THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1946.
ATOM BOMB ESPIONAGE
Russia Admits Obtaining Information
Noticeable Air
Of Tension
OTTAWA, FEB. 217
A RUSSIAN EMBASSY EMPLOYEE, IVOR GOSENKO, WHO IS UNDER PROTECTIVE CUSTODY HERE ΤΟ APPEALED IN THE SPY, INVESTIGATION, THE PRESS LAST AUTUMN IN FEAR OF HIS LIFE BECAUSE "HE KNEW TOO MUCH"
A FORMER REPORTER OF THE "MORNING JOUR NAL ELIZABETIF FRASER, TOLD HOW GOSEN- KO WITH HIS WIFE AND CHILD, WENT INTO THE OFFICE OF THE NEWSPAPER IN DES- PERATION SAYING THAT THERE WERE THINGS GOING ON THAT COULD LEAD TO ANOTHER WAR AND THAT HIS SUPERIORS HAD FOUND OUT THAT HE DISAPPROVED.
SEALE
RUSSIAN ADMISSION Rusala acknowledged in on of- ficial statement broadens by Moscow
Canadian radio that
He all that he was due for and death but disappearance the "justice deparin.ent ignored his appeals.
Miss Fraser said that "then z
Imation of a confidential charne was a ring of stark sincerity incitizens had given acme infor- ter" to the Soviet milltary at- tache in Ottawa.
his voice lit that his fear and excitement were so frantic That he could easily have been a para-
Moscow radio said Commissar
Stark Fact
London, Feb. 21.
Lord Beaverbrook's "Daily Expreen," commenting cdi- torially on the foreign affairn debate in the House of Com mons, expressed hope that the
will lead 20 in provement of relations be tween Britain and Russia.
The "Exprcan" said: "We mikof face the plain stark fact there can be no guarUN- unican world peace tre of Britain, Ruasio and the United States can work f gether in full harmony."-- Associated Press.
Boogie Woogie Popular
Marines Reduced In Rank
Pearl Harbour, Feb. 21. Three, non-commissioned off- Cera were reduced to privule rank for participation in a pro- test against the Marine Corps Lt.-General discharge policy, Roy Geiger's Headquarters on- nounced to-day
of the Marine Corps."
The
Board founl
and
Secret
Melbourne, Feb, 21.
It was disclosed yesterday that British warships have been carrying secret carpoes of tons of British gold to the United Kingdom since the end of the war.
The announcement came da
repair an aircraft
ship "Pioneer" took aboardi 22 tons of gold bars worth £5,000,000 which had been stored in Australia for. Britain and
WUXIT Holland during the Associated Pronu.
T.B. Offer
To Britain
2ค 8
Mr.
CEREMONY AT
THE VATICAN
1
LONDON, FER, 21.
POPE PIUS XII TOLD. HIS NEWLY ENLARGED COL-.
LEGE OF CARDINALS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THAT THE CONCEPT OF THE CHURCH AS A TEMPERAL POWER WAS "ENTIRELY FALSE, THE CHURCH IS NOT AN EMPIRE IN THE SENSE NOW ATTACHED TO THIS WORD," SAID THE POPE, “BUT SEEKS MAN ITSELF," ". SPEAKING OVER THE VATICAN RADIO HEARD
men
1
HERE BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. THE POPE DECLARED THAT THE CHURCH · "CONTRI- BUTES. TO THE EQUILIBRIUM OF THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE WORLD" AND COMPAR- ING IT'S ROLE WITH THAT OF TEMPORAL IM- PERIALISM, QUOTED Pope Pius XI AS SAYING THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD NOT BE London, Feb. 21.
