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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1946.

SHAMSHUIPO REVELATIONS Volunteer's Messages In Invisible Ink

Trusted Agent Outside Camp

London, Sept. 9.

A protest against prosecution witnesses being flown from Hong Kong to give evidence, whereas when the defence wanted a witness from there they were told they would have to pay their own expenses, was made today by Mr. G. O. Slade, defending counsel at the court martial of Major Cecil Boon.

Major Boon has pleaded not guilty to 11 charges

of assisting the Japanese while a prisoner of

war.

- When told by the witness, | that the Japanese looked upon William Robertson, Assistant the accused as a man through Mannger of the American Ex- press Company, Hong Kong, and an officer in the Hong Kong

BRITON KILLED

IN GREECE

Athens, Sept. 9.

Mr. Eric W. Kemp, a 47- year-old British telephone en- gineer employed by UNRRA, teas killed north of Larisau, Eastern Greece yesterday,

when his jeep struele a mine on the road, The Greek driver also leat his life.

Brigadier G.HF. Stayner, Acting Chief of UNRRA in Greece has called the Greek Government's attention to the ircident.--Reuter,

whom negotiations should be Landed At

carried out between them and the prisoners. The witness was

Royni Naval Volunteer Rezerve, abuard and the interpreter at Harwich Minus

that he had come at Govern- mont's expense, Mr. Slade made his protest.

One of today's witnessen. Captain Edward Wood, Royal Army Service Corps, said that Major Boon was very frighten- ed of the Japanese, He had seen him pay compliments to the Japs. The method of ap- proach to the Camp Common- dant consisted of removing headgear, bowing. waiting and bowing again at 15 degrees.

in his face.

Colonel Halse informed the court that he anticipated clos- ing the cRae for the proseci tlon tomorrow, there being only six more witnesses to call.

The court then adjourned- Reuter.

Pope On State Education

Reine, Sept. 9.

Permit

London, Sept. 10. Hanni M. Lutzhoift, 20-year-old Danish girl, plended guilty at a magistrates court here today to landing in Britain without the permission of the Immigration authorities. She was remanded on ball pending her return home.

A detective sald that when the girl was detained in London's West End Saturday, she said H.K.V.D.C. Officer

that she arrived in Britain in the Another witness, Captain R. The Pope, addressing at his steamship "Crown Princo Fede- with K. Valentine. H.K.V.D.C., of summer residence at Castel Gan-rick," having boarded It Dodwell's, Hong Kong, dis- dolgo today a delegation from the some sailors,

She got ashore at Harwich on closed that he started nsing in-frst Congress of Catholic Teach-

not deny or Aun. 20 without passing through ers, said: "We do visible ink on parcels leaving minimise the proper rights of the official channels, he said. Police the camp and that

meanages State in educational affairs, but added that Miss Lutzhalft, who were also coming into the camp the State must also respect the in invisible ink. Messages were rights of the

came from "a respectable family" family and the

In Denmark, had wanted to work also sent out of the camp in church.

Mugistrate Sir Wilfred Bennett remanded the girl on ball for in recrocal agreement for in-even days, stating that if she re- struction and education of youth." turned to Denmark on a boat which The Pope warned the delegation leaves today, the ball would autor expire. Associated of the dangers of anti-religiousmatically education.Reuter.

a cake of soap. The prisonera, "The gun! which must be reach-in Britain.

he said, had a trusted agented is co-operation outside the camp.

When Mr. Slade made the point that it was Major Boon who "bearded the lion in his den when others failed," Cap- tain Valentine declared: "You must not think we don't realise that Major Boon had a very difficult and very unfortunate job."

Another witness, Lance Cor- poral Charles Bellchambers, of the Middlesex Regiment, rela- ting un alleged incident

in

among the church, the State and the family.

Press.

May

Squatters

Be Ejected

London, Sept. 9.

Major Boon's office in October. Swift legal action is likely to be taken by the Gov-

1943, said he heard Major Boon and Corporal Turner shouting at each other. Turner protest- ed that the accused had been spying on him and "nat neting as a British officer should."

ernment against the Communist-organised "squatters," who seized luxury flats in Lon- don's West End yesterday.

The Cabinet met today and, considered views of law officers of the Crown concerning one Wock of flats, which is legally Government property.

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Ship Strike Holds Up Food Cargoes

New York, Sept. 10. The crippling effect of the United States maritime strike was shown Monday by the announce- ment that nearly 10,000 foaded rallway gooda wagons are tied up, many containing food for Europe and Asia.

The strike, now in its fifth day. has paralyzed all the nation's ports, stopping all shipments, in- cluding UNRRA cargoes.

Half a million workers are idle because of the strike.

Meanwhile, tho continuing strike of 25,000 lorry drivern threatened nearly 8,000,000 New Yorkers with acute shortages of

The National Sugar Refining Company,' normally producing 4,000,000 lbs of sugar overy day, was forced to close down.

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rates pay negotiated between the unions food. and the employers.

