SUMMARY JUSTICE
Japanese 111-Treatment Of Island Natives (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Special Auatriiliau Correspondent.) (Received October 18,10.15 p.m.) SYDNEY, October 18. , The natives in the Japanese-occupied islands are living under conditions of slavery, according to "boys” who have escaped from Rabaul. The “boys,’ who were members of a large party, arrived in Allied territory after a month’s journey. When the Japanese occupied Rabaul, the natives were rounded up into barbed wire compounds. Tltey were put to work, given insufficient food, and frequently thrashed. Former Japanese residents in New Britain have been brought back and appointed to positions approximating those previously held by the Australian district officers. These officials dispense summary justice. A native said that one Japanese official who bad been a trader in Rabaul some years ago concluded hik inquiry-into a dispute between two natives by cutting off the hand of the man ho believed responsible for the trouble.
Three hundred Japanese geisha girls are stated to have been brought to Rabaul. The girls dress in kimonos with wooden clog shoes. The natives have been forbidden to speak to them.
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 20, 19 October 1942, Page 6
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180SUMMARY JUSTICE Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 20, 19 October 1942, Page 6
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