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Thin new portrait Princess Margaret. Dorothy Wilding, has just been released for publica- tlan. Princess Margaret is to accompany Their Mish- Jenties the King and Queen on their tour of New Zea- Jand and Australla.
Exchange Order And Japan
London, Mar, 10 Mr. W. G. Ball, Financial Secretory to the Treasury. night defended
"Altered Circumstances" Made Cruiser Escort Necessary British Request For Troops Could Not
Be Refused
Ottawa, Mar. 11. Prime Minister Mackenzie King was
intormed three days before the sailing of the Canadian expedition to Hong Kong in October, 1941. that the British Government requested special escort protection for the Canadian. loaded troopship "Awatea" in Far Eastern waters because of "altered circumstances" in rela- tions with the Japanese, it was revealed today. Long-secret evidence taken before the Sir Lyman Duff 1942 Royal Commission, which investi- gated the training, equipping and dispatch of the Hong Kong Expeditionary Force, was tabled in the House of Commons by Defence Minister R. Booke-Claxton,
BRADMAN COMPLAINT REJECTED
Adelaide, Mar. 11.
The
were:
"
major
revelations
(1) When Britain first ap prouched Cunada to send two battalions to Hong Kong, the attitude of Japan towards the, United States and Britain show-
Mystery Shelling
• London, Mar. 11. Three
off fishermen Felixstowe reported to the Admiralty today that they were shelled yesterday by a warship, apparently a deo- troyer, with shells dropping anly 30 feet from one boat.
The Admiralty and no British warships are in the vicinity and there are no foreign reports of
ships. It is investigating the matter.-United Pross
TROOPS ON BORDER!
At Star Ferry?
A scheme for the construction of a large overhead'
car-park, capable of handling more than 200 vehicles, in the vicinity of the Star Ferry, is to be submitted to the Government shortly.
A sensational report that more than 100 ex- Japanese soldiers, equip- ped with arms, are among the bandit gangs operating in the vicinity Australia of the Kwangtung-Kow-
loon border was carried To Ban yesterday by the Kung
Sheung Wan Po, evening Communists?
edition of Sir Robert Ho Tung's
daily, Kung
Sheung Yat Po.
The report, credited to a staff! reporter of the newspaper who recently returned from making o survey of conditions along the frontier, sald that farmers and travelling traders made the dis closure in the course of inter. views.
They said that the Japanese) were frequently encountered] along the highway leading from the border town of Shumchun eastwards to Walchow city. From travellers and buses they made a empulsory collection of "tax".
The report added that the Japanese were former servicemen who deserted the Japanese Army when Japan surrendered to the Ailles in 1945,
Canberra, Mar. 11. Mr. Gorden Menzies, lon- der of the Liberal opporl- tion in the Australian Par- llament, today · announced that his party was advocat- ing a complete ban on the Communist Party, and lis the associates "In
gravity of the international situation and the vital im- portance of Australian pro- duction and transport.”
Ha statement was wol- Arthur W. corned by Mr. Fadden, leader of the op- position Country' Party, who sald that it
put the two. parties on common ground,
Reuter.
ATTACK ON PAOTING
REPULSED
Shanghai, Mar. 11.
el signs of oertain wenkening." Supported by the Nationalist air force, General Fa according to n cable dated September 19.
Untrained
(2) More than 100, of the
A special investigating com- 1697 men in the expedition had mittee of the South Australian
lena than the required 16 weeks Journalists Association today rejected a
training and 40 went AWOL In complaint by Don Bindman that he had been before the troopship sailed. misreported after speaking at a toneheon here in January and that in any case his talk was not for publication.
The committee declared that to the report was fair and accurate Britain's new and expressed disapp intment exchange order affecting Japan, that the Australian cricket cap He told the House of Commons-lain had failed to give particu the Government would "train lars to justify his claim that be every nerve” to solve the admill was inusreported, tedly unsatisfactory" dollar sit
Tso-yi's hard-fighting Suliyuanese troops have checked Communist General Nieh Xuang- cheng's 48-hour-old, three-pronged attack on Paoting, the provincial capital of Hopel and a railway bub, with vigorous counter blows, de- cording to pro-Government despatches today. the northern outskirts, garrison forces are said to have recaptured several strongpoints and to have joined forces with a reinforcement column pushing down the Peiping-Paoting highway.
(3) On October 24, the Ad- miralty cabled the Commander- in-Chief In China and the Canadian Prime Minister that
To the south-west and east, Ilery (which lald down a heavy. "in view of altered circum- stances" in the Pacific an addi-Red troops are still entrenched barrage on Tuesday night for on the outskirta but their artil- the initial advance) is said to
tional cruiser should accompany
the "Awatea" from Manila to Jiong Kong...
to
The paraphrased copy of the United Kingdom's coblo declared Canada on 'September 19 said: The new urder for Japan is an that Bradman know that report. "In the event of war in the excellent one, Mr. Hall said, and ers were present and that in the
uation in Hong Kong,
also The committee
is worked out un a basis of nr. sbsence of any intimation that Fur East the accepted policy rangements with General Doug his comments were not for pub-has been that Hong Kong should las MacArthur lo cover British|lcution, the reporters did not be considered as an outpost exports to Jupan.—Askociated contravene the codes and ethics, and held as long as possible.......
