PEOPLE'S DOLLAR APPEARS IN
PEIPING
AREA
By SPENCER MOOSA
Peiping, Feb. 2.-The Military Control Com- mittee has proclaimed the Jenminpiao, or Com- munist People's Bank dollar, the legal basic currency for the Peiping area.
gold
at
once
It called the Nationalist
yuan "puppet currency" and said it should be withdrawn but, for public welfare, would be allowed to circulate for another 20 days.
the
It said that from today workers, in a plant of the late Hua Pei Jh be- during the stage and
could Pao, which, students
poor people change up to 600 Yuan at
tween the ceasetre and military oc- People's Bank, which presumably is eupation. 10 days later, was rash the new name for the Central Bank enough to publish a recent speech by of China. It forbade withdrawals John Cabot, U. S. Consul General at of gold yuan from the Peiping area Shanghai. and sald the genral rate of exchange would be announced later.
The official Communist newspaper has made its debut here. It is called the Jen Min Jih Pao Daily News.
policy stute-
The Jen Min Jh Poo is a single Whose sheet, four-page newspaper first front
devoted to page Ano Tse-tung's eight peace points.
Other or People's
stories dealt with subse- It is being published quent Communist
ments including attacks on "Ameri- nlen can Imperialism." There was Also some foreign and domestic news such as the alleged escape of two Nationalist planes from Hangchow And
US Fleet's Evacuation
Of Tsingtao
2.
Tsingtao, February Vice-Admiral Oscar Badger today revealed that within a fortnight he would sail aboard his flagship, USS EI Dorado to Shanghai, and then when the El Dorado left Tsingtao, the headquarters of the United States West Pacifie Flact would go with it.
He made it clear, however,
that
wherever the flatship goes-Shang
port hil, Hongkong or any other along the China coast-the West Pacific Fleet will still be ready to carry out its duties as a servant of the State Department in protecting American nailonels, and
car properties.
from Communist and telegrams organisations abroad-but none from the Soviet
members
of
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, FEED ARY 3, 1949.
Court-Martial
Reform
London. Feb. 2-Mr C. Hale, Labour, asked the Defence Minister in the House of Com- mons today if he was prepared to direct that in trial by court martial of any person below commissioned rank at least one member of the court should be of equal rank with the accused,
Mr A. V. Alexander replied that this was one of the ques- Hons arising from a report of the Committee on the Army and BAF Courts Martial, but
the Government Isad not reached a decision on the recommendations of the report,
The matter was complete and under consideration, and he hoped a statement would be issued shortly as to the prace- dure to be adopted with regard to the report-Reuter.
Robbers Resisted By Villagers
COURT STORY
The courage and initiative Union-congratulating shown by a small group of vil the Reds on their victories.
lagers led to the capture of one statement by Generat Nich
of a gang of men who a short Jung-chen. Red North China Come while before, it was alleged in
the mander, sald Kuomintang San Min Chu Yi Youth Court, had attempted to carry Corps and the China Youth Party out a robbery in their premises must register with the Red
at Taunwan, New Territories, authorities.
and at the Criminal Sessions this morning, Lam Mun. 37, was tried before the Chief Justice, Sir Leslie Gibson and a Jury on a charge of assault with intent to rob. He pleaded not guilty.
SPARY DEFENCE
OPENS
Judge Rules A Case
To Be Answered
Continued from Page 1)
working in private jobs were loon Bowling Green Club that the drawing Government pay is in turn materials supplied there were taken discredited by the testimony of the out of the Hunghom workshop by pay afficer, Agafureff, and athers Ko Ling, and then installed there who showed that pay was issued to subsequently. The presentation members and not to men.
the bill was evidence of criminal'
he submitted. intent,
DEVOID OF MERIT Referring to the count of false was that protences, his submission defence submission was totally de- vold of merit, Counsel said. There was Spary going into the Club, pre- centing a bill, which was a false
NO CASE TO ANSWER His Lordship: Do you say your client has no case to answer on any of the counts, Mr D'Alton?
afr D'Alton: That is so, my Lord, have purposely laft out the third count in which I think, the evidence might be considered.