CALLED UPON "TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT THE The announcement said that
The Foreign Secretary,
INDIVIDUAL CAN ACCOMPLISH BY HIMSELF.” they "Tailed to display qualities Ernest Bevin, answering a ques of leadership, judgment, loyalty tion in the House of Commons, Speaking to the newly electjchair proceeded down the middle result of the ed cardinals from a throne In Aisle of the Chamber end came and fidelity, which are the requi- sald that sites of the non-commissioned generous offer recently made to the Hall of Bencdictions, the to rest before the throne,
the Minister of Health through Pope said: "Only the Church "Tho new.
cardinals had Stevios Minister here.
back to the changed into that the the
the can conduct man
the ceremonial Minister Marines had participated, int Pensions Health and Minister light and assure his safety for robes of their new office in the
were considering pos composing, signing and obtain-ible arrangements for treatment the future. The Church, like a famed Sistine Chapel and the
mother, assembles all her chill- first to enter the hall was thal ing signatures on a petition re-in Switzerland of 4. certain num- garding the Marin: Corps dle-ber of
dren all over the world and em- doan, the Patriarch of Cirlch of tuberculosis cases. THLE MANAGEMENT
of
Armenia, Agagianian, who The question Of charge policy in vixation
was whether in braces humanity, THE KING'S THEATRE ARE NAVY regulations
alber view of the
"It is the Church which rises also, the first to have, pla increase of tuber UNABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR pertinent orders; that such oc- culosis in Great
Britain, the Bri-to-day in this torn world like a upon his head the four-corne THE RECORD-BREAKING noid convinced of the trail of of Foreign Affairs Molotov has PULARITY OF THEIR CUR-tion was taken with know- tish Government would, consider signal, because without God red silk biretta.
the Swiss Author- there Approaching
cannot be among
Accompanied by three THE edge or consent of their com ATTRACTION,
ties to his delusions."
The to ascertain the possibility of real unity.
unity end tendants, the cardinals moved RENT
on account Meanwhile Canadians wathed handed to the Canadian repré
entative in Moscow, I., D. Wil TECHNICOLOUR-MUSICALmanding officer and that no Pie. taking exer
to obtain the in
of re-supra-nationality of the Church' long compact procession dow "BATHING vlous effort impatiently for the Governmen, the official Soviet Govern EXTRAVAGANZA
formation desired had been parations the German-owned tu-have been put in evidence by the middle aisle and each i
berculosis sanatorin at Wolfgang this present meeting."
quick succession knelt before has now been showing nuate through official channels and Davos Dori Soviet collection of recret data then allment on Prime Minia- BEAUTY
Speaking of temporal powers the Pope. They then took the McKenzie King's declara- the Dominion
days and is still drawing full--Associated Press.
to them in d houses. Ernst Lubitsch's "The
a distinct from the Church, the places assigned strategienily placed Governmessttion of Feb, 15 on the leakage of
semicircle of gilt chairs ranged secret information.
Pope said: Love Parade", first screened here employees cooperated on
before the Papal throne. of the Central parently a widespread seade
Theatre in 1920, is the only other The Government was equrt. Canadian Government had encour at the opening
a camuiga in the Canadian
Lo them that hos ever had a run here es reliably to be ready to lena Brass
and radio hostile
asserted of two weeks, Union' Ad its first feial report ring, 19 Serist
Maurice Chevalier and by statement sensationi"parently, disclosure of the case by Prime Minis Macken Mackenzie King (announcing the Jeanette Muclonald. "The Love
the Parade" featured several espioi
investigation) แพร่ zie King last Friday.
hits that remained popular Some members of the Guvern-
years afterwards.
The current popularity of ment are known to for that the something in the nature of an blackt imposed on the allietal fewer to the unpleasantnes caused
to the friends of Mackenzie King "Bathing Beauty" is perhaps 40 be explained by itg boogie. release of information has the. veloped unnecessary arm and by the Soviet delegate at the ses be
sions of the tieneral Assembly of woogie" feltfires and swimming- the wool symphonies. A good deal of the United Nations where.
