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COMMONWEALTH TALK ON STRATEGY AND DEFENCE Hong Kong Base To Be Discussed

London, Sept. 15. British Commonwealth strategy and defence, the `proposed Commonwealth customs union, and Commonwealth financial relationships gener- ally will be discussed by the Commonwealth Prime Ministers when they gather in London In November for the Royal wedding of Prin- cess Elizabeth, Helr presumptive to the Throne, and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten.

The Commonwealth countries, in the light of post- war strategy and the development of atomic energy, have already agreed to take larger part in Commonwealth defence in their own

areas.

They may now discuss the as- Rumption of further respon.

Rex Versus liity in order to cake some of Steane

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Britain's burden of world de- fence, which the Government, it is believed, alms to cut fin- ancially, and without prejudice

to the strategic Issues, by about) 22 per cent.

It is expected that the

dis.

the inletment, Duress is a matcussions, within the context off ter of detenec, and the onus of the economle crinin, may touch proving it is on the accused per upon Singapore, Hong Kong Ron. As we have already pl. and other Far East bases. where an intent is charged on the indlelment, It is for the prvo- secalian to prove 81, and 200

cordingly the onus is the other

AZIZ.

EXPERTS TO FIGHT

DREAD POLIO

Berlin, Sept. 16.

.

A Leam of infanitle parały. ais specialists from the Unit ed States arrived by plane.on Monday to fight the worst epidemic of the disease in Berlin's history.

German health officials said 751 cases of the discase had been recorded, with 60 dratin-Associated Press.

New Indian

Agent In Shanghai

Committee

Ticks Off Government

London, Sept. -15.

The view that if in- dustry was to be urged to become, more efficient, it seemed essential that the Government "should put its own administra- tion in order" was ex- pressed today by a select all-party committee.

10 of

"It is clear that insufficient) thought had been given adapting the machinery Government to its new task and that as the Prime Minister him. self has staled, the administra- tion is atrained almost to breaking, polat," the committee stated in its report.

It emphasised that itle was to be gained by tinkering with Shanghai, Sept. 16.

problem of such fundamental Dr. Palamadai Loka- importance--" problem which nathan, the newly ap- lies at the rool of good Govern. The way is being paved for pointed Executive Sec-, ment and demands the highest the November talks by Pretary of the United Na-priority among the many tasks

now waiting to be done."

The

"Family" Talks

the

The committee recommended

minary discussiona between

tions Economic Commis- Government and Dominion representatives here sion for Asia and the a much greater use of organisa. uffiefully for the International Far East, arrived here on and method (known in the Civil Service as O and M) in Monetary Fund meetings.

today from India by air.j

the best use determining Dr. Lokanathun is one of In

available offer accommodation. dia's foremost conomists

md represented his country

In such ways, said the report, at the Trade Organisation meeting workers and others whn fetched recent

a reduction could be made in Interim International the large number of "clerical:

and carried.”~~~Reuter.

of

With his arrival, work will begin in earnest on the prepara during the last week in Novem- ton of papers and the agenda? her.

In Subjection Another matter which is of

present talks spring gonsiderable importance in this rase, but does not seem to have from the Government's. general been brought directly to the at-plan of campaign to defeat the tentiat of the jury, is that very ruinous ebarm between imports economic crisis and bridge the different considerations MAN apply where the prisoner at the and exports that has threatened Geneva,

to swallow Britain's remaining when he did the Ubr

net:

store of dollars. charged, was in subjection lo

These separate Commonwealth un cremy power and where he

nut. British soldiers who "family" talks with Britain are were net to work on the Burma however, only tentative and New rend or, if land had arhu Zenland, which is not a member pily taken place, British subjects of the Fund, is not represented. who might have been set to work by the enemy at digging. trenelics, were or would be un-1

The question of a Common- doubtedly doing oets Ikely to wealth customs union, proposed nesdsd the enemy. It would be by the Foreign Secretary, Mr. unnecessary, surely, In their Ernest Bevin, and backed by [enes la cúngler any of the the President of the Board of otecties of the law relating toj Trade, Sir Stafford Cripps, In duress, for no jury would find his announcement of an all-out that, merely By doing this work, exports drive last week, la now they were intending to assist being discussed.

Customs Union

the enemy. In our opinion, Is The Government is known to imporsible to say that, where be anxious that the Common- an net was done by a person in wealth countries should consider subjection to the power of the feasibility of such a union, others, especially if that other but final decisions will be taken be a brutal enemy, an inference at Prime Ministers love) that "he" "intended the natural November and not now.-Rou-| consequences of his nets mustter.

be drawn merely from the fact that he did them. The guilty intent cannot be presumed, and must be proved.

prove

in

for the second session of the This work will be based on Commission, scheduled to open the data obtained in the at Baguio, in the Philippines, three months-Reuter,

Huge List Of Jap Tools To Pay Reparations

past

Tokyo, Sept. 16. · Nineteen thousand five hundred and sixty-three items in the list of Japanese machine tools and metal-working equipment will soon be avail- able as the first reparations payments to China, the Philippines, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, SCAP's Reparations Sec- tion announced today.

