Evening star., 1945-11-05
Yamashita Shouted
xiii All FiIipinos,
Witness Declares
BY the Associated Press.


titled today that he heard Japanese
1t. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita
angrily refuse to revoke an order
to 9kill all Filipinos and destroy all
their cities"
He was joaquin Galang, second
witness brought from protective
custody as a suspected collaboration,
at Yamashita's war crimes trial.
The first was Narciso Lapus, who
admitted freely that he was friendly
with the Japanese invaders, then
directly accused Yamashita of hav-
ing ordered the islands rid of Fill
pinos before the Americans return. -
Galang testified that Yamashita
showed great anger when Gen. Ar
temio Ricarte, Filipino politico- mil
itarist, beseeched the Japanese
commander in the Philippines: Il
take this time to ask you again to
revoke your general order to kill
all Filipinos and destroy all their
cities"
Yamashita Shouts.
Yamashita rose. Galang said
clenched his hands and shouted
angrily: "An order is an order! 1t
is my order and because of that it
should not be disobeyed. 1t should
be Acknowledgment what may
happen!"
The witness said he overheard the
argument at Ricarte's house.
Galang quoted Ricarte as saying
to the general earlier:
Nobody is at fault for the Fill
pinos turning guerrilla, except that
the Japanese are taking their food
and torturing them"
Yamashita's answer, Galang said,
was:
Let's not talk about this any
longer. The Filipinos are treacher-
Gus, hence they are our enemies. -
Yamashita's counsel strongly at
tackled the credibility of Galang and
asked him why, since he had been
held in protective custody nearly
eight months, he had only now seen
occasion to tell his story.
Explanation Offered.
Galang replied that it was his
duty to see that Yamashita was
brought to justice, and that he
wanted to tell his story only when
it would do the most good
The prosecution also presented a
series of witnesses who testified that
japanese troops fired and dyna-
mited Manila's downtown build
ingS.
Lapus' testimony, closely linking
Yamashita with atrocities he is &C
cused of having condoned by troops
of his command, surprisingly came
under cross examination by the
generals sharp-questioning chief
attorney, Col. Harry Clarke.
Under Col. Clarke's incisive ques-
tioning Lapus appeared nervous and
hesitant at times. AS a prosecution
witness Saturday he easily answered
questions in rapid-flre fashion. He
testified that Yamashita ordered
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pinos friendly to the Americans.
Today he said the general had or
dered the killing of all Filipinos
who were hostile to the japanese
at any point of the American land
ings, or acted friendly to the United
States.
ModifieS Story.
Again, Lapus testified that Ricarte
had attended a rally last year of
Makapilis at which Yamashita and
Benigno Kamos were present. Ma
kapilis were disloyal Filipinos who
fought, under the leadership of Ra-
mos, with the japanese against the
Americans. Saturday Lapus had pic
tured Ricarte as "a friend of all
Filipinos, considered by the Japa-
nese as one of the gods to his coun-
trymen" Thus twice today he modi-
fed the story he told Saturday
Although on Saturday Lapus re-
peatedly said he had implicit faith in
Ricarte, he stated today "Ricarte
lived a long time in Japan. He had
traits of their trickery and secret
ness in actions"