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Proceedings in the court martial in which Captain II. L. Reeves, R.E., is charged on 22 counts relating to certain deficiencies in fuel lubrication accounts, opened this morning with an address to the Court by the Defending Offlcer, 2/Lieut II. S. Badger, who submitted that ac had deposed, including, "That, so for as he knew, in order to carry out his instructions the Accusect would have to rely on his own and other "As I Informed the Court peoples' memories.
cused had no case to answer.
In the course of his address, Lieut Badger said:
He added"In view of the orders
mediately prior to Ila adjournment on Friday, it la my intention now to sub-given to the Accused by Aajor Grose mit that the evidence for the Prosecu (his superior Officer), and in view of tion has not established a prima facie the knowledge which Major Grose nd- case against the Accused; and that he inits having had of what those orders should not, therefore, be called upon entailed, can it be said that it was for his Defence.
the duty of the Accused to ascertain "It is o
the necuracy of the Army Forms which came into existence as a re- ult of such orders? I submit that it cannot."
so far-reaching submission; but I am satisfied, and I confidently ex- sect to satisfy the Court, that it is fully justified.
INDIAN LABOUR
With British To The End
January
13, 1941.
NAZI & ITALIAN AIR LOSSES
More Successes For R.A.F.
LONDON, Ján, 12 (Reuter).-Soven German aircraft are confirmed to have been shot down in air battles over
Britain
during the week ended midnight on January 11 for the loss of For the
only one British fighter.
Detalled figures arc.-5th, German, 2, British 1; 7th, Ger- man 1; 9th, German 2; 10th, German 2.
It may be noted that thoj Germans admit the loss of six planes on the night of January 10 when Portsmouth was attack- ed, the remaining four presum- JAMSHEDPUR, Jan. 12 (Reu-ably being lost without direct ter). It was Indian workers observation by the R.A.F. "For the purpose of the submission,
No comprehensive figures for the For the purpose of his second 'ár- I will divide the 22 charges against gunsent with regard to the red interests that suffered from the Western Desert are available, but the the Accused into the same four groups group of charges, the Defending On-many movements hindering the following are the main facts of recent as those into which they were divided cer considered each one individually.war effort, said the Labour Mediterranean air Aghting: by the Procutor in his opening ad-Each of these charges alleges that the leader, Mr M. N. Roy, calling on Accused was privy to the making of the workers to stand shoulder to "The Arst Kroup comprises the false statement
statement in an Army Form shoulder with the British Each G.825. charges numbered 1, 2 and 3.
He examined carefully the of these charges contains a common evidence showing how each of these worker who "was bearing the feature in that, before the
Accused
Forms came into existence; and, with brunt of the responsibility of can be called upon to answer any one regard to ench charge, he said: "The defending the world against the of them, it must be established be-Prosecution has hot adduced one yond all doubt that on Sept. 30, shred of evidence to show that the menace of Fascism."
drext
Between December 22 and January Inclusive, 30 Italian aircraft were confirmed destroyed in the air and ground.
follows:
PLIGHT OF TOBRUK REVEALED
Water Shortage
LONDON, Jan. 12 (Reuter).
at least eight were destroyed on the-In some ways the plight of Tobruk is worse than that of 100 In A Week
Burdia. The water supply is In the week following, over 100 poor and drinking water has to Italian atrernft were destroyed be brought by sea from Derna, January 6-Forty Italian aircraft 115 miles further to the west bombed on the ground were rendered and it is certain that the Royal January 8-Twelve were destroyed Navy will see that any attempt to get through by sca. will fail. on the ground at Benina.
January 9-Five bombers were On land we control the road run- destroyed at Maita, two on the ground ning westwards.
1040 there existed discrepancies be-Accused ordered anybody to sign the
Mr Roy added, "We will be false tween the balances shown by the the Form or get it signed, Ledger and the remaining stocks held body to sign it or get it signed, sv in the international Ideals of the by the Accused an Ofleer in charge of anybody ɛign it, or knew that it was Labour movement if we fall to extend Ì useless nt El Adam.
10 helping band
our British
the Petrol and Lubricant Account in ever going to be signed and sub- the nature (in the case of the first i wilted that, in the absence of the comrades at this movement." charge) of certain deficiencies and in evidence, the Prosecution could not the ease of the third charge) of eer-possibly sumort any allegation that tain surplanet."
