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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1946.
RIBBENTROP'S DEFENCE Hitler Said: "Diplomacy Is Treason"
Versailles Treaty Goering Goes
Dragged
Would It Work Versailles In Hong Kong?
New. York, March 27," Now Yorkers tooking hotet rooms are retorting to elabor- ate deceptions to soften the hearts of hotel managers.
A girl pushed an apparently paralysed man-in-n wheel-chair -into-the-lobby of the Biltmore
Hotel.
The "cripple's" head began bobbing convulsively, and the girl sobbed as the booking clerk tried to explain there were no vacancies,
The distressed clerk managed to find them a room.
The manager went up to the room to see if he could help the girl, and found the wheel-chair empty.
The "cripple" was the girl's dapper and helive young hus-
band.
An hotel in Peinsylvania re- ports it has had a crop of wo
in a men who claim to be
and condition," "delicate promptly swoon when told there are no rooms vacant.
that
In
NUERNBERG, MARCH 27.` RIBBENTROP TOOK FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR POLI- TICAL STEPS AS GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER, `AND "DECLARES HIMSELF NOT GUILTY. ON ALL COUNTS IN THE INDICTMENT," SAID DR. HORN, THE FORMER
MINISTER'S REICH FOREIGN DEFENCE COUNSEL AT TO-DAY'S SESSION OF THE WAR CRIMES TRIAL.
DR. HORN DENIED THAT HIS CLIENT HELD A MILI- TARY RANK.. HE SAID THAT RIBBENTROP WAS GIVEN A RANK BY HITLER AS AN HONORARY POST.ON ACCOUNT OF THE FUEHRER'S WISH THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD APPEAR AT SPECIAL FUNCTIONS IN UNIFORM. HORN-ALSO DENIED THAT HIS CLIENT WAS ADVISER TO THE NAZI PARTY ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
The Biltmore estimates it receives more than 3,000 mail and phone inquiries for rooms each day.
The Commulore Hotel (Newists, York) had a case of a young mother with a baby in her arms who pleaded for a room.
The compassionate manager Have her the room, but the mx morning a maid found it empty.
"baby" The against a chair, aparently deal
The frightened maid ran for the manager, who discovered the "baby" to be a doll,
400 There hotels, with 160,000 rooms, in New York, but the shortage is becoming more acute.
WAS
are more than
The British prosecutor, Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, comment. hinged that the impracticability or rightness of Versailles was irre- levant to the trial.
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Ribbentrop glared across the Court as Steengracht asked for the statement to be repeated. He sald lamely that he could not remember making such a state- ment.
BEER FOR BRITONS
London, March_27. ' Britons are drinking 50 per veilt, more beer and are smoke.", ing 3,200,000 more cigarettes a month than in 193
1035. ¡Experis say "women caused both increases.
One brewer said that meh, az war-workers, learned to drink an habitual, half-pot after their shift.
Future
Britain
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New York, Mar,_27._
Easing Of Crisis In China.
CHUNGKING MARCH 27. SIGNS OF AN EASING OF THE CRISIS VAUSED BY COM....
MÚNIST ACCUSATIONS THAT THE KUOMINTANG CONVENTION PLOTTED TO PRESERVE ONE PARTY RULE IN CHINA WERE NOTED IN CHUNGKING FOLLOWING THE RETURŃ FROM YENAN OF GEN- ERAL CHOU EN:LAI, COMMUNIST NUMBER TWO. THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE JAÑUARY POLITE--
CAL CONSULTATION. CONFERENCE, A TEN MAN BODY, CONSISTING OF TWO DELEGATES OF EACH FIVE GROUPS REPRESENTED, MET, LAST NIGHT.
Free Movies,
The future economic position Sour Speeches
of the United Kingdom is likely to be less impurtant than that
Tokyo, Mar. 27. before the war, Henry Clay,
The huge crowd that hostled Warden of Nufield College, Ox-its
Nichelegi way into the ford and economic adviser to Theatre for free movies put on the Bank of England, said in an by "striking" workers Wag article appearing in the quær-
the theatre owners, · ́ao'
Presa.
Manchuria Talks Resumed
Chungking, March 27,
Colonel Amen: "Is it possi-Discussions which are expected to lead to a trip to Manchuria by the truce committee of three have been resumed in Chungking with the return from a four day witit to Yenan of Communist member General Chou Én-lai
the
The purpose of the meeting way. to put in writing the unwritten understandings of the Political Consultation Conference, Thè task: will be continued at another meet- ing of the committee that is sche- duled for to-morrow.
