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ITO TAKEO STANDS HIS TRIAL Jardines STRANGE QUIET ABOUT

H.K.V.D.C. Give

Give Evidence Of Atrocities

Nurses' Story Has Still To Come

Lt. Gen. Ito Takeo, Commander of the 38th Division of the Japanese Army, which formed the spearhead of the Japanese capture of Hong Hong in December, 1941, was arraigned before No. 5 Wor Crimes Court yesterday on four charges of atrocities.

In the course of yesterday's proceedings, mumbers of the II.K.V.D,C. gave evidence of the 159- acre of prisoners and wounded at Jardine's Lookout Mount Parker and Wongneichong Gap.

nurses al

Major M.J. Ormsby, opening for the prosecution, revealed hai

witnesses would testify to the rape of

ihr Jockey Chrf, on the Race Course, and at St. Stephen's College. Stanley, and also to the massacre of wounded at the College.

#. Gn. Ha is pharkent with be of noits under s

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11 Count Compa War Come Fund C Aled Personnel en in that has at if my Kong between 4 gag-d exclusively in the volle Je, 17 at 2 1. om tion, Transport and treatment. 11

380 Julandry to wounded and suck in the

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| Uns and establishments,

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tibat of a 3801 Depot, VOB, in vlajalin

Law-d Usages n War, ene her s th (0) Committing a war kills and dil-treatment ot Alin dat he at Hong Kong by the en urst POW, and suniterni per- Dev. 17 and 31. 1911. as Can- sonnel by the mente is of untsander of Hut any Intastry under hr

contat

Umat of the Tih Divison, WILL 121 Vi lation of the Laws and +2) Commuting a War Crime Gages of War, concerned in the

at Hong Kong, be

by numbers tween 1 c. B and 31, 1941, as units under Command in fir Commander of the 39th Infantry long And of the 301) Divisiota, wa, in violation ut the Laws und Accused predel “: quilty" Usages of War, ennerrned in the to the charges, killing

that

and

iratrat nit

by

ti atm

artd

- atarat al

etvilman residents of Hong Kong,

Opning for the prosecution.

members of tuits under his e-Major Ormsby detailed the con and of wounded and siek mem position vf the 30th Division burs of Allied Forces that had commanded by accused, and re falltar in their pow.r.

431 Committing

In that he at

War

terred to the plan ut attack.

The Tanaka regiment land: Hong I ng, bigt. Shaukawan, east of Tallo

Regiment

tween Dre. 17 and 31, 1941, was, † 1) cks, the Dot

Just

in violation of the Laws and west of that and the Shoji Rugi. Usagen of War, conc:end in the mem in the vicinity of North filling und B-treatment by mem Point.

Attack By Tanaka

were to

The arte regiments

rund Tytam Reservoir to Stan- penceed independantly. with aley Ga, Repulse Bay. Drep rendezvous at Wngnelchong Water Day, Brick Bill and Ben- Gap, dealing with local resist's ill. tance as they progress d. From "In the Repulse Bay area Bri there they had separate objectish resistance is echtred about

Repulse Bay Thiol. The relo

tives,

The

Was

took unt

Fire At Canton

In addition to setting fire to the British Consulate in Canton, the student mobs also burned down Jardine's Building In Shameen in Friday's rlota. This pleture

Laken wille the building was still in flames.Associated Press Photo.

Was

THERE WAS A SCENE OF DUBIOUS QUIET IN KOWLOON YESTERDAY

No area could have looked more serene, peaceful, or law-abiding than the region of the so-called Kowloon Walled City at 6.30 a.m. yesterday. With the exception of about 12 foreign and Chinese. Press representatives, The attack

standing on the hillock at the East Gate where the skirmish on Jan. 12 scheduled which followed took the better for the night of fre, 1815, all part of thres days when the psi- took place, there were but four or five people moving about. objectives t be taken by the ton was doally captured. meghing of Dec 19.

"Having subdued British psi- The four army-type

tents avidly reading the latest news ring to the "displaced person") Tanoka Regiment's tons at Brick Hill and the Goll standing like sentinels. second battalion lanet.d and Course at Deep Water Day, the empty of cerupants,

were in the Chinese journals.

were all fed into the present captured Lyonun and Sai Wan Taraka Regiment

North of where the newsmen trouble by a few agilators; of Hill. On the latter they sub- Bennet.