"Logically Unsound”
the Accused was privy to the making
of the statement in that document,
Technical Point
2/Lt Badger then explained in dé- for--he said the document did not! tall the method by which the Pro-contain any statement until it bore secution had endeavoured to establish signature. that such discrepancies existed that day, and added: "This method, though
logically
unsound, is mathema-| tically
he
Bt
The third group of charges com- prises those numbered 5, 7, 9, 11, 13,
15 and 17. Each of these charges
The Defending Officer accepted alleges conduct to the prejudice of
"for
the
Birthday Party
at Javello and a number, unspecified, The Germans seem to have little at Berka.
confidence in the Tobruk garrison and Since January 5 two Savolas were are even hinting that the whole cast- destroyed on the ground at or nearern province of Cyrenaica may have Gubba, two at Gazala and seven to be given up. Tiimi, while advancing itoops found! 35 previously destroyed at Gazals.
The Hamburg "Fredemblatt" for Instance writes, "We must be resigned to the fact that the entire area of
Celebration Nazis Make Their Cyrennica is now in danger
Was
Medicine,
certain figures produced by the Progourt order and military discipline in UNIVERSITY FUNCTION Recution; he did not accept and that
but
the Accused ordered Supper asked the Court not to accept Kuester to make on Army Form A tea party
held in the the figures representing the actual G.825 an entry purporting to show University Union Assembly Room on
on October 28, 1940. 122
that a certain quantity of a stated) Saturday afternoon, when Dr E. L "Before
examine the
commodity had been issued to cer- de Souza L.M... MA, D.S. (H.K.), 1.M. | by which, according to the tain person on a certain date, not (Rotunda) celebrated his 30th year
Prosecution.
the ence
ere being satisfied that that quantity of of graduation and his birthday.
Orst Actual Stocks on October 20, were that commodity and in fact been so Dr Souza
of the was one
the graduates of ascertained, let me remind the Court issued
old Hongkong
which was the resulting figures form
The Defending Officer's argument | College of Integral part of the calculation upon with regard to that group was based merged into the University. which the Prosecution has based its
Was taken, upol
a technical point, namely, that A group photograph allegations of discrepaneles and, as under no circumstances could an which included Mr D. J. Sloss, c... suchusta
careful most
Army Form, G.825 purport to show Vice-Chancellor of the University, He then examined the evidence that there had been an issue until it who, however, owing to a previous bore a signature. Ifis contention was engagement was unable to attend the showing how those figures were ar- that the mere preparation of the Form ten party which followed. rived at on October 27, and con-
con did not
to show that anything Addressing those present Dr Souza
the history uf KWEP│frad been
the uni were checked by Major Murray and
und salt, the
the evidence showed that all pt. Le Seelleur. Let me first rescued Capt.
the
Own God
The news that the Italian losses in Bardia were around 45,000 minkes the British ensualty 1st of icss than 600 even more remarkable. Attacks by armoured vehicles often lead to sue- eess at small cost but this proportion at 45,000 to 600 is a great tribute to General Wavell's strategy.
Righteousness of War LONDON Jan. 12 (Reuter)-The Nazis chose to-day for another attack on Christianity and for talking about
they
our call "the creed of
Breslau radio, broad- The casting to Germans in Silesia, said: "We believe in the nation Fuehrer. We believe in you. We believe in the nobility of our people, in the righterusness of our arms, In our flag, in the god who stands by the brave, in Gerinan greatness, in eternity."
and the
tinued: "On October 28 chose figures for purpost anybody: and, bety and the early days of the nie dead. The creed of our time
is the witness put forward by the Prosecution to testify as to the
Hu igures. curney of those
We had a long piece of wood and
U. S. Holdings Transferred
›
Golfer
You'll play botter If you're dressed. to play it botter
To British Treasury LONDON, Jan. 12 (Reuter). The Breslau radio continued: "But
further vesting order what about the old creeds, what-A. about the Scriptures? The Scriptures transfers a large number of dollar additional American the accused had done was to order Hongkong College of Medicine. He draws from the sources of the past
Lo securities
the British mind the Court that Capt. Le Scelleur
leur Supper Kuester to prepare t
the Forms. mentioned the mames of several
ages, but we need no fairy tales, no His argument with regard to the prominent men connected with the legends in this age of modern inven- Treasury.
