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THE CHINA MÀIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1049. ' THE SEVENTY-FIFTH INSTALMENT

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Morning

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's en vereigned that down Betty, fets. And looks a pretty

Own Story Of The War In Europe

Accepted. The necessary, docij became effective following

safo one too. morning. When Devera and Montgomery received these great An advertiser wants to exchange surrenders they made ho com-

In hundreds of places under nimest every kind of war condi- on I had talked to American soldiers, both individually and in groups up to 188 178 division. But on that occasion I

mitments of any kind that coulda Siamese monkey for, a pup, or was momentarily at loss for nömething to say, Every one of

embarrass or limit our govern cat Ho doesn't explain what undergone

ments lit future decisions regard-brought him down to earth. those present...had

ing Germany; they were purely. A

complain that Sorrespondent. privation beyond the imagination of the normal human. 11 seemed futile la attempt, out of my own standing with the Russians and in German emissary appeared in military, in character, nothing|All Buses day not stop at the re- to say,

quisite signs. These nowcomers that. Field ciso. experience, to any anything that bring about a situation in which Stockholm

the Russians could justi Bably Marshal. Busch, commanding in On May 6 a représentative of think this place should bb Paradiso HK$18.00 could possibly appeal, to such an accuse is of bad faith. If the the North, and General Lin-Doentiz arrived in my head well as El Dorado, H30.00 enormous accumulation of know Germans desired to surrender on demann, commanding in Den-quarters. We had received notice

Belgrade is reported to be ledge suffering

bfnd

ariny, that was a tactical and mark, were ready to surrender of his coming the day before. At Then

a happy thought.arin It was an idea for spoeding up military matter. Likewise, if they as quickly as the Alled advance the same time we were informed angling for a part in the Soviet wat Economie Council, While Stalln wanted to surrender all the reached the Baltic. We were told

German Government that the the return these men to the

front the i that..the.

would refuse had ordered all of its U-boats to dons his dahing for Tito. "trumeland: So-1900 The ulur forces on a given

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the

the

government of surrender

and asked

to my

head-

to:

u. Sentative in any negotiations that

in

the

menace, we could place on each Stalin, together with a statement chature of Germany had taken here. The

Bi

NORTH

on they had fallen to Admirali

- MILITARY SITUATION

AT BERMAN SURRENDER

ALLIES rot HAR. ... YUGOSLAVIA

HELD BY DERMANS MILES

100

Von

When Admiral Friedeburg ar-

undert When I married you," plained a wife bitterly, "I thought Jou were a clever man."

comfi..

When I married you," the hus. and replied

rived at Relme on May 3 he known i wasn't you must hdyo'

stated that he wished to clear up

only way

We're going to hong but the was the arrival of fanatical SS officer to come Germany could

the central Ger- duarters 53 the unconditionally to all the Allies formations from

Russian prewashing, on the Siegfried Lino."" This view coincided with the many, they would

The new rocket plano la sold to Prime Minister's, and he and

and the

Doemitz,

1. inform might

propose. surrender

arrived in Lubeck on May dd them that I would accept no difference is that you can't be Be just like a fast car. The 'chlof President promptly provided full forces

Generalfasíme 3. By then, however, best surrender that did not involved charged with driving without due Information to ECAFE TALK

governmental simultaneous capitulation every= | of their rejection of the

Russion high com- care and caution. proposal. Full reports have now of these returning ships double However,

until the very last pince.

rhand designated Major General

"Excessive Use of Heroin." This that reached the Colony of the the normal capa

141) the Germans never, abandoned Iller had committed suicide Ivan Suslaparov.

ha dothing whntavor to do with fourth conference of

the this would rent, but

ono man to the attempt to make a distinction and the tattered mantle of his

Field Marshal von Kesselring, Esther Williams in "On An Island aleep in daytime so

the Economic Commission

between for other soldier could have his bunk tert so that an-ar

surrender on the Wes-authorit bunk tern. fro

front, and one

The admiral directed commaring the German forces With "You.""" Asia and the Far East. The during the night. It would also Eastern. With the failure of this that all als armies everywhere on the Western front, also sent Roof top squatter settlements. Commission is now nearly compel congestion and incon kind

of negotiation German should surrender to the Western the a message, asking permission two years old. The conferventence everywhere on the ship commanders anally had, each in Allies. Thousands of dejected to send a plenipotentiary to ary arts thing pulled down progrba- ence was held at Lapstone, 1 asked the crowd which one of his own sector, to face the pros-German soldiers began entering rahie lerths of capitulation. Since alvely. Be what? They still have

our lines. On May 3, Admiral

Kesselring had Authority the anm6 stars to sledp in Australia, in December, the two schemes they would pre-pect of complete annihilation or

for me to follow. The rour of of military surrender.

