JAPANESE CONDUCT

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 227, 24 August 1945, Page 6

JAPANESE CONDUCT

3.45 P.M. EDITION

- RULES FOR OCCUPATION. RELIANCE ON AUTHORITIES. (N.Z. Tress Association.— Coujnjjbt.) (1.40 p.m.) NEW YORK, Aug. 23. A Damei News Agency broadcast announced that the rules of ■ conduct laid down for the occupation of Japan will be carried out peacefully. The people must remain calm and not move about while the Japanese forces are withdrawing. No anxiety regarding the orders need he iclt since the Jap-

anese police and gendarmerie are remaining on duty. Ihe people should disregard childish rumours land place absolute reliance on the

The people should refrain from individually approaching the occupation troops. When approached by members of the occupation forces tho people should display courtesy. The people should not abandon their homes and should not become agitated regarding means of travel as the occupation forces were not taking over the transportation facilities indiserimatelv. In any event, the people must not resort to iisticuli's or- display violence. The broadcast said General Sadamu

Sliimomura, Supreme Commander of the Japanese forces in North China,, has been appointed War Minister, relieving the Premier (Prince HigashiKuni; of that post. - The Japanese have sent a message to General MacArthur asking what currency was to t>e used in Japan hy the occupation forces. “We hope They will use Bank of Japan notes "which we are ready to deliver at Atsugi, Yokohama and Yokosuka,” the message said.

The Japanese battle order delivered to the Chinese by the Japanese cnvovs at the preliminary negotiations at Chilikiang disclosed that more than 1,000,04)0 enemy troops will surrender to* f«:meral Ying-cliing. It is estimated that about 2.000.1X40 Japanese troops arc on the Asiatic mainland. The Japanese garrisons at Port Arthur and Dairen were disarmed after unopposed Russian airborne landings, says Reuter’s Moscow correspondent. Red Army troops secured Shumusliu, the most northerly of the Kurile Islands. Huge supply dumps have fallen into Russian hands in Manchukuo. It appears that the Japanese had stores for millions ol soldiers for 10 years. The Soviet Military Government, in restoring order, is receiving wholehearted assistance from the Clnneso who are streaming back to their homes from the hills and forests. Most of the Japanese commanders are thoroughly tame and are complying with all the Russian demands.