1946-04-26 — Page 1

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IMPORTANT EVENTS:

WEDDING, FAREWELL DINNERS

CHINA MAIL

NO. 33342.

ESTABLISHED FOR OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS

HONG KONG, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1946.

SENTENCED TO DEATH Three Japanese To Hang; Nine Others Given

Long Prison Sentences BOMB STARTS

Two Men Found

Not Guilty

THE COLONY'S FIRST WAR CRIMES TRIAL WAS CON- CLUDED YESTERDAY WHEN THREE OF 14 JAPAN. ESE WERE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING, NINE OTHERS GIVEN TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT FROM TWO YEARS TO 10 YEARS AND

TWO FOUND NOT GUILTY AND ACQUITTED. AFTER AN ADJOURNMENT OF 25 MINUTES, THE COURT REACHED AN UNANIMOUS DECISION. ADDRESSING THE THREE ACCUSED WHO WERE SEN- TENCED TO DEATH, THE PRESIDENT SAID: "THE SENTENCE IS SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION OF THE SENIOR OFFICER. THIS COURT HAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THE FACT THAT YOU BELONG TO A RACE FROM WHOM NO DECENCY, OR LIT. TLE, IS

EXPECTED. BUT BY NO CONCEIVABLE STANDARD OF CONDUCT IS THERE ANY EXCUSE FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE." Referring to the others, the "The inhabitants of occupied President told them that they territory me food tied must consider themselves for-part in hostilities and are ex- tunate.

peeted to refrain from any in- Those sentenced to death were jury to the troops of the ocen Lacut, Kishi Yasuo, Lieut. Mat-past. Any violation of his duty samoto Chozaharo d Sgt.-is punishable by the occupant. Major Echida Hiroshi: years W, O. Yanagizawa Sadno Law of the ovenpant are punish- 1

to 10 infringements of the Martial and C. Kamishiro Katsumasa; able as War Crimes, he continu- to eight years Sgt. Yoshikawa ed. Gumichi: to five years Sgt.-Ma-

TICKING

London, Apr. 25.

a

A 1,000-pound unexploded German time bomb' buried few hundred mardu from Bakingham l'atace

St James Park, began ficking last night and diaponul aquela said it might detonate at an Fine, The Afall was etoned to traffic.

were

King George and the Royal Family

from Buckingham Palace at Wind- sor Castle, where then went orer Enter Associated Press.

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SECOND INCIDENT Big Four Talks

Another incident involving Chinese naliga occurrell at about 4 p.m. yeh erday when u party of five, led by an officer, entered the factory of the Hong Kong Rubber Manufac- turing Co. Lt. at 409, Tam- kung Road, Kowloon, on the pretext that contained Jap- antene property to be handed over to them All work in the factory promptly ceased,

The manager not on the telephone to the R.A.F. Police, who sent a party hot-foot to the nerne. Chinese Gendarmen uino arrived and after hour the Chinese troops left.

AR

BRIT. SHIP SOVIET ATTACK

High-handed action by

а

Chinese Major-General and six ON U.S. PLANE

soldiers resulted in a hour's.

Vienna, April 25.

Delayed

PARIS, APRIL 25. THE MEETING OF BRITISH, UNITED STATES, SOVIET AND FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTERS DEPUTIES. WHICH WAS TO HAVE BEEN HELD IN PARIS TO- DAY, HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING, OWING TO THE ABSENCE OF THE SOVIET AMBASSADOR TO BRITAIN. HE WAS TO

MEET MOLOTOV, THE SOVIET FOREIGN MINISTER WHO ARRIVED THIS AFTERNOON.

