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BRITISH SCIENTIST COMMITTED FOR TRIAL Fuchs alleged confession of leakage to Russia

"JEKYLL AND HYDE"

London, February 10.

The British scientist, Dr. Klaus Fuchs, accused of betraying vital atom secrets to 'Russia, was today committed for trial to the Central Criminal Court, the Old Bailey. He was kopt in custody.

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India may buy ships from Nationalists

New Delhi, February 10. The Government of India has been informad that a fleet of shipa is available for pur- chase from the Kuomintang regime In China, India's Com- morce Minister, Mr. C. K. told questioner In

"do not think any de. finite negotiations are being carried on," he said. "We have been informed that a foot of

Is available from that

The questioner had asked: "Are the Government con. templating buying ships from the Kuomintang?"

The Ministar "The matter ju being considered.”—Reu-

tor.

Prince Salvor boarded by

rescue crew

The crew of the occan-going salvage tug, ss. Margaret Mol- Ier, boarded the grounded Royal Navy salvage_ship Prince Salvor, near Pratas In- land yesterday,

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They immediately begun pairing gaping holes in the Prince Salvor's forward hul, caused when that ship crashed into un derwater reefs late last Saturday, All on board the Prince Satvor ore safe.

The Margaret Moller returned to Hong Kong late Thursday to plck up some additional repair || equipment. and steamed back

200 miles to. Pratas. Island yea- terday.

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Squinting through thick glasses, Fuchs had heard

himself described at the preliminary proceed- ings at Bow Street police court, as "a poli- tical fanatic on the payroll of a foreign power" - "Jekyll and Hyde".

He sold information of the highest valuo to a poten- tial enemy, the prosecutor, Mr. Christmas Humphreys, said. The 38-year-old German- born scientist-—a man “with a rare brain but a split mind”—took £100 from the Russians

as a symbol of his "subservience to the cause of Communism”.

Fuchs, dressed in a brown ↑ suit, khaki shirt and brown lie, sat quietly as Mr. Humphreys outlined the case against him with dramatic under-emphasis.

The prosecutor read a statement in which he alleged Fuchs sald that when he learned about the purpose of the work he was en- Raged on he decided to inform Russia and established contact through another member of the Communist Party.

Since that time he had con- tinous contact with people who were unknown to him except for

Humphreys quoted from Dr. Fuchs' alloyed confession; "Shortly after my release from internmerft 1

was asked to participate in research, cepted it without knