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He rald that the moon could be reached. days-Reuter,

in four

Colonial Corporation Censured

FAILURE OF A MEAT SCHEME

Belize, Mar, 16, The British Honduras Legislature has urged the Colonial Development Cor- porafton to Invest soms of the funds left from its de- funct British Honduras livestock scheme together with local funds to show what can be done about raising beef here.

unnecessary

A helicopter carrying Field Marshal Sir William Slim, Chief of Imperial General Staff, shown in flight over the parade ground at Chelsea Barracks, Lon- don, Field Marshal Slim had originally planned to fly from the Barracks to Shri- venham, Berkshire, but fog ruined the flight and he took a trip over the parade ground instead. Reuterphoto.

When Japanese Leaders Feared

Attempt On MacArthur's Life

Tokyo, Mar. 16.

even

The Legislature severely en- tiched the Corporation for abandoning, the scheme, which but been in operation since 1950.

A former Japanese Premier told today of simmering revolts and The Legislators Faid that the cheme had failed because of:

plots in Japan immediately after this country surrendered in 1945. 1-The Corporation's refusal

"A section of the Imperial were flying over Tokyo and the to take advice from the Govern- In a magazine story, Prince || ment

and Jucal stocic-ralserv, Naruhiko Higoshl-Kuni, former Bodyguard planned to occupy situation was such that choy

confine 2.The large

who became the Palace. and

the could tell what might happen. sciaries of an Japanese General

10 carry out their "At a later date, I went to sinnecessarily large number of Premier in August, 1945, for the Emperor

Yokohama to meet General highly-paid European staff and purpose of surrender and re- Bluns," Ilgushi-Kuni recalls. elaborate houses for them and signed in October,

came MacArthur. He had an office in 1943, after "Several young officers

the Customs building. I declared, the

Was their families.

the occupation began, told how to see me. They

rank

with of received

courtesy but 3-High

land-clearing costs authorities worried that General Officers obove the which could have been

re-Douglas MacArthur

would be colonel can no longer be relied when Foreign Minister Mamoru to see the Sued.

sassinated after his landing on. We, from the rank of mu- Shigemitsu___went

command General he was not jor down, will take

given 4The importation of un-

said Higashi-Kunl

in the Army. We intend to a cha suitable

chair nor did the General ex- and equipment which has been idle "Diamond," a Japanese econight a a decisive battle for the tend his hand to shake hands

that mles magazine, since its arrival.

young fatherland."

with Shigemitsu, I was told. officers large contributions Japanese 5.The

were "in- Higashi-Kuni says that, foll "I first thought I would be

in the reported to have been made to toxicated with_victory"

ing to talk them out of it, he received very, coldly but it turn the expenses of the organiza- early stages of the war but that made a series of 11 broadcasts ed out contrary to expectations. tion in London and Jamaica,

the opinion that

and prudence. The General asked why I didn't Japan would lose and early in urging caution

This dissuaded enough of the come earlier.

"My Impression of Generni. seek peace.

od In front of the Palace for

rprising," which was soldier and Higashi-Kuni,

04, re-the now

take place. as the occupa-planned signed as soon

Then

at tion was well under way: He

air base of Atsugi,! lost his princely title under oc-the naval cupation redeems and became a where the first Americans In- tended to land, and later did Buddhist monk in 1050,

Zand, Higashi-Kuni in his bylined

young plats wire The article said that soon after the threatening to fly their planes to

Singa- Japanese overwhelmed

MONEY WASTED

he vas

To prove that the scheme 14 1942 miggested that his country otheads that only a few gather MacArthur is that he is a real

feasible the Legislators urged the Colonial Development Cor- paration to reconsider the posi- tion or that some part of the balance (£375,000) already allocated to this scheme be in- vested with locat fundy to enable them to show what can be done in the matter of beef- raising.

The senior nominated member of the Legislature, Mr J. Salva- dor Espat, himself u stock- raiser, led the censure of the Corporation.

But he declared, "We deeply

Lo

Hiero Was trouble

pore on Feb. 15, 1942, "I sug-collide with and crash the in- gested several times to Premier coming planes of the occupation Tojo about opening negotia-forces," says the former Prince. "Planes of the Atsugi air base hovered in demonstrations

tioas to seek peace.

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We were much worried, because there were a number of special attack pilots

who wore in the force afrald of doing anything."

TICKLISH SITUATION

of the people of the United tent not necessarily opposed to Ho lacked Kingdom to assist in our eco-the idea of pruce. nomie development and the the power to control the Army, more or less pulled waste of their hard-earned He was money

has caused us much con- about by the younger officers.

"Intoxicated cern."-Reuter.

victory with gained during the early stages of the war, the younger officers boasted they were going to take Australia soon,"

LABOURER'S

RECORD

London, Mar. 10.

record

is

A weight-lifting claimed by Harold Mead. 26, a building labourer who lifted 32 tone of cement In 040 bags in tix and a half hours to feed curent mixer, breaking previous records of his own-25 and 28 tons.

B

two

Mead is 5 ft. 0 ins, tall and weighs 11 stone. His job in valves king cement bags from on a a stack, putting them bench, slitting them with knife and emptying the cement into a mixer-Reuter,

Canadian Draft

For Germany

not

Finally the Government succeeded in disbanding this force four days before General MacArthur reached Atsugi, he recollects, but:

ARGUED WITH TOJO Higashi-Kuni reintes that he

"Again we were worried lest kept arguing with Tojo (later some funatic might shoot the executed

as a war criminal), General on his way to Tokyo. that "even Kublal Khan did not We felt relieved when we were succeed in his venture to con- told of his safe arrival, because

au quer the south. How do you naval planes carrying bombs

expect Japan will be able to conquer the south? The present war situation is tantamount to a wrestler with his legs stretch- ed out too much. If the wrest- ler's legs are stretched any further, he will lose his balance and his legs are liable to come off the ring and the wrestler would lose.

"The victorious altuation to- day may last for a short while but it cannot continue for any length of time and' we aro bound to end in failure."

The same suggestion was made

10. the lato Premier Kuninki Koiso, who succeeded Higashi-Kunt reports, but The first reinforcement draft falled because. Kolso had eyen troops to join less control over the Army, than 27th Brigade in Hanover, Tojo, Germany, arrived at Liverpool As the war took the

had feared, the yesterday in the Cunard liner Higushi-Kuni Ascanio.

Prince says he refused offers They left by train for Londen to become Premier. He finally

Liverpool, Mar. 10.

of 83 Canadian

The

course

and

around August their seceded

1045,

when the Emperor, told

are continuing journey to Germany today,

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