Between broadenst raid, "statements of the Die film is divided
Music linery in
James and Suviet delegation were made lefence of principles of democracy Makers and Xavier Cural and his
Orchestra. Independence of small coun-
Red Skelton gives a memorable inroression of a co-ed's tunner- is on rising from her bed of that un
lumber in resikinge ie the sug
to announce new details of the
{r}
witch
The broadenst charged
itp-
mrod
LE
they are anxious I have fur. ther details published aperulation.
NOTICEABLE T. SONS The Prime Minist, has an mainted the leaders in the 15tries." principal upposition parties with much of the case
They are
the
campaign
"AMAZED"
1201
the
present
broadcast ns-erted The
Starring
17
Non
Гог
John Bracken of the Vingers "the sition taken by the Cannestion that men look silly wagn slve Conservatives and J. Coll. dint Government is not compatible i well of the Socialisti Corps with the friendly relations bewaking up.
of
tive Commonwealth Pokration,tween the two countries," and enid course, is Esther Williams, once a
These leaders are undersized "amazement"
to have agreed that fatter ins formation would lus heh.ful.
There is a noticeable in
a
extraordinary
11 Yery
Another great attraëlion, was caused by the
star sprinter in the world of fnct that the
th
amateur swimming and Government published
men follow for thousands of foet a statement on Feb. 15 instead shapely Miss whom the camera- through official in "Bathing Beauty close-ups as proceeding
in the on the diplomatie fent or as
expected between IM
much on terra Armia as
Swing maintaining normal re-swimming pool.
music two-man Royal Commission how
by previously seeking an breaks in at every odd moment camera baring
lations. its in
the
Soviet from oller rientific
explanation atomic
and is forced out of almost every 21734
known musical Instrument but the seerets were handed over to 50-Government."
The Soviet statement said
harp. viet agents.
Government as the Soviet It has not been revedea here soon how high in the Soviet Embassy knew of the information obtained by members of the staff of the the investigation has reacher,
The Embassy has not yet been military attache the latter was recalled from Canada, and assert Some Government
the Soviet Ambassador and ed sources indicated that the So-other members of the Soviet Em- vict employees involved were baggy in Canada "had no connee- mostly in the lower ranks of the tion whatsoever with the matter."
f--Associated Press. huge Soviet stall in Ottawa.
named.
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CANADIAN STATEMENT
OTTAWA, FEB. 21.
AN OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN, WHO DE CLINED TO PERMIT FURTHER. IDENTIFICA- TION, DECLARED TODAY THE RUSSIANS WERE MAKING POLITICAL CAPITAL" OF THE CANA. DIAN ESPIONAGE CASE.
THE MOSCOW SHORTLY AFTER, RECEIPT OF
BROADCAST CHARGING THAT CANADA, IN HANDLING THE INVESTIGATION, WAS EN COURAGING AN ANTI-SOFIET CAMPAIGN, THE SPOKESMAN
DECLARED:
"The Soviet statement start-Volve, among others, some Cana-| ed out as an admission of guilt dian scientists." -
sufficient to cause withdrawal Press.
of its military attache, then
proceeded to minimise the whole
matter and sought to make poli-
ment."
Associated
SOVIET REPLY,
Moscow. Feb. 21. The Moscow Radio today an-
GOERING AS A LOOTER
Nuernberg, Feb. 21. The Soviet prosecution showed yesterday that the Nazis had sel out systematically to loot every
inspired b of Eurone, Herman Gogring's expressed in- tention to plunder Europe, as it had never been plundered before.
corner
The only point that intereste me," they trusted Goering as gay- ing, is what we can muteeze out of the territory now under our control."
one
Goering
who is number among the 22 Nnal leaders on trial, smiled as the prosecutor be gan reading a stenographic re- cord of his demand in 1942 that the German administrators drop evero himan consideration in the interests of plundering But the sanile soon faded.
telling the He heard himself administrators:
"It makes no difference to me
Mr. Bevin added that the last augestion required careful con sideration.-Router.
STOP PRESS Appeal To Unions bred entirely on
Cairo, Feb. 21 The first semi-official es- timale put the day's caskal- ties in the attack on the Kase El Nil barracks at seven killed and more than 50 injured.
