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NUERNBERG TRIAL H.K. PRECEDENT
HONG KONG, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1946.
War Fears Unwarranted
(Continued from Page 1)
He cited the need for inter; national controls to ensure
At yesterday's resumed hearing of the trial of peaceful use of atomic energ
Kyoda Shigeru, master of the ill-fated "Lisbon and other weapons of mass des- Maru," the President of the Court intimated truction.
The President told the dele- that application was being made for a copy of
not function adequately until the judgment in the Nuernberg-War Crimes gates that the Assembly can- peace settlements are made Trial, as it was felt that it would be of great assistance in elucidating many complex points which form a "solid founda- which might arise in the course of the present tion" for the future, since its own task is prevention of futur: wars rather than settlement of trial.
the last one.
Doctor On Grave Charge
Yokota Minoru, a prosecution witness, said that if military personnel travelling on a ship of which he was master refused order to abandon to obey an ship, he considered that he would be justified in leaving the military personnel to their fate. Yokota Minuro, master of the recalled to "Kashima. Maru," witness box, stated that it was the responsibility of the Captain to remain behind until every passenger had been saved. The master of a ship could not give orcers to military personnel on board his ship. If the master
Stressing the need for "free- dom from talk of war," Tra- man said "Lately we have all heard talk about the possibility of another war. Fears have been aroused all over the world. These fears are unwarranted and unjustified. However, rumours of war still and will- ing listeners in certain places. Sick Of War "If these rumours
are not
Committal proceedings against Dr. Chan Hoi-shan, medical practitioner, and Yu Kau, coffin shop foki, charged respectively with making a false statement on a death certificate and with aiding, abetting and suborning of a ship informed the O.C.over are "alck of war and the
toward
the false
statement. commenced at Kowloon Court yesterday before Mr. W. H. Latimer.
Troops that the ship was being abandoned and the O.C. Troops did not obey the advice given, the master of the ship was res- In opening the case for the sible only for the safety of Chief Detective- his own crew, Witness said that prosecution,
Mottram Inspector Charles
if he was the master of a ship stressed the point that the
ch which military personnel they re- charge was being regarded as
were travelling, and a particularly serious one and
fused to obey an order to aban- that the prosecution would pro- don ship, he considered that he duce evidence that the deceased, would be justified leaving the who was certified as having sac-ship himself with members of cumbed to lobal pneumonia. actually died of a stab wound his crew and leave the military
personnel to their fate. that pierced, his liver.
Witness said that a full Japanese Captain on board a battleship had no authority to give orders to Japanese Mili- tary personnel.
Dr. R. E. Alvares, medical officer in charge of the Kowloon Public Mortuary, testified to a post mortem he had conducted on the exhumed remains of the deceased; Yu Yiu-fai. Cause of death, witness said, was a stab abdomen that wound in the penetrated the abdominal cavity | and pierced the liver to a depth of three inches.
After evidence had been taken of the identification of the body, further hearing was adjourned to the afternoon of Nov. 1. Mr. M. A. da Silva is appearing for
the defence.
STRIKERS GOING BACK
Captain's Duty
lt.
The next witness was Comdr. Imamura Ichiro, Naval who said that it Paymaster,
checked, they are sure to im- pede world recovery."
He said people the world
another conflict would "shatter the hopes of mankind and com- pletely destroy civilisation
we know it."
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The United States, he said, will continue to seek peace set
are fair to tlements which
inaller states and which up- hold human rights and funda mental freedoms.
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What A Football Star
Earned In A Year
One inevitable result of the current boom in sport is a parallel boom in sports literature, and while there is nothing immediately to hand that appears-likely to take its place alongside those classics of which we have already
RACING
spoken, why, there is a great deal to interest FIXTURES
followers of Soccer, cricket and boxing.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club,.
announced yesterday
the Race Which footballer, for instance, would you say
commanded the highest transfer fee? The Fixtures for 1947 as follows:-
Mon., 13th Jan., Tues., 14th
average devourer of such information would
sleeting. claim the honour for Bryn Jones at £14,000 Jan. and Sat., 18th Jan. Annual Sat., 8th Feb. 1st Extra Meet- and then for Albert Stubbins and Len Shack-
ing. leton at £13,000.
Club Rugby Win
An interesting Rugby game was played on Wednesday on the Club ground when a trial Club fifteen beat a trial R.A.F. and Police side by two goale, a try
and a penalty goal (16 points) to a try and a drop goal (7 points).