Tiongkong. tions and arm. in
Forty-five stocks affected include fourth group of charges (those num-medical profession
At about the same time, the Munich American Tobacco Company 6 per bered 18 to 22 inclusive) encls of among them being Sir Patrick Man- son, Sir James Cantlie, Dr Maclean
radio was talking about piety in acent, cumulative preferred, Anaconda Dr J. suaded or
or induced Lt.
C. Thompson, and Dr to sign Lirling to
Sunday service, mostly sort of pagan
Copper, First National Bank of the Franels an Army Form G.825
tion of the Reich. "The reich cannot Motors cumulative preferred We guaged roughly those that a certain quantity of para-munificent gifts by Sir Kai llo-kal / concerne
One words. be defined by mere
stock. been issued to soldiers under and Sir Hormusjee Mody in the The dip-stick was not graduated: butt, Otway well knowing that that building of the University.
Sixty groups of bonds transferred HONG Replying on behalf of those pre- must belleve in the Reich, said the we had a tape-measure, or rider, or
Central something, with us. Major Murray quantity was an estimate, way based measured along the stick with some upon his contention that the evidence sent. Father G. Byrne, S.J., said that Munich radio. "Bellef in immortality include
man of kindly is actually nothing but the conviction States Treasury bonds and certain thing and we thus agreed what the of Lt. Otway (which he examined in Dr Souza
Union Pacific Railway. detail) showed that the witness sign-character and had manifested invarl that our deeds and sacrifices will live bearer and registered bonds of the
for ever in the nation." contents of ench barrel were.
abje interest in the students. Dr ed the forms of his own volition.
Touch of Humour
Souza, he said, was a co-founder of the University Union.
we stuck it into the barrels. Sane Which alleged that the Accused person Clark. He also recalled the "oncerned with the mystical concep- City of New York, and General
WA
of the barrels were full: some were ju not. ལས་ were fuli mean, we took as full show
Evidence Quoted
"As I have said, Capt. Le Serlleur has been brought forward by the
huc
Having considered all the charges Prosecution to Verify the gures in the Defending Officer_ulied
י
was a
The guests included Hon. Mr R. A. CNuril Heat-Mr---Dodwell, "Out of the most gloomy subjects: Prof. W. Faid, Prof. R. Robertson, the Exhibits "N.1" and "N.2" repe- a touch of humour almost invariably Prof. Hau Ti-shan, Rev. E. W. L. Mar- senting the Stock on October 28. 1940. Let me quote a little more of arises, and this is no exception. Loutin and Mrs Martin, Dr T. Y. Li and Mrs Ll. Dr Frank Ashton, Dr S. W. his evidence under cross-examination at the first two Exhibits in the bundle, each on A.F. G.825. In respect of relating to the checking of those
the first, the Prosecution alleges that Tay, Rev. Fathers G. Byrne, S.J., T. Malone, W. Downs, A. Rosseilo, guns n sote made of the contents it purports to show that an Issue was and Mrs C. 1. Monas, Mrs and
were made to the person who signed it: Mrs M. II. Lo, Dr C. Y. X. da. Rozu, at the time when they
allege examined?
refer to the con- in respect of the second, they
that it purports to show that an Issue Ling, Messrs Li Tse-fong, F. B. tents of the Store."
and several A. Well, that is, no-of the con- was made to persons other than he Silva. A. C. Boletho
students of the University. Even the Prosecution is who Aligned. tents of the Store. Major Mur- ray was checking stock himself. at loss consistently to
He then reminded the Court that
K
I was checking at the some time troublesome Army Farterpret this i
At the end of it, we compared
our answers and when we antreed its task was to consider the evidence
I wrote them down: and 1 after-in the light of the 22 specifle charges
ed some of the figures according which the Accused faced, and to
Even at that time you and he
4
ly.'
Q.
A.
Q.
could not agree?'
"Yes, I agreed with her."
If his computation differed from
yours, you agreed that his was
correct?'
A. 'Yes.'
"What A Travesty" "What a travesty! And the Pro- secution uses gutes arrived at und 'checked' in that manner upon while to base these serious charges against the Accused."
ighore completely everything which was not relevant to those charges.
Finally, Licut Badger declared: "On
Jaid before!
the grounds which I have
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Bombs And Pamphlets
LONDON, Jan. 12 (Reuter).—A new attempt is being made
by Italy to bar the now familiar route used by British bombers between Britain and northern Italy.