IT IS LEARNED IN AUTHORITATIVE QUARTERS THAT THE DEPUTIES WILL NOT CONSIDER MATTERS OF SUBSTANCE AT TOMORROW'S MEETING, BUT WILL CONFINE THEMSELVES TO QUESTIONS OF PROCEDURE, IN PREPARATION FOR THE MEETING OF THE BIG FOUR FOREIGN MINISTERS. AS A RE- SULT, IT IS CONSIDERED IMPROBABLE THAT THE MAIN BIC FOUR TALKS WILL OPEN BEFORE FRI- DAY.

hao been actitude of the four power dele-

delay to the sailing of a British ship yesterday and eventually A second attack by Soviet The conference ended with their arrest by the planes on United States trans-classified "top secret" and more gations is maintained.

Water Police when they were port aircraft was disclosed than 200 special correspondents Reporters drew #omo

Navigation

Co.'s

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The French Foreign Office, Over 24,000 /

Died In Hainan

found to be in possession of yesterday with another protest from all the being countries, couragement from the United concealed arms without a per- to Russian authorities by Gon who have now arrived in Faria, States Ambassador, Mr. Jeffer mit.

eral Mark W. Clark, American are to be kept at arms length, con Goffrey, who, attending the

Nobody except the leading ele-American Cairo, April 25.

Press Association The ship was the Indo-China commander in the occupation gates and their immediate ad- luncheon today, after having met A high British army source Steam here yesterday described as "Tak Sang," which was due to

of Austria.

visera, will be admitted to the the United States Secretary, of The two attacks took place French Senate Building. obsolete the idea that Egypt is sail at

State Mr. Byrnes at Paris 4 p.m. for Swatow.last Monday over Tullin airport; A few special-concession re- nerodrome, told reporters: "The strategically important to the Shortly before this, the vessel and on Easter Sunday near porters have been accordod American delegation certainly security of the Suez Canal. was boarded by Major-General Linz, General Clark had al-passes admitting them into the favours reporters being given

"Modern methods of

Lam Yim-chan, of the 93rd ready protested against Mon-open courtyard of the Senate background information on the Caze." he said, "have made it no complete with

Army, and six other ranks, day's attack when four Soviet building for the first day of the progress of the conference." of men on hand to protect fed to leave when ordered to do ply hus been received. longer necessary to keep a large minus any tickets. They refus-C47 transport plane, but noe allowed to penetrate inside the

baggage but planes fired off the wings of a conference but they will not be Reuter

the Canal."

bailding itself. ao by the muster of the ship, Clark's headquarters announe- Greece and even South Africa sent for the police.

Turkey. Ira Palestine, Captain G. H. Knight, who then ed that four Russian planes which is in charge of press ar He believed are

closed in on another C47 flying rangements, stated tonight that Egypt's first A police party headed by Sulzbetween Munich and Vienna on a communique will be issued jur Kodama Mitsutoshi: to two Far from arriving at a peace lines of defense against a pre-Inspector Brown arrived and Sunday and two of the Russian from time to time and no doubt years Sgt. Sato Yoshio. L'Cpl. Cul and beautiful island, the sent long-distance attack.

after some persuasion the M-planes fired at the American there will be one on the first day.

More than eighty per cent Takenaka Sekimats. Ptes. Rishi Company's first impres "From the army point of view jor-General and his subordin-plane but failed to hit the trans- It is for the four foreign min- of the 30,000 Chinese labour- Nishizawa Kenro,

Uension was one of a hotbed of frau- it is no longer a question of how ales agreed to get off the ship. purt.

isters to decide."

ers conscripted in Hong Kong Gisaku and Okamoto Kichitaro. Ister,

many troops we want to keep An added complication then The American plane was on a

Press conferences with one or and Canton and sent by the Sgt. Jomori Riichi_and_J.¿Cpl_ "The_power of Japan was al-in Egypt, but whether we want arose when they were found-to-regularly scheduled flight with more of the foreign ministers Japanoko-militarists to Hainan Aude Takashi were found not ready on the waine and the to stay at all. Our troops from be in possession of arms within the corridor prescribed by are apparently barred, and the Island died during the Japan-

situation, for the Japanese, took top to bottom would like to go out a permit. a decisive turn for the worse, home tomorrow, there refused to hand over the arms. the ship-Associated Press,·

the Russians, officials said. Four world outside will have diffi- Major General Lamat ust-attacks in all were made against culty in following the evolution 950 occupation of the Island, (Continued on Page 8)

of the conference if the present according to Mr. Fang Ping- wei, CNRRA Representative member of the official mission to investigate the conditions of the Chinese who weta do- parted there for forecd labour, upon the Mission's return to the Colony yesterday in H.M.S. {"Comet."",

guilty and aggiuitted.

