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DEATH CELL DOCUMENT READ BY PROSECUTION
Hamburg, September 6.
GRUBER A death cell statement by a Nazi officer who was
DROPS A HINT
Vienna. September 6. Dr. Karl Gruber, Austrian Foreign Minister. declared here tonight that if the Allies refused to listen when Aus- tria addressed them diplomatic
"then Way shall not fail to use stronger language."
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Addressing People's Party election meeting, Dr. Gruber raid: The Occupation troops show no inclination to return to their own 'countries.
in Task Forco. D, Himmlor's murder squad, was road today to the British war crimes court trying Field-Marshal Fritz Erich von Manstein, 61-year-old former German Commander in South Russia.
The "witness," former S.5. Colonel Willy Seibert, was sentenced to death in April, 1948, by an American military court trying members of Task Force D which was accused of the murder of more than 90,000 people.
He is now in Landsberg Prison in the
awaiting American zone execution.
His statement, read today, said: “I had to make recommendations to Manstein for members the Task Force. 1 myself received the Iron Cross First Class, from Man- "The great powers habituallystein with the cltation signed by place their own interests before those of smaller nations.
"Austria cân therefore rely only on her own determination to win freestom by every means.
"Zonal boundaries must disap- pour, foreign soldiers must home.
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"We shall try to achieve this by diplomatic ways, but if these should not avail we shall not fail to use stronger language." Adolf Shoef, Austring Vice- Chancellor, tonight denieri thut the Austrian Government hudl
elections which
alm.
"Heinz Schubert (another S.S. officer in the denth cell at Landsa berg) also received the fron Cross from Manstehi.“
The Court rejected w plea by the dofence that four members of the extermination, squad should be Court for brought before the cross-examination on depositions made in the condemned cell.
"Freed Of Jows"
and carried out at Simferol in the Crimea where the TASK Force headquarters and Man stein's rear area headquarter were situated,
"All Dead"
After reading a brief recount of this sect, the Prosecutor turned to the President of the Coart. General Sir Frank Simpson, and said: "Sir, they are all dead."
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He said that Manstein have known of the exterminations through reading a report, from the army office complaining that mas- carried Dut sacres had been
publicly,
The china mail, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 0..1949.
DR. MALAN REPEATS:
RACIAL SEGREGATION WILL BE ENFORCED
Bangkok To Call Far East Meeting
Bangkok, September §. Premier Pibul. Songgram of Thailand said today that he intends to call an informat conference among four Aslan nations to exchange poiltleil,
and cultural economis formation.
The Foreign Office said the conference would be held at Bangkok in November or Dr. cember and the participante would be india, Burma, the Philippines and Thailand.
Tho meeting with take place after the return of the Indian Printo Minister, Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, from le American visit-Associated
LEBANON PREMIER'S DENIAL
• The'
Beirut, September 6.
Lebaneso Premier, Riad El Solh, tonight denied reports that he would make a new effort to bring about a meeting of the Arab Lea- gue.
The
Lebanese Government was maintaining a waiting attl- tude, he said, ns Egypt had re- fused any mediation.
Johannesburg, September 6. South Africa's Prime Minister, Dr. Daniel Molan, today, stressed the Nationalist Party's detor- mination to enforce Apartheid-racial sogrega- tion and fight the Communists. Ho Was opening the Transvaal Congress of the Na- flonalist Party.
Dr. Malon said that to continue the Government's
Aparthied policy it would be necessary to in- troduce a national, register and for every citizen to possess an identity card showing whether he was European, native, coloured or Indion.
This would protect the Euro-1 Non-Europeans could not be blamed for that when they were pean race, he said.
old by General Jan Smuts Unit- ed Parly that Apartheid can noting but oppression and the removal of their rights.
The Government also planneet at least to create machinery in the next scasión, of Parliament to
It possible to munke
enforce Aparthold in living areas.