They served to lend an irren were gathered, another knot of how they had been purposely duce antit hd by A.A. "During this time, up to Dres touch to a picture in ten men were grouped around a misinformed of what measures

manned by The 27, ateities were committed by which hovels, improvised gut central figure who appeared to had actually taken place; threa

Japanese troups ut various fors, and two eld cannons form- be imparting to them some very tened with dire punishment if "On the north-east corner of pints in the battle ren. When the front view with the hill, important news. the slope of Mount Parker, over-they took Sa Wan 1 they dested

they complied with the

Hong looked

with small by the promontory on captured a number of prisoners. Pulice complete with steel hel groups of

Kong Government's eviction which is Lyemun

Barracks, is

These were all placed in

order; and of how they were the Salesian Mission, occupied by concrete pillbox

several met and wicker-shields, form- British and Canadian inillary hours.

ing the background. and civilian medical personel. "On being called out therefrom At 7 4.6 a party of three

they were buy netted and their males and one female, dressed gambel about in baidies tussed over a stone ein "City clothes," appeared on bantument.

Battery. H.K.V.D.C.

fur,

It was occupied at daybreak on Dec. 19 and the personnel taken into custody."

Minjor Ormsby detailed tre "Two miraculously survived to progress of the Tanuku Regiment tell the tare,

Was

All But One

Japanese

troops of

the serne.

the

After circumnavigating fringe of the area they depart ed, doubles satisfied with hay ing ent for themselves the "pitiable conditions of the dia- placed person.**

From shortly after

RIOTS AT CANTON British Vice-Consul Dubious

Canton, Jan, 19.

Neither United States Consul General Boucher nor British Consul General Hall. would com- ment on the failure of the Chinese authorities to take precautionary measures in Canton on Friday in view of the well planned demons- tration which was announced in advance.

Prior to rioting, foreign off- however, strong police aqunda cials said there was no indica- are still guarding the British tion that viclence was intended. Consulate-General.

But Mr. Hall acknowledged

that it is now apparent the rjogers intended to destroy and

lost.

In Nanking

In Nanking, the British Em. bassy has not yet received a re- They came equipped with tin ply to the verbal protest by Sir cans if oil-saturated cotton used Stevenson, British Ambassador in setting the fres,

to the Foreign Minister, Mr. Mr. Hall ald he received Wang Shih-chich, over the at- apologies from top ranking tack on the British Consulate Chinese officials and guarantees and property of protein,

Mr. C.W. Martin, British Vice- Consul who, like

many other Britishers lost everything except the clothes he was wearing, ex pressed septicism.

was

Friday,

in Canton just

en Britain'

The British Embassy has als Ralph's statement not received a reply to Siri right to claim full compensa- tion for the damage caused dur ing the rleting.

C. W. Martin, British Vice. ingy mostly invested in Chinese curious. Valuc

nbout

It is suggested here that the £10,000 sterling, says one source. Chinese Government is obvious. He expressed resentment of ly embarrassed over the un- other Britishers when he said: fortunate affair. "I am burt.. I've been a friend to the Chinese and I thought they were my fricpls too."

"All Gone"

Hall sald he received no off- cial word of this planned mass evacuation of Britishchя.

There la no reason to be ap prehensive

now, Everything's

lust," he added.

Reports from Hankow stated that during Sunday's demon- stration there, students demand- el the return of Hongkong, call. ing for "the use of arTTIN necessary."

If

This same deman appeared frequently during last month in the Hunkow press.

At Kowloon

Lau Chi Liang, spokesman

Shaw Is On The Left Of Left

George

London, Jan. 19.

Bernard Shaw wrote to The Times today that he had some know- ledge of fundamental poli- tical economy.

Therefore I am so far to the left of the Left that I am, if possible, bess under- stood 1 the Left Wing than

the Right," he added.

Shaw attacked rumoured plans of the La- bour Government to impose a capital levy and added "A Socialist Government cannot everything.

"What it leives to pri- vate enterprise should not be grudged and sabotaged biit encouraged and aided to reach the highest possi- blc effleleney."- United Press

BOAC Told To Run Tudor 1

The

London, Jan. 18. dered British Overseas Airways Government today or-

Chinese dispatches from Can- for the Kowloon walled city tan said today that the Seamen's evictees, said in an interview Union in Canton is prepared to last night that they definitely

lecare an anti-Hongkong boy have not left the area.

Corporation to put into service ent within 30 minutes after a They will not leave unless the much disputed luxury air- possible forced eviction of the they receive orders from the liner Tudor 1, which BOAC bas Kowloon City squatters.

Chinese government to do so, o1 refused to buy because of its The dispatches said that sea- are placed under arrest.

high operating cost. men and stevedores would re-

He denied that they had any however, that the BOAC would The Government Indicated, fuse to lend and unload all ship guns for future use against not have to use the first post- and boats between Canton and police.

war four-engine pline devel:p- Hongkong In the event that the The police have not bothered ed in Britain on the North At- Hongkong police carry out their them, he declared, and on one lantic route, warning.

Occassion

The officers

Gavernaient appointed river transportation

The boycott would cut off asked them why they had not committee eommended that the between left for better living conditions Tud:r I be used between London

and Montreal and that the Gov Canton and Hong Kong entire elsewhere.