Hi Lordship: Apart from the third count, you say your client has no case to answer?
Mr D'Alton: Yes, my Lord,
So far as the fourth count is con- prosecution said thet those
Brown,
were
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bill, in that it purported to show that the work was performed by Cheong Hing electrical shop who never did it, and purported also to show that Mr Percy Chen then male his the materials
supplicated by submission of no case to answer on Cheong ing who behalf of Kwok Kwong. He said: them, and also that Spary sald he I associate myself with the ex- wanted money to pay n contractor, pressions uitered by my learned there being no eontractor. His sub friend so far as the case against the mission was that it was clear that Arst accused is concerned and more Spary must have known there had particularly with the submission
been no contractor and it was also which he made as to the require- clear there was Intention to defraud. menis in law for the prosecution to He did not want to go over all the prove the possession of the articles bills agair, but he would draw the alleged to have been stolen.
attention of the Court particularly cernel, my Lord, the
to other bills which were cashed by witness,
Kwok's The
in respect of eviden lamp shades are not of Government
eighth,
hth, ninth and tenth counts, even type.
If disconnected from the whole of Associate myself with the argu-the systematic evidence, started with ments which were put forward by the evidence of Horris and Rowe my learned friend as regards
the regarding the wiring of the quonset 10 fluorescent lamps, that the pro-hut, Counsel said. There wag office thevidence of phoning Spary's Recution has failed to sustain
There was charge and that the evidence which
Kwok going out. intent and I associate myself with there was the evidence of Rowe that JORDAN ROAD they produced disproves the criminal evidence of visits paid to the work, the arguments particularly as re- he took Kwok there, and there was gards the twelfth count, that of evidenco of Tong Chuen who said The Jury empanelled comprised conspiracy. It was proved by the he saw Spary and Kwok together three men and four women.
prosecution, or rather that they while he was in the engine room. The charge against Lam alleged failed to prove, that there was any
Dealing with the ninth count, Mr that he, on November 15 last year, opportunity for these two men to Hoolon said he was relying on the out assaulted
Hong, Tam Ho Kol, Ha
conspire in the terms
fact the lights were taken
that of Hunghom workshops, but it to rob them.
Itis Lordship: Mr Chen, you su might be open for the Jury to draw Mr M. Heenan, Crown Counsel.mit your client has no case to the inference that 10 of these lights conducted the prosecution, assisted
had been traced further the Wanchai workshop by Det.-Inspector C. Dowman.
There to
told the Court and Jury that
been collected by Wei Tat.
that he did in fact attempted robbery occurred at the
was evidence leave.
premises of the caretaker of
In reply, Mr Hooton said that, collect them on the instructions of Tsunwan Permanent Foreign quarters believe the order | Tsunwan j'ermat
Cemetery on
with regard to Mr D'Alton's first Kwok. The might have come from Washington. the evening of November 15.
On those three counts it was his Travellers from Tientsin said the caretaker's premises were slluated submission which was that the in-
sumcient submission that there was sufficient Communists took over and dis-in somewhat isolated place, and dictment did not allego tributed ECA supplies there without was occupied by the caretaker, his particulars as to the agency through evidence to connect Spary with the it actual Inreenies and Kwok as ac- ECA direction.
family, and other employees of the which possessio was claimed,
boiled down
ally to a
a submission cessory before the fact. that the indictment was uncertain in
that The statement said also
strictly obey all foreigners must the rules and regulations issued by the Communists. Violators will be punished according to Associated Press.
law
ECA BRANCH CLOSED Peiping,
order to Feb. 2.--The close the ECA Pelping branch immediately was received from the
Administration's
China
office
in
Shanghai last night.