The game was keenly fought with the heavier Club forwards the in gaining advantage scrum. Kerr and Muriel, the Club halves, played a very good game. For the losers Wright- "If members of the United Nooth (Police) was always up Nations are to act together to on the ball, while the star of the remove the fear of war, the side was Dorward, who dropped the a very clever goal from a seem- Allied nations to reach
aningly impossible position. first requirement is tor agreement on the peace settle ments."
Attainable Now
The delegates cheered when Mr. Truman said freedom from
fear of war "is attainable now" and again when he said "the United States of America has no wish to make war now or in the future upon any people anywhere in the world"
of
The address was devoid political issues and clearly de-
the Assembly and constituted a restatement of American for eign policy.
voted to world problems facing
Scorers for the Club were Graham, McNay, Kerr and Ingham converting two of the tries and kicking the penalty goal. Dorward scored the visi tors' try.
LA
Home Football
Yet Tommy
Lawton
|| Sat., 22nd Feb. 2nd Extra in his Meeting
Sat. 22nd Mar. 4th Extra Meeting.
Football Is My Business (Sport- Sat. 8th Mar. 3rd Extra Meet- ing Handbooks, Ltd., 9s. 6d Edited ing by Roy Feskett) reveals that Chelsea paid just short of £14,- 000 to Everton for him.
Our own repeated attempts to obtain a better crack of the whip
Sat., 5th Apl. & Mon. 7th. Apl. Easter Meeting.
Sat, 26th Apl. 5th Extra Meet-
ing.
*
י
Sat, 10th May 6th Extra Meet-
for professional footballers have
understandable) ing. been hindered many times by the invariable (and
gentlemen coyness of these
to Sat, 24th May, Mon., 26th May discuss finance in any but the and Sat, 31st May Whitsun most general terms. Here Lawton Meeting
sets it all down as it was from. May, 1938; to May, 1939. It is worth studying in the light of the present wages dispute. Winter pay at £8 a week for approx, eight months Summer pay at £6 a week for approx. four months Eight Internationals at £8
per match Bonus. for winning League
Championship
......
Bonus at rate of £1
£266
£100
ing
Sat.. 14th June 7th Extra Meet-
*Should the second batch of Australian Ponies arrive in time, their first meeting will be held at Whitsun, otherwise this date will be cut out and the 7th Extra Meeting held on Sat, 7th June.
Sat
13th Sept.
8th Extra £64 Meeting,
Sat. 27th Sept. 9th Extra £25 Meeting.
Д
#59
point (League) Bonus at rate of £1 a point
(Cup)
Comparison With Stage Star
Fri. 10th Oct. & Sat., 11th Oct. Double Tenth Meeting,
Sat., 25th Oct. 10th
£7 Meeting,
Extra
Sat., 8th Nov. 11th Extra Meet- ing.
Sat., 22nd Μαν, 12th Extra Meeting. Sat., Meeting.
6th Dec. 13th
Newmarket Acceptors
...
Extra
London, Oct. 23.
was the duty of the Captain in an emergency to try and save. his chip as well as the lives of passengers on board and cargo. when there was an O.C. Troops, on board he was responsible The simple hour-long tions. The responsibility for the mony was concluded at the end Middlesex 10 Eastern Counties 0.1 band in the same class. Ninety and one furlong on Oct. 30, num-
only to the extent of his instruc-
safety of troops on board a ship rested with the master of a ship unless there were instruc lions to the contrary.
Mr. H. M." Howell, M. B. E., formerly a Lieutenant in the R.A.S.C., said that he was in
Colombo, Oct. 24. Strikers in all parts of the island are returning to work today following yesterday's decision to end the strike for higher wages which started a week ago. It is officially stated, however, that it will be a few days before Colom the "Lisbon Maru" in charge of bo harbour and the island's trans-50 men from 1st Middlesex. port return to normal.
"A reputed top-class player," comments Lawton grimly, "een tre-forward of the League cham- capped for pions, eight times England in little more than seven London, Oct. 23.
as my legal months, I received Results of football matches reward £531 10s., which is about £31 more than Tommy Trinder played today were as follows:
Association matches: Everton gets in one week!"
Rovers 3. Combined
Taking into account the recent Third Lanark and Queen's Park increases in wages,, this figure 6 Albion
would not top £700, and that is Eleven Silesia (Poland) 2.