Both the Communists and the - Democratie League say that these unilerstandjuges include two-im- portant points: ---
(1) That the proceedings of the National Arabinbly, scheduled to
open in Nanking on May 5, shguld
draft constitution as reviled on lines to be decided by the P.C.C.
(2) That the members of the prospective State Council, repro- have 20 d senting other partics and
wko will altogether "have 20 of the 40 Beats, need 'not be approved by the com- mitte of the standing
be comfined to the adoption of the
Wedemeyer Visit
non-
One of General Chou En-lai's first nets on returning here, from Yeadn was to' call сп Lieut- - General Gillem, with whom he is reported to have discussed at 18 despatch of truce teams to bran churia and the prospective visit there of the truce committee of three. An affelst release on the subject was, exnacted _to-day, but did not materialize. It will pro bably be issued to-morrow.
The bad weather to-day caused another postponement of the ache-" duled arrival here of Lieut- General. A. C. Wedemeyer, come the United States China Theatre command, who is coming to Chungking for
with conferences
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.
orces of
Wedemeyer, according to pre- sent arrangements, will leave for the United States of April 2, and during his absence. Liput. General Glillem will be acting theatre, commander.
Nuoinberg, March 27, Hermann Cooring and 198- chim von Ribbenyon, had a heated argument in the dock of the War Crimes Court-to- day before Steengracht was fed in to continue-his-festimony...- When Ribbentrop entered, the dock, Goering, already in his corner seat, rose and deliberate ly turned his back, apparently in anger. After talking to the accused Nazis in the back row Goering turned to Ribbentrop and broke into a torrent of angry terly magazine "Foreign At-pretty sour on speeches against
the fairs" to-day. words, which lasted until Court Marshal called for order. Dealing with "Britain's role Unions decided to-day to start
charging again. Goering's face was a study in world trade." Clay said Even popular movie stars on Lord Justice Lawrence at this nesSES to give evidepeos which when he heard von Steengracht "Even if the decline in volume stage interrupted, saying: "would have to be given:
cross-examined by Colonel H. J. of its foreign trade is only mo- the stage failed to arouse en- do not understand what you are
Dr. Hurn referred to the Ger Phillimore, member of the Bri-derate, that trade will be dif-thualaam. Workers and man-
Government memorandum, tiah prosecution team, say: doing except making & speech, taking the line that the Franco-Ribbentrop was hypnotised by consist of the output of a few salary up to five times but dis- ferent. Exports will no longer agement agree on increases in The Tribunal want you to Soviet Pact of 1936 violated the the Fuehrer and became present
documents Your
and
industries specialise to export, agree on bonuses fer high cost Locarno
German then, if you like, priced to ogn of said Dorn, tool, obeying orders blindly. He but mainly of smaller contribut of living, dependents and report-
1. "received knowledge of
no executive powers and plan a your oral evidence."
dustries, each contributing a re Employees exercising their Dr. Seidl, defence counsel for worked out by the French General personally would not have com-tions from a larger range of in ing for work regularly::
"under the occupation Rudolf Heas, submitted a file of Staff and containing the aim of mitted cruelties."
latively small surplus uver do- rights'
have taken over the oporation When asked whether Ribben-mestic needs. nearly 40 documents, comprising dividing Germany inte north and The
The home market will be the of 550. theatres in the Toho writings and speeches by poli-south by the French army. tiefans, economists and journal counsel said that he wished to call trop knew of the agreement be
who, between the
Neurath, one of tho co tween the German. Foreign Of main field of enterprise; spon chain. two
defendants, to justify the German fice and Rumania for the liqui-taneously the trend of develop Meanwhile, the Cabinet-de- view set out in the memorandum,dation of 110,000 Jews, Steen-ment will be in that direction cided, that the taking over by the employers' wars, criticised the Treaty of
Asked by the President where gracht waved his arms and said: and it will be aided by the policy the Unions of Versailles, Germany's repara-
in this and other tions burden and the tecupatione original of the memorandum "I don't know"
of the Government, under the businesses kept,
said it was Dr. Horn
Steengracht looked non-pluss- impulse of an almost morbid cases is an infringement of the instructed the of the Ruhr.
captured by the Allies with the Nazi Foreign Out of legal argi-him whether during earlier int
Office iles.