Last Saturday night for the first time, batteries of anti- aircraft guns ranged on the Italian slopes of the Alps opened fire against R.A.F. bombers going to attack the Royal Arsenal in Turin.
Mediterranean night, despite this addition to
'Latest Claims
another
The raiders reached their objective one after another soon after mid- the hazards of winter flying over the Alps. The almost clear sky which awaited them over Turin enabled
the Court, I subinil-with regard to LONDON, Jan, 12. (Router), them to identify clearly railways and each one of those 22 charges-that it "A cruiser and several other streets and the sweep of the river is not supported by the evidence and warships received heavy hits in Po. that, accordingly, the Acqused should
(11) English Some aircraft carried a number of not be called upon for his Defence" fresh attack on
naval unit in the Mediterranean," Court Adjourns
very heavy bomby which were re- Explosions 2/Lieut K. E. Allanson, prosecuting states to-day's German High leased, with a shower of incendiaries,
right into the arsenal. officer, replied briefly after which the Command communique.
which followed the bursting of the sider the defence oficer's submission, merchantman of 8,000 tons was sunk court adjourned till 2.30 p.m. to con- It also reports that "an enemy bombs went on intermittently and could still be seen when the bombera In Irish waters and that
were back over the Alps. The fires ship of 30,000 tons was sunk off the
were equally impressive. south-east coast of England."
Last night, a rald on London, the One pilot was prevented from at-
unique ndds, was carried out by
tacking the arsenal because his bomb- formations and bomber
release had frozen over the Alps, but numerous Ares testified their he flew on until the mechanism had success."
"come alive" again and bombed the -Main Target Regarding British raids over Ger- Fiat works and another factory.
many, it says, "A few high explosive
Four-page pamphlets giving Mr LONDON, Jan. 12 (Reuter), and Incendiary bombs were dropped Churchill's recent speech were also
the second night in in ports of Germany, seriously dropped. which comprises those num- succession, London appeared to damaging one house, killing three 0, 0, 10, 12, 14 and 10, he be the main target of the Ger- people, and seriously injuring three
Having submitted that the evidence before the Court had not established beyond alt doubt that those figures were correct, the Defending Officer explain in detail three distinci reasons why and deficiencies arrived at that those Agures
and
on the assinould not be taken to
were correct
be surpluses and and
September 30, 1940.
declencles
on
BOMBS ON LONDON
char with the second group of For
bered 4,
said "In each of these charges, the Accused
13 charged with being privy man air force to-night.
to the inking of a a false statement
others."
to
Over, Switzerland BERNE, Jan. 12 (Reuter),-British planes were over Switzerland Inst
Bombs were dropped at various in
a document of which it was his duty parts of the capital.
to ascertain the accuracy."
accuracy.
Night fighters as well as anti-night, claim the Swiss authorities.
Youthful Air Squadrons
His Orst argument with regard to aircraft guns were in action. Over An Army communique issued this the second group followed from the the Thames Estuary, the raklers met morning says, "Foreign aircraft flew fact that, in each charge, it was al-intense anti-aircraft fire and some over the Lehmon and Jura region for Scheme Under Way In U.K. leged that the Army Form G.825 to Bombs were jettisoned en marshland. several hours, coming from the north-
LONDON,
12 Other raiders were reperled from west and leaving in the direction of
Jan.
(Reuter)- which the charge related was a do Liverpool, a north-east town and la Savoy. The cument of which it was the duty of the vicinity of a
defences went into There is a great race ali over Britam town in western action. After one plane had made n to form air squadrons of boys the Accused to ascertain the England.
forced landing in France, it was between 10 and 18 years of age under A. A. Guna Score
established that the planes were the new R.AF, pre-entry scheme. LONDON, Jan. 12 (Reuter)-One British." enemy bomber was destroyed by anti-
Each squadron of the R.A.F. "prep" school, as the schemo is called, will aircraft Are on Saturday night, states
be 200 strong and quotas have been the Air Ministry.
given ulready to countries, cities and towns. For instance, London is to have 86 squadrona, Lancashire 100, Glamorgan 24 and Birmingham 20.
About 700,000 boys. from all walks of life are ellatible and the KLAF
Accused's Duty
He examined the evidence given by Major Grote, pointing out that at the time when the Accused was pl leged to have committed the offences! he was the Accused's Company Com- mander, and said that his orders were that the Accused should check back and find out to whom the inaues had
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