British troops · ja foll battle order stond ready in- side. Itued up beside heavy Armoured vehicles,
Earlier, machine-gun fre had rattled from tarrack windows as the Braish sol- diers attempted
save their wooden-rooted quar- ters from demolition by the burning torches, stones and anything else that could be lifted and thrown by several hundred Egyptian denon strators, who shouted anti- British slogans.--Reuter.
New Delhi, Feb. 21. One thousand men of the Royal Indian Air Force at Bombay struck to-day to
of
THE HUMAN BEING "So-called Internal order A
SACRED RELIC compromise
Around the crimsa Bea among various groups" but "the universality of the Church puts cardinals were 40 Swiss Guarde London, Feb. 21. the human being in the centre in the gold and blue striped uni- forms designed by Michael An- An appeal to British trade of the structure." unions and labour and coupera-
peor gelo with their long spears and on "this Live organisations to help to world in which hunger in se pre-metal helmets, the Vatican court.
in black dignitaries prevent Sannish Fascism from
the Pope began
knee rulaing the Spanish people has
by the broadcast in Italian at 1724 breeches, binck capes and Eliza- been addressed to-day
hours, after he had placed biret, bethan ruff collars and wearing Spanish Republican headquarters
tas on the heads of 29 of the 32 silver swords, and Vatican gen- Londen.
at the darmes in blue uniforms with
red plumed hats,
The
Commenting
valent,'
being "unfortunately
Amid this colour ewch of the
statement says: "The men new cardinals created whom Franco puts to death are secret consistory on Monday. the beat friends the British people He spoke of the transfer of ever End in Spain." The state- populations caused by the war new cardinals first inclined to fre kiss the sacred relic contained. ment also says that a wave of as death senteners and executions is quent, but the divine hand uses in a previous stone on the Pope's then knelt, The at present sweening Spain. this misfortune to lead many slipper and
Fanoved the Fapal attendants Four Republican Spaniards are people back to the Church,
to have said to
been shot at
"Does not the Church stil Bishop's pectoral cross hanging prison
of Alerla de Haarle contribute to the stability of from his neck' on a golden an that executions have recently to-
the
ken place in the Albacete prison human society?" he asked, "The green chain and replaced it wit
the other cross hanging from and that a lieutenant-colonel in weak rest in safety.
the gok! and red chain. the French Forces of
"Let us have faith in the In-
Then they placed a short caj Lerior has been condemned to Church. If everything around
his shoulders and death with nine others by a trial it crashes, it remaina inshaken, over which
in WAN held. resolute The Church to-day more than Pepe, taking the biretta secreev Reufer.
ever must reject the conception another attendant, placed that it must retire within the the head of the cardinal.
cardinal then removed the b secrecy of its temples.
the Pope, placing ta and hands on both cheeks.
Jews Object To
"express their sympathy Nazis
with the striking" Indian naval men.
The Military Palice were called in by the Authori ties at one camp. A desh British followed in which troops used lathis (bambec Alaves) and the airmen stones. In the end the Bri- tish troops were withdrawn and the airmen formed a procession and went along the city's streeta, shouting slogans.
At Karachi, the Military and civilian police have seiz- ed all launches a Karuchi harbour. A British naval vessel berthed near His Ma- jesty's Indinn ship Hindus- tan, manned her guns us a precautionary measure, Reuter.
New Delhi, Feb. 21, An official
communique issued at General Headquar-" tors in India to-day said that ship if
your
men of His Majesty's people that BAY you
Hindustan at Karachi took will starve. Let them, if it save
starvs-
control of their ship this single German from
morning and "oponed India- criminate fire with all
WOR- tops at their disposal from four inch guns to
amall arms. Towards evening, a single R.A.F. bomber roaced over Bombay harbour and then directly
His Majesty's oyer Indian shine, 20 of which were. Yuparted to be under the con- of the striking Indian neomed to be a reconnaissance of the harbour, the plane flew ---off-again
44
tical capital by Inapuling monounced that Alexander Losovsky. tioning, said that the Russians. ed the text of the Soviet Govern- called for the ruinous inflation tives to the Canadian Govern- Doputy Foreign Commissar, hand-
Canada had no advance notice ment's statement to the Canadian of French currency.. and describ
Moscow.
