UNLAWFUL CONDUCT

New Zealand Herald, Volume 82, Issue 25300, 6 September 1945, Page 5

UNLAWFUL CONDUCT

JAPANESE ALLEGATIONS ADVICE TO CIVILIANS (Reed. 5.35 p.m.) TOKYO, Sept. -1 The T)omei news agency in a broadcast said there was comparatively strict military discipline among the occupation forces, but it alleged that the Americans had committed six cases of brutality and 38 cases of looting and indulged in other unlawful conduct. The news agency suggested that the people of Japan should take the following precautions in an effort to minimise incidents:— "(1) Lock your doors. (2) Women should wear their clothing in a conservative manner. (»3) Avoid travelling at night—women particularly. (4) If someone is breaking into your home, scream. (o) Tf anyone attacks you. bite, scratch and tear off his insignia for evidence. Cfi) Don't display watcher and fountain pens." An Eighth Army spokesman said no complaints had been lodged with the American authorities.

DAIREN UNDAMAGED J RUSSIANS IN OCCUPATION NEW YORK, Sept. 4 "When the United States Seventh Fleet forces entered Da iron, Korea, they found it virtually undamaged and completely under Russian control," reports an* Associated Press correspondent. "The garrison had offered no opposition to the Russian entry." Dairen is filled with fair-haired, stalwart Russians. Low, heavy Soviet tanks are parked at strategic points and a lend-lease seaplane squadron is anchored in the beautiful harbour. Almost every building flies the Red flag. The correspondent adds that the destroyers Kvans and Hubbard made a high-speed rut) across the Yellow Sea in'a search, so far unsuccessful, for 12.'i United States Navy prisoners taken by the Japanese from Guam and Wake Islands. They are now believed to be near Mukden. The Russians are cooperating in the search. UNLUCKY SUBMARINE SUNK BY OWN TORPEDO (Rerrl. 8.10 p.m.) GUAM, Sept. •*> The United States submarine Tang was the victim of one of the freaks of the Pacific war. She was sunk by her own torpedo, which returned like a boomerang, according to one of the survivors. The Tang was sunk on October 25, 1944, between Formosa and China after sinking six ships of a Japanese convoy and when preparing for more kills. The fatal torpedo was aimed at a ship in the convoy, but it made a circular movement and hit the Tang's stern. Only nine survived of the crew of 85. JAPANESE PLANE OUTPUT NEW YORK. Sept. -1 The Tokyo radio says the rate of Japanese plane production was 550 a month in December, 1911, 2857 in Juno, 1944, 2000 parly in 1945, and 1120 at the end of the war. Super-Fortress raids and deterioration in snipping caused a decline after July, 1944, ami a further decrease occurred early in 1945 because of the earthquake in the Tokyo area and the evacuation of factories. I