No reason was given, North China King-ylu and Teal Cho, with intent in the indictment.
representative Retchle Davis, in
on
4
臼
Was
notice to the staff, said salaries wound be paid up to Feburary 4.
told them the ECA He essential
planning to send a chartered plane
Peiping
to February Admiral said that The
changing evacuate any persontiel wishing to conditions at Tsingtao and China coast areas made it not only feasible to possible but highly "readjust the Naval and Marine forces under his command.
other
nt
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This might or might not have prompted the decision to close the Peiping office.
Whether ECA's scheduled plane will actually arrive depends on the good graces of the Communists who. since their formal military occupa-
the city's airfekts.---A550-
closel
Cemetery.
Inid
down
answer on all counts of which he He is concerned? the
the
Mr Chen: On all counts, my Lord.
CROWN REPLIES
bnek to
as
having
COURAGEOUS RESISTANCE its particulars. He said it was it the counts the Crown had adduced
At approximately 8 p.m. a gang very late stage in which to of about six
men endeavoured
th10
Particulars
Cent should have
tako
tion of Peiping on January 31, he resisted courageously and possession by Government through-
elated Press.
Europeans Hurt
In Car Smash
Mr R. W. Hore, aircraft engineer employed by the Jardine Aircraft Maintenance, Co., sustained a frac fured leg as the result of a traffic
also
enses to answer,
He finally submitted that in all sufficient evidence to go before the of the Jury. to overcome the inmates of
bcen applied After Mr D'Alton lind replied to house and employed considerable for at an carlier date, he said.
Crown Counsel Mr Justice Reynolds had force in so doing. Some of the Crown Counsel submitted tint held that both the serused
two of the robbers, causing out the case was claimed by virtue The trial ts continuing. to flee, and eventually the of the fact that the materials were whole gang
fled in various present in the Government in- directions.
stallations, the purpose, of which Three of the inmates of the care- was to make up and supply electrical taker's premises deckled to make equipment to authorised jobs. His a report to the nearest pollee sintton submission was that it was clearly and set out in a car. They pro- brought out in Brown's evidence-in- when he said that was the ceeded down Texas Road and during chier
purpose these installations. their journey they noticed a person fleeing down the
He would put it no higher; Crown road. They Counsel continued, than that the stepped the car and
Have
chase.
in those installations of The party noticed that ther
Stalin's Peace
Bid Rejected
Continued from Page 1)
He declined to give details of the shift and reduction o! personnel, but indicated that the Marines now
ships billeted on
at the Tsingtao anchorage might be .nt in part to Others at Shanghai. relieve those
Gian 10 be returned might Okinawa and other places in the Pacifle where facilities for regular duty
better te much Tsingino.
"Now that the evacuation of American nationals is completed." Admiral Badger said, "the demands on Navy services have diminished. We are readjusting: the forces mect the meals of the situation. will continue to maintain a force ut The Tsingtao adequate for the job. remaining members of the force will beinken-id where better training facilities are avallable. We will
only retain
貔 patrol unit ashore at Tsingtao."
that presumption of fact
matter of direct in- those materials were in the posses-international Nuvy was not involved in China's terday afternoon which involved at that carried by one of the robbers.
On catching up with the
terest to other nations without the man, they
uf other civil war
and "uny changes
Regarding the various submissions representatives relationship with any government
table lorry. The car was driven by robber gang. This individual then of no sufficient evidence on the being present. or governments In China will he Mr T. E. C. Shutt, also an aircraft turned and attacked the group, but different counts, Mr Hoolen said he
RUSSIA BLAMED determined by the
State
Depart engineer of Jardine's.
