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THE CHINÁ MAIL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1948.

TERRIBLE BEATINGS AT BRIDGE HOUSE RETOLD

The terrible bedtings received by William Hutton of Bridge House, Shanghái, dt. tha händs of the Japanese, were retold to the War Crimes Court yesterday of Lyemun by Mr. Jöhti Mär. fin Watson, a fellow intornde.

ber

Hutton eventually died from the Injuries he receiv

ed, after his removal from Bridge..House. Facing charges for these and Hution wan still babbling and other atrocities to prisoners are calling for the Bishop and also Lieutenant General Kinoshita for his wife. Elichi and Sergeant Yoshida Bunzo.

The former was, officer. Con- manding the Shanghai Kempeitai, md Yoshida was a Corporal nt- tached to the foreign section of the Kempeiini's Western Branch.

witness Yesterday's principal was Mr. John Martin Watson, 52- year-old former inspector of the Shanghal Municipal Police.

Ho said he was taken to Bridge He was House in August 1942. sent there from Haiphong Road Camp for Interrogation.

At 3 p.m. that afternoon d num-

Including of gendannes, Yoshida and a gendarmerie major, went into Hutton's cell, and wit ness could hear Yoshida ordering

the to shut up.

CKR Trains

Not To Stop

Canton, October 28, Canton Kowloon Rallway authorities have boon Inc. structed by the Canton Padi. cation Headquarters not" to allow train travelling Kowloon to stop at the border town of Shumchun.

It is believed that the order is connected with the inten sifled steps taken to suppress amuggling. particularly Buch daily ortontlass as rice, which is much needed here.

Flouter.

af

To Marry

CORRESPONDENCE

The Editor takes, no responsibility for Jigiós expressed in letters by correspondents, and by no meani necessarily with them..

What's Boing Dono?

aprees

lawdry,bedizeno:7 Sir-A great deal can still be colony with a heart as stony as said on the subject of the Leighton te rugged hills. It is pretious *Hilded haunt", and and selish.in Hll flats, on which reports current that yet another block urinasailed by the aput-destroying hina still to be bullt, while Gov-ravages of poverty, hunger, dis- ease and all the concomitant dvils cmment conthides to ignore, mps sublimely, the outery against which mayo wowed a war to the squandering of an enormous "make the world a better place

to live" the colony' sum for something which will benefit & will believed th vileged civil servants. Govern and Asiatio), go their. serene, an meni possibly feefs that there is froubled, ways, supreme, in their too great an element af leelousy confidence that the almighty arm oh the part of those who have of the colony'd deinigod, Menino, written to air their views on the will constantly shield them from subject, hoping that the protests the icy blasts of misfortine will die down, and that will be Oblivious of the pain and suffer- the end of the matter,

ind around them, they live in The public have been assured their enpymal kingdoms and add In the past, that the days of dis- to their tomporal riches, Leaving Hong Kong on the ermination ne over. This being Occasionally, they "deign to Contou on Saturday, is Misso, now that the privileged ones neer over their stately, walls into, Cartle Alves who is going away have been provided with living the murky, xeqthing mass below. to England to be married.

quarters. perhaps Goremment with

rocating Bighing they Bernance Mr. A. C. Mell-will enlighten the publie

on reach

their well-lined por hulsh, who was here with the the corresponding arrangementsked and distribute larg@ge--with Royal Engineers, when the couple which are to be carried nut

flourish of trumpets and a rolt housing other sections of the civil of

tho drome! And, amid Miss Alves is the daughter of service. Or is Government so

obelances of the sycophants, one Chov. J. M. Alves and Mrs, Alves, supremely hyprocritical that its salient fact emorges: the alims. prominent members of the Portit-Intention is to help the privileged givers slon't read the Albies! sucre community in Hong Kong.

Once again peoping through the pigeon hold witnen uw Hutton being dragged out of hå call. with Yoshida, and the officer hitting him. When Hut.

was taken back to Haiphong Road ton was knocked to the ground, Camp Yoshida' and 'other. Gendarmes On arrival at Haiphong Road kicked him and jumped on him Camp. doctor was called for. with their heavy boots.

Dr. Sturton came along, but he "I'm being killed. I'm being was pushed away b by the gen-mel. killed. Bishop, come to me. Bishop dannes. come to mel" Halton was shout-

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Person

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ones alone, while paying lip-ser vice only in the democratic ideal? What are our unofficial represen tatives doing about the whole thing?

INQUISITIVE.

