1946-05-08 — Page 4

High Treason Charge

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1946.

"Bridge Notes" Code List Of Spies More Cholera

EVIDENCE THAT AS THE RESULT OF DOCUMENTS Precautions

Hong Kong Health Return

The following weekly retura from April 28 to May 4 of notifiable cases was issued y.sterday by the Health Authorities:- Cho.ets C.3.M.* Chicken Pox Dip. Dysentery Cases: 4 (3 imported) 22

3 ('local) Deaths: 1

CRES: Deaths:

4

--Entario fever Malana

4 3

32 20

Memlca

25 1

Smallpox

·T.B.. 63 40

--Puerperal

faver

Plague Rabies

Scarlet-

fever

Cases:

Deaths:

FOUND ON THE "SAI ON" A CODE IN THE FORM

Cleanliness checks Cholera. OF BRIDGE NOTES WAS FOUND AT CLUB LUSI- TANO, HEADQUARTERS OF THE P.R.O., AN ORGANI. Pay careful attention to your SATION OF PRO-BRITISH PORTUGUESE, WAS GIVEN personal hygiene. Wash your AT THE HEARING YESTERDAY OF THE CASE IN hands aftor attending to the WHICH J. J. RICHARDS IS CHARGED WITH HIGH calls of nature, marketing and

always before eating. TREASON.

Keep your latrine clean. See EVIDENCE WAS ALSO GIVEN THAT AFTER SEVERAL HAD that your food is cooked in a

UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTED TO DECODE THE cleanly fashion dn a clean kit- CasCE:

Wash and cook your ve-Deaths: DOCUMENT, OCURA, EDITOR OF THE "HONG KONG | chen.

Guard against NEWS," ASSISTED BY ACCUSED, WAS ABLE TO DO gelables well.

flies. Cover your refuse tight- SO.

In January, 1945 he was attach until it can be collected at The proceedings are before?

Avoid raw, apolled, doubtful Mr. C. Y. Kway at the Centraled to the criminal investigation the daily scavenging round.

contaminated food and Magistracy and the prosecution of the Ben Kong Occupied Ter- in being conducted by Mr. R. S. ritory and when there was a re-

organisation of the Gendarmeci

Repair any damaged sanitary Smith Assisted

that rear he was the chief of the

the landlordl O'Donovan of the Police,

Police Fuarters till the surfittings or pester

Report all san)- till he does.

or offences to tary nuisances the Health Oflec.

Finally take no chances, be inoculated,

Mr.

In outlining the ease. Mr. K. S. Smith for the Crown said that accused, in this case, was formerly the employed by the Japanese at

of the war in Rong outbreak

was on the Japanese consuinte atall under the guidance of the vice-consul, Tonegl, as n

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secret agent, e llecting informin

rondor

He knew accused as a co-worker

and friend of Sergeant Yashimoto in the Takka Department. He had

destinath the accused.

Civilian Adviser

Granic

At

te he bought whoky and wine from accused in A: tion regarding military intelligada dels him inanclny. kene and activity in China.

darmeria

Acensed vas riven 200 military Ven a month and rations of rie:

of

drink.

Kome

tano.

pro-British

Yellow-fever Total

153 70

44

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Kotewall Resignation From Council

IT IS NOTIFIED FOR GENERAL INFORMATION THAT THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF HONG KONG CONSISTS AT THE PRESENT TIME OF THE FOLLOWING HONOURABLE MEMBERS.

His Excellency the Genaral: Oilker Commanding the Land Forces; the Honourable the

Typhus Acting Colonial Secretary; the Honourable the Acting Attorney General; the Honourable the Acting Secretary for Chinese Affairs; the Honourable the Acting Financial Secretary; the Honourable Dr. Percy Schwyn Selwyn-Clarke, C.M.G. (tem- porarily absent from the Co- lony); the Honourable Sir Ro

*22 cases of Cere ro Spinal Meningitis were reported during the week. Tais is seasonal, bat is also affected by the over- crowding, due to the large influx of persons into the Colony, and the lack of ad:quate accommodation.

स

Readers' Letters

Self-Government

.

BONIC-

bert Hormus Kotewall, Kt., C.M.G., LL.D.

