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NUERNBERG Goering's final act of showman-

EMPIRE FLEET IN PACIFIC SUGGESTED

London, Oct. 16,

Lord Chatfield, Minister for Co-ordination of De-

fence at the outbreak of war, opening the de Shinwell

bate on Imperial defence in the House of

Lords today said he saw no assurance in the Attacked

Government's recent appointment of a De

fence Minister that there was to be any or London, Get 15. ganised Imperial defence at all.

He asked whether there was really no hope of gef-

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Lord Chatfield said. We ought to make up our minds how we shall act together so that if war comes again we shall organise, our combined strength if need be, to meet such a world mis forthe British Empire has proved to be highly vulnerable and difficult to defend," said Lord Chatfield.

"The

"If Great Britain was des- troyed the whole keystone of defence' would crash and bring the Empire to the ground Balance of the responsibility between the United Kingdom and the Empire in defence is

Fear Of War Lord Chatteld complained that in the matter of Imperial defence there seemed to be general weakening of the Im- perial link by the employment fence must be recognised as of liaison officers. Imperial de combined operations. The pre- sent fear of war was much bet ter than the complacent attitude of 1919 to 1920 for if every body was excepting war there was hopeful chance that we should not get it

Would-be aggressors did not attack in such circumstances.

The Government was strongly criticised by the Opposition in the House of Commons today for the continued coal shortage.

Captain Crookshank, the chief Conservative speaker," blamed it on the Government for "spending its time nationalising

Avoids An Answer the industry, instead of looking

London, Oct. 178

The Colonial Secretary, Arthur deepte shouted domanda front

tine,

proceedings should be taken," the Colonial Secretary: replied, "is matter for the Palestine author ties WINE

after the problems of reconvér-

* What they have been doing in 1946 in the mining industry has been plan politics, he

| declared:bed Members of Parliament yesterday, when asked "Is it not about Mr. Emmanuel Shinwell, the me that the Jewish Agency was Minister of Fuel, replied that wound up?" mg mga the problem, broadly, amounted Mr. Jones was questioned in to this: By July 5 there would: the House by R." R. Stokes, be a gap of about 5,000,000 tons, Labour, who also asked whether which he proposed to meet by in criminal proceediars had been creased output and asking con considered against the persons sumers to economise. If during mentioned in the White Paper de the next month or so the Govern tailing acts of violence in Pales ment's appeal for further effi

ciency methods and economy had. not resulted in a further saving, it might have to take more drastic steps. He said the in- dustry must be made to be more "I consider that it has been attractive and a five-day week considered, but, that it is not pro would come into operation be posed on grounds of public in-fore very long. The output trend when less dreadful happenings 100,000 tons of coal a week. terest, to take any action in that was upward, but it was not direction at the present time.” enough. He wanted another. than this occurred, due to actions He said he had considerable by Arabs," Mr. Stokes retorted success with the enlistment of "the most severe measures were taken, and as this can be laid at Irish labour Reuter the door of the Jewish Agency. it not about time that the Agency. 1. was wound upAssociated

Press.

NO DECISION

be of transient interest. The not wise, businesslike or satia The question whether criminal question that history must answer | factory.".. is whether or not the trial, as such, was a waste of time. Ten months were spent in the hear ings, and those most closely con- cerned must have been weary of the unrelieved grind of the af- fair. Nevertheless its duta tion shows how conscientiously thorough was the work of all concerned. On one aspect of the charges alone that dealing with the Nazi organisations 1,910 witnesses were heard and nearly 200,000 affidavits submitted. Out of this mass of evidence the judg- ment sifted and compiled not a mere echo of war propaganda, but asombre and sober story of proved evil. As was said during the war, is said now and always will be said—a more monstrous defilement of humanity than the Nazi regime has never been wit nessed. After the 1914-18 war it was shown that some, though far from all, charges were dis tortions such as that of having run "corpse factories." But no charge made during the 1939-45 war was worse than the truth. It may, of course, be argued that however complete the trial and will convincing the evidence, men be found in this and still more in future generations to say that the defendants were punished because they were on the losing side. Even Nero had his whitewashers; and it would be idle to deny that the Germans, of all nations the most prone to self-pity and now inter |minably suffering material }