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The intervention of Lowls spokesman sald that the shelves followed a decision by Joseph of 2,000 shops were bare, with no Curren, the President of the hope of replenishing-Associated National Maritime Union (Con- Fress. gress of Industrial organisa- tion) to order his men to sail fully loaded UNRRA relief ships. Mr. Fiorello LaGuardin, who announced this decision, said there were 37 ships with UNRRA cargoes, some partly loaded. He added that further action would prob-

Adilakie, Sept. 9. ably have to wait until today's

Sir Douglas Mawhon, Antarctic meeting in Washington where explores, speaking here today of the Wage Stabilisation Board the alternative schemes for the re would hear the union claims. entry of the Japanese whaling -The declaration of a sym-feet in the Industry, said ho pathy strike by New York tug-favoured a dividing feet between boat men has caused a run on Australia, New Zealand, Nor- city shops for butter, eggs, wegian and British interests. milk. cigarettes and tobacco as New Yorkers recall the state of emergency declared by the Mayor last spring when the tugboat men struck. The boats haul 80 per cent of the city's fuel and about half of its food. A prolonged strike would halt the underground system and darken the "Great White Way" --Broadway.--Reuter.

No Peace

Keeping Japs. Out including Of Whaling

New York, Sept, 10. Any hopes for perco on the

nation's strikebound waterfronts suffered a setback with the au- nouncement that the CIO acamon would den and pay raises matching

the won by AFL Bailors in

strike against the pay cut decision by the Wage Stabilization Board.

The adoption of any scheme which would allow the Japanese to engage in whaling would inevit ably lead to the Japanese re.. establishing their position in the industry to the detriment of the Allied nationa.

Australia, he said sadly, 'missed the bus' when she failed to jump into the field immediately after the war. Australia had to do the best she could under the circum- stancea-that would bo to get Japanese ships and run them in- dependently of the Japanese."— Reuter.

¡U.S. Detains

Yugoslavs

Paralyzing shutdown of export business threatened to bring cur

Trieste, Sept. 10. tallment of operations in steel and

The United States 88th Division flour mills with storage space

Headquarters at Gorizia antoune- rapidly reaching saturation pointed today the detention of six of the country has also been

Rail shipments to seaports have

Yugoslav UNRRA train guards in Spat In His Face

taken into consideration and been embargoed since last Friday. connection with the explosion of For the first time the Navy Anked by Mr. Slade "Was it

steps to prevent it considered.

The leader of the "Squatters" Iquipment and personnel stepped

a dynamite bojih in Trieste. not an awful thing for a cur-

Thu Committee told Reuter

announcement said the six that in Navy craft took 887 passen. poral to speak to a field officer

men were picked Up three- in the way Turner spoke to

This had been requisition they were going to ask the gers of the Marino Tigor which

Borough Major Boon?" the witness re- during the war and was actual-

Council to use the arrived from Puerto Rice-Asso- quarters of a mile from the scene of the bombing with five hand grenades in their possession. plied: "Under the circumstan-ly in the process of being hand-power they had to requisition clated Press.

The

announcement said the сен none of the men excepted back to the owners for lot- the flats and let them at "work- the "quating class renta" and to ask for

bomb was thrown into a bouse those we knew to be with Major ting them, when

Aud Boon helping the Japanese re-

out one wall. No casualties were reported. cognised him."

Liking other countries receiv ing UNRRA supplies through Trieste, Yugoslavia furnishes 40 guards who ride UNRRA traing

ters" walked in.

The Ministry of Works De- He also said that despite an partment concerned will issue a order that prisoners should not statement probably tonight.

outside wave to people

the Well-informed quarters take the view that the "aquatters" camp, he saw Major Boon do- ing so frequently.

in this block are in a complete- his interviewly different category from those Speaking of with the Camp Commandant who have moved into disused about the request he made in a letter sent through Major Boon for the return of certain property taken from him, Cap- tain Valentine said he was told

"JANE"

camps. They are regarded as being used by Communists de- liberately to flout the law.

Possibility of similar action being inspired in other parts

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services of electricity, heat and water to be laid on.

"We are not going to budge an inch. The Communist Party got us in and we are going to stay," he said.-Reuter.

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WORLD FOOD BOARD

Copenhagen, Sept. 9. John Boyd Orr, the United Director-General of the Nations Food and Agriculture or- ganisation now in conference here enid today that the proposals for world food board had been agreed in principle by the deleg aten to the conference, though The Iron and Steel Institute re-some thought it might be difficult ported that United States steel to put them into practico. mills will operate at 88.5 per cent "But that is possible," Sir John of capacity this week, a gain of maintained. It is a matter for

concerned 4 per cent over last week. Estimat- the governments ed tonnage Is 1,595,700.-Asso-ngree on establishing the board." cinted Press.

New York, Sept. 10.

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British Note To Denmark

London, Sept. D. Britain today replied to the Danish Government's recent ap- prouches on the status of tho Danish minority in South Bchles- wig, according to a Foreign Ofice spokesman.

Well Informed Danish quarters

In London believed that the nota was received in the Danish lega- tion this afternoon. Recent re presentations mada to Britain by Denmark have 'concerned the por sibility that the position of the Danish minority across the Gor- man frentier might be prejudiced by the influx of German refugees from the eastern provinces. The Danish Government is also Hoved to bave

urged that the Bouth Schleswig Association, which represents the interests of the Danish minority, should be permitted to put up candidates for the local elections. No disclosure of the text of Britain's note was made-Router..

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Washington, Hopt 10: Slam has informed the United States it would welcome participa- tion of American capital in tho development of Ita. mineral ro source, the State Department an nounced today. Associated Press.

Washington, Sept. 10. The Department of Agriculture forecast the 1949 cotton crop, at 0,171,000 balas of 800 pounds "gross weight, based on chuditions Bapt. 1: Forgosat a month agO WER

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