THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1961.
Lord Chief Justice flays HARRIMAN
CHINESE
REMNANTS
RE-ENTER
BURMA
400
Rangoon, Mar. 22. About
Nationalist Chinese remnants, sup- posed to be evacuated from north hove
defendants
in spy
trial
London, Mar. 22.
Jail sentences totalling 95 years were today im- posed on three men and two women alleged to have made up a spy-ring transmitting British naval secrets to the Soviet Union.
as the activities of the five are concerned, was the directing mind....
Passing u
of 25 sentence yeurs on Gordon Lonsdale, 37, said to be a member of the Russian intelligence service, the Judge declared; "You are clearly A professional spy."
whose
ife jufled Mr and Mrs Kroger Thailand,booksellers
London Burma, home was said to be the clear- In house for information - for 20 years each.
ro-ontored unofficial roports reach- ing here today said.
The reports were indicative of the growing scepticism about the evacuation scheme, which Taipet ofcully reported as In the "going on smoothly" Thal-Burma border area.
A Burmese military source said that Burna
lied no ob- servers
the Chleng Mai airport (northwest Thailand;
al
to check the exact number of Kuomintang remnants actually airlifted from there to Formosa,
The source added that Burma was only supposid to be in- formed through its embassy in Bangkok of the result of the evacuation scheme unce it was completed.
OPERATION
Meanwhile,
official source
n
relluble in Keng
Defore sentence was passed, a police officer told the court Kroger was Maurice Cohen, United States citizen, who had once worked. with a Soviet employment organisation called Antor,
two
The Lord Chief Justice gave
Britlah Admiralty
clerks, Ethel Ges, 46, and her flance, 55-year-old Henry Houghton 15 years each for their part in the conspiracy,
Lonxiale deelded soon after the sentence to nvall himself of the right to appeal. His solicitors said they had re-
ceived an instruction to appeal
and I would be entered Im- medintely.
Appeal
Un- During the eight day trial the Tung state (east Burma)
disclosed court heard the prosecution case today that the 400 remnants at Houghton and Miss Gee Admiralty photographed secret documents dealing with Br tin's latest underwater warfare equipment being developed a Portland..
DEFENDS
Rumbling U.S. VOTE
volcano strikes
fear
Djakarta, Mar. 22.
ON ANGOLA
Now Delhi, Mar. 22. Mr Averall Harriman, Pro- aidont Kennedy's roying
Walted
Indians riot in protest against high taxes
Chandigarh, India, Mar. 22. Several thousand demonstrators, protesting against high taxes, broke through police barricados and defied tear gas and baton charges here today to storm into the Punjab State Government Secretariat's compound.
car-
ambassador, said today ho was glad the United States had voted for the United Nations debate on A. rumbling smoking volcano
(Portuguese) Angola. on the idyllic Indonesian
the "It is quite clear from island of floros has struck Congo that the situation lu An-
good Shouting demonstrators "Itz all the
fear into residents there gola will be the subject of circumstances, treating this as I do us a very, fallaying days of carth- deal of difficulty, unless the Por-ried banners and a portrait of very bad Case, the sentence
quakes, raports reaching guese take some steps to pre- the late Patrice Lumumba and the pare that territory for self-chanted alogans against upẩn you is that you be m-
Djakarta said today. prisoned for
determination," he told the In-Punjab government, Later they 25 term of a
volcano Ebulobo
began dian Bureau of Parliamentary held a meeting outside the main years."
entrance. 16 accom-studies. Ushers shouted "silena" as smoking on March
On Eaus, he said the
Poller turbans were toin c colle ln the public galleryDanied by terrific earthquakes" gasped with astonishment and
which demolished Endeh, States hoped for the develop during the scuffle and several
Flores, of capital of commented on the severity
the repartiment of a neutral Laos where demonstrators had their clothes said. the sentence.
the people could go forward but ripped. Black smoke from the crater not as pawns of an International has formed a huge umbrela conflict. over the
the volcano and population (Generat
hau Island's expectation been that they would be dean eruption may follow.
under legislation "pro- with viding for 2 maximum of either reven or 14 years ju?.).
But Lord Parker emphasised that he saw
R! the crime as violation of Britain's Common Law.
Common Law
Low
mls-
fear ди
U.S. ECONOMY On United States economy, Mr Harriman sakd no one need EVACUATION
doubt the position of the dollar, Local authorities und the the United States could easily evacua-end the imbalance by reducing military have ordered tion of villages. the reports trade and economic ald, but Mr said.
Rend communications be- tween Endeh and other towns "For a Common
have been cut by earthquakes demeanor there is no maximum which are still conuing, The sentence," the Lord Chief Justice sald.
to
Lord Parker then turned
his 47- Peter Kroger, 50, and year-old wife Helen,
He said:
I take the view I cannot dia-
government has ordered and for earthquake victims on this cast island where the Indonesion
Dutch sent President Sukarno into exile.
Kennedy had chosen "the other way to do it together."
