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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 1, 1940.

PORTSMOUTH

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SENSATION

Wife Of R.A.F. Sergeant An Alleged Spy

2 Men Charged With Assisting Woman

LONDON, TO-DAY. AMAZING ALLEGATIONS WERE MADE AT PORTS- MOUTH YESTERDAY WHEN A WOMAN AND TWO MEN APPEARED ON CHARGES UNDER THE DEFENCE REGULATIONS AND THE OFFI- CIAL SECRETS ACT.

The woman, Marie Louisa Augusta Ingram, 42, who was said to be the wife of an R.A.F. ser- geant and the sister-in-law of a staff officer serving with the German High Command, was alleged to have tried to obtain information about tanks and men.

Southsea.

William Swift, 57, and Archibald Watts, 40, were accused

of trying to help her. All three lived

Swift was described as an assistant storeman in the Naval Dockyards at Southsea.

Ingram was sald to have been born in Germany of German parents and to have expressed hatred of Britain.

Prosecution counsel stated that if the alleged offences had taken place a week later, accused would have ap- peared on charges the punishment for which was death.

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Two separate charges against in- gram concerned an act prejudicial to the public safety and an attempt to obtain documents or Information calculated to be useful to the enemy..

Causing Disaffection Swift and Watts were charged with communication and associating with to cause dis- Ingram, endeavouring affection among His Majesty's forces dis- and possessing documents the semination of which would be likely to contravene the Defence Regulations. The prosecutor said both Swift and Watts knew Ingram was engaged in activities helpful to the enemy and. had tried to help her..

Ingram had been heard to express anti-British opinions and had told one man that when this country was invaded by the Germans, the Royal Family and members of the Cabinet would be publicly executed, and Bir Oswald Mosley made ruler of England.

KNIGHTHOOD FOR DR. SALAZAR

London, To-day.

KENYA AND

THE FIFTH COLUMN

Nairobi, To-day.

A special unit composed of European civilians exempt from military service is being formed In Kenya to deal with parachute troops and Fifth Columniste.- Router.

U-BOAT

SINKS THREE VESSELS

THE QUEEN REVIEWS A.T.S.

London, To-day.

Her Majesty the Queen yesterday reviewed a parade of 400 members of the A.T.S. She was received by the Gen- eral Officer commanding the Eastern Command and the Director of the A.T.S.

She addressed the parade as fol- lows:-

"Women of the Auxiliary Territor- ial Service, I am very glad indeed to have been able to come here to-day and I congratulate you on the very smart appearance which you present on parade.

"The great variety of your activi- of which I shall hope to see many examples this morning whe-

ties London, To-day. A U-boat has sunk three ther in cook-houses or offices, in merchant ships off the Span-motor-cars or ambulances, or in the work of teleprinting and ish coast in the past few essential

switchboard operating, tells of the great value of your service to the Army.

days.

The first was the 3,400 tons Ar- gentine grain ship Uruguay, which was sunk and whose crew were left to get to shore as best they could. The incident has aroused angry de- monstrations in the Argentine,

The second was the French lobster- Ashing boat Julien whose crew are now safe.

Reuter.

*** A vessel of 7,406 tons, the Tele- na was built in 1927 and is owned by the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Com-

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Need Great

"Any woman who can be spared from her home and wishes, as every woman wishes to-day, to make some contribution to the task before us all can be sure that in the Auxiliary: Ter- ritorial Service a use and a welcome will be found for her goodwill and

for more helpers is very great to-day and I should like to think that many vices to the country, and to follow the

hundreds were able to offer their ser-

In connexion with the 800th anni-Telena, which has been towed to Vigo.skill, whatever it may be. The need The third was the British oil tanker versary of the Portuguese indepen-She was shelled and set on fire. dence celebrations, which open to- day, the King has conferred knight- hoods upon Dr. Salazar, the Portu- guese Prime Minister, and other re- presentatives of Portugal and her overseas possessions as a special in-pany.

in- dication of the friendly British terest on an occasion of such great significance to Britain's ancient ally.

Reuter.

Hong Kong Greeting

All Rescued

Madrid, To-day. The remaining 14 members of the crew of the Uruguay have been picked up and are now on the way to Cor- unna.