The appointments of two other unofficial members of the Executive Council, namely Sir Henry Edward Pollock. K., K.C.. LL.D. and Mr. John Johnstone Paterson, expired "on March 8. 1946, and April 6, 1946, respec- tively, and the appointment of Sir Robert Kotewall will expire on July 8, 1946,

Resignation Accepted

In view of the stato of his health and the near approach of

SINGAPORE CABLE

London, May 7

Cable and Wireless " Lid., announce that the 1,620-mild cable between Singapore and Hong Kong hus been restored

to service after being in Japanese hands from January 1942 until the surrender of Japan-Reuter.

BRITISH

HERE TO

STAY

New York, May 7. "Everything the British are

sense without civic responsibility In loose terms, it might be sug: Sir, I take my hat off to Mr. gested that it down to the old Simple Simon, and congratulate argument, which came first the him for his efforts to arouse pubilag or the chicken!

affairs of Hong interest in the

In this ense, certainly, Kong. I am in agreement with body has to lay an egg. Then,

we can hope we shall eventually the expiry of his appointment | doing in this city reflects their Portuguese, him that the public take far too

Sir Robert Kotewall has ten- intention to stay for a long he knew lat would help him Chinese and Indians who had re-little interest, in the colony's ad- get a live chick.

DEMOCRAT.

dered ported the economic situation of ministration,

to His Excellency the time," says the Hong Kong Yet whose fault is it? I feel After the contion of Hong he olinda nosition for accused

Governor the resignation of his Bong Kong to the British Consul ivan adviser to the Gen- ከሩ 1941

things the

Excellent Scheme The headquarters of that in Macao.

among other

Executive Council correspondent of the "Herald- seat on the Kong by the Japanese in

is at fault. accused was employed in the Jap

this organisation was Club Lus- educational system

in order that his place may be Tribune." Sir--There is nothing wrong and The children go to school tuse. Gendarmeile,

crammed

with booklore With the scheme put forward for filled forthwith by the appoint

self-government of Hung ment of an unofficial member of pass an

an examination. The teachers the are not encouraged to teach aub Kong. The scheme is an excellent Executive Council who will be jeets

one, but the trouble is, the major able to serve continuoualy from which may prepare young for their part in the colour.ity of. Hongkongites, whose men- the present time until the re- Chinese control, but they talk are tality and outlook is somewhat vision of the constitution fore-in terms of decades instead of And many of the teachers

a few years," he adds, not even English, the English tea- warped. cannot be relied upon to andowed chers being reserved for schoole carry out that scheme in the man-

This ner H.M. Government intends that nouncement of the policy of His like the Kowloon British.

Majesty's Government has been was the old system. Is anything it should be carried out. I

I agree being done to improve the new? with P.W.GIC. that what is badly fully examined and determined From the way in which this needed at the present moment is upon

His Excellency hus agreed to examination is being bungled, fur constructive criticism. My know-

23 if ledge of the local inhabitants per accept the Honourable instance. it does not look

mits me to without hesitation, ber's resignation and in doing

"Sai On" Affair Continuing Mr. Smith said that evidence would be given to show that netused was responsible fɔe the incident involving the British ship "Sai On" in Macas and the as the result of certain documents

eized on the

the ship, Jackie Fan was

-

arrested. Further as a fequel t the documents found on board the On", accuwd worked on them Sai

and this resulted in the arrest Mr. Hasto, who was convicted and executable the Japanese.

Noma The first witness was

stated isama, a Japanese, who that he joined the Japanese can mulate staff in Hong Kong in 1997. He knew accused before the out- break of the war in Hong Kong. Accused was then working as an informer under vic-consul Tane- Ei, whose work was the collecting of information concerning Chine military matters

Worked For Tonegi. Witness added that he did know anything concerning at work. When he first met accused, accused introduced himself and told him that he, accused, was the ing such work for Tonegi.

He

!

GEN. FESTING

Major-General F. W, Pea- tag, CMR, D.SO. 6.0.c. Hong Kong, will be leaving for Caton this morning by In conft, aerumnanted

TI

The Cinture 1. 1. Eort

"

D.SO., M.BE. ON toge. They will probe- bla be the gursta of General Chang Pa-kuri, the Canton 1.0.0 d during their visit they no discras teith General Chgan others of mutual in- teral.

Accueil

and other commodities.

uted to work with Set, mots for same time but Yashimoto did not trust him.

A far is ne knew there were only two civilian advisers in the Gendarmene, and accused was one of them Accused was engaged in and interpretation trendation work. Accused also assisted Ya- shimota to

to obtain information from Macao.

Witheas said that information activitia, and espionage work in areas amand Hong Kong and other occupied territory.

