JAPS IN SOUTH KOREA

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 215, 11 September 1945, Page 5

JAPS IN SOUTH KOREA

SLRRENUEK SIGNED. Reed. 6 p.m. Tokio, Sept. 9. The Japanese in south Korea nave signed surrender terms. Admiral Kmkaid a..u i-ieut.-General noqge I signed lor the united states. 'me American flag is fly ng over Seoul, whose oroad streets have oeen nneu from early morning w.i.li thousands oi joyitil .Koreans, as more ana more Americans arrived in irom Jinsen. the ceieorations intensified and Koreans lined tne entire 40-miie route and were so enthusiastic that the Americans were compelled to ducK from showering baskets of flowers and wav-ng flagpoles. BrigaaierGeneral Garvin, ch ef of stab, of the 24tn. Corps, speaKing at a Press conlerencc, said the Americans planned to retam Governor-Genera! Noboyuki Ace ana other Japanese civil officials in office. "it nay be a cay and it may be a year. ‘ he said. Japanese police would be permitted to retain their arms. This announcement brought crit'esm from Korean newspapermen present, but Brigadier-General Garvin said he refused to enter into a political argument and his decision was final. He added that the plan was analogous to the Tokio surrender. Moreover, it was necessary to keep Japanese in office until the Americans hai •oiiu/ieted the occupation. Wials quest.oncd the comparison and declared that while the Japanese Wirt fanatcally determined to keep tha tmparor, Koi cans were equally ned to oust Japanese officials from Korea. They called the policy a slap in the face offer the Koreans’ underground struggle. KRRENDEK IN DITCH BORNEO. All enemy forces under Japanese control in Dutch Borneo surrendered to the Australian Army yesterday. Aboard the Austral an frigade Bur<’eken, Vice-Admiral Kamada, senior Japanese naval officer in Dutch Borneo surrendered unconditionally to Major-General Milford, commander of thr» 7th Australian I> vision. An Australian force has sailed from Bougainville to recover the important phosphate island of Nauru.