Rugby County Championship for the No. 1 ranking player in results: Kent 7 Hampshirë the country, one of a small, select
Rugby Union: Western Com-
per cent. of the players do not come anywhere near this figure. of the speech and the Assem-mand 8 Northern Command 18.—
Lawton gives support to a bly will reconvene at 1600 GMT
Reuter.
we ourselves campaign which
the F.A. 1939 waged during tour of Italy and the Balkans when we declared that the Eng- land side was being defeated by garlic.
tomorrow.
cere-
The most important business will be the Secretary-General's report and the beginning of the general debate.
4:
M.C.C. WIN
13.
"The smell of garlic seemed to be the dominating feature. he says. "Faintly elusive during our stay in Italy, it hit us full in the face when we crossed the border into Yugo-Slavia."
Port Pirie, Oct. 28.. Subjects At Issue The M.C.C. beat the South Aus- Among the subjects which tralian Country Eleven today by. might threaten to split the As-an innings and 308 runs.
cricketers Before the MC.C.
for Adelaide ta- The ship was very overcrowd-sembly into political rivalries Over 24,000 Government em- ed and he described the lay-out during the next six weeks, ob- left Part Pirie
night, a local resident presented
It might. be worth re-urging ployees went on strike and four of No. 2 hold which he occupied. servers believe, are:
"1. The choice of new mem- Len Hutton with a silver cup in thousand privately employed From what witness had seen,
recognition of the best batting the F.A. to carry their own cooks, workers then followed suit thus-
performance (104-runs)-and-an as well as the masseurs and the
cricket ball to Peter rest. dislocating the harbour and the No. 1 hold was just as bad. bers..
It was not possible to see No. 3
inscribed elty's Kas supply-Reuter.
Smith for
bowling hold, as POWs were not allowed
the best to that portion of the ship, which was partly occupied by Japanese soldiers. There was nothing seriously wrong with.
5. A small power's attempt when the condition of POWs
to secure the abolition of the they embarked.
Hearing was then adjourned great powers' veto right-As-
sociated Press and Reuter. till 10 a.m. today.
WOT, NO SPIES?
Washington, Oct. 24. Representative Wood, Democrat of Georgia, Chairman of the House Committee on Un-Ameri- can Activities, said today that the Committee had not discovered to steal any sny ring secking
bomb United
atomic States
secrets.
Wood tald newsmen that the Committee had been checking re. ports about such a ring for more than a year without success. He said that the pruba would con- tinue. Associated Press.
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ART FORGERY SCANDAL UNEARTHED IN PARIS
Paris, Oct. 24.
A woman painter condemning the work of al
renowned master whose pictures she copled is the unexpected feature of a great art forgery scandal just unearthed by the Paris police.
known Montmartre art Charged with painting ten imi-,, well tation Utrillos for 1,000 francs dealer who, according to the po- redhaired lice has confessed to having sold each, 52-year-old
imitation Utrillos for as Claude Latour-who claims to be seven u direct descendant of the famous much as 200,000 francs, Jacques painter Mairesse, Coste's son-in-law, who 18th-century French Quentin Latour is stated in led to the discovery of the scan- newspapers to have said: "Utril-dal when the police, coming lo's work is no good. I paint arrest him for accosting Mont- martre chorus girls, found imita- better than he does."
tion, Utrillos in his flat, and As she was being led to prican Robert Dufor, accused of market-
Paris newspapering for Coste, she said to a correspondent: "Utrillo has no Car.talent; he's a builder who tries to ax on the roof before putting up the wails."
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1,10 p.m.-Orchestral Interlude, 1.18 p.m.-"Louder and Funnier
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X.20 p.m.-Variety Requeria,
to
HAPPY VALLEY REHABILITATION
King's Park Soccer
The final acceptors for the Cambridgeshire Handicap, run- ning at Newmarket over one mile
ber 38.
