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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MARCH
· 1956.
Author Condemned To Pay Heavy Damages
By Harold King
Paris, Mar. 14.
French writers and the Society of Men of Letters are up in arms about the decision of a Paris civil court which on January 13 condemned the well-known young author Jean Dutourd to pay a plaintiff heavy damages on grounds which they consider dangerous and unjustified.
In most countries, authors have to be careful about the names which they give their fictitious characters. They usually also disguise telephone numbers and street numbers in order to reduce still further the
chance of any
being
character
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A Columbia Hospital spokes-
BEST SELLER Jean Dujourd hus iseen ing for over Ten years.
Th exceptionally styrre early book of his,
The "the Dog's judgment seems to me to set a Hend, scored a terary sucevas serious precedent 'There 是情 In the United States But it only a partial identity of name was in 1952 that he wrote his
between that of the fetitious Orst
best-seller. "AU Bon character and the Ilving person. Beure, exited in the English Translation The Milky Way." I got one of the big terry prizes. Le Prix Interallie
With great bumour and sly satire, this novel describes ten years in the life of a men who keeps a small didry and hin de- fermined wife With Their
shop in middle Knatt
class district of Paris, these two were depleted as making a fortune in the black marke under the German occupation, while their and fellow eithens customers were getting thinner and thinner through near-starvation,
sent
WON
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ANNOYED
Everyone in France read thir book, and General de Gualte.
letter of spontaneous congratulation to Dufourd,
Only onc person in France distinctly moyed. This was an officer, at that time in command of the 28th Chasseurs Regiment, stationed at Anocey, in the French Alps. The name of this officer was Joseph Royer de la Bastic.
in Dulourd's book, There Is a
Actilious character, named Captain Yves Duglandier de la tie, who, as a prisoner of war in Germany, refuses to at- tempt to escape, because, he NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES | says, he prefers to prepare for
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his future examinations at the Military Academy.
Within a few months of the appearance of the book. Com- nunder Royer de la Bastic (who made seven attempts to escape from German captivity) wrote to Jean Dufourt, said that he had been ridiculed and asked for apologies and mancial com- pensation for his Impugned honour.
GOOD FAITH Dutourd did not answer the registered letter, but took care to change "Bostic" to "Bastide" In the English edition and to "Garde" In the American edition. He was also preparing to change it in a future French
come up at the
case
edition.
The Third Civil Court in Paris on January 0, with France's greatest and most distinguished advocate, Maitre Maurice Garcon, defending the author.
Judgment, given a week later, on January 13, recognised the Author'a good faith but
nevertheless condemned him to pay damages to the plaintifi amounting to 500,000 francs (2600), a huge sum in France, fudging by precedents.
But changed.
times appear to have "Perhaps it is be-
No claims will be admitted after cause my novel was an attack the goods have left the godown and On the men of Vichy the 19th March, 195, will be subject Joan Dutourd told me.
all goods remaining undelivered after |
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Under å guard of honour of rloquels held by fellow tennis
Dutch Tennis WEST AFRICANS LIVE ON CREDIT
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the former Fatiny Ten Bosch, Dutch tennis star, leaves the church after her wedding to Mr J. E. de Bort,
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Eye Grafting May Be Successful
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Furniture
Sierra Leone, Mar. 14.
Debts are one of the worst evils in. West Africa, and Sierra Leone is no better or worse than any of the other territories in this respect.
The great majority of the people here live on credit for, being paid monthly-even the poorest labourer they usually have to borrow from money-lenders about the middle of the month.
For the clørk In the town. "hungry season" before tho this means that for every £1 next harvest, to pay labour, to borrowed he has to pay back buy meks or to transport, the 25 shilling a fortnight later, an rice, encon or plassava to 11 Interest rate of 300 per cent a central marketing point.
In the country The farmer who only gets paid cash for his crops once or twice a year, Bas to borrow monoy on a much longer term basis and it often means that ho has to pledge his farm or his estimated crop, for three or four months in order to keep himself and his family alive,
To help the farmer in his difficulties the Sierra Leone Govrnment has,
So far, during the past year, the Department has lent out £20,000.
The effect of all this comTM paratively cheap money is to improve the standard of living of the farmer and to help - hím
In which he was often involved.
out of the very heavy debis
Own Tractors
For instance, a farmer ob- over the past ating money from a money lender, or a middle-man trader, six years, been expanding its Department
of Co-operation, in the past had to pay 300 per which is directly responsible for
cent or more interest. It was for a former, founding and running self-help at unknown
during the "hungry season," to eo-operatives among farming sections.
obtain a bag of salt, worth 6 shillings, for the promise of a bushel of rice which,
few ganised for the marketing of months later,, would be worth
Co-operatives
various
are now
or
barmanas, rice, cocos, cufter, and plassavE.
sh
25 shillings.
£26,000 Loaned
Zeerust, Transvaal,
Mar. 14,
builds A young famer who furniture from the gorled branches of the wild olive tree
A group of farmers handling has been unable to keep pars with the orders which flowed the same crop within the same In after he sent samples of his area will get together and or-
co-operative ganise their work to Juhannesburg,
democratic lines, eleeting
In the co-operatives the middle-men and money-lenders have
seen a threat to their livelihood and many attempts have been made to stop their growth.