The following message has been addressed by the Officer Administer- The crew of 10 of the Julien, sunk ing the Government (the Hon. Mr. off Cap Finisterre, have also arrived N. L. Smith) to the Governor ofat Corunna.-Reuter.......... Macao, Dr. A. Tamagnini de Sousa

Barbosa:

COMPULSORY SERVICE

ORDER

Your Excellency,-On the occasion of the celebration of the eight hun- dred years of Portugal's existence as a free nation I have the honour to send, on behalf of the Colony of Hong The senior military officer for the Kong, our cordial greetings and good time being in command of His Ma- wishes. It is a matter of regret that jesty's regular troops in the Colony," I cannot be personally represented at under the power conferred by section those celebrations but I am glad to 2 (1) of the Compulsory Service Or- learn that it may be possible for adinance, No. 32 of 1989, appointed ship of His Majesty's Navy to proceed Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Barron Sent For Trial

to Macao on the occasion.

Rose, M.C., Commandant, Hong Kong Be assured, Your Excellency, that Volunteer Defence Corps, to be the Ingram acquired British nationality

for the by marriage and had been employed Hong Kong will share in the rejoic-Proper Military Authority

purposes of sections of sections 3 and in a domestic post by a senior navalings of her sister Colony.

11 of the said Ordinance, with effect officer engaged in important work for the Admiralty.

from the 20th May, 1940.

All three defendants were · com- mited for trial. at Old Bailey.-Reu- ter.

DEMONSTRATIONS IN BUENOS AIRES

H.K.N.V.F. DECISION

example of those I see before me to- day. I wish you all good fortune in the admirable work that you`aré carry- ing on." Reuter.

A.D.C.S TO O.A.G.

His Excellency the Officer Adminis- tering the Government has appointed the following officers to be his Honor-

ary Aides-de-Camp, with effect from

19th May, 1940:-

Captain Henrique Alberto de Bar- Volunteer ros Botelho, Hong Kong Defence Corps.

Mr. Fung Ping-fan, St. John Am- bulance Association and Brigade.

Mr. Tso Tsun-on, Hong Kong Po. lice Reserve.

Subadar Major Hoshiyar Singh, 1st Kumaon Rifles.

8th

Subadar Major Jagat Singh, Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery.

Risaldar & Honorary Lieutenant Feroze Khan, Royal Indian Army Service Corps.

Mr. Kenneth Andrew Bidmead, Hong Kong Police.

Flight Lieutenant Noel William Wright, Royal Air Force.

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

It is announced in the "Gazette" that, Buenos Aires, To-day.

Acting Sub-Lieutenant Thomas EMERGENCY POWERS Angry crowds, chiefly composed of in exercise of the powers conferred by

section 8 of the Naval Volunteer Or-Maurice Parsons, Hong Kong Naval youths, demonstrated in the streets TAKEN IN N.Z.

ofdinance, 1933, His Excellency the Of Volunteer Force.

Lieutenant John Paul Gunner, Royal against Germany following news

the Government the sinking of the Argentine Steamer ficer Administering Wellington, To-day.

Second Lieutenant Brian Alfred Uruguay by a U-boat. The police dispenses with the services of Sub- Navy, and

Lieutenant George Fish, Warrant Of-

The Royal took precautions to avoid excesses. Bill

Scots (The Royal Regiment). Several deputies spoke in Parlia-ficer James Ross and Warrant Officer Fargus, 2nd Battalion,

as members of the

Lieutenant Gordon Patrick Fergu- ment protesting against German ac-Charles Young tivities in the Argentine-Havas.

Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force. :

son, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps. MR. F. E. E. BOOKER PROMOTED A.S.P.

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The Emergency Powers Bill Compulsory Military Service were passed through all stages the New Zealand Parliament yester- day in rapid order.

A secret session to discuss the war will be held on Wednesday.-Reuter. LEOPOLD TO BE STRUCK FROM LEGION OF HONOUR

Paris,: To-day: A decree will be officially published to day announcing that Leopold will be struck off the Legion of Honour Reuter

BANK LINE SEEKING TO BUY U.S. SHIPS

Washington, To-day.

His Excellency the Officer Adminis- | The Lykos Brothers Steamship Com-tering the Government has been pany of New Orleans has appiled to pleased, under instructions from the of the Maritime Commission for per- Right Honourable the Secretary mission to sell to the Bank. Lins of State for the Colonies, to appoint Mr. Glasgow and to transfer to British re Frederick Edward Evelyn Booker to Queen, be on Assistant: Superintendant of alstry the vessels Western -West-Harshaw, West Quscher and Police, with effect from the 1st of

Cobalt

April 1940.

Mr. Samuel Lewis Lloyd has been appointed to act as Organiser of the General Group for Essential Services in the Hong Kong Defence Reserve, during the absence from the Colony of Mr. John Keith Bousfield, M.C.

Mr. H. G. Wallington, M.A. has been appointed to be Principal, King's Col- lege, with effect from the 20th of November, 1999,