FAR EAST WAR

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 July 1943, Page 6

FAR EAST WAR

CHINESE CLAIMS.

(Rec. 11.45 a.4m.) CHUNGKING, July 21. Chinese troops nave .successfully raided Huangkua Island, 60 miles south of Foochow killing many enemy troops and capturing prisoners and supplies, says to-day’s Chinese communique.' Japanese troops attacking Chinese positions southeast of Linghu in Chekiang Province, were repulsed A dispatch from Hanoi reported that United States, ’planes bombed Tonkin area, Indo-China, on Monday and Tuesday. Ten persons were killed and forty'were injured. American medium bombers nave scored hits on an important bridge, between Mandalay and Rangoon, also on other bridges along the MandalayRangoon railway. JAPS RAID CEYLON WASHINGTON, July 21. Tokio official radio has announced that Japanese naval planes raided Ceylon and bombed Colombo and Tiincomalee on Sunday night. The radio also stated that Japanese engineers nad successfully refloated the King George V. Dock at Singapore. JAP AIR FORCE. NEW YORK, July 21. Tokio official radio stated Lieut.General Prince Ginri. aged 45, a member of the Royal House of Korea, has been appointed Commander of the Air Force, replacing General Teramoto, who was appointed three months ago. JAP. ATROCITIES. WINNIPEG, July ; 21. Doctor John Mathieson, a missionary in China for eight years, who arrived from Chungking, said that reports of Japanese atrocities were not exaggerated. Some Chinese Christians were put on. a rack wmeh pulled their bones apart. He acided that inflation is a big problem m China. HONG KONG CAMP RUGBY, July 20. Reports from the International Red Cross delegate in Hong Kong say that the quality of rations in the civilian internment camp at Stanley has much improved. The bathing beach is now open and is extremely popular. After visiting the Stanley camp on June 23 the delegate reported that conditions generally were unchanged since his previous visit, but there had been a considerable improvement in the general outlook. He had been able to buy special food and medical supplies with money sent from Government funds in Britain, and was also able to continue financial allowances to internees.

The Stanley camp is on a promontory on the south side of Hong Kong Island. About 2500 European civilian internees are accommodated there. A further twenty thousand postcards and letters from prisoners 0! war in Japanese hands have reached Britain recently. About ninetenths bore Japanese characters that indicated they came from Malaya. The rest came from camps in Japan and Siam.

RAID ON KURILES

NEW YORK, July 21.

Commenting 011 yesterday’s raid on Paramushiru, Kurile Islands, reported in yesterday's Navy communique, the United Press says Paramushiru is Japan's main naval base in the North Pacific and has strategic importance compatable with that of Pearl Harbour. The American planes yesterday apparently operated from Amchitka, in the Western A'eutians. Navy officials arc well pleased with the results of the raid, which was the tir.-’J time .American bombers had -,,.nck at the. Japanese home islands since Tokio was bombed. The Associated Press correspondent says that the bombers returned from the Paramushiru raid without the loss of a single plane. The pilots said that the bombing was no more difficult than the bombing of Kiska. No enemy fighters were encountered and there was only slight anti-air-craft fire. Bombs were dropped near ships in the harbour and several large buildings, near the aeroplane landing strip were set on firs. The raiders were in the air over nine hours and spent at least 40 minutes' over the target. The correspondent adds that all the pilots were veterans of the raids on Attu or Kiska. They knew they were making a dangerous survey flight in preparation for future attacks which would eventually include all the Kuriles, extending later to Japan proper.