Crisis At The Hague Reaching The Climax
Acquitted But Still In. Gaol
New Delhi, February 11.
V. G. Savarkor, the only person arquitted in the Gandhi murder judgment on Thursday, has been kept in custody.
Mr. Lahiri,
Secretary of the Hindu Mabasoban, fald that Savarkar
15 was discharged from "court" on Thursday morning' and taken to an adjoining room and told by the police not to leave
and
the premises until further orders.
He added that Savarkar was
subsequently detained within the
The Hague, February 10:
The Netherlands Cabinet, facing an almost inovit- ablo split over its Indonesian policy, held a special three-and-a-half hours' 'mecting today without announcing a docision.
Political quarters feel the crisis is rapidly reaching a climax. The Ministers will resume their discus-
sions tomorrow.
Others are
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1049.
Star Wants Outdoor Gaol
Los Angeles, February 10.
Robert Mitchum, the flim actor, hopes to be allowed to merve his 60 daya prison son- tance, imposed; for having had possession of the narestle drug, marijuana, on an "honour" farm.
"I want to ba out of doort," ho told reporters, adding: "I think the sentence was fair."
Mitchum's codefondant,' Lila Leode, who received a
sentenar, wald: moda a mistake and am will- Ing to take the consequences.”
similar urging that it he During this week's debate on
so far as is com- Indonesia in the Second Cham-carried out ber,, party speakers had, demand patible with Dutch sovereignty.
Government state- clear-cut ments on the following points:
the
1. Acceptance or rejection of United Nations Security Council resolution on Indonesia Rolease of the Republican 3. leaders.
Might Be Averted
entire The resignation of the Cabinet might be overted -Mr. Senresigned. The acknow ledged difßculty of forming a 3. The prezent status of the new Government militates, against occupied Republic; and
the resignation
?
The
4. The retention or abolition | Cabinet. of the proposed interim period Red Fort under the Punjab Safety prior to the complete transfer of Act.
A reception, arranged by the sovereignty to the United Staten Mahasabha, In honour Savarkar on Thursday, was cancelled.
of Indonesta.
Mr. Lahiri sule that of those convicted on Thursday. Nathuram Godse has told his lawyer that he is not appealing against the death sentence while Dr. Parchure has already Aled papers to appeal life Imprisonment his
against
sentence.
A Cabinet spilt on the Security Council's resolution
can hardly
be avoided. Until the vital ques- tion of acceptance
or rejection has been decided, the Cabinet will not be able to make clear- cut statement on the other three points to the Dutch Parliament.
The judge held that Dr, Par-
kled Gandhi.----Assoclated Press. [
chure procured the pistol that Divergent Views
THE TOLL IN MALAYA
The
TiP
оп
A
In- Government for
of
the whole
present -Coalition
Both, were also placed on two years probation-Reuter,
Film
Star's Divorce
Cabinet consists of-six-Catho- Juarez, Mexico, February 10. lics, five Labour members, one Merle Oberon, Hollywood film and actress, was granted a divorce each
the Freedom Christian Historical parties, today in the Juarez Civil Court and two non-party men. It is from Lucien Ballard, Holly- difficult to see what other com- wood cancramen. bination could be formed to
doal effectively with the, pro-ed some 30 minutes after a peti- It was a quick divorce grant-
Cabinet elrcles received freshton, alleging incompatibility, was
blem.
Ballard's
to
hopes last week with the receipt Aled before Judge J. Barba of a new plan from Batavia Cornejo. which would have outpaced the
written consent Security Counell's timetable,
the divorce petition enabled it The hopen faded when the Re- to be granted quickly. Miss publicans stated that the United Oberon arrived at nearby El Nations Commission should par-Paso, Texas, Inst night by plane elpate fully in any negotiations and left today for an undisclos-
ed destination in Arizona.
|
PRO'S ATTACK ON:
OFFICIAL DISHONESTY QUEENS & ALHAMBRA IN PRESS RELATIONS
London, February 10. ·· The Chief Publicity Officer, of the State-owned Bri- tish Transport Commission today attacked what he called the dishonos*y of British Govern- ment departments in their relations with the Press.
In a booklet on public relations which he has sent to the Royal Commission on the Press, Mr. H. J. Brebner, declared that time and time again official denials have been issued in respect of stotements in the newspapers, the facts of which have been later confirmed by the depart- =ment concerned padded en samske tenis "To build up confidence, ac-good press ofeer, instead of re- curacy is the first essential. Renting it, will receive it with With accuracy poes honesty. It gratitude because it provides an with is to be feared that the templa opportunity for dealing tions to dishonesty are strong weaknesses Government relations with the which otherwise might have re- mained undiscovered, and unre- nated" he added. Press. These temptations must medied," he be absolutely resisted.
Was
of
no exoethods.
in the undertaking
Mr. Brebner, now 51, awarded the American Medal of Freedom for his work as Press Adviser to SHAEF in the in- vasion of Europe.
"It is natural that the Press will cease to consult or to check news Item with departments who aglopt such
"It Is
to say
A former civil servant, he was that lack of accuracy and lock in charge of the Post
Office's complete honesty account for Pross Section in 1920. During the a great part of the criticism of war he was successively Director
Public Rela- of the
Division certain Whitehall
of the News tions Departments that appears Ministry of Information and Ad- in the leading articles of the viser to the British Minister of newspapers, Any person having State In the Middle Enst these faults is more likely to Keuter prove a liability to his depart ment than an asset".
He
PRO's Job
She smiled when the petition was grated, but made no com-
said the function press officer must always us to 20 countries that the ment. Ballard was not in Court,
give the Press the things it but was represented by an at- torney.
Desds, not the things It does
Commission for
The naxt pubile Parilamen tury salon has been called for Tuesday, the deadline set by the Security Council for on the plan. definite Dutch . Indonesian @greement
an Interim Report To UN? Federal doncela. London, February 11.
appears probable Council's January 28 re- United Nations Coloniul Secretary, Mr solution called for an immediate Arthur Creech Jones, sald to-end to the fighting in Indonesia Indonesia wht have to make re- day that Malayan guerillas and called on the Dutch to re- (Caunell for a solution to the In killed 31 civilians in January. lease the Republican leaders and tonesian problem following the
The average number killed per allow them to function in the fatture of the parties to month, between Jung and Decem-Jogjakarta area, and to invest among themselves, ber inclusive, wan 43, he added in the United Nations Commission
Only five days remain before a Commons with powers to assist in establish
M2-the-Commission -becomes-obliged, "Production of rubber has beening an Interim Government beer the terms of the Security
a written reply is question,
in-
fore
March 19.
commendations to the Security
under
agree
to make re- the forma-
Council resolution, maintained and that of tin
Most Cabinet members appeur comm the created, thanks largely to
commendations for to feel that the whole resolution Joyalty and courage of those con-
tion of a Federal Interim Gov- cerned and to the confidence which violates Dutch sovereignty in In- they and others have shown in the donesio. Some, led by the Over-crnment if the parties tail to future of their territory," he said, seas Territories
Minister, Mr. malatain that
The Colonial Under-Secretary, E.M.J.A. Sassen,
the Government should ignore it Mr. D. A. Bees Willams, in on- other written reply, said that the completely, Government are deeply apprecin- tive of the steadfastness of the
miners planters,
and other workers in Malaya in the face of difficulty and danger.--Associated Press.
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́JIM CROW' SUIT
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It was in the same court in 1945 that Miss Oberon divorced from Slr Alexander Korda, British film producer.—— United Press.
GENERAL GETS EXTRA YEAR
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