Evening star., 1945-09-28
Yanks 10 Arrest
Jdps Accused Of
Torch Massacre
"a Face Charges in
Philippines Sayings
Oflust December II
Ey the Associated Press.

ey the Associated Press.
TOKYO, Sept. 28.-Gen. Mac.
Arthur today ordered the 8tl
Army to seize "a Japanese off
GERS and men suspected of com
plicity in the massacre of Alliet
prisoners of war, at Palawan il
the Philippines, December II
1914.
In the Palawan massacre, NOR,
than 100 prisoners, many of then
Americans, were herded into larg,
afraid shelter Buckets of gaso
line and lighted torches were tosset
in on them A few escaped, onl,
to be moved down by machine gum
or hand grenadeS. or bayonetec
by their captors.
The japanese who were ordered
arrested range in rank from ser.
geant to 1t. Col Ole Satoshi, pre-
sumably in command of the ''mur-
der detail"
Jap Shipping Plan Rejected.
Supreme Allied headquarters to-
day rejected Japan's plea for 26O,-
900 tons of her own shipping tc
return disarmed Japanese soldiers
from outside the empire-assuring
considerable delay in returning
many thousands of japanese vet
Grams.
Japan'S merchant marine is II
poor shape, headquarters explained
and Gen. Macarthur decided that
such great tonnage could not
be spared from more vital tasks
connected with maintenance OF
health and minimum living stand
ards of the civilian population
Shipping is urgently needed, fol
instance, if foodstuffs are to be
imported from the Asiatic mainland
to avert threatening winter famine
Gen Macarthur earlier today for
bade reopening of the japanese
Stock Exchange, but permitted re-
opening of factories to manufac-
ture some goods in limited quanti-
ties
Meet to Form New Party.
Meanwhile, leaders of the work
men met to foim a new Socialist
party, and the reported reorganiza
ton of several war-defunct labor
unions further marked acceleration
of Japan's new liberal movement
which thus far has been markedly
soclallstic. No group, thus far
champions a capitalistic democracy
One Macarthur directive gave the
Imperial government permission to
produce textiles, certain metals.
leather goods and trucks, and to
process raw rubber under specific
restrictions laid down by him pre-
viouSly.
1t approved requests for the use
of $1,000 tons OF steel. 5000 tons of
aluminium, 10000 tons of electric
wire, 10000 metric tons of leather
and 5000 tons of raw rubber.
Requests for an additional 10000
metric tons of leather and another
10000 tons of raw rubber were de-
uied.
Gen. Macarthur approved the
manufacture of motor trucks, but
denied the japanese permission tc
produce passenger vehicles.
Manufacture of textiles was ap-
proved provided they contained nc
raw silk, silk yarn, silk thread OF
silk mixture woven goods"
Airfields to Become Farms.
On the agricultural front, the
newspaper Mainichi reported thai
Allied headquarters had approved
the use of idle airfields for farming
to help alleviate food shortages. Il
said the government requested the
conversion of fields not being useo
by the occupation forces into plots
for sweet potatoes and other COM
moditleS.
Japan's Domei news agency re-
ported today that the war pareo
Japan's total shipping bottoms from
100000 to 100000 gross tons. II
is estimated that only 300 vessels
with an aggregate $4,000 gross tons
are available now.
Domei said a preparatory commit
tee met today to begin organization
of a new and yet unnamed Socialist
party-the third new political or
ganization announced within the
last week. Committee members in
cluded Komakichi' Matsuoka ano
Suehiro Nishio, both described as
veteran proletarian leaders" and
currently linked prominently with re-
ported conferences toward resurrec-
ton of the former Japan Federation
of Labor.
Ichiro Hatoyama, long known as
a liberal leader, previously an
nounced the formation of Liberal
party. Toyohiko Kagawa, widely
known labor leader heads the
f1edgling Socialist Labor party, one
of whose planks is reported to be
elimination of capitalism.