7/4
They are, with weights and probable. jockeys; Cayani.9/3 (W, Johnstone), Langton Abbot 9/3 (Tommy Weston). Pretiptic 9/1 (Edgar Britt), Signalman 8/11 (Harry Wragg), Achille 8/9 (no jockey), Jean's Star 8/6 (Peter Maher), Kimberley 8/6 (Tommy Carey), Triple Bar B/6 (Charlio Elliott). Croupier 8/5 (Michael Beary), Wayward Belle 8'5 (E. Ticket 8/4 P. H. Smith), Sans (no jockey). Claro 8/3 (Gordon Richards), Pulvich 8/3 (no joc- key) Fighter Command 8/1 (Cliff Daily Double 8/1 Richards), (No-jockey),-Le-Bos-Girard-8/0. (Douglas Smith). Ouragan 8/6 (Ken Kethin), Lightship 8/0 (no jockey), Bridle Path 7/13 (Percy Evans), Philadephe 7/12 (Roger Brothes), Glen Drosesan 7/11 (no jockey), Flag Wallah 7/9 (Jack (Billy Sime), Whitehall 7/9 Nevett), Toronto 7/7 (Arthur Admiralty Civilians beat the Richardson) Carmanis 7/4 (Her- Ordnance Corps by 2 goals to bert Packham), Wildwood
a clean sporting con- (Tom Sidebottom), Stardom 7/4 The number of Hong Kong's hil after playing fields will shortly be test. There was little to choose (Alex Carson), French Toy 7/3 (James Doyle), Wiltshire front line 7/2 augmented, as the last of the between the two teams but the (William Christie), Master Vote
Ordnance Corp's granite slabs placed on Craigengower, Police and Civil never struck a game and the Lodge 7/0 (no jockey), Grand Service Recreation Club grounds punch that their opponents car. Duke 7/0 (D. Harrington), Art- at Happy Valley during the ried in the forward line carried fulness 7/0 (S. Threadwell), Rus Giraud 6/13 (no Jockey), Avon Japanese occupation have been them to their fourth successive De Lapaix 6/13 (D. Greening), Princa 12 (A. Johnson), Mos- victory. the on removed. Work
Newborough opened the scor- quito 6/12 (no jockey), Eastern turfing of the grounds has already commenced from the ing after 10 minutes to finish Silver 6/10 (G. Packer)
off a perfect combined move Agesage 6/10 (no Jockey)-Beu- Craigengower end.
ment by the forward line and ter found the net again five minutes later. It is unfortunate this is Newborough and McLean's last game for the Civilians as they are returning to UK. They have Melbourne, Oct, 24. When Eric Bedser, the Surrey heen two atalwart members of cricketer, arrived in Port Hobart a sound side which is more noted today he was met by cricketer for team work than for... in- Ian Johnson bearing a letter of dividual brilliance. welcome from his twin brother Alex Bedser who is in Adelaide with the M.C.C. team.
definite Eric said he had no. cricket plans, adding "I am over
on behalf of my arm." here Reuter.
"
ALEX'S TWIN ARRIVES
BRITISH
HAND
the
It
BASKI IN TRAINING
and
BRITAIN TO PLAY CONTINENT
Zurich, Oct. 29. At an Executive Committee. Meeting of the International Football Federation (F.LFA) held this afternoon, it was al- nounced that a match between Britain and the Continent would take place at Hampden Park, Glasgow, on May 10, under the organisation of the Scottish Foot- ball Association.
Three, paintings bearing the signature of Pablo Picasso but be- lieved to be imitations were also Later she told an investigating found in Coste's shop, as well as magistrate: #1 regret nothing." one fake Renoir, one Faladon and She added: "I have proved it is three bronze statues believed to possible to copy any of the mo-be imitations of the work of well vicut The Ensilah Theatre," No,
known sculptors, according to the "Pantom{"
Utrillo, when confroned with police.. (Organ) 9.45 - Bollington,
with the Paramount Theatre Orch,her ten coples bearing his name, admitted that he had never seen 10,00 D., London Relay: News,
such good images,
London, Oct. 24. Joe Baski, heavyweight who will meet Freddie Mills on Nov. 5 began his final training at A practice game will be held Jack Solomon'a West London on the Continent before the team
la finally selected. OVER
gymnasium yesterday after some The Committee also ruled that earlier road work in St. James Russia be barred from taking Batavia, Oct. 24.
football as part in continental British troops today handed Park.
Baski's weight was 218 pounds they had not replied to the invita to and to British sports writers he ton to join the International over the Java town of Buitenzorg 85 miles south of Batavia,
he emerged from his dressing Netherlands troops who arrived appeared a "terrific" size when Federation.--Reuter. here recently.
Previously there was a meeting room. He went through six between Brigadier Scott repre- rounds of shadow boxing, skip-....... Printed and published for the
and. senting the British forces
The proprietors.
Newspaper Picasso, who is at present holl-ent and Indonesian Ecpublic ping and floor exercises but daying on the Riviera, has not leaders, to ensure a continuity of sparring will not begin until Enterprise, Limited, by WALTE Three others are implicated in yet pronounced judgment on the relations between the military and next Monday, his manager sald. JAMES KEATES, Windsor House,
-Associated Press.
Hong Kong. the affair. They are Andre Coste, works 'attributed to him.---Reuter: civil authorities-Reuter,
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