ed when Colonel Amen asked fear of unemployment, to main- law and has
tain employment y Govern- Ministry of Justice the shape its of action.Associated the
leunct across Hess terrogation he had said that ment financed expenditure, course meht, Goering
Associated Press. talk to Kibbentrop, Several Ribbentrop was "lacking in any or truth," A long argumer developed minutes of animated conversation, notion of decency between Lord Justice Lawrence mainly front Goering, passed be and that such correption does and Dr. Seid! about the Ver- tween them before a tap on the not exist for him."
shoulder from the white baton of sailles Treaty and Wilson's 144 military policeman brought the
to order, ex-Reichmarshal points. The Tribural's Presi- dent questioned their
This afternoon Dr. Horn vancy in an aggressive war and ferred time and time again to the Dr. Seidl, replied that the ques-Versailles Treaty and President The tlon hinged round the right to Wilson's fourteen points.
court listened patiently until Sir te-arm.
Dr. Horn (Ribbentrop's coun-Maxwell Fyfe burst out: "I have bic"?
but Ribbentrop's eyes blazed as sel) intervened to declare that tried hard hot to interrupt,
to an old Steengracht, replied: "It is pos- the Versailles Treaty, was "sign- surely this is a return
the tribunal whether Versalles
if a acttlement is reached," Germans were urged in pamed under duress." Sir Maxwell document already ruled out by sible that in sons
Oficial Communist despatches the committee in which. Lleut,- phlets, distributed at Nazi meet-lyfe dismissed the suggestion was in accordance with the four-other I made such a statement,”
to the Tribunal's
teen points, on whether it was un-Reuter.
General Alvin C. Glitem is sub- alleged that Nationalist forces ings, to throw boiling water over as contrary
just." Dr. Horn: " do not want
etituting for General George C. are continuing their attacks" on Communist held areas in four allied pilots who had bailed out, charter..
Prisoners' Interest to argyć about. I am trying to
Marshall is expected to leave provinces, Shansi, Kiangsu, Shan- a German witness said at to-day's
normal was called weak and de- Arguments against Versailles show that the treaty bad many
here within weet...
tung and Salyuan, sitting of a Royal Canadian Air
but from the foutist. To be called, week by Force Military Court here, which
It was unconfirmably report- details given the attacks do not charged always rouse the interest of the loopholes and inadequacles." is trying two Germans
Hitler was to have one's influence der Nazi prisoners and during this
ed to-day that General Chang appear to be on a war scale. with participating in the murder
The despatches included an al- Then leaving this subject, Dr. in his counsels for ever destroy- Steengracht revealed other captive member of the Royal one several wrote nutes to their
the within
Nazi A surprise search by Allied Chih-chung, Government mem
ber of the committee, is slated legation of an "all-out mopping Canadian Air Force on July 28, counsel. Goering, in particulur, Horn read a tribute paid to Rib- detences
the-Com- kept his guard busy taking mes-bentrop by Hitler in a speech in hierarchy by describing how he, military authorities to-day re- for the post of director of the us campaign
his counsel, The witness was the burgo-aages, to
Dr, July, 1940, in which the Fachrer hornit, coaned from being anot, sulted in the confiscation of Concralinsimo's headquarters in munists near Yangchow on the Grand Canal 50 miles northeast the man
fie diesented with the
succession to of Nanking. master of the village of Ober- Srahmer, weler near Baden.
Dr. Seidl said that the atti who had conducted the country's hotal view of the situation put thousands of dollars in Ameri-Manchuria in
policles with the same
alleged incompetenc, formed the tude of Hess towards the com-feltexs devotion as mysti sauld forward by Gochbels and Goering can currency, diamonds, wit-General Hsiung Shin-hui, whose petence of the Tribunal remains have dana." The counsel explained when news came through of. Pre- ches and cameras, when the subject of bitter criticism both ofonalat tacked
death. adamant. Lord Justice Law that he did this to show Ribben.sident in tn Strengracht on first group of more than 300 at the recent Kuemiutang Con- positions east of Tsinan, Che rence said that the Tribunal trop's role in the foreign affaire
from vention and the current People's capital of Shantung. Further the day of the King of Belgium's japanese diplomats
mere, the despatches charged that the German Reich,
capitulation, he, the witness, EUR Europe. disembarked at the Political Council.
It is also announced that Nationalists were bually erecting the defendant Ribbentrop.