He knew about the "Sai On" which had been captured by the Japanese. On it was found a list of the

of pay roll espionage agents.

As the result of this dis covery the headquarters at Clu's

Lasitano was d

a

The club

and WBS made.

A code was found search bidden in the club. It containe the names of the Tokko and Criminal Investigation staff. The code in the form of bridge notes and he could not make any thing out of it.

Accused Assisted

wns

Ho later saw the decoded mes- sage and believed it, was written by Ogura,

tho

say,

in the recent ап-

"Britons here generally agree that this colony sooner or later will revert to Chinese or semi-

The typical British view is to look at the economic plight

der to see what would happen of Canton and Shanghai in or- to Hong Kong if it were hand- Mem-ed over to China.

"Chinese Nationalists clam-

any improvement can be exper.wever, that, constructive sukkes so has expressed his apprecia-auring for the return of Hong

The children. most ol

The

way.

Among the persons arrested in had been collected potion

will not entitie the student to P.F10 Suggestion put

this case were Messrs. Soares. Ruttonico and Ho Sai-wing,

In December, 1944 the Gendur meric was reorganised and accas

Witness next ed was dismissed. saw accused in March or May of 1945 when he, accused, came to collect his rations and salary. He missal

would only

Valuable Services

Signal From U.S. Task Force

The next witness way Major was wanted concerning military had not been informed of his dis-terest in the welfare of the stu-ray of hopa lies in the children of is now about to submit for in- recently completed

ile then ordered Yashimoto and have already dont an examination tions put forward by an outsider. tion of the highly valuable ser-Kong to China could learn much university belonging to no particular clique, vices rendered to the Colony by from the firm and orderly way Takajima to decode it but they in Macao quite up to were not successful. Later he re- matriculation standard. were in are never welcome.

city as a member of Executive toring this city, which the Ja- quested Ogura of the "Hong Kong vited to send in their names, and be too pleased to do my bit at Sir Robert Kotewall in his capa- in which the British are res

con do

panese battered and looted. It it was suggested that the examin- the position is such that Neava" to

Is a show window of relative a to try and he with the as- sistance of accused succeeded in alien might entitle the students nothing else save attack the weak Council.

to secure the London Matricule spots in the armour of Hongkong tion Certificate. At the very last ites in the hope that they thein- His Excellency alno takes this stability on the fringe of dis decoding it.

month before the 2

the selves will wake up and do soine- opportunity of recording high ordered China. moment, examination, long after the feea thing about these weak apots in

appreciation of the very valu- it is their own wout out forward by

able services rendered by the two unofficial members whose announced that the

in the second paragraph appointments expired during examination but the of his letter, is an admirable one, enter any

it would be

the period, in which Civil Gov- expecting too much but Hongkong University.

that should

ernment was interrupted, name- they If in

serious thing like an of Hongkongites

The ly Sir Henry Edward Pollock examination such off handed me- reform almost overnight.

A signal expressing the grati- of

Hongkongites,

who and Mr. John Johnstone Pater- majority thods are employed little can be

tude of the officers and men of au-have already reached maturity are on. expected from educational

His Excellency the Governor the American Task Force, which a relaxation thorities who may such little in- beyond redemption and the only

and that is

is why I had the structions from His Majesty and entertainment leave in Hong dents of Hong Kong. Improve

In your to sust our educational system first and

The South China through the Secretary of State Kong as guests of the Royal Navy, we will then show that we too can

Deputy C-in-C, on April 18, 1946, for the Colonies the names of hus been received by Vice-Admiral

J. H. Edelsten, be appointed British Pacifle Fleet. that all

vacancies in the affairs of Hongkong.

fill the

The communder of the American Accused Afraid

By the way, it might interest Hong Kong start in teaching the to

force, Rear-Admiral O. B. Hardi- son, said in the signal: "On be "After the surrender he came Hong Kong readers to know that younger generation of Hong Kong Executive Council.

the Hong

half of myself, and the officers and men of Task Force 72, I

Heartzeit to express to you our appreciation and thanks for

warm hospitality courtesy and the Willing assistance, the unfailin extended to us by yourself and your command. We shall never forget Hong Kong and the friend- hope that we may return soon."

is made here. It is our sincere

And seen some documents writin in Chinese on Tonogi's desk but he had never looked at them. Shirova Kunle who said that he was posted to Hong Kong from

1 called receiving several Tokyo. He arrived here in March, commander of the Kowloon Dis- trict Gendarmerie. He remained tents. Same were from agents in in that post till Sept. 8, 1943 when Chungking.