Prras.
-Reuter,
Served Liver Of U.S. Flier At Banquet
Yokohama, Mar. 11.
Five Japanese charged with serving the liver of an American filler at an officers' club banquet in the spring of 1945 went on trial here today together with 25 other war crimes suspects.
*
"Reassure Chlang"
Churchill "Will Be Murdered"
London, Mar. 11.
nave been silenced by bombing.
In north-west Honan, bloody
BBC On The Air Later
London, Mar. 11: The decision; announced by the Folemsåder: Gensent; » thist ertroadcasting up/16" midnight by, the Brillb Broadcasting “Corporation will be re-introduced on April 11, affects only, light and third programmes.
They get back one hour taken from them in Feb- ruary last year, when the fuel shortage necesitated closing' down at 11.00 p.m. -Reuter,
fighting is reported to be raging The Moral
on the outskirts of the historic Lunghal railway city of Loyang, with both sides suffering heavy casualties.
Downfall
As the Communists are pour Of The
Ing strong reinforcements into
Capitalist!
the battle area, Chiang Kai- shek, who yesterday reviewed. mechanised units and pará- troops at the north Kiangau |`~
London, Mar, 10.
"It would reussure Chiang Kal-shek as to the genuiness of our intention to hold the
serts an article in the current Colony and, in addition, would have a very great moral effect
This regiment is commanded of the Soviet "Literary
Gazetta." throughout the Far East.... telephone caller warned by Chiang's second son, Colonel The article, written by Alex-
"We should be most grateful the police that Britain's Chiang Wei-kuo, and has been androvich and quoted by Mos cow radio, says that "those operations in North Kiangsu was fashion Brazil's home pol-
city of Hauchow, has ordered Brasilian diplomata abroad the First Armoured Regiment are : "homosexuais, drunkards.
Scotland Yard disto prodeed Immediately to hooligans and criminals,” “as- closes that an anonymous Loyang.
if the Government of Canada wartime leader Winston prominent in the pacification
viding for this purpose one.or
The "China Moll" understands that the project has already been discussed by the Committee .nt the Kowloon Residents, Asocia tion, and investigated by two con- sulting engineers who are niem;}}
ct that Committee, and approved as feasible.
bers
Ha
Sponsors of the scheme prepared to finance it entirely. provided they obtain the Govern- ment's approval of a nominal charge to owner-drivers for mak Ing use of the park.
In brief, the proposal L to erect a large platform over the Star Ferry, approaches to the with a ramp for entry running up from Salisbury Road on the one aide and another ramp der- cending on the opposite side of the square.
Taxis
Taxis would continue to ocCUPY. roughly, their existing ranks, but would 50 entirely under COVET.
Asked yesterday how the scheme would conflict with the decision
introduce double- decker buses into Kowloon, in the early autumn, one of the sponsors at the project said that ample clearance would be provided, Moreover, the plan could be readily adopted to harmonise with the new lay-out for the Star Ferry terminus details of which are still under discussion.
Sassoon's
Hqs. Now At Kobe
“Tokyo, Mag. 11.
Sir Victor, Bassoon has moved. huge interests into Japan and bingchell established K headquarters lie the centre or the, port city of Kobe, Central News learned, "from reliable sources today,
By a series of multi-million yen real estate deals last year, Br Victor's agents in Japan have acquired more thari a doten valuable
business pro- Dertles concentrated around station, Kobe's main railway Sannomiya, Conservative Jap- of Bassoon's anese estimates known holdings in the' Kobe the current ares alone give value_at_well over 100 million
yen.
Most of the newly acquired properties are in the area. which was nearly flattened by a series of American.B-29 raids during the last few months of the war. This group of real estate hold- ings will probably be the site of the future Bassoon Headquar- ters in Japan.-Central News,
Goebbels Speaks
Last week, we an- nounced that the "China Mail" has acquired exclusive publication rights for Hong Kong of
MR. CHURCHILL'S "MEMOIRS"
To-day, we have to record another important journalis- tic "scoop," the ex- clusive rights in
GOEBBEL'S
WAR DIARY
This noteworthy and historical document will be published shortly in the form of a series of daily articles in the "China Mail," preced Churchill ing the
"Memoirs," which are to be released for simul- taneous publication throughout the world next month. '.
"
Dr.
GOEBBELS'
WAR DIARY will give a wartime picture of Bri- tain, the United States, and such outstanding figures as Mr. Churchill and the late President “Roosevelt through Ger- man eyes, a valuable documentary for stu dents of the history of World War II..