One
on always committee which is responsible Ton to all the members.
ja Rustian camp whither he had
escaped from
German prisoner of war camp in 1949.
"How did I conie to choose the officer? Home of my fictitious Woll, the Arst
maid day a 12-year ol part Yves
and her mother Duglandier, I invented, and the
one-day old "One" and "every- 601 were took from second part "Bastie' и lovel toy
od thing is going beautifully". Balzne called
The hospital refused to iden-
Milan, Mar, 14.
middleman,
had who "Modeste Migrion, in which the
because tify the other
"ther There was fresh hope tunight
transported the focal heroine and all her family are
the family has requested that there that
Two
farmere goods, refused to do so blind Ilan valled Mignon de la Bastic.
children
formed co- the newly be no publicity."
On whom
dead
The samples were eagerly mother
operative. So now members are married priest's eyes was
were grafted il
bought by house furnishers in The committee arranges the getting a loan to run their own "about a year ago," it was To- fortnight ago, will see again, ported She gave birth yester-
scorch of "something different", marketing of the crop, through transport-and they are making When The bandages were
the healthy six pound, 14
Government controlled | (t pay a profit. day to
but fast production dresslings for fresh removed
Is Impol Marketing Board,
and because ounce boy. United Preas.
tonight, Professor Cesare
sible as each piece of wood his to be selected carefully to give who performed the delicate cornen operation, said
character to the designs. the graft was knitting normally. But It will not be posible to tell whether the operation was
complete Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 14.
for Биссе
surne 2,800 About
Communist time terrorists remain in the Federa The operation was performed tion of Malaya,
including the
12-year-old boy. Silvio Chief Culgrande, and u the
17-year-oki rogion, border
Abdul girl.
Battistello. Tengku
Amablilo Minister.
Kallan priest Dom Gnocchi be- Rahman, said today.
He was replying to A ques queathed his eyes to them just his death-France- tion in the Federal Council-before
Presse. Reuter.
COODWILL "There was no intention to do harm and I have shown my goodwill by changing the name in various editions of my book. "Henceforth, it seems to me, to make some anyone cager they can go for an author on the grounds that there is character in one of his books partly resembles whose name that of the plaintif
Jean Dutourd is contemplating nu appeal against the judgment.
MANDRAKE THE
WHY THEM SHOOT?
THE ANSWER'S AT THE TOP OF THIS MESA. THE OFFICIAL ASSURED US THERE'S NO URANIUM UP THERE--
FERDINAND
NANCY
THAT POOR, LITTLE, HOMELY BOY---
I FEEL SO SORRY
FOR HIM
Founde (the shopkoopers ·ERNIL BUS jender) the other day in another court, But in his case he was being prosecuted for having standered the
former President JOHNNY HAZARD.
of the National Assembly, M. Pierre Schnelter.
TRUE STORY "Needless to say, I had not the slightest iden of the existence of Major Royer de la Bastle when I wrote my 'Au Ben Beurre As matter of foot, ba
I got the incident of the booked not later than office-ring captivity
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Cacope from a book by Jenn Oberle, one of the Frenchmen who inllord to France every night of the war, from the BBC in London.
Was told to Jean Oberle true story by General Plerre Billotte, who Joined
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· 1941;'after being, released from
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THEY OO--
HELLO, THERE
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO BE YOUR GIRL FRIEND ?
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Galeazzi,
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WE CAN'T REMAIN HERE FOREVER. I'VE
GOT TO TAKE A CHANCE --AND SHOW MYSELF
is dealing in bulk and can instruct members how to im-
One of the eico co-operatives
to plan har
own
buy its prove the quality of their crop. tractors for ploughing and haul- the Society usually gets a much ing. The plan will go ahend na soon as a full scheme for main- tenance has been worked out.
In-
the
better price than the The furniture is likely to re- |dividual.
At the same time the Society mala a raritys Once he has ac- cumulated
for can borrow money enough money
from necessities, the former proposca Department at an interest rate to leave his farm, 40 miles from of per cent which it lends to Zecrust, and as a hermit in members at 15 per cent the
the
Co- wild wooded hills which difference going into the
operative's funds. bbund the Marico valley.
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co-operative
to
for plossava is the fibre used making stiff brooms-bust per- clean The loans are used for
asuaded its members
with the fnd variety of purposes: to buy seed, and grade their crop.
result that they are getting a
than much higher price
cver before. The highest grade corvo, too, is being sold through these Societies.
to
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Of all the money advanced to the co-operatives only a few bounds has been lost through default. In fact, the societies are now depositing money in the scheme and It is hoped, eventually, to establish an Agri- cultural Loan Bank.
Altogether, there aro about 200 co-operatives of varying type
with 8,000 members.
to of
One of the amaller stelons of
is or the Department's work ganising Thrift and Credit Sarteties. From a central find, erther built up or borrowed, these societies make loans members for the purposes production or in cases of need such as illnes or marriage- but not to buy a gramophone. All Take Loan
In the small Nanyarun there
village of was a Thrift and Credit Society of 12.
The committee decided that everyone must take a loan, As a result, they all worked hard to repay It and from their Interest of 3d in, the month, the commitice obtained enough money at the end of the first year to build a water tank, start an evening school and lay out a football pitch.
Now all the "villages around have copied the iden and the system is spreading rapidly China Mall Special,
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