LIST OF JAP WAR CRIMINALS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 213, 8 September 1945, Page 5

LIST OF JAP WAR CRIMINALS

SEVERAL ON II Recd. 10 p.m. Washington, Sept. 7. uoionel Alva Carpenter, neaa ui the War Crimes brancn oi General MacArtnur s stafr, said several thousand Japanese were named in IuOO atrocity cases, already prepared lor trial, which probauiy w4| oe held in Tokio stated tiie Manna correspondent. Tne crimes, some of which are ■■masterpieces ol hideousness ’ are divided into three classes. —il). Crimes against the peace oy those who prepared lor war; (2) violation of the rules of war, including slaughter oi hostages, and mistreatment of prisoners; crimes against humanity, such as slave labour, civilian deportation and rape. “Our depositions anu photographic evidence is so complete tnat 1 do not think we will neeu witnesses in most cases,” said Colonel Carpenter. “As soon as the occupat.on is complete and enemy units demobilised the Japanese may expect a stern but just, peace, beginning vvttn 'l'ojo the I No. 1 war criminal, says the ’NewYork ‘Herald-’l'ribune’s' Tokio correspondent. “The list of those responsible lor war atrocities will be hunted down relentlessly.”