'collaborated od Hollanders who Charge d'Affaires in
"Blockheaded of the Soviet statenient. Press, The note is expected to be the with the Reich accounts of the Moscow broad-second Soviet statement in con- Dutchmen."-Associated Press. cast were read eagerly by of- noction with the disclosures made cials of the external nffairs de-in Canada.--Router.
New York, Feb. 21. partment.
Major General Harold Gilbert, director of the military personnel procurement sorvloement of the office, sale! anmy has shat
The spokesman naid Canada.
MASTER MIND
Feb, 21, The Canadian Mounted. Police
L
ble, then likely would await the mind'--of-the-forelsin—apy ring that ont records, in
"Ottawa tered all
would make a brief geply to the Soviet charge as soon as possi have taught the alleged "master Adjudant-General's. outcome of an investigation bo-operating in Canada. ing conducted by a two-man Journal" reported to-night.
The newspaper added that Royal Commission. After thatd operated under the alias a full reply will be nude to Arthur Adams-Router. Moscow, "point by point," he Brid.
Meanwhile, the Canadian Gov- crnment was put under increas ing pressure to discloso farther details of the reported espion aga plot.
RADIO OUTBURST
London, Feb. 21.
the nation's history by rocrasting he 34,000 men during the firat four months of an intensivo drive.
Associated Press.
of
to call attention to the "unbridled The Moscow Radio to-night cambalan hostile to the Soviet broadcast a Boy statement that Union which was opened in the obtained cor- Canadian press and on the Cana- Sovic-arents had
indian radio, after the first Cana- tain technical Information
had dian Government statement on Canada which, however,
leakages.The titude
The axecutive Ottawa branch broved that Soviet technics in segret
thing. After making what
It was officially announced here to-day that strong naval. milltary and air force rein- forcements are on their way to Bombay and Karachi where striking Indian naval ratings had fired on the military. was also ackied that reinforce mente were on their way to Poona
In Karachi, the strikers sboard the sloop Hindustan signalled at 5.00 p.m. that they would open fire on the of the Canadian Associations of the field were mbro advanced. adopted by the Canadian Govorn
military + hasin if their de the Sclentine Workers in a resolu
mands were not conceded." The and they have been courage a campalin hostile to
ratings had eened "Bre" wiby withdrawn the Government state Soviet Union, was, the statement
continued, "Incompatible with nord naval “runs when tho
Roister":
tion, declared that lack of oiléial of these agents were mont, "directly calculated to: on-
news" "has led to: the presents ment added 2ävernment doomed mal relations between two coune@military Apollom tired on theen.""
flood of speculation toucéraing an alleged spy: ring, said to in
The Borlot
thec
the statement said, trion-Reuter
Jerusalom, Feb. 21. The Palestine Government said that forced German labour from prison camps woull be used to construct military, canis buildings in the Gaza district in the southern part of the country.
"Let us love the Church, the really supra-natiount Church.
In the audience were Uni and let us make her be loved by
States Army chaplains in u all men and all nations."
The Pope spoke for about 30 form, tonsured monks, Chine minutes after which he gave priests, and a large scatterin his newly elected princes of the of demure nuns. Church his apostolic blessing.
There were a few frantic last- BIRETTA CEREMONY minute preparations as electri- along narrow Earlier His Holiness imposed cians crawled
the arrange-
The announcement is under- birettas upon 29 of the 32 new ledges adjusting stood to have resulted in a cabled cardinals he created this weekment of the microphone while a protest from Jewish Labour Party in ceremony of brilliant co-voice bawled in leaders to the Brilh Labour tour in the Benediction Hall.