The case
of Hitler's former Ribbentrop's first witness, former Foreign Minister is in
Cheng is to assume concurrent tions: allegedly removed before hands of handsome 34-year-old von
ly the post of Secretary-General Marshall's recent visit to Tainan. Oxford-educated Dr. Horn, law.
a burly bald-head premature. In the winter of 1942 More than 3,000 picces of lug- of China's Youth Corps.in auc--Associated Press. wased figure in a light grey suit, saldame time after Ribbentrop de gage are to be subjected to a yor
from Munich, who
that during the way the Foreign clared bat he influence with never a member of the Nazi | office always worked in the neightler on foreign policy-Ribben-thorough cearch in the hope of cession to Generai Ghang Chih-
chung. discovering an estimated Reports are current New Type Of Ship Party: but served in the Ger-bourhood of itler's headquar trop worked out concrets are $6,000,000 worth of
man army from 1939 to 1941 in ters. When asked, by Dr. Horn
Chungking that General Mar. Seattle, Mar. 27,
and Africa. who was Norway, Russia
determined policy, she The U.S.S. "Yellowstone"
He was several times wounded. ness replied: "The basic line, down celog the sovereignty of all con- and goods, which are believed to
States, will be back in: China described by the 13th Naval Dis-
Dr. Horn opened his case by to the smallest, detail, was laidquered countries and far-reaching be in illegal possession of the shall, who is now in the United trict here as a new type of des
about April 16,
Sources which claim to, bé a reading this statement
When the first group of 23 Perpetual Fight troyer tender and tormed "foating, navy yard." It is the Ribbentrop: "As Foreign Minis-peatedly told me that the Fuehrer
ZBW HONGKONG broadcast- Again Hitler turned down the ambassadors and five oreign well-informed assert that Mar- longest ship, over built in a Seattle ter of the Reich, I had to carry all he needed actually was a fox- | profees this time saying the time ministers, with their wives, shall originally planned to visit and a gross tonnage of 13,000 tives of Adolf Hitir. For the
was not ride and would be inter-came ashore in a lawding craft, Mukden on his recent tour with lag on a frequency of 840 Kilo- W. D. Schenkar, former land foreign politicalateps I took I
tried to excllide Inter-ness. To dissuade Hitler against of all their clothing and sub- truce committee, but that thie 90 to 7.30 p.m. and 9.00 to ference outside
H.K.T. Office work wat with the Soviet Union, Rib- jected to physical, examination project was cancelled at the Inst 11.00pm also on 8.52 Megacycles. lord of Lieutenant. and Mrs. Accept
agencies This Radin, said the family planned to Lord Justice Lawrence pulled from
actual situation to Hitler's notice, might have concealed in their At the time this visit was alleg return to Russia in Aprit He up Dr. Horn, reminding him coupled with Hitler "Intuition" bentra, sought to present the to detect any 'Iteris which they moment for "diplomatic reasons" 13.30 malty Programma Ban
from solla but ho refused to laton.
In a mouths.
ed to have been contemplated, said "The lieutenant always talk that he would not at this stage fed to departure
of foreign molicy.
other vain effort to influence ed of the great friendship between read any statement by Ribben-
understanding
Three large diamonds, were the. Russian forces had not Foreign Office as such as Hitler, Ribbentrop strove to bring found sown in the lining of a withdrawn from Mukden.-As- America and Russia,Associated trop
disliked by Hitler." the witnessan and to interference with Jews
needlework bag carried, by one sociated Press. He No Credentials?
Horn, replying to the added
le sa de- and churches, regarded President of the Tribunal, re
Steengracht described the rela- of tho. women, number featist, saying diplomacy is trea Portland, Ore., Mar. 27. The police here report that ferred to the problem of Rib-sost, to be used only a lang as it tionship between Ribbentrop and of currency notes were detected three Russian agents appeared in bentrop's present health, Rib-scoms useful. That was Hitler's Hitler, Goobbels and Bornmann as in the shoulder Bad of child's
view of diplomats throughout the "as bad as could be imagined." ski suit. Police Headquarters after the bentrop, a pale giunt shadow of world" At conferences, Foreign There was a parcelusl fight bo As Shinrokuro Hidaka, for- agents of the Federal Bureau of the truculent well groomed per Once representatives were toler tween them. In my opinion Rib mer Japanese Aribaasador to Investigation arrested Lieutenant sonality so familiar as Ambas- ated only as observers. Steen-bentrop would have been Himm Italy, walked out of the Inspec (Radia) had been "abducted" as well for some time, following The witness
1944..
Zurich, March 27.
The pamphlets said that every thing possible should be done to destroy Allied pilots."-Reuter.