4.4

"I told him that he had been dismissed and could not collect his salary or rations. I.advised him

Con-

and his first post, was reports but did not know their con-ite go to Canton or elsewhere and take a great deal of interest in Morning Past".""and colleges in persons who may

he was transferred as chief of the Criminal Investigation

Depart-

Lusitano Arrests Je remembered an

ment of the Gendarmerie Head-which was known as the P.R.O. incident in 1943. It concerned quarters in the Supreme Court.

start business.

drew

R.A.F. St. Dunstan's Week the time I handed over, to Siman say that the local boys will

WEDNESDAY 8th MAY

A'T

LADY PARK CLUB, QUARRY BAY 1.30 P.M. FUN FAIR Hoopla Coconut Skies, Horse Racing, etc. 4.30.P.M. SWIMMING GALA

Diving, Racing and Water Polo Reserved Seals for Swim Gála $5. 8.00 P.M. GRAND DANCE Price Entry Services $1.

Civilian $2.

Dance $1. Extra Ludies free.

A

GRAND CHARITY DINNER DANCE.

organized by R.A.F..HONG KONG, In aid of

ST. DUNSTAN'S FUND FOR THE BLIND

will be held at

citizen and

that appreciated

the

incident to visit me and told me that be-fiving Kong refugees when more about the duties and respe cause of the surrender of the 3&p for rehabilitation up a scheme sibilities of a true public spirital

Hong

ong Kong. In

less about subjects Money Mart anese forces, he would be caught

fino

scheme it was. which in no way fit them out to be and, certainly be killed. That was Mangers have still to be adopt good citizens of the Colony to

Chinese national currency took between the Emperor's acceptance

an upward trend yesterday, and It of the Potsdam Declaration anied by the authorities in Hong which they belong.

the rates rose from $2.25 for futures then and now can Mr. Simple

Kong,

Chinese population predominates and $2.30 for spot (per CN$1,000)

Hong nut take an interest in public in Kong. Having spent to $2.31 and $2.39 respectively.

Gold opened weak at $420 but scheme. Given the necessary

en-myself, I am fully conversant with strengthened and closed at $432

different villages are entrusted to couragement they can and will the fact that the affairs of the per tael. U.S. dollars were quiet village Elders, men of mature are and known merit, However,

conditions cannot be compar lage cond

THE OFFICER'S CLUB, GLOUCESTER HOTEL

on

FRIDAY 10TH MAY, 1946

COMMENCING AT 8,00 p.m.

TICKETS $15.00

Tables may be booked and terata obtained

nt the Officer's Club

Gloucester Building.

Tel. No. 26316,"

BETZ told me that he wou❘ affairs, after their work on that many years in Chinese villages

be

by the British and would be killed as he had been working for the Japanese. I told him that Britain was civilised country and that he would be tried fairly. "I remember a report in Octu ber, 1944 regarding Chungkin. agent who had escaped from Hong Kong and returned. There were wo reports, one of a man Mr. Wong and the other of Jackie Lau. Official Duties

"At that time there was a man, Yamato, a Japanese In Macao. He was a friend of accused. Regard- Ing the report about Jackie Lau. I am not sure whether it came from Yamato through Richards or by Richards himself. But I belleve

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the former way. "The report came to me through Warrant Ofeer, Omuira, the per- son in charge of the Special Branch"

Hearing will be continued this

it

morning at 10 .m.

rine to the occasion.

J. A. K.

Too Pessimistic

at $5.03.

Both Sterling and Australian vil-pounds appreciated in value, and were in demand at $17.30 and ed with conditions in Hong Kong. $12.76 respectively. Sir. Undoubtedly, there is a one of the world's leading ports good deal in what Simple Simon with a teeming population.

brothers

Shanghai Exchango

Της

Closing

Married

wish

the

Miss Joyce Mansfield Banker, of No. 5, Peace Avenue, Hamuntin, the was married to Mr. Kenneth Bing

Shanghal, May 7. quotations on

has to say about the attitude of village people are simple, hones the population of Hong Kong, but folk-the real Chinese, if I may Shanghai market today were as Yip, of 16, Des Voeux Rand, West, he gives too simple and too pessi- say so people who, unlike their follows:Gold per ounce: Buying yesterday at the Registry, with mistic an explanation of the no- semi-westernized

and CN$160,500, Selling $101,500; U.S. Mr. C. d'Almada Castro officiat ture of the problem.

sisters, have not yet become taint- dollard (unofficial market): Buy-Ing.