Party.
announcement.
resonanz Ita- lian testing the instrument for As the Pope entered, the audi- the Pope's speech.-Associateď
The
quoted the Army authorities as saying that chce of laymen in white ties Press. the use of forced German labour and tails and women with black crepe veils over their hats and was a necessity in the present circumstances." A previous, de- same uniformed Allied service- nied, report provoked protest in men broke into loud cries of ne- the Hebrew press and from the clamation.
The people stood on 'benches clandestine radio. Associated Press.
and clapped while the Papal
France's Unprecedented Racial Law
PARIS, FEB. 21.
FRANCE'S COMMITTEE WORKING ON A CONSTI: TUTION FOR, THE FOURTH REPUBLIC HAS UNPRECEDENTED ADOPTED A: VIRTUALLY, PROVISION' MAKING ALL PROPAGANDA RACIAL AND SIMILAR DISCRIMINATION A CON- STITUTIONÁJ¡ 'OFFENSE.
FOR
A part of a draft to be pro-Itioned the inviolability of pri- posed to the Constituent Assem-vate property without due pro bly for submission to referen-cess of the law and "fair in dum, the prepaganda provision demnification.".
The committee voted down read: "All propagands attempt-
differences proposals for proportional re ing to have such (Bex, age, colour, nationality, presentation and others which religion, opiniona or ethnical or would have established compul- other origins) established be-sory suffrage and given political tween individuals or groups of parties the right to recall re- individuals shall be punished by presentatives elected on their
tickets. Associated Press. laws."
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Geneva, Feb. 21.
RADIO
FRIDAY, FEB, 2nd, 1946. STUDIO-ROXY LEE (VOCAL)
AT WITH TATONG ABELABOO
THE PIANO.
ZBW HONGKONG broadoadlog on frequency of 540 Xilocycles and fram 19.80 to 1.80 p.m., 6.80 to 1,80 p.m. and 9.00 to 11.00 p.m. also on 9.59 Mogucycles.
H.X.T
19.80 p.m.-Dally Programmes Sum.
19.89 p.m.Light and
Variety ProgrRE MO,
Humorous
1,00 p.m.-Nawa & ""pouncements, 1.10 p.m.-J. 1. Squire Celeste Ciel. 1.80 p. Balles Mario-Faust
(Gounod); "Le C" (Marionet).
9.00 it so Down.
6.00 pm. The Boswall Sisters and
The Pandwaggopsis. 7.00 p.m.- London Relay-Naws. 7.15 p.m.Melody Lingers On"
-ENSA.
7.80 p.m.-Studio-Boxy Los (Vocal)
with Taycng Abelardo at tho-
Pisto.
7.50 p.Reginald Dixon at the
Olgan.
8.00 p.m.-Forces Regumi Hour". 9.00 p.m.-London Halaylaws. 9.00 pm Bervices Hard Halp
ENSA,
9.85 p.m. Anton & The Paramount
Theatro Crchestra.
10.00 p.m.-Musical Comedy Eslectione,?" 10.00 pm-Otto Wobrind and His
Plato Symphonies.
10.45 p.m.-airy kotlick and His
Orchestra.
Another article, of the draft adopted to-day stated that
The Rev. Dr. J. W. Deckor, of 11.00 p.m.-Clow Down.
Programmes marked ÷ENSA. SIG "French citizens must serve the Republic, defend it at the New York, Secretary-General of recorded specially for Servloon meertain
the International Missionary
ment by itp. Deparkom of National cost of their lives, participate
prodfotoi angarvics Entertaimen ?. Dounell, yesterday: in the costs of the State, help ou
Record between hie TOLD and th the common good by their Worldy Cole of Churches in labour and aid each other their program of reorganina- fraternally,
Printed and published for the tion. He said gay committee from Proprietors. The Newspaper
The other articles oatablished each organ od would study the Enterprise Limited," by WALTER the right to vote of all men and collaboration women at the age of 20, men- cisted Pro
movementASED- JAMES KRATES, "Windsor
a Hong Kong t
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