WITHOUT WATER

Waikato Times, Volume 130, Issue 21655, 16 February 1942, Page 5

WITHOUT WATER

REASON FOR SURRENDER SCENE OF SIGNING THE JAPANESE VERSION (United Press Assn.— Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Feb. 16, 11.35 p.m.) NEW YORK, Feb. 15 The Tokio radio states that the Japanese headquarters announced the terms signed for the cessation of hositilities at Singapore on Sunday at 10 p.m., Singapore time. The signing took place at the Ford motor plant at the foot of Bukit Timah hill. The signatures were affixed for Japan by Lieutenant-General Yamashita and for the British by Lieu-tenant-General Percival. The announcement added that the British unconditionally accepted the Japanese terms of surrender of Singapore at 7.50 p.m. on Sunday, Singapore time. The Domei News Agency stated that the British officer who brought the offer of surrender to the Japanese headquarters was a member of the general staff, Major Wilde. The radio stated that the British offered to surrender after the Japanese had occupied or cut off the city’s water reservoirs, thus leaving the British soldiers and the huge population without mo&ns to quench their thirst. f Japanese imperial headquarters claimed that 32 Allied warships and transports were sunk or damaged south of Singapore last week.