Friedeburg, who was the now only in the West, I replied that

I There were delegates from approval for the double-loading

would enter into no negotia- tions that did

all all the countries. of South

no doubt as

not involve to their plan left

German forces everywhore. and East Asia (except Japan) desires. and also from outside When the noise had subsided f Powers with interests in this sold to them: "Very well, that's But I region. The contral discussion the way we shall do

must warn you men that there was on the industrialisation are Ave United States senators of Asia. The Asian delegates | accompanying me today. Con had hoped for some sort of sequently when, you get home it.

good to Marshall Plan for industri-is going to do you no alising Asia. The experts write letters to the papers or to your senator complaining about who had prepared the overcrowding on returning ships. material for the conference You have made your own choice had canvassed a five-year in- and so now you will have to like dustrial plan which would st

mat The shout cost thirteen billion United went tip left no doubt that the States dollars. But the

men were completely happy with American delegation blew their choice. I never afterward cold on the idea of special heard of B single complaint voiced by one of them because aid for Asia. Its leader said: vorced by

@lacomfort on the homeward of alac The only sound method for financing the developinent of the journey. The war's end was now sight. The possible region is promotion of exports duration of hostilities could be

definitely in from industrios casily

expanded the region,,Such Industries would measured in days; the drily ques

Was whether the include not only agricultural Prut would

up comé duels and Ya

by linking materials...but should also include any manufac with the

throughout the gigantic front Red Army and the ured goods for which labour Surea

and

br whether forces from Italy. other resources are available.. Expansion of such would some attempt would be made by not obviate the need

ret the German Govertiment to capl- Best port of capital, but it would put tulalt

The balance of pay

of payment of

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a number of points. On our side "The plage, taxied up, the run- riegotiations were conducted by

by way when a sudden, gust of wind; my chief of staff, General Smith. blew it on to its nosa. Mr. Cham- The

Talles in 2

told Friedeburg there are sorambled alear when another in discussing“, any~| gust¦ lifted the plane, onto its Our purpose was back!"-Nowe Htom Uninvited pre-

was no

thing

that

rely to accept an unconditional) damhbly?__

tal surrender. Friedeburgh whather is blamed for

protested that he had no power

to sign bny such document. He numerous watches in the Colony was given permission to trarts doth dut or order and

gaining as hit a messige to Doritz, did much as 15 minutes ing day.

The Government will no doubt; received a reply that General Jodl was on his way to bur be thankful that no-one has at Headquarters to assist him in tempted to pin the blame down to negotiations.

the thrile.

the them the

To us it seemed clear that the

Said Jack Benny in the "Queen Gerroahs were playing for time Elfabeth" This is such a high-

so that they tould transfer behind class ship you have to shaye be- our flies the largest possible fore catering the barber's shop.

number of German soldiers still

in the field. I told General Smith

to inform Jodl that unless they Cased all, pretence and

I would close the entire Allled front and would, by force. prevent any more. German re- fugees from entering our lines. I would brook no further delay, in the matter.

Finally Jedi and Friedeburg La Dochité, TO- drafted a cable questing authority to make a complete surrender, to become effective forty-Eight hours after pro- signing, Bad Lagreed to this cedure the Germans could have found one excuse-or-another-for postponing the signature and o securing additional Through Smith, informed them that the surronder would be- come effectise forty-eight hours front midnight of that day. otherwise my threat to seal the Western front would be carried oút at once.

delay

Doenitzat lest saw the incula tability of compliance and the

countries stacilitate the fihade. itions that vorious individualk of

capital im-bromthence in Germing port. We in the United Staton decking ways and means of at-

peak with experience in

complishing . IN NO matter, for the early Industrialist: instance did any of these round- involve Hiller tion of the United States was about messages

.