A reception was held later in Even if many features of hised with the sins and vices of eltying CN82,210, Selling GN$2,220; analysis bear the stamp of accu- life.

H.K.

dollare Buying, CN8412 the Peninsula Hotel, do not think that the size of Selling CN$417. Associates rney, I still think he is utterly wrong in the conclusion he reaches the Council, acquaintanceship with Preak

to have allowed and accessibility to representativen

& narcotic fatalism to creep over or length of residence-in one par-

often him,

happens. In ticular district will serve 10 course, incognito, as her trainer other spheres, when the pains of obviate the risk of corruption, does not consider cigars a part discrimination and Injustice. It political action are shirked.

of the normal Surely, Sir, the whole problem can be reduced to this proposition, that there can be no sound civle

seems

Hong Sea Trade Resumes

Kong-Australia

Throo ships will reopen sea trade between Australia and the

Far East this month.-

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training

thai

AMATEUR RADIO

The Hong Kong Amateur Radio dist Transmitting Society has been is not an onay matter to do away with evils which are practically When questione, the horse it re-formed, and a Society Room allotted in the Forces Education inborn. Furthermore, it must not reported to have stated bo forgotten that we are today after seeing the others at Happy Centre. Kennedy Road, at the living in an ago in which peonte Valley, and Tom in particular, eastern end of 'C' Corridor.

General meetings will be hold worship MONEY and that in she could smoke kippers and Hong Kong particularly, money still win. It is whispered in the at monthly intervals, on the first could work wonders in the way of best circles that to make a race Friday of each month.

A Society transmitter is being getting voles, influencing decisions of It she proposes to run in bur built by members for their own tto, etc,

+

SIMPLE SIMON "Megalgia"

new nylons saved from the clutching hands of Task Forcs use. Anyone interested In Ama- tour Radio, who wishes to apply 77 and, as she aptly puts it for Membership should contact "show these old mares just how the officiating Hon. Secretary of the Society, telephona 24121 Ext.

H.K.V.D.C.. ORDERS

Sir, It is a very disturbing I get around," thought to find that in these en- I have spoken to Farmer 97. Their cargoes will include the motor vessel Kalpaki and Hightened days people object to Evans, Nostalgia's old. Jockey, more than 10,000 tona of Aun the steamer-Kenilworth

a horse having his fling. I re- and he tells me ho la "quietly tralian coment urgently needed "Kafrlatan fus taking 4,000 fer of course to the lady cinema-confident," an unusual state for building in Hong Kong... tons of cument 000 bales of goer who did not like having mont from this verbose young

Orders by Lieut.-Col. H. Owen- scoured wool and wool tops, 400 horace in the next seat. As a man. These will be the first cargoes tons, of tinned vegetables and matter of fact the horse is not,

When questioned as to her Hughes, Commanding Hong Kong shipped from Australia to China fraits, 484 tons of failed oats, as 15 generally believed, our presence

at the cinema, she Volunteer Defence Corte. Order since the Pacific war began. and supplies of leather, caustic friend "Nostalgia" (this is just states that it is all part of her No. 36. 2th May, 1940.

1. Eficiency Medal 1 All Volun Nostalgla new training scheme to tears who claim entitlement to The Australia-China Line, ra-Boda and borax.

fascinato me," she says, They this Medal will submit their names cently formed to take over the Kenilworth is taking 4,000 smokes a pips.

tona cement and Kaipaki 2,500 Nol The horea in question is have such an easy action. Sho and service to this H.Q. former Japanese N.Y.K. service, tons, in addition to toilet goode here to win the Stewards Cup deplores the fact that she should Pay Advances Thursday, will send the motor vesest Ka1,000 halen of wool, and canned and is in very strict training. have been accused of nudging May 40, 1000 to 1900 hours. (*) Bristan early this month with fruits and vegetables,

It is none other than MEGAL Miss Pushbottom and she widows only of Killed and Miss 8,009 tons of general carga The three vessels will proba- GIA Nostalgia 1: young later states, "who ever heard of ing Balleron Killed. (b) Wives

The Essorn and Ausralian bly logi Chinese goods for Aus by Stomache out of Hand. When horse looking lecheroun

P. POSTLETHWAITE. Ling will open its service with traila.

at the cinema she was, "of

Dogsbody's iden).

cely of mobilized personnel co- patriated outside, Hong Kong.