazeré

and 5lu-

dlaganing, hable He is run in Washington April 10., wrocking or hampering the pre-port said, appeared to be to en- which was made in 1860, or near cesses of reconstructionReuter, sure a slow death of the prison-117 600 years ago very good

Jaw—Renter ers of war, by the maximum FOREIGN MINISTERS ...”

work and the minimum of food. underheart-breaking cend CONFERENCESANE

Hundreds of Japaneso guardë The Paris meeting of the big were pure sadista and thập bent- four foreign ministers, la ex-ing, ofimprisonses of "warinowan pected by London Informed cir- domb scienti cleesto provide the ondor be knocked= widespread discus bedungothe "doops

"London," April,10,/

POLISH TROOPS=

Rome, April 10/ Aa contingent of 41,000-

Washington, April 10.

"It is intended·lix show that i fusted, at the conference, table, of The Japanese purpose, the re- because he has broken « the law. ** French officials here have con- A $400 a year increase of "I believe that the people at approximately 1440 hours on wagen, `mil Omeers and Enlisted Men is pro to express yet the opportunity the 19th August, the H.Q. of posed tby: Representative Harners, can do it through their state side the village of Chung Han vers to express their views and they the Kichi Company, situated be Republican of Indiana.

legislature, if the amendment is in Silver Mina Bay, was subject This is the amount of increase submitted to there," he said. ed to a severe attack: by: a)(kize- | that the: House voted, last, wesk for postal and other federal omder, Joseph W. Martin Jar, of armed Chinese dressed in plain. The House Republican Les-able force of between 50, and, 60 Representative Har- none's proposal was offered as Massachusetts, told newamen to- clothes.” The attack came from substitute for the Army-Navy day that he did not think that three directions; from the vill suggestion that their pay and al- they will have too much, dif- age of Chúng Hay, Trếm the ad- „lowances “should” be boosted by a ficulty in obtaining the neces- Jacent hill tope and from the dat. 30 osat./. Incremen-sha; zary{jaignatures; Should Con- barbed wire barriers on the hals sociated

-greke » approve the proposal, alderon After, fan hour's hard musk be, rectified: by legisle. | fighting,

perked tures of three/fourths of the driven,

ployead.

London, Apr. 10.

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