each largely accomplished by borrowing himself. On the countrary.

of Nazi From abroad and repaying through sender was so fearful the export of food and raw tint wrath that he was as much con- riale without placing our.econenly cerned in keeping secret. his own inder forsten domination of any part in the matter as he was in of the The United States is achieving the surrender

armies. certainly not trying to dominate German any country in the Ecafe region. fection was a feeler

One early hint of Dermen de- If the Americans disap through the British Embassy. In that came pointed the conference by Stockholm. Its stated purpose saying that there would be was to arrange a truce in the no floods of American West; this was an obvious at- capital, the Russians tried to tempt to call off the war with

first great capitulation | head of the German Navy, surrender instrument was signed. cheer it up by saying that the Wellem Allies so that the The

to Montgomery's head- by Jodi at two forty-one in the this would be a lucky escape

throw his full came in Italy. Alexander's fofees came German could strength against Russia. Our and waged a brilliant campaign Quarters, He was accompanied by morning of Mid. All hostilities for Asia.

governments rejected the

pra-

throughout the year 1044 and by a staff officer, of Field Marshal were to cause ut midsight. May

#. thetr stated that They The major fault of the exportsposal.

April 26, 1046, had placed the Burch. plan (xld the leader of the Hum Another came out of Switzer-chemy in an impossible situation. purpose was to strender thiro rinn delegation) is that it directs land, under mysterious circum-Negotiations for local surrender of their armies which had been the economies of Aslan countries stances, from a man named began and on April 29 the Ger- fighting the Russians and they ....in a way so that they remain Woll. There was opparently man commander surrendered. naked authority to pass Telugces. Their EGIC As a source of supply for raw afcet a plot to surrender to Alak-All hostilities in Italy were to

through our lines. material, dor industrially develop. Lander the German forces in Italy caso, on May 2.

deilte was to avoid surrender to - Russians, Montgomery Our OWD headquarters had

to the North of Italy in an promptly refused to ducissa

Impossible situation: idea a cosy picture of the instance but we we the detaite May 2 the German commander sent, the German Emissaries be

on these terms. ond In equally

On surrender an nation States of Asia deve formed because

requested the identity of the Alto Field Marshal Keitel, the chief loping their industries behind in wake of higher, der led consider, he should of the German high commina: "

on tariff walls. Protection, he man officials. Receipt of any such proach in order to surrender and

to apply to General 1 Had hirpady told Montgomery said, was to be encouraged. tip or of a bont de message Devert. He was warned, that only to accept the military frender Asia, It appeared, was to be ways caused à teïrifïè ämount} Geverf

ourrerider

would of all forces in his allotted zope come like Europe in the of work and involved much care

the years between

because of the numbers of nations be acceptable. This enemy force of operations. The Commission passed a

of which number of not very exciting cerned that its own Interests be and Nineteenth Armies. They mander

In the Wout in-gave up on May 5, with the capi- sequently, cident.

5. good faith

2 countries.

He painted as a contrasting | nothing to do with this particoln to his placed the Gërman troops the

part

of

Such a capitulation

wars. involved on the Allied side, each and comprised the Curfaan First

was Itnown hi Army Group G Wound be a tactical affair and

was naturally

Con

the

responsibility

on

The com tho spot. Con- when

Admiral Frieda

headquarters on May with a

recommendations on Indus-ryor

Callies, al-tulation, to be effective on May | burg returned to Montgomery's

trial development.

It washough

agreed that. Japan's produc-

to determine the authenticity of Für to the North, in the Ham- proposal to surrender all German tive capacity was essential the message and the authority burg area, the German com- forces, in Northern Germany, in- for Asia's development. It of the man who fillsted it, in- mander also saw the Hopeless cluding those in Holland and proposed that there should cared the suspicion of the So- biezs of his situation. On April 381 Denmark, Montgomery. Instantly be an agricultural conference, vială. A great deal of explanation

for the region. But the at-1 was necessary and it put his de- tention given to agriculture my such; message should reach finitely on notice to bó caféful if seems to have been dispro portionatoly small. From the deficient food supply of Asia may come future wars and convulsions.

The Mest direct spagestion or DO YOU

came, from Himmler, who ap Burtonder that roached SHAE

proached Count Bernadotte of | Sweden. In an attempt to get th

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