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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
SECRET
CODEBOOK LATE NEWS
Editor Heavily Fined
For Radio Offence. "Strict observance of the Defence! Regulations is extremely Important,” said Mr. Edwards at Central Magis- tracy yesterday when he imposed a fine of $1,000 on Ken Pak-men, 28, Editor of the Wah Kiu Yat Po, whe pleaded guilty to a charge of posses- slon of a note book containing 22 sets
of Instructions for converting Chinese plain language into a secret code, and four sets of instructions for converting commercial wireless ab- breviations clc,, into means of secret- ly conveying, receiving or recording Information.
A summons ngainat Koo for breach of his broadcast receiving licence was heard at the same time. On this
count ho was fined $250 and his sat was ordered to be conflsented.
INTERNEE
ESCAPES
A during escape by Chan Chi-cho, 23 year old Chinese internee of the Mr. M. J. Abbott, Assistant Crown Mautauchung Camp took place early Solleitor, said that on November 8, this morning.
Mr. J. Key, wireless officer, visited He apparently escaped by using Koo's home in Wyndham Street 10 foot bamboo pole ladder placed where he found the documents men-against the barbed wire fence, tloned in the charge. The contents Police whistles gave the first alarm. ot " small note-bouk were 24 A constable at the main gate of the methods of conveying information. camp is reported to have stated that In a waste-paper basket were only one man went over the fence. number of telegrams.
Mr. Abbott handed to Mr. Edwards
a copy of the Wal Kiu Yot Po, with
December 13, 1939.
PEACE OFFENSIVE
Count Ciano to Make Appeal This Week
London, Dec. 12.
The Press connects Mackensen's return to Rome and M. Poncet's re- turn to Paris from Rome, with Hitler's pence offensive.
In many quarters It is belleved that diple-atle nelivities and Geneva rumours are connected with: German attempts to rally neutrals to the peace front and prepure the ground for definite peace propusnis. con- cerning which Count Clano, Itallon Foreign Minister, will make a speech 011 Friday or Saturday-Unlied Press,
Berlin Propaganda
Berlin, Dec. 11. The Der Montag anys: "Every State which sent a delegate to the Geneva session was aware in advanc that it was participating in an An glo-French agitation_organisation
gainst Germany and Russin,
and thus, la a one-side front of the belligerent parties," the editorlat said.
"The very fact that such a session, which is only aimed at stirring up Investigators entered the Y.M.C.A.} and oppressing neutrals, is held on but in the camp and found that one the territory of a neutral State cats- bed was unoccupied although it had not be reconciled with the law of
one of the telegrams found in the Gat recently been used, judging by the neutrality which Switzerland has attached, He said that the news-warmth in the blankets. paper used that telegram almost verbatim.
"Koo was obtaining news through his receiving set and putting the re- sults in newspapers," Mr. Abbott concluded.
"Not Undesirable"
Mr. Russ pointed out that the radio set was Koo's personal property and had nothing to do with the Woh Kiu Yat Po. He went on to say
there
was no justification to believe that Koo was in any way gulity of un- desirable conduct. He had conducted his newspaper well and there was nothing In nny leading articles written by him that was detrimental to the Allied cause.
Mr. Russ aufd it was extremely difficult for an editor write an Interesting -leader every day, and Koo had used the radle to gather material for his leaders; nothing had been published that was dangerous to the forces or the authorities. Ho assured the Court that the code was an ordinary one, and had never been used in Hongkong.
Mr. Abbott asked Mr. Edwards to take a serious view of the case as the radio was not an ordinary one, but one used for receiving 'com- munications.
"I have considered all the mitigat ing features of the case," said Mr. Edwards, "but the fact remains that strict observance of the Defence Re-
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always defended with particular energy. In the further course of the negotiations, all neutral States will notice that in Geneva they are com pletely under the demination of England and France; because, apart from Soviet Russia, neither Gvr- many, Italy, Spain, the United States or Japan are represented."
The editorial did not appear in the later editions of Der Montag and other morning' newspapers did not comment on the League session. United PreSI,
TESTING EGYPT'S
DEFENCES
CAIRO, Dec. 12 (Reuter).-British and Egyptian land, sen and air forces are now engaged side by side in a combined exercise testing Euypt's
defences.
A test black-out was hell last night Loyer the whole of lower Egypt and the Canal Zone, where the exercises are taking place.
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tions Ordinance is extremely impor- tent since the outbreak of the war.
Mr. Edwards ordered that the code books seized were to be retained by the authorities for the duration of the war.
Mr. Abbott upplled for part of the Ane to be given as a reward to the person who gave the information leading to the charge, This was granted.
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