COMPOSER DEAD

KhLondon, Oct. 10/

Sir Grauville Bantock, eminent British composer who was ori¬ ginally intended for the Indian Civil Service, died today at the age of 78. mars,

Lord Chatfield said the bur deu. on the British tax-payer was immense, and affected his

London, Oct. 173 Bis father planned a career for standard of living. The pro- The Clergy of the Convocation him in the Indian Civil Service, blem was could people in this of Canterbury, Southern Branch but he won music scholarship. country bear such a giant share of the Church of England, debated when a young man and took up of the cost of Imperial defence, two hours today on the atomic music as a career, to Did the Dominions recognise bombing of Japan and then decid- their dependence on the mothered to take no stand on whether it was good ory evil-Associated country in this matter?:

tho Press. The security of. Dominions; was not what it was

In defence, freedom of action was incompatible with Imperial security today. It was no use talking about regional defence in a world war

Urging the need for planning. Imperially, Lord Chatfield said there should be an agreed strength based on realities, common strategic planning, common tactics and supply of weapons well assured.

"You cannot do that by lial- son officers," Lord Chatfield said."

Pacific Fleet

miseries, will in some cases forget Lord Hankey, former Secre-

His orchestral and choral works are distinguished for their melodie resourcefulness and

taphical power. Router.

Greatest Recorded

Event In

History

London, Oct. 17. The transfer of sovereignty to India's 400,000,000 population was described yesterday by Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade and member of the recent Cabinet mis- sion to India, as the greatest recorded event in history.

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Speaking to Indian students at India with a sound understanding reception given by the London of governmental methods and ad- who really brought those miseries tary to the Committes of Im-Mails, Sir Stafford mald that ministration, and urged the upon them. As part of the properial Defence and also former India's future was just beginning, students to make a study of the. cess of re-educating Germany, it Secretary to the Cabinet, criti-Though the transition period machinery of Government before is arguable that the trial had its cised the Defence White Paper might be difficult the transfer, they returned to their country.

for not including the Dominions when, accomplished, would be a Lord Pethick Lawrence said limitations; but as a help in re Secretary in the permanent ample to the world that great that the Cabinet mission had gone changes can be brought about to India with the intention of educating the world its value can nucleus of the deferice commit without a disastrous was opening up a road along which the hardly be exaggerated. When tee as he had been in the past, The Cabinet, mission. he de- anyone in any quarter in any con- The committee in these times, elazed, wanted to see India build people of India could achieve ceivable future asks himself what he said, ought to have his ine up on Her wn traditions and freedom and independence and be are the consequences of aggression, guidance in order to avoid mis philosophy a new system which a masters of their own des- of oppression, of digression from takes. Another criticism Lord would provide something better ordinary standards of public and Hankey made was the weaken- for India's people than they had private decency, the answer must ing of the availability of the ever known, beThese are the consequences" committee for continued Com If there was no law to deal with monwealth co-operation Con

tinuous high level contacts on such things before the Charter of Imperial defence between the

Dominions and the central or CARNIVAL

ganisation for defence such as existed before the war, were still necessary, he said.

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Nurmberg Court derived its authority, there is law, and ap plied law, now. And not sham law, though inevitably the ac Lord Gifford (Cons.) who has cusers were also the judges, recently returned after two Without speculating upon the years service with the Pacifle. differences, on the verdicts upon Fleet, said if the Government the 21 defendants, it is quite clear, wanted universal support, that the Court did not consider throughout the empire for Im every item of the indictment perial defence, it ought to try something dramatic to capture proved, in advance. The trial did the imagination of the Govern however, establish beyond present ments and peoples of the Domi-, or future contradiction, an in- nions. He proposed the forms- mense number of damping facts tion of an Empire Pacific Fleet It feaffirmed against potent and that Australia and New challenge, the basic principles of Zealand should be invited to human conduct, which it is to be participate-Reuter boped the world in general, and not Germans only, will hence.

forth observe. The first is the whether or got

principle of the Kellogg Pact that

wär must not be an instrument doe

of national policy. The second,

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which emerged nor deed from both internally and the verdict, but from the cothe operation of the four tations con-if the trial el ducting the trial, is that inter unc nátíonái

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the war

Siz Stafford said that he be Leved one of the great dificulties would be the lack of people in

whether they made their coun- it was up to the Indian people try an example to other nations, or a warning, he declared sociated. Fress,

By Dick Turner

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