Those ser need in death and

10 years of imprisonment were found guilty of beating, tortur- ing and maltreating inhabitants of Lantau Isiant between Au- gust 18 and 20 in violation of the laws and usage of war as well as of killing six of the in- habitants. The others were. found guilty of only beating, torturing and maltreating.

The case has been heard be. -fore a Military Tribunal com- prising: Provident, Lieut.-Col. J. C. Stewart Department of the J.A.C. In India); Major M. I. Ormsby, West Yorks Regi- ment; and Captain B. N. Kaul, Frontier Force Regiment.

added.--Asociated Pres

Is Franco Danger

To World Peace?

NEW YORK, APRIL 25. DELEGATES TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL HELD INTER-DELEGATION CONFERENCES TODAY TO DISCUSS AMENDMENTS TO THE AUSTRALIAN PROPOSAL OF A COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER THE FRANCO REGIME IS ENDANGERING WORLD PEACE.

The British delegation is act-ments and extension of the Capt. J. F. Reilly, Stall Caping on yesterday's Foreign Of time-limit for the committee's tain (Legal) H.Q. A...F.S.E.Afice instruction, accepting the report beyond May 17. cacheted the prosecution for: the Crown, and Capt. M. Croft, Australian plan as the busis for RAS.C., was for the defence. discussion. but expects to r

Tense Situation

New York, Apr. 25.

The Court heard a total of 44 ceive further instructions to- After a tenso two-hour ge

the Council sion last night the United Na- witnesses, including nine for the morrow, before defence, during the 21 hearings

tions Security Council in rince March 28:

meets.

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His Mauser was taken off him. Two more revolvers were found in the party's baggage. They were accordingly taken back to the police station and held there : pending the arrival of Chinese Gendarmes, while the Sang" continued her voyage, after an hour's delay.

The Chinese Gendarmes ar- rived at 6.30 p.m. and Major- General Lam and hin' six sub-i ordinates were turned over to them.

An cye-witness told the "China Mail" that there were "no rough scenes" although the Chinese soldiers "showed some reluctance at first when asked to hand over their arms."

Lessons

There seemed a resignnable effect rejected the renewed de- From Iran

Body, Body, Who's

Got The Body?

The Prosecutor had frequent- An

of the

Bread Ration Home

No

At

LONDON, APRIL 25.

BREAD HAS NEVER BEEN RATIONED IN BRITAIN, AND THERE IS WIDESPREAD SATISFACTION HERE TO- NIGHT THAT THE BRITISH CABINET HAS DECIDED AGAINST IMPOSING BREAD RATIONING ON THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN, WHO HAVE PASSED THROUGH THE ARDUOUS WAR YEARS.

THE DECISION WAS MADE BY THE BRITISH CABINET AFTER A LATE MEETING TONIGHT, LASTING TWO HOURS, AND SETTLES BRITAIN'S FOOD POLICY OVER THE NEXT FATEFUL MONTHS, AND EX- CLUDES ANY LIKELIHOOD OF BREAD RATIONING DURING THE PRESENT WORLD FOOD CRISIS.

The

British housewife has

Gorman Cuts looked with dismay upon the prospect of bread being added

Berlin, April 25. to the system under which near-

General Lucius D. Clay, the ly all articles she buys for the American Deputy table are either rationed or an

Governor in Germany, told cor,

Mr. Fang, a representative of the Chinese Ministry of Econo- mies, a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affaire, and Major Van de Linde of the Medical Branch, Hong Kong Civil Affairs, left here in "Comet" on April 12.

