AIDING PRISONERS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 226, 23 August 1945, Page 5

AIDING PRISONERS

RUSSIANS AT MUKDEN,

(Rec. 11 a.m.) NEW YOIiK, Aug. 22. A humanitarian team at Mukden quoted Russians as saying that a Liberator is. eu route to letch General Wainwright, the defender of Corregidor, says the Associated Press correspondent in Chungking. A Russian mission reached tiie prison camp yesterday and immediately ousted the Japanese guards and placed the American Major-General Parker, who was captured at Bataan, in lull charge. Reports from tiie team at Peiping stated that all the internees there had been moved to hotels, A ihessage from Manila reports that an injured American pilot, Captain Shaw, was released by the Japanese in the Philippines with a personal note from Yamasiiita. Captain Shaw said lie parachuted from his burning' fighter behind the Japanese lines. He W'as held prisoner for nine days and was threatened with torture if lie refused to yield information, hut his treatment improved the day alter the Emperor s capitulation was announced. In London the War Office announced at a Press conference that it is hoped to release up to 60,000 United Kingdom prisoners of war and civilians in the Far East soon. The ultimate number might be anything up to 250,000 of whom one quarter are in areas north of the Philippines and the remainder in southern areas. .Only civilians electing to stay in the Far East and those needing special care and treatment will remain for any length of time. All others will be sent home at first available opportunity.