RED NAVY OFFICER ARRESTED (Continued from Page 1) Plutonium Production Plant, one of the main projects in the atomic bomb development; Associated Press
it
Secretary Only
referred to Ribbentrop as
to
context or
JAP. DIPLOMATS "RAIDED"
Tokyo, March 27.
Mora Accusations
Nationalists were also accused ·
Communist
would. proceed to the case of of my point was followed up bygested to Ribbentrop the creation tiny port of Uragà, 40 miles Minister of War General Chen block-houses and other fortific
the Foreign Ofilce secretary, Adolf of a United States of her south of Tokyo.
Ribbentrop brought the ་ before Hitler, who dismissed it as-
selt posal for such
from down by Hitler.
did not want a
Ribbentrop
Want a foreign minister-
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pro-
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RADIO THURSDAY, MARCH 29th, 1946.
STUDIO-HAL LORENZO AT THE
NATIVE PIANO.
yard, with a length of 514 feet out the foreign political diree-eign political further proted as a sign of military weak-they were immediately stripped the other two members of the cycles and from 12,80. to 1.30p.m.
responsibility, latrop, Ste
tons.
Press.
Dr,
full.
Foreign
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SUICIDE OF SIR SAMUEL O BONNELL
London; March 27. Tie-death, is announced of Sir
Radin and complained that tender in London, has been un- gracht. Both no a: not first victim if the occasion 'tion barracks at Uraga after Samuer Terry O'Donnell who was he attempted to board a. Sovietthe. removal of a kidney. Late-regard Ribbentrop, ás a "typical"Fortuni¬discussion pro. the search; be to. Reuter: a member of thethoutive Chan
STORY
had arisen.
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Savoy Hotel Orpheans, 1
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and Others,
cil of the United Province for Sir Samual entered the ve years, rotizing in 1928. Indian Civil Service in 1897, hold 8.00 important posts with the United Provinces and the Government of Inala, Including Secretary of the
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The police said that I. Zabello, y. he has been suffering acute Naal, more typical exponent of blom was almost impossible. For am flat broke now
Tadashi Kurara, former of Seattle, sisimed that the men heart trouble. His counsel told, National Socialism. He know the one minister to have talked to who arrested Radin did tot pro- the Tribunal that his health is Party doctrina extraordinarily another on the telephone would Ambassador to Turkey, de nd fall himself bound only have on as impossible as to clareds They took $60,000 in disco credentials before making "quite poor at present
Thi to Hitler. "Him, he followed with extent Archangel Gabriel to fly to American currency from me." the arrest associated Press, morning his medical adviser told
obedience," the wxuosa earth." Stecheracht told the tri- Router me that he has nasel difficultion', and stood under, a bunal that Ribbentrop was T NOLD
which prevent him from speak sort of hyphalle dependence on youable for may
'maying" ∙10,005 ̃British g. Thorofare,d led to Hitler.
and American prisonera:&Feder
At an inquest held here: to-day Prague, Mar. 27. present his evidence myself
a verdict of "wuicide" wille the to
fram heitig shot as the salt of or FLIGHT OF “THOR" Lacked Confidence defense for the one-time illustrate the defendant's post-
an insane fit by Hitler-Routera Manas odoteta abirday.
balance of His mind was fültour Gorman Minister for Bohemia and tion to the Tribunal... Dr. Steopkracht venich, that during | vennes.
Pró Manby, Lánés. Márch 27, 7 ed" was turned. It was
11,00 mandiose Down, wakasa Moravia, Herman Frank brought
The Royal Air Force Lancaster that Elt, Samost had been depress-Programmes marked ENBA are yeater Horn added that he planned to the course of the war Hitler: bə-
Tokyo, Mar 27, day admitted he had about the wreck of the Czechoslo call. Ribbentrop to confirm his came less and less accessible," "The init Gen Kamakichi Harada, aircraft Thors which recently: od since Inst. October Rose recorded apscially. 4 for Sercices basic trait of his character was former commander of the Jest to South Africs and left
My polita di Manila, vixin village of ladice but blend-statement the wit lack of confidence. Those experts nose 18th Army in Java, wanted here vertader with a team of
March 27. to the familiar explanation that ness-box, MUTAGE
and decent meople who tried to by the Elicit id connection, with smart pachagrill.
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three Australian flors, was to the Royal Australian and Now 20th Air Force, who was killed denied responsibility for defendant Ribbentrop la, able, to The witgoes.
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