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The radical new submarines marines in the Navy construc- would be part of the $335,000,- tion plan:
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The Lepus was reported: 10 es- have been intercepted and corted here by a Philippine Naval Patrol vessel. Reliable sources said the cargo will be inspected, to determine whether portion should not be shipped to Hong Kong
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The ship had been chartered by a Hong Kong firm.
The Acting Customs Commis- faner. A. V. Jacinto, has in- sianer, structed Customs collectors throughout the Philippines not to allow shipments of war materials to any port outside the country. United Press.
size
submersible such as the one that was captured at Pearl Harbour on December 7, 1941.
2. A target and experimental submarine displacing 1,000, tone to cost $10,000,000. Admirat Sherman gave no detalls of its design or function.
3. A 2,200-ton experimental submarine which would cost $37,000,000.
Russian strength In addition the programme
a
conversion calls for the
of number the
of
existing sub- to snorkel types--the marines
can kind that
under breathe water through the Dutch develop- ed tube to the surface. It vides for the conversion of cruiser to a launching platform for gulded missiles. It covers the modernisation of a carrier.
All told, 112 vessels would be small or bulit-most of them auxiliary types--at a total cost of $120,000,000. The rest of the total outlay would go into con- versions,
Sherman said the Admiral building plans are part of a top priority effort to modernise the fleet to meet the changing world conditions.
questions, he
In response to said the Russians were known to have more than 270 submarines of all classen. He did not know how many of these are of latest snorkel types.-United Press.
Rules governing war called out of date
London, April 25.
the matter scala
further down
the
Admiral of the Fleet Lord Cork, commander of the naval forces in the Norway expedition at the beginning of the war, contended today that the rules governing the laws of war are as dead as a dog and must be overhauled. International law, he told the House of Lords, does not
"I feel that I am acting in the allow for the ples of acting interests of young officers and all under superior orders. A flag- ranks and ratings liable to re- rant case was that of two Ger- ceive orders in the stress and man Ballors, who were im- strain of battle' and in an emo- prisoned in 1945 for their part tional atmosphere," Lord Cork in_machine-gunning survivors sald.
Greek ship,Peleus, of the which was torpedoed in mid- German sub-i Atlantic by a marine in 1942.
Heinz responsi
The Lord Chancellor, — Lord. Jowitt, sxid he bolutely and completely disagreed with Lord Cork, who had onunciated nothing less than the Fuehrer principle.
the
The U-Boat captain, Eck, had taken full
Under this reasoning, bility for the incident nt his U-Boat commander had said he trial, Lord Cork said, He had got his orders from · Admiral admitted ordering the
machine-Doenitz, and did what he had gunning and blowing up of the been told, he would not have wreckage and the raft on which been responsible. And if Admiral were two survivors, to remove Doenitz had said he was all traces of the incident and manded to order it by Artulf conceal the presence of the sub- Hiller, the same reasoning would marine in the area,
lead to the result that Doenitz was not guilty and Hitler was.
He and two officers, to whom he had given orders to open fire on the raft, were sentenced to death and shot. Two other members of the crow were sen→ tenced to life imprisonment and 15 years, respectively.
com-
"That is the Fuehrer prínculo the doctrine by which you lay down all your moral Ideas and put yourself absolutely at the control of one man, rendering unto him not merely those things Lord Cork thought it would which are Caesar's " but those have been quite enough to have which every man in the last re- shot the captain, who gave the sort mist judge for himself." order, and not to have
pursued Reuter.
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Government reorganised."
· Přigudj· April 281- Czechoslovakia today an- nounced:á mejor Governmunt) reorganisation which" raised President Gottwald's son-in- law to the post of Dafánta Ministar
Observera ballove that the move förvaltadɔwa an effort to purge the fast pro-Western sympathisers from the army, and refkaklon Into a fight- ing organiska is the naw
Alexs Defence Minister, replacing General Ludvio Bvoboda, who Vice-Premiership was given
to head the' Blate's Office of Education and Sports Stefan Rala, head, of the presidential office, is new Minister of JuE. tice, and Vice-Premier Zdenek Fierlingar head of the State Church Office. Yaolay Kopecky kaupa his post. Minister of Information, while handing over the direction of
and sports
education to Bvoboda.United Press
PRAGUE AND MONGOLIA
Prague, April 25. Czechoslovakia has established diplomatic relations with the Republic of Mongolia, Prague Radio said tonight.
The acting Foreign Minister, Villam Siroky, announced the Czech Government's decision in a latter to the Mongolian Ambas- sador to the Soviet Union- United Press.
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LEOPOLD REFUSES ΤΟ GIVE PROMISE
Brussels, April 25.
Exiled King. Leopold of the Belgians today refused
to give a specific promise of what he would do after handing power to his 19-year-old son, Prince Baudouin, because it would endanger the dignity of the Monarchy,
Leopold, who himself suggested stepping down
temporarily when the nation's political leaders found it impossible to agree on the terms of his return to the Throne, took this stand after a six-hour talk at Geneva yesterday with the Catholic Premier-designate, M. Paul Vam Zeeland.
dolegates to the three-Party talks for a compromise solution to the Royal problem, to go ahead with the negotiations.
The Liberal negotiators were urged to wind up the talks under the condition that an exercise of the Royal prorogatives by Crown Prince Boudouin will be ensured. thus allowing achievement of national understanding.
M. Auguste Van Glarbeke, out- going Liberal. Minister of Health. said, "The Flemish Liberals will never agree to a banishment of the King.
"We do not agree in this with
be added. the Socialists,"
(aually well-informed circles
M. Van Zeeland flew to, which I made--and by virtue of Switzerland to tell the King which I feel I can claim cond-
astonishment to about Socialist and Liberal caco-my insistence that he return to arise discussions concerning my here stated tonight that prospects
- cannot
AJA
of a now Catholic-Liberal Coali- provisional exile after handing presence in the country.
"The publielty which has sur
tion Government under Premier over. But the staunchly pro- rounded the discussions and the Van Zeeland are big tonight. Leopold Catholics insist that significance which certain people
M. Max Buset, Chairman of the the Monarch
bo give to my
absence from the Belgian Socialist Party, tonight bauished.
country exclude for me any pos- accused King Leopold of sabotag- sibility to undertake now as a Ing deliberately the three-Party Leopold's own plan is to make condition to my return to leave negotiations for. П compromise. a prolonged tour of the Belgian Belgium, be it temporarily after solution of the constitutional Congo, but here again there is the delegation of my prerogativen Crisis. division between the partics as to to the Crown Prince, without The King has adopted à take whether this tour should be risking grave harm to the dignity It or leave it attitude. In fact, undertaken incognito or KA
this morning M. Van Zeeland re- Sovereign.
quested the parties to answer yes or no to the King's proposals," M. Buset declared.
M. Premier-designate, The Paul Van Zeeland, will be recaly- ed by the Regent, Prince Charles,
NORFOLK
When he rett med to Brussels loday M. Van Zeeland released a letter from the King refusing to give any undertaking about his movements.
of the Monarchy.
"It is not necessary to ask from me guarantees which can add no value to my word."
Liberal coll
The National Executive of the tomorrow afternoon and will re- The letter said, "I do not con- Belgian Liberal Party tonight port to him'on the political situa- ceal from you after the gesture passed a resolution calling on ital tlon.--Reuter,
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