Ele was satisfied the cap could be closed with the co- operation of the European In- dustrial countries and by restrictions such as enforce- ment of "buy American" pro- of United cedures instead States loans. He said the
United States The authorities have request looked forward to "close rela- tinguish between either of you-ed the Amerleen hospital ship ttons with india in common ob-
10 give assistance at Jectives."-Reuter. Endeh. *The Hope has you are both in this up to the Hope guerillas
Hie
operating at Indonesian Tanor, south of Flores.
who had retumed were part of 2,000 Kuomintang who had been taken down from the Thai-Burma border area to be airlifted to Taipei.
According to the prosecution their informa- Burmahey passed on
Hon to Lonsdale, who Bald them.
The returning remnants harl reportedly re-entered north of Chleng Mai and were now said to be roaming around!
Lonsdale then took the in-
the Burmese village of Ole Mour formation to the Krogers house Hio.
"You are both professionat epies und the only distinction and between the two of you Lonsdale, if I am right, is that was not the directing yours mind or ndnds and that you are little older.
"In all the circumstances you will both be sentenced
It was also learned that the from where it was transmitted years imprisonment. Burmese army was about toby radio to Moscow.
Inmeh a wide-grate operation
600
to 20
then
The Lord Chief Justice Lord Chief Justice Parker
called on Houghton, the case as "one of against some
He said: "In many ways your Nationalist described
disgraceful that has Chinese remnants
have the most who
conduct is the most culpable- to betray the secrets of
your joined with the Shan rebels income before this court."
He was speaking 45 minutes Lashic district. in the northern after the ive had been
communicating secret country, Found information about Her Majesty's Kuilty of offences under Navy." Britain's Omcial Secrets Act.
The Lord Chief Justice said Lord Parker said: "You have he had considered for a been found guilty of the offence time what to do with Houghton, charged on, I may say, the now in his middle fiftles, and clearest possible evidence.
added:
Shon state.—AFP.
Commander
in Pacific
Washington, Mar 22, President Kennedy today named Maj. Gen. Alan Shape. ly to be Marine Corps Fleet Commander in the Pacific.
Shapley, who
the
been
The damage and casualties at Endeh are not yet known. -AP.
Portuguese
BEDSTEADS plane hit
long The
should
IN THE
AFTON
no
Ayr, Mar. 22. sweet Afton made Burns famous by Bobbie is
no longer sweet-in "You must all, each of you.
fact it smells. "It is against all our prin
it And know the gravity of the offence,
longer flows ciples that a sentenc this must be one of the most
be given which might involve tently, as related by Scotland's cases that has
for bard, because it is full of rusty disgraceful
you dying in prison. But
mouldy mut- that I would give you a longer old beds cads, come before the court."
Lord Parker then looked up sentence, but in all
fruil and the cir- trosses, decaying at Lonsdale, standing in
cumstances I think the proper assorted other junk.
this, the Noting
District will succeed middle of the five accused, and sentence for you is a sentence of
recommended Council Lt. Gen, Thomas A. Wornham said: "I will deal with you first; 15 years Imprisonment.
the police se: Wednesday that Avho rellred on April 1, is at Lonsdale.
night
trap patrols vandals who
dump garbage into the renowned river.
the city's Boy Meanwhile, Scout organisation volunteered so that, to clean up the mess as in Burns' time, it will once more be a case of "flow gently, aweet Afion.-AP.
prevent Commanding
of the
General base at
the
Marine Corps Camp Pendleton, California.
to
asked Mr Senate 10 contien the of Shapley Beutenant general. He reconi- mended
that
Wornham be placed on the retired list in his present rank-UP!.
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Professional
were
Miss Gee stood alons as the Lord Chief Justice said to her: "I have reluctantly come in "You are clearly a protes- sional spy.
that I cannot It is a dangerous the conclusion
belween you and you distinguish which pro- career and one in
You and no Houghton.
in a must be prepared doubt are prepared to suffer position of trust upon which if and when you are caught.
all security depends, Because view. "Moreover, I take the
people thought you were that in this ease yours, so far
honest and trustworthy, be- cause you were in that poal- tion, and you trust
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betrayed that
In his address to Miss Gee. Lord Parker also said: "I am quito unable to think it possible that you did what you did out of some blind infatua- tion for Houghton.
"Indeed having heard you,
watched you, I am inclined to think that yours
was the stronger character of the two.
"I think that you acted for Freed and the sentence upon
up
to
Facilities open
to criticism
on
in Angola
Lisbon, Mar. 22. The Portuguesa news agency Lusitania said today a Portuguese military plane which flew over bands of terrorists involved in the recent attacks in northern Angola, has been hit by automatic gunfire, prob- ably from a machinegun, Lusitania sald the terrorists groups were being in two forest areas.
news agency The Portugese Ani reported today that threa man injured in the terrorist Luandu today attacks died in
died in Muqurla and another
Do Zombo.
surrounded
About 3,500 refugees have arrived in Luanda from the areas where the attacks took place, but the flow is decreas ing as the situation in thern Angola returns to normal.
nor-
Police and military garrisons have been reinforced and mast local farmers are armed, Lusi- tonia said. Reuter.