One of the evil geniuses of the Nazi re- gime, Goebbels was also possessor of its sharpest brain, and the impor tance of his commentary upon the development of events needs no em: phasis.
Watch for further an- nouncement
P.W.D. Coolie Dies In Sewer
would give consideration to pro- | Churchill "will be mucasa 'result' of the pment icy do not lag behind the Yesterday was an unlucky day for two PW.D. two Canadian.battalions.” dered at midday" today. Communist attack passenger Brazilian diplomata. They
The then Commander-in-Chief
of the Canadian Army overseas, adequate Gen. A.G.V. McNaughton,
CHINESE
tured American fliers were ra. DEMAND FOR
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Americans who were captured purposes of
for
medical exper- COMPENSATION
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colony of the United States"
Bays:
sewer coolles. Two hours after starting work, one was dead and the other lying in a serious condition in the Queen Mary Lospital.
and
The Yard spokesman sald and freight services between are turning the country into a
precautions had Chengchow and Loyang are now
The article' apekka of testified that the United King- give detalls. He Indicated that
been taken but declined to suspended.
“scandals, and "revelries” in Assigned to clear a blocked ftainer climbed dườn the 20-foot connection with the names of sewage drain in Tong, Shul deep manhole to bring the . In dock with them and five It took the assistant pro- dem's request was worded such Japanese ex-generala was the secutor more than an hour to that it could not be refused the police belleved the tipster
was a "crank."
some Brazilian diplómats. and Road, near Mackie's Wharf, 50-younger man out first. He was In Manchuria Nationalist first Japanese woman
year-old Law Chun and 28- still alive and was, rushed to. The telephone warning WBE to be read the charges and specifica--United PresHS.
"Hemosexuals, drunkards, year-old Chan Sang equipped the hospital. charged with war crime atretjans into the record.
received at about 8 o'clock last rearguard fighting at Steping
kal, 100 miles north of Mukden, hooligans and criminals these themselves with the necessary cities, tight-lipped, comely-Shi- The prosecution claimed that
night by the
Difficulty was experienced in polico in Southampton, 80 miles from was reported to be nearing its are they who represent Brazii bamboo rods, and descended two getting the older man out. It auko Tsutsui, 81, former chief on four different occasions in nurse at Kyushu Imperial Uni-May and June 1945 eight cap-
was not until two hours after- London. The speaker asked to and today, as General Lin Piso abroad, fulfilling their Instruc manholes, 25 yards apart. versity Hospital.
one is applied more pressure against tions and orders from the "Dol-Pressure from the younger he started work that his limp speak to
the two Nationalist regiments jar Empire. authority."
man's side forced. the passage, body covered with foul-smelling * That is a graphis ploture of leading from one manhole to sewage was brought up. When an officer came to the left behind to Oght a delaying
the usages and morals. of the other, clear. As a result, the Attempts at first nið by the Japanese and said that|iment. It claimed that all
telephone the caller said: "action":
Isolated Government defend Brazil's upper claui, reflecting manhole in which the elder artificial respiration, aided by Nanking, Mar, 1152 want, to warn you Mr. Chur- killed by the defendants. The prisoners were not intended to The Chinese Fordan Office chill will be murdered at mid-era are said to have been drop as in mirror the depth of the coolie was working was flooded an oxygen contalier, failed to
ping supplies from the air yes- moral downfall of capitalist so with gas fubies..
save the 60-year-old man. prosecution alleged that the be successful,, were unnecessary is countered an Outer Monday tomorrow." livar of one of theas men was and were performed for the frontler violations with a whip The officer tried to detain terday. No. dews was available clety with. Its pstudo-culture then cooked - and served at dual purpose of obtaining rodsmand for compensation for the man on the telephone by here today of the progress of and pseudo-civilization. Aso- signals, the younger...coolie an officers' club banquet. venge against the prisoners the deaths of all. Chinese na aking: for details but the the Communist commander-in-ciated Press,
and providing an opportunity tionals killed in border clashes, caller hung up. - The police chief's move against " Chang-
The Foreign for the doctors to practise vi reply to the Outer Mongolian bon chich's drive to re-open the
Office, anidita traced the call to a telephone chun, or General : Fan Han ON OTHER PAGES visection and dissection. protest of February: “points
The prosecution-said in some out specifluat, ut place The Southampton police Palplug-Mukden railway Nor Canton Attfield sewage. As he descended to Main M. Chink, - Most Unloquisitive Rece in the cases experiments were per leged to have been invaded are noted Scotland Yard and was there word of the National formed to determine whether all within the territory of hurried search was instituted ist offensive south of Mukden, World."
sca water could be injected as Like previous diplomalley.com-tuallykke was a found in the
Sinkiang (Chinese)) #Province, for Mr. Churchill. He even-|--Reuter-AAP. a nubstitute for blood plasma. munications between Chink; and
at least eight of them were operations carried out on the
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