There were

nt present, said Mr. Fang, 1,049 Chinese desti- tute labourers in Hadilow, 1,396 in Yulin and 1,147 in Bakli. The Chinese authorities will discuss today with the Bri- tish authorities plans for the repatriation of these destitute labourers to China froth Hainan.

Military Fire In Old

Broad Street

knew that the war was over, im-triore Lombardo” yesterday do. when the General Assembly Connie London a smaller loaf so that waste will the new Party, returning to t5t affected and these were, in the

plying that in view of this factclared, "This night at

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meets.

pressure.

Joleoph

Defence Address

chaner tonight, that tomorrow's mand by Mr. Andrei Gromyko, debate will result in the unanin-Soviet delegate, for removal of Summing up for the defence. qua adoption of the Australian the Iranian issue from its Capt. Croft said that the events proposal, with minor amet agenda,

London, Apr. 25. .in this case took place in the in-

Reuter's Diplomalle Correspon- 'terim period between the broad-

Mr. Gromyko announced thal dent writes: "Publication of the pointa scales, but in place of respondents today: "We have to cast of the Emperor and the for-

he would not take part in any tary observera whờ

views of two British Parliamen-bread rationing other strict contemplato further cuts in Ger- mal surrender of Japan. Maj.

hare just economies in whent further debate on the question. returned from Iran, Bricalier cereals will be made by the Bri-zone unless we

and other man rations In the American Gen. Okada, G.O.C., Japanese

Mr. Gromkyo-who did not Head (Conservative) and Michael tish Government in order that ances of

can get assur- Garrison, Hong Kong, and Vice-

walk out from last night's Bes-Feat (Labour) is driving home a Britain's sacrifice in interests of food."

further aupplies of

London, Apr. 26, Fire broke out tonight on the Admiral Fujita, C.-in-C., Japan.

sion-made this announcement lesson that debates in New York the famine-stricken

top atoroy of a five-storey build- ese South China Fleet, aigned

as soon as the Council by eight have had little real influence on shall be comparable

countries

General Clay also defined' the ing in Old Broad Street, housing the surrender in Hong Kong va

votes to three had defeated the the event In Iraya

to that of United States attitudo to the the Societe Generale, a French Sept. 16, 1946,

Milan, April 25. French amendment, which woul

"Both

observers have come to America, which announced & 25 election of residents in the banking firm. anonymous telephone have amounted to shelving the the conclusion that last minute per cent cut in flour at the week- American zone in Germany to Damage to the top floor was the accused call to the newspaper Cor- issue until September to ask for the withdrawal end.

the Committee of the new 5% caused before the fire was quelled complaint from the Security The alternatives to actual cialist Unity Party, formed in but Bremen worked on the roof

the was due to Boviet rationing considered at tonight'a Berlin over Easter.

anderframe of which was woll Only Russin and Poland

Head goes Cabinet meeting were firstly they were unjustified in resort o'clock Mussolini's body pass-

alight He indicated that officials of

for some time afterwards. supported the amendment: farther.

Only the top two floors were ing to punitive measures. If

The Russian demand that the Daily

today

arguos be rigidly turbed; secondly aAmerican zone, must either re that negotiations which are to

becupation of the Bank of Nova over, that a state of war no long-town 'near Pia Cenzo.

4 to suspend the Iranian Issue er existed, it could not also be

pastrica of more until May 6 (the time limit for tween Azerbaijan and the rest of kinds; fourthly less barley for or resign from the executive of The caller gave other details the withdrawal of the Soviet United Nations Commission i

"austerity" ist or Social Democratic Party, next door. true that the accused committed of the

ough to be supervised by beer.