Two Indian policemen, Katia Singh and Totta Singh, necused

The assistant camp command- him of having tried to bribe them

ant, Lieutenant Honts, was called.. to send communications out of the

Afler further beatings with and when he saw Hutton he went campe Watson denied the allega-

sticks and everything the white. Hution was falten' to the tion, and he was put to the water fists,

gendarmes could lay their hands isolation ward for treatment. treatment and the electric torture

on. Hutton was striptied naked "The pain from the electris ter and had ropes tied round

Wolson sald ha had known. his Halton

He was a ture was umbearable, and i shout-hands, and legs, with another well-built man of fine physique.

since 1925. ed and screamed; but the more

He was the shouted

a man of the highest the Japanese rope round his neck. In this con- w

dition he was thrust back into his character, and set his duty before laughed." sold witness.

Describing the cells Watson sale cell,

everything else. He rose from the Hutton was alternately groaning rank to become detective chief in the Colong yesterday by Alisen to continue ignoring the cdl- the doors were made of wood with

Inspector until and small and shouting in pain from Sun- small pigeon. holes

afternoon until, Tuesday, came. noles at the bottom through which day

when he was almost inconscious. one could peep into the next cell without being seen from outside. Terribly Hot

more

Boaton Himself....... "On Wednesday I tried to per- suade the guard to release Hutton of his bonds, and I was dragged no less than 120 degrees Fahren-out and got a beating for daring

It was terribly hot, and the temperature, in his opinion, was

the

indow, and inmates were in perpetual swent throughout night.

Returned to his cell after the electric torture, he was given no ferd until the third day, when small bowl of rice was handed him through the pigeon hole. He was not given anything to drink.

William Hutton, another police- man, was taken to Bridge House on the same day as witness, but they were put, in separate cells.

On two occasions witness saw

the

Japanese

gave

stan

Mme. Jeanne Cochain arrived

France from Saigon,

may

Ho

them.

thu

They

For removed from the "palace" of the privileged,, a great welter of humanity (European and Asin-

c) strugglos desperately meruse of despair. For them t is n battle for existence. They start with vigour. Boldly, they Citizen's Right

push out towards their goal. But Slr-Our government has cho-

they with renewed vigour. struggle terials and letters which

have The morass mocks them in their aore clogn the frenzy and, slowly, the Departures from the Peninsula appeared on the subject of

their loing, saps their strength. Hotel on

Wednesday included recent Willis case.

We have the case of a Canning's Evidenca

Mrs, N. S. McGuire, Mesrs. N.

who entered the Colony in a nurMore weakly now, they push out Earlier in the morning yester-Nyborg, J. B. Preysler, P. Kreil mal way, a man who is the elth their feeblé strokes. Finally, they the grave move no more and day. James Robert Canning, T. E. Boretto, and E. S. de Vicuna, zen of an ally of Britain's in the

takes them in its cold embrace... year-old factory manager,

Arrivals at the Peninsula Hotel recent War, who risked his

for a common evidence of water torture and

enuse without their misery, their degradation. other ill-treatment he suffered at Bridge House He was accused of on Wednesday included Mrs. A whose help and that of with their most unhappy lot behind Premet, Mrs. M. Pickles, Mr. low-nailonals, Hong Kong might bassing information of military and Mrs. C. A. Robertson, Messrs. not he British today, who helped the population. These are the These are the 80 to 80 por cent importance to the British Govern- Alex Kobsowsky, L. C. Skipper. to release our plutocrats from

Ed, Lewis, and M. Martin, ment.

Stanley, but whose prosened under-paid.. the under-nourished. majority. to was sentenced to death in

the under-privileged Among the arrivals from Manila considered undesirable here December, 1942, by a Japanese yesterday by CPA were German The magistrale is bound by the These are the despised (in Hong military court, but the sentence Wong Ping, Ponciano Wong Ping, letter of the regulations, but no Kong, at least) poor. These are was later commuted to imprison Wong Ping. Chun Teng and Kun thing has been said about the the people to whom life meant ment for two years. The sentence Phe.

spirit of those regulations. Wills nothing more ar féis than has a moral right to stay In Houg slant (and lasing) batile against was suspended when he fell ill, and he was released from Bridge

who boarded the Kong: let the government comen world Blled with enough riches fun everybody-riches Intended House and sent to the Country CPA-plane yesterday for Manila right out to declure what are the Hospital.

included Mr. and Mrs. Wright anderlying seasons for the exlator everybody, and not for Mr. Watson told the Court that Mrs. C. de Angulo, Mesare, 3. dnce of the Immigration Depari-privileged few.