Nor could they be blame for As it had abolisher the re-
of Indians in Par-demanding equality when they Screlse Kharna, chiet. the Govertunant was i saw
of Sumangwato in abolish the designato
now.. direct
vote of
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India's Position On Kashmir
Bombay, September 8. The Indian Prime Minister. Jawahalal Nehru, told press- men today, following a two- hour discussion. with the De- puty Prime Minister, Sardar Patel this morning. "There could be 'no change in our plan."
He was replying to a question as to whether any decision on Kashmir had been arrived at in the light of the appeal made by President Truman and the British They may need us but we Prune Minister, Mr. Clement need them just as much." he Attlee, to accept the latest pro- Nations posals of the
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Dr. Malan sold that the Gov. ernment had raised the status of South West Africa by giving it Increased self-government in in- bernal affairs and representation
Pandit Nehru declined to say in the Unión Parliament.
talks further on tie This removed the South West anything the
Patel, but allded, froth, Inter-with Sardar Africa
question
carno to Bombay, "I am glad I ference by the United Nations
Committee, if only for a short while":
Pandit Nohru, accompanied by special plane for Delhi-Reuter. ASK YOUR GROCER TODAY! Agents Sheikh Abdullah, later left, by
against and its Tiles for South
making it
The Lebanese Government West Africa ever to come under
United Nations trusteeship. know of no such negotiations or plans, he satu.
Camille Chamoun, Lebanese · Deputy and former Minister in London, sald on his return tonight from
visit
Swamping Of Vote
to Baudi Arabian kishin 'tion-Europeans
Baud wanted a revival of the Arab League,
but felt that mistrust
Arab among tke State made it impossible. Chamoun said that King Ibn Saud told him that his relations German with the how Dr. Hans Laternser.
Syrian Govern "These re-ment, defence counsel, said:
which came
Inta being ports never came to funstein's after a coup on August 14 when the President and Premier were headquarters to his knowledge and
executed, were very friendly. But, he added, oficial recogni tion must wait until Egypt. had taken a decision,-Reuter.
he never saw or read them." The Court's view was that the
The case is proceeding-Reu-
any intention of postponing the, depositions had been tuken in cir-
lue are
cumstances which adequately re- presented the accused.
month. Rester.
PIANIST DEAD
next
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The pablle galleries were pack- with German students as
| Elwyn Jones, prosecuting de- veloped the charge accusing Mun- stel of complicity in the Task Force's murders.
He rend 'n report from the Force to Manstein's headquarters stal- ing: The Crimea is freed of
San Francisco, September 0. Robert Schmitz, aged 80, famed Paris-born pianist, died suddenly tonight shortly after he was re-
noved to hospital when he was | Jews." stricken at his home.
Ile is survived by a widow, e daughter and a small-grami- daughter.United Press.
The prosecution said that the extermination of the ancient Jewish sect of the Krimcheke and other Jews was organised
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Athens, September 8. The traders and industrialists by a sentenced to death were Piracus military court tonight on charges of having subsidised the Communist rebeta
One was sentenced to fe im- to shorter prisonment and ax prison terms. Fourteen were ac- quitted.Reuter.
For
LABOUR DAY ACCIDENTS
New York, September 6. A record-breaking 499 people were killed in Labour Day week- end accidents, Intest figures show-
If the territory had come under trusteeship It would have heart. equality between Europeans und -Union's on the border, voles for non-Europeans with the consequent swamping of that the European vote, dnd Communist Russia as well as the the Western Powers who had same world outlook as the Union, would have shared in the control of a country bordering the Union of South Africa.
Malag
wald that the Gov. ernment was determined
nog: European students mingling with European boys
and
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to.
FUCK WItwatersrand
and. Cape
Universities
where they enjoyed aquality. He added that there were 150 African Eludents at Witwaters
nd and about the rand
same
number students at Cape of coloured
Propaganda that Apartheid
Town.
el today. Traffic accidents killed was oppression encouraged non-
to demand aqtiality. 374, drownings, 46 and miscella-Europeans
and made them hostite not only neous, 80.
Canada's holiday week-end toll to the Government but to the
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