Lau explained many had lived crnment fool the bill, there for

But the Government #tatement years and did The dispatches also reported

accompanying the report, sold that the students also announced want to leave.

after airworthiness 1:sts the The evictees have established plane "will be brought in service that they would declare & gen headquarters outside th area in as it best fits in with the pro- eral strike if Hong Kong insiste a tent on the rear wall of which gramme development of the Cur- on evicting the squatters.

a big picture of Sun Yat-poration's

ly.

·

In The Cabarets

Canton cabaret girls held & haritable dance tonight contributed their entire cecda for the relief of "evicted" Kowloon City

and

pro-

the

IC-

Unyielding Earth Two little piggles, which had beginning to realise the real 'sidents, says Central News, doubtless ran off while mama situation.

The charitable dance was bela was not fucking, started to The

appearance of another under the auspices of the Can- withered grass, poking, every signal for the Pressmen to make

n patch of Police posse at 8 am

ten Relief Association for the was the

Kowloon City residents, now and then, their lite snouts a concerted move towards higher. Nam Yat Pao" also set

Staff members of the "Wah asido in a valiant, though vain, at grounds to watch proceedings. tempt to wrest some food from Nothing materialised as the one day's pay for the relief of the unyielding earth.

the Chinese "refugees," new paire was but relieving the They were Inter joined by 20 nien who had been on duty three more of their, klth and since 4 a.m. kin.

"When the trops took the the ill-treatment in the form of Salesman Mission. the military rape by

7 u.m. A garrulous female of some "No Instructions" and civilian personnel takaa nurses at the emergency hospital more of the "inliabitants" beguir 55 summers ambled up to the prisoner were marched up Island

Club. and the to show themselves.

little knos of reportera and bi- Seeking information at the Rond and into a nullah on the

On the site of the former gan to unburden herself of all Kowloon City Police Station as side of Mount Parker, where ali

"Chu Chi Ting"-the "relief the "red hot newy" she had to the reason for the failure of but he were shot,

centre"--were gathered small locked up in her bosom. groups of five or six

the predicted netien to material- She told of how they (refer- Ine, the "China Mall” was in- formed "for the very simple rengon that we have had instructions.”

"Major Banfl will relate see. ing the Japanese butcher wound- ed British officers and soldiera

en route.

"At Repulse

Bay witnesses wil testify that they saw enp tives killed on the grassy stopes of the bank cutside "Euclift.

at the duckey nurder of Chinese elvilians in resideners m Blue Pool Road.

"Evidence of the wanton kill ing of two European residents at the Heservoir plumping station wall be described by

eye-wit- JPERCY.

"The events on Stanley Penla sula are contined to St. Stephen' College, an auxury hospital.

"You wilt hear the story of the rape and murder of nurses; and also of wounded bayonetted the brutal killing of woundert blong Inland Road.

sldiers and complete disregard Turning to the Sheli Regi- to the fact that the place was a anent, Major Ormsby said they hospital and clearly marked were subjected to htavy artillery | such."

fire from north of the Raco Majer Omby

the

They Said Stand-By

persons

Taiwan Mystery Woman Fades In The News

Manila, Jan. 19.

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It was categorically denied that any European Police In- spector had told the squattera that unless they moved out voluntarily, actiun would be taken to clear them out.

The squatters,

on the other hand, persisted in the claim that they had been so notified.

They further stated that, at

the

time

In Shanghai la Shanghai, after a two-day protest strike against the Kow loon eviction incident, all local universities and colleges

uned classes today.

18

SUB.

one of the

not!

Press,

services."

- United

HAND-OVER OF H.K. STILL DEMANDED

Shanghai, Jan, 19, Control Yuan members in Nanking have "sug- gested" to the National Government to de- mand the return of Hong Kong and Kowloon in order to "uphold the territorial integrity of China," according to an official organ,

The suggestion said the Gov- ernment should, on one hand, take effective steps immediately to protect the lives and property and on the other hand, to de of Chinese people in Kowloon

re- mand compansation from Belialn for the losses sustained by the Chinese as a result of the Hong Kong Government's eviction order,

As a precautionary measure,

Dvina Sets

Out On Its

Way Again

Tokyo, Jan. 19.

to-

The

Ministry of Education Issued a

circular instructing heads of educational institutions throughout the country to cau- tion students to maintain a calm attitude towards the Kowloon eviction issue pending an appre priate settlement through diplo matic channels,

The

The Origin Of A New Species

Chinese

A 53-year-old woman on Hainan Island gave birth to a freak re- cently said the Wah Klu Yat Po yesterday:

The infant had the head of a monkey and body of a female.