they sel about him
him and succeded
make
one preliminary ob- ment-not the Navy. Our job is tó
with them
al for frustrating action (in the Unlter create a feeling of security for B. and the lorry were
agreement Americans along the entire China in the same' direction along
disarmament the Counsel continued. appeared to have case of systematic stealing was the atomic energy, worki const. Where the situation cels Castle Peak Road towards Kowloo been well-planned, and all the gang allegation of the Crown and it was nid establishment
of an interna- reaching tense we are prepared to help cur with the lorry ahead. On
were armed with either pistols or not
tional police force. not possible in his submission to
of nationals,"
the Government vegetable depot at knives and in endeavouring to dissect count from count, in that 5. He declared Russia's use
thwarted Lan Ti Village the loiry apparently achieve their object not only dis-evidence Commenting on plans to sail for
QTI one count was also the veto in the UN had
the UN Shanghai, Admiral Badger sald. made to turn into a side rond. The played considerable force but also evidence on another count, and the attempts to put in effect
Headquarters of the
cor swerved to the right and 13 used considerable force. One of the whole
provides for peace- allegations of the
and Charter, which doing so hit tree.
Inmates of the caretaker's. housevidence
was, in his submission, ful settlement of disputes.
Stalin's the suffered a stab wound with a knife.
knocked down! He 8. probative against the ne Shult
IDENTIFIED
interest in signing a foint cautious
hy The accused was identified, not
Mr Hooton then dealt at length Soviet-American peace part
Sovlet the that both only by the man who had captured with the evidence adduced by the ainting
presence
3. The United States will
He added that the United States mishap in the New Territories yes-{ "un carrying a bamboo pole Telectrical equipment did raise a re discuss with any single nation any
"The
West Pacifle Fleet is right here on this ship.
I plan to distribute the feet
nt my disposal anywhere along the const if the situation demands." United Press.
SIDE GLANCES
12-9
buttal
private car and a Government vege- i recognised him as being among the son of the Crown
hlm.
4. He blamed the Soviet
ค
proceeding:
The
It appears that the cor, a Morris robbery. Crown together. This was a par excellence Nations) 1o obtain
Mr Hore was removed to Kowloon Hospital. Mo sustained an injury to his forehead but was not detained at hospitul.
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arrest Club. gang apprehended, and his
The properly alleged In
in war against each other.
recalled that President was primarily due to the courage and this case to have been stolen initiative of some of the occupants 600 yards of lighting cable.
There Truman, an his Inauguration day. of the caretaker's house, the Prosecu was the evidence of Ho Ting
unfaltering support of that pledged the tor declared.
the United States to the UN. Mr this was taken out of the workshop Dr James Wong Takon. Wanchai on the instructions of Acheson noted that Mr Truman "did Spary. There was evidence that it not say that he would be prepared to was laken out and installed at the consider making that statement-he Yacht Club premises,
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medical officer, Kowloon Hospital, said he examined four men in the Hospital. Among them was the ae- cused who lad lacerations and bruises which were consistent with his having been involved in struggle. Ho Hong had a sjab wound lamps supplied to Dr Shield's dental
LAMPS LEFT BEHIND Referring to the two fluorescent
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COMRADES GIVE GAME AWAY
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Not only must the trade unions fight the management-ihey must actively persuade the men, in accept the rule of a single power" In the factory, the single, power being the boss. Lucifer must not only not fight God he must be- come his lleutenant
inclies long and was consistent with Hooton said that defence submission
He was de- was that according to the evidence. Liverpool, Feb. 2-Nearly 1,030 stab with a knife. tained in Hospital
of these lamps had been members of the Royal Air Force- for four days toned and that therefore they air crews, technicians and ground The other two men. Tam King you were not capable of being stolen, slat left and Ho Kol, had slight wounds and bruises,
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Ho Ting in his evidence special service in the Singapore treatment.
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Sub-sald that these lamps were Armourer, Inspector J. MacMillan, testified that left behind at the time of the re
There was also he had received one round of 32 occupation. automatic pistol ammunition examination, and found that it had to department considered them- H.K.T.
by the Jury, said that
All would now oppear to have been said. But Mr Kole la deter intely been struck but not sumclent-his ly to detonate it. The round could selves or were responsible for
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Report: 10.10. the Philippines, The Orst group of not sufficient to say that they were tolar 10.15, Weather
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