This is what moltes a "Com- the two Indian policemen who Plion, L., Lewis, See Te, Edware ment and those regulations-10 informed on him were still alive. Dee and Ngo Song.

subterfuge or beating about the mumist" of p man. This is what Katin Singh was

bush, with the use of so-called makes a mob of raving maniacs apprehended after V3-Day and sentenced by

parliamentary fanguage and let of what should be a group of the Chinese Court to two years

the public then declare whether placid, contented workers: facta

Our they feel that Willis has a right Let's face the and had returned to India affer

or not to stay here.

workers don't want to be Com- serving his sentence.

munists, The material is not in them to follow Moidow's code. But they are good material for the dyed-in-the-woof Communists umongst us. Tired dispirited, Crustrated at every hands turn. they are ready to clutch at any traw. And a tempting straw is the propaganda of the few whose lives are dedicated to the red banner of revolution. Here are the roaring mobs of the future, destructive the mad, vicious.

heit. There was only one small to make the roquest..

repeated the request, and got another beating, with a waining on the second occasion that if I repented the request I would be to three months im- sentenced. prisonment," said Watson.

Eventually, on Friday, one of the decent guards took Watson out and said he was going to be returned to Halphong Road. After

Passengers ouse he had dressed he was taken over to Hutton's cell. Several other gendarmes. followed, and one of ordered Hutton to be drag- them ged out.

The corde had cut deep into Hutton' fash, Witném ww by the gendarmes to ordered remove the cords. He could not 50 It and asked for a knife which was refused. Eventually ho had to use his teath. It took 20 minutes before he could un- holo witness saw Hulton look.

tie the knots. Ing extremely worn-out-and-in

Witness tried to lift Hulton on pain, with all the signs of hav-| ing pene through physical H-1 his feet but he could no longer treatment. His face was scratch-sland, and he had to be dragged to a waiting truck in. which he ed and freshly congealed blood was on him. Witness could not figure out what had caused the scratches.

Hutton being taken out of his cell. He was away for a consider- able time, and on the Arst occa- sion he saw Hutton brought back supported on either side by a gendarme. Following in the rear

was

Yoshida, the second accused.

Looking through the pigeon

The rendarmes pushed Hutton luck into the cell, and witness heard Yoshida saying in English "Shut up and don't talk!"

Button was complaining that he

Local

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The British Government is now Totin Singh could not be found

n kecirdist one, and that implies at first bin it was later discover

The Annual Parade of the the right of every citizen. to' 'ed he was; employed as a guard

Goverment without repre- by the American Advisory Group Hong-Kong-Police force. will

sentation is supposed to be take place at Happy Valley to outmoded as the dodo, and in Nanking.

flearing was adjourned to 10 morrow at 19.30 am. Members we have a department staffed by a.m. this morning..

of the public attending the foreigners, some of whom have

have Parade will

in become British subjects only r

cently, who determine even whe- their seats by 10.15 am..

The Parade will be inspected by ther Hong Kong born subjects the Governor who will also take can or cannot return to the place the salute and make a presenta- of their birth.

Shipping

During

Past 3 Months

had-nothing-to-drink and was Three hundred and elevan ocean-going-British ships

heard muttering

until midnight.,

1942, which

incoherently

The next morning, August 7, was a Saturday, as the sentry was being changed

ni

called of Hong Kong during the three months ended September 30 last. The total tonnago was 743,064.

about 8 a.m. Hutton was again The second largest number of ocean-going vessels

heard to ask for water. Several

gendunts opened tits cell, One

or

these gendarmes was Yoshida. "Can you recognise him bere?" asked the Court as Yoshida was asked to stand up.

tion of awards.

to be

con-

of maniacs whose trenzled cavort- Inga will leave rivers of blood

Q

Something should be done About 700 pollee, representing about this before the name all branches of, the Force, includ moral Justice in dragged down in- behind,

the mud by a Départment Investigallon to Ing_the_Criminal Department, will take part in the whose very right to exist is ques-wealth Prime Ministers confer--

tioned by many,

HONGKONGITE. (Something is being donc the Wills Case which may result culmination.--

Parude.

The Police Reserve will also be represented,

noon arc

in a satisfactory

Ed.)