A Communist member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
arrested. among those
was
Reuter.
Jailed for possessing secret U.S.
documents
France lowers
duties
customs
by 5 per cent
Paris, Mar. 22.
The French government today announced it would lower all customs duties by five per cent from April.
An official communique, after
A Cabinet meeting Said the
being made
in
tarif
of thu Common
move Wan
anticipation
Market ten per
reduction.
the
But I would apply to all countries, provided that new duties were not lower than the common external customs tariff of the European Economic Community.
TEXTILES
Alexandria, Va., Mar. 22. Arthur Rogers Roddey,
For textiles the ten per cent formar American Defence cut will come mito effect mothemo- April 1. Department tician, was sentenced to- will apply to day to serve eight year
The same
cars
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reduction Imported
Redskin FLINTS
nations from that date. from other Common Market
in prison for unauthorised The French possession of a secrot do
the cuts were designed to check
government said
the
upward price trend in
fonco document. Roddey, 38, pleaded guilty in France while remaining import US. District Court on February restrictions
the
end of
now on a number of domestic
were being TC- 17 to that one charge in a 12-moved, because of the count indictment growing out of price restrictions imposed up to
discovery
of numerous Pentagon papers in his home at Fails Church, Virginia, He had worked for a private contractor in defence headquarters until last August.
NOT ESPIONAGE Early in the case the Federal Bureau of Investigation said it was not an espionage matter. and there never was any sug- gestion that Roddey was work- Ing for a foreign power,
The
products.
The government hopes that
manufacturers will respond by becoming "more attentive to the necessity of being competitive,"
Heuter.
п carried charge
Fireman's death
Fireman
London, Mar. 22.
maximum penalty of 10 years Redhill, Surrey, fell 50ft, to his
and a fine of $10,000,
ot
Albert Hunt of
Roddicy testined Ho was death the other day in a Arc-
competition the men's escape byly greally concerned "missile gap." He said he took Brixton. the papers to prevare a report would show that he hoped scientific
the studies at Pentagon were "watered down to avoid bigger defence spend ing or to favour one military service over another-AP.
Losses on
Landen, M, Mother killed warships
Everett, Wash., Mar. 22.
boy, A 12-year-old
given his mother to permision by park the family car, couldn't And the brake, ran her down and killed her.
Loudon, Mar, 22. The National Executive of Bri- tain's Labour Party decided today that the facilities given to Polaris-carrying American submarines in Scotland were Icas objectionable than the Thor missilo bases but were all open to criticism. you is the same as that of This decision was disclosed
Mrs Ema L. Moore, 34, B Houghton-15 years Imprison- tonight in a letter to Mr William
divorcee, was standing in front Morshall, 'Secretary of the Scottish
of the automobile directing her Council of Labour
son, Jimmy, when Parties, which had sought ad-
she was 好 wall and vice on the Polaris establishment pinned against in Holy Loch.---Reuter,
crushed to death-AP.
ment,'
He then ordered the five to pay £4,000 of the prosecution costs of £5,100 between them. -Rotter
Behan lands
in jail
after argument with hotel staff
Toronto, Mar. 22.
An argument over a bottle landed Brendan Behan in jail today. The Irish playwright is in Toronto as master of ceremonies with a jazz production called "Impulse."
After last
night's ceremony
London, Mar. 22.
A British cruiser and two
destroyers were scrapped while
under- actually
modernization, going through lack of labour, with a resulting loss of millions of pounds sterl- ing, a report by tho Com- ptroller and Auditor General revealed today. The report revented that there had been a series of orders and counter orders as well as the manpower shortage, and the loss on the cruiser-the Swiftsure--| was £1,303,216.
At the same period, 1957 to 1950. work coating nourly £500,000 was done on the two destroyers which were ultimate- ly scrapped before their reatting was completed,
The
in
cost of modernising the
estimated cruiser Belfast, November 1956 at 24 million amounted in the end to 25,553,- 000.--AFP.
TRAGEDY
Patrick Hunt, and Fireman
who was seriously Maloney, hurt, were using each other os "unconscious body" in the races down a ladder. London |
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Police cald Behan, no turned up in a hotel saloon. A for mere criticism, argued trio was playing for the pus- long time with the hotel atar. tomers. Behän turned it into a quartet, and drew boos.
Later at the Royal York hotel,
BLACK EYE
The result of all this: of assault and charges
foot boat turned tragedy today for four men from the island of Aruba. ono
John Matthews, hotel security count of creating a disturbanco. billed on the biggest in the Bri- offer, emerged with a black tleb Commonwealth, Behan ran eye.
Bail for $100 was set for afoul of Ontario liquor laws. He
Belan's return to court next Travelyn weak. colleagues
wanted a bottle brought to his| Detective Edward
Domo
Behan chuming
And it seems only yesterday
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One at the men died of ex-. and the three others Paquin were in a hospital after being edrift for 10 days when their boat became disabled,
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