Flames pouring from

a top river crossing by boat troops from Iran) should be further pressure is to be avoided.

the new Party, formed by the storey window. first, attracted crimes in violation of the law and nevemen said the votes was rescinded was immediately opIt is significant, he said, that a detailed official statement to Communists-Reuter. and usages of war. A war the same as that of the person posed by the United States.

There will almost certainly be fusion. of the Socialista and attention. Simultaneously the So- crime can only be committed who telephoned to the paper on

clote Generalo's watchmen William Ghavam during a war. Capt. Croft conTuesday saying

(Iranian Premier) will morrow, The British and Australian hold conversations with the pre-which of these measures is to bo telling the country

Goodard, while going his round, tended that every deed commit-bech stolen from the Maggiore States, By the time the Frenchment while the Russians are still gree.

heard a crackling noise and locat, the body had delegates supported the United rent puppet Azerbaijan Govern- implemented and to what de

STRIKE POSTPONED

ed the fire up

upataire. ted after the signing of a for

Chicago, Apr. 25.

Fire engines were already on Instrument of surrenler

cemetery.

proposal came. up for voting. In Azerbaijan.

A strike of 1,000 Transcon- and the firemen found the affles their way as he, nang, the alarm was to be judged on its merits That call came three hours The Netherlands, China, Brazil

Thore was a possibility that "But the Security Council ap rationing would lead to a rise,tinental-Western Airline's pilats furniture, papers and woodwork in accordance with the Penal before the authorities announced and Mexico, had also already de-parently dece not contemplate any instead of a fall in consumpti, was postponed today to an un-blazing fiercely. Law of Peace.

the corpus had been taken-As-clared themselves against the stronger form of action than re because those who do not nor spociled day next week. Continuing, Capt. Croft anid.sociated Press.

Russian standpoint.

Extra polico, were called and "Ansuming that the Court ne

David L. Behncke, president buses were diverted. In consequence political observers mally oat much brend might tak Aftor the French suggestion here do not expect a further UNO their full ration for distribu- of the Airline Pilots Aasociation was under control in a short time. copts my contention that a state of war still existed and that

had boon defeated, Mr. Gromkyo criols over Iran unless the whole tion among their family, Special of the American Federation of--Reuter therefore the accused

Montreal, Apr. 25. sald the Soviet delegation con- situation changes with the Soviet exemptions would also probably Labour, said the strike was ori can he With overy possible ahip mooded aldered retention of the Iranian refusal to withdraw he troops by have had to be made for coal finally called for this week. The Jawfully, convicted of war crimes. to move grain for the famins question on the agenda contrary May 6. At present the melarity minera and other manual work-union la demanding that maxi

THE WEATHER I will proceed to argue that dur-threatened regions, the critical to the charter of the United of the Council are clearly satisfied ora who throughout the

war thum

pay be increased from Today's forecastCloudy, wit ing thin interim period the Jashortage of bunker col to three Nations. He declared the Soviet with having won a moral victory have been protesting that their $18,000 annually to 310,000 for eit southwesterly winde pances in Hong Kong and its tening to cripple inland water delegation, therefore, does not which demonstrates its control food is not sufficient for the pilots of new four-engine planes Maximum 66,15.9

transport in Canada, officials in consider it possible to continuo, aromyko in apparently able to them. dependent inlanda continued to Montreal said today.

Dvor its own sponda Androl heavy work that is expected of and shorter hours. A dosen Minimum-Ta deg og 3 2.1.1? exercise the rights and obliga- tions of an occupying power in by, the prolonged

The shortage has been caused to take part in any discussion make a decision which does Out

other airlines are negotiating on dubine 89 hours, coal atriks in on the Iranian question in the interfere with the course timo of war.”

of events Those considerations influene the same · Issue-Associated Max. Rei, Humidity:-87 per cent. the United States-Reuter, Becurity Connell-Reuter, in 100-Heater.

it were true that the war wased the Po River at Caorso," a Council's decision taken on Apr. the future relationship be darker loaf; thirdly, cakes and sign office in the sonal Comman- Scotia, whose main premises are.

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