The freak 1lved for only six hours,

The Weather

presure centred over Japan

circulor also said any riotous action would surely lead The Philippines Government and Chinese diplomatic of

to the advantage as ficials said that they had no in formation on a report (earried

of subversive clements who entertain evil de by the United Press from Talpal) that Talwanese rebels, led by then read ex

aigns to increase the dimeuitics Course when attacking Jardine's tracts from the Manual of Mil-Kong to get arms for a revolution against the

ja mysterious woman, arrived in Mauila. Shanghai and. Hong

for the Government in the nego Lockout.

Itary Law on

Nationalist

slation of the Kowloon issue. treatment of Government. "Evidence will be presented of prisoners, wounded and sick.

The Russian ship, Dvina, is From Hanlecw, Associated an emergency meeting on Sun-

A DAGO GMT (7 pm. ILK." This) the Immigration Commissioner En- Formosa at the same time with day night, it was decided to expected to leave Kushiro, Hok-Press correspondent Harold Milks

haldo, tonight or early gracio Fabre, Under Secretary of, 40, perons aboard disappeared. abandon the plan of offering re-morrow to continue its journey, on Sunday contented themselves miles N. of Guam moring N.Z., at 18 reported that Wuchang students tropical depression was centred about 500 Foreign Altaire Bernabe Africa The surviving fishermen inte sistance to the "invaders," and Kyodo reported.

with placing anti-British posters. There is little presure gradient and a spokesman for, the Chinese returned homeward on two cfto rely on strategy instead. The vessel was towed here by en walls, disbanding the demon over China which les between the highs Ligation were unphatly that no the vessels which could be r- First witness, Cheung Shui of the 18th their position wo such persons were known to have paired.

This "strategy" doubtless ac- Soviet tugbeat on Jan. 13 after stration before reaching the Bri-resurs over That and a moderate high Ling, a Private in No. 8 Coy.attacked by the Japanese.

were evacuated tish Consulate, at the request of over Monella and over the sea of the 780 passengers

X'aur Eleven other Formosans were counted for the place being by Soviet patrol craft off south- the Chinese police arrived in the Philippines. H.XV.D.C., and he was at Jar The next night the Japanese The Chinese

during spokesman said washed ashore similarly at Vigan deserted

N.E. of Japat dino's Lookout under

om Hokkaido,

The Consulate and other Bri- L/C F. attacked No. 1 and 2 prsilions that his Government was seeking and 13 at Laoag on the North- the Police were expected to

Forest-Light,, variable mainly E-do Silva and remained at this post on Jardine's Lookout and their the whereabouts of ten Formo-west Luzon const also returned "visit" the area.

Although the original distress fish buildings remained

under AE. wind, fine, heur. up to the night of Dec. 18,/ unit suffered heavy casualtics. an fishermen who disappeared homeward.

algust sold the vessel was leaking beavy guard of police and plain Yesterday's Weather Three of the persons admitted badly, there had been no neces-sletts officers while British re-Maximum: 10. des. Fah. His unit was under the com- in a typhoon,

Afrien said it was imposible mand of LI. Anderson with ni Canadian Company on their left investigated the care of the 14 islands legally, as the Philippine Soined in Kowloon City on Jan. -the agency sold for hundred Wuchang Rainfalls Nil. Total sine fais, 1--Trace

Fabre said that ho personally for Formcans to arrive in the to hospital with injuries sus-mity for major repairs in Kushiro sidente, at the orders of Conru Minimum: 88.1 der. Pa

before, the Dying put_to_sened 'indeors..

Bunshinar 10,5. Hotaru In support.

Formosans who were. After two hour of fighting the last November

stranded Government had taken the post 12. have now been discharged. “A cargo of scrap. tron was re-studints who started the march, at Dagupan on tion that they are not accessible Two others are due to be dis- toaded and the vessel also took disbanded averal blocks away. enemy seemed to have by passed the Lingayen Gulf after typhoon until a Japanese peace treaty charged within the next few aboard 200 tons of oil and a sup-The French Consulate car wa them..

"Gladys" washed; their "six boats he settled their status,

days

ply st 'waler, Kyodo added, stoned by folterers, but no one Baro, at ma/1014.5 1020.3 m.b He escaped to a shelter and ashore.

The Philippine Intelliganed Tha', man, thare found about 30 of his com-

(Proes reports Ho

upon whom ma their papers in Service has not reported the operation was performed is do- were guarding the Dviria while ing further anti-British demon Dew Poin

from Kushiro sultered injuries. found

recently... said");ätmed,?: sentrite rades. They decided to "make" a order.

The authorities are not expect al fumidity sence of any *Formnomne other break at dusk but were attacked

flahermen Vasid - three than three, who were shipwreck Ing very nicely and is now out works was under way) Associat-trations in (Continued on Page 4), 1.

Hankow-Reuter Wind Directlun.. other boats, which put out from ed-Associated Press, Papel of danger, /

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