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kyo, Sept. 15. The machines will be re-senals and One was killed and 70 injured moved from former military Under present when л speeding undergraund and naval arsenals In accord- The proper direction to The train in Osaka was derailed.and

a percentage of them are per- ance with a "programme d) mitted to be transferred im- jury in the present case would the carriages flung against a con- signed to provide advance re-mediately have been that it was for the rete wall.

to the four

prosecution to

The roof of one earringe carry. parations, to those nations ur ravaged nations. the

rehabilitation China will receive one-half criminalcintent, and that, while ing 200 passengers collapsed com- gently needing

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of property devastated by the of the machines, while the jury would be enillled tu While the passengers rcreamed

Japanese.

United presume that intent if.

Kingdom, Philippines they for help, the driver cf the train A SCAP survey showed that and Netherlands will cach re- thought that the act was dono came out through the subway to there were now 69,003 as the result of the free on give the alarm.-Reuter.

such ceive one-sixth. Inventory lists machines scattered in 94 ar- should be in the hands of controlled action of the prisoner, they would not be entlijed to

early presume it if the circumstances; showed that the act was done in nubjection to the power of the enemy or was equally con- sistent with an inocent intent As with a criminal intent, example, a desire to anve wife and children from a con centration camp. They should only convict if satisfied by the evidence that the net complain. ed of wan, in fact done to assist the enemy; and, if-thera-was- doubt about the matter, prisoner was entitled to be ac quitted.

Reminder Needed

for

the

U.S. View Of MacArthur's Power In Japan

New York, Sept. 15.

Writing from Tokyo, Edward M, Pooley, editor of of the El Paso (Texas) Herald Post, asserted in the Scripps-Howard newspapers that "two

great concepts characterize the occupation of

Japan under Gen. Douglas MacArthur," namely the ideal of freedom of man and pre- cepts of the Christian religions

:

It is to be observeil, also, In this case that, in summing-up, "The end of the war brought, wants and go where he wants the Judge did not remind the the Japanese 'relief from re- is an elixir of freedom," Gen. jury of the various threats to gimentation of a mythology' MacArthur said. which the prisoner swore that and they have shown aglund- If freedom and

precepts of

he had been exposed. The jury ing ability to grasp the great Christianity aro sound ideas might, of course, have disbelley. concepts of free peoples else then they cannot be stopped,

endure But it must be remem

Approximately 50,000 machines not included in the present transfer are reserved for later) distribution to seven nations outside the group classified as being in urgent need, under a programme not yet determitied, Tools at present in authorized use to meet occupation needs are not included in the pro- sent transfer, but will be avail- able when released from use. -United Prose.

Australia's New Plans For Defence

Canberra, Sept. 15, Authoritative circles

defence chiefs,

ed his evidence. The matters of where. It has amounted to a he said. If the people bellove here today said that Aus- these threats depended on his bloodless revolution without the ideas which the Japanese tralian evidence alone, and, while it is parallel in history, Gen Mac- are rapidly learning, they will continuing the discus- fair to say that he does not ap Arthur told me. pear to have beent, in 'any way "Precepts of the Christian bered that in the development sions with Britain on the shaken in cross-examination on religion do not necessarily of great concepts of free men details of .. Common- these matters, the jury were not mean acceptance of Christiant they are as children compared wealth defence in the necessarily bound to bellove itly as a religion by the Japan with the mature Anglo-Saxons. But we do not think that the ese but Gen MacArthur believes The Japanese are in a Pacific, were allowing Aumming-up contained anything the Christian church has made "tuitionary age," he said. for the possible_with- likė full enough direction as great advances since the sur-

"About Convinced” drawal of the British to the prisoner's defence. The render two years ago and a defence must be fully put to the great opportunity now is open

Gen. MacArthur sald until Pacific fleet in preparing jury, and we think that they to the church.”

the war's end there never has the estimates for, future ought to have been ́reminded of Gon. MacArthur explained been a people so isolated as the Australian commitments. various matters on which the that the "destruction of totall-Japanese. Relief, from that There was, however, no off!- prisoner relled na negativing tariantam

vacuum isolation was great and the cial confirmation here that the the intent. The jury may well spiritual, cavity--which gives people now seem happier than Pacific fleet would be with have been left under the Im the Church its opportunity.

ever at the prospect of Jiberty. drawn. E pression that, as they were told":

flate A Loser

The Supreme Commander, le During the Australian Par- that a man must be taken

"As do all Orientals, the optimistic about Japan's future lamentary debaton on 'Paclic intend the natural consequences Japanese hate a loner. Now as a demilitarised peaceful defence, later this week,~ Mr. of his acts, these matters ns to the Japaness are ready to adopt member of the family of na Robert G. Menzies, leader of which he had given evidence the methods of the winner; tione. "Militaristic teachings the Opposition. Is expected to were of no noment.", "The idea of the individual; that Japan, must have power deal with the importance of

On both those grounds, there- diginty of man is appealing) were proved wrong—the people the, Australian Government"? fore-mes were of opinion that The Japanese > have come to are about convinced, thalupraco="" gangilinement, intake, PARK: Jesuit Boturi, app dars mustalde, Diseqgist (the edniinid tuuld not stand, reallasly thate the rights to cum cul warm are botters!! Geighteen (un)ou rexin ungamMANY FER

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