4

the

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In London at the Common-} ence, the Indian Premier, Pandit Nehru. wisely emphasised In

fact that military might was no Every type of vehicle employed

rantee of a peaceful futuro

Social

and In the Force will be included In

security the Parade,

higher standard of living for the to call at the Colony in the same period was

Traffic arrangements by the

worker-especially the Asiatic Self-Search Askod police

between

not for the period

worker. 158 Chinese ships aggregating 214,133 net

Hoàn Hồng Sirang Rong, I feel, may be beyond the periphery, of this re- 12 9.13 B.m. and tonnage. The next was American shipping

published in the advertisement compared to a red, rosy, shining mark. columns in this issue. -95 ships aggregating 492,016 net tonnage.

apple with a core festering with margots! This, at least, is my Leaving the witness box Watson Total net tonnage for the

Swedish? 12 ocean-going shipa

impression after a residence her walked up to accused and told the

quarter under review for (34,340 tonnage: 40 passengers).

A considerable quantity of sagt-of same eight months. Court.

Total. Foreign Shipping: 858- "Yes, he's the man."

ocean-going vessels was 2,133,-

It is a colony of problems. As "Hutton was pulled

river vessels pits of British goods to be used

In connection with the Royal wisit a matter of fact, there are two the government. hi dell' continued

Watson 193 for all nationalities, in ocean-going and

(1,407,532 tonnage).

If the masses rise, they will be "Yoshida snatched a rifle from cluding foreign shipping total-

Total British Shipping: 1.627 to Australlu has been sent from constant enigmas in the mind's ing 1,390,329 net tonnage. ocean-going andr Iver vessels the United Kingdom by alr to of, should think, 80 to 90 per ruthlessly fought. Communi

cent of the population-where to will be blamed again. Commun- (2,480,461 tonnage).

Australia.

blam is not to biome. It seized fla As a result, exports carried by live? and how to exist on uir by the British Overseas Air monthly salary which la fust sut-opportunity. Present conditions ways Corporation and Qantas hetent (probably Insumcient) pariat fault. They are the cause. Empire Airways increased from keep a root over one's, head onll A little solf-searching will supply

the the answer. 8,304 on in Augusi to 18,033 to provide su tenance kitos in September.

one

British tonnage also dominated incoming river steamers in the! period under review, British tor- age was 250,005 (458 shipe); anti Chinese tonnage was 17.103 (387

hips)

of the gendarmes and knocked Hutton down, with the butt of the rifle. This was the signal for the other gendarmes who had rifles to do the same The others looked on, laughing and clapping their hands. This want on for several minutes.” Hutton was then taken · away cling and screaming yells of a man in the extreme of physical

who dise re-ked agony and out of his mind. The screams were heard on and off from British ships in the three for several hours. Then Hutton months under review were 107,302 (river steamers 74,517; and was brought back to his cell.

Peeping through the holes, wit-ocean-going vessel: 32,775). ness could see that Hutton was in Quarter's

British river shipping brought| 13,359 tons of

cargo to Hong Keg and Chinese river vesses

rough1, 12,765 tons.

Parsengers

Statistics

SWIMMING

TIRED HIM OUT Anthony Wakeford, of 33 Hum- phrey's Bullding, Kowloon, was so fatigued after a day's swim- ming that he dozed off to sicep while driving his private back to Kowloon at 2 am, on September 27.

car

The car ran into a paddy field to the extent and was damaged

F

of about $2,000, said Inspector Roberts when Wakeford went

n worse condition than before Details of the quarter's ship- before Mr. J. Wicks at Kowloon Fils clothes ware torn; he was in ping statistica follow;

yesterday to answer the summons

a filthy condition, looking very Bridgh 311 ocean-going ships of driving without due care and haggard. He hore overy sign of (743,084 tons; 32,778 passengers); attention at Castle Peak Road. being

out of his mind, for he kapt | 458 river-steamers, (250,085, tons)?

on shouting."I want the bishop cargo:

Bishop Curtis, please come!"

Bishop. Cutils, sald, witness, was interned in the same camp.

Befom the gendarmes loft the cell. Yoshida warned, Hutton: *Hutton, don't talk," but Hutton, in witness's opinion, was, too far gone mentally to understand what ∙it, was nikabout, si

Babbled All Night.

13,359

Defendant, who ndmitted the tons; passengers, offence, was fined $25. 74,017).

American: 93 ocean-going ships (492,010 tonnage: 3,552 passeri- gers)

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During the night the gendur- mes dent info Huttony cdr several times, and serums were 'héard, as it he was" belig beatoh, The "next morning,, Söndry,

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Franaht three ocean-going ships (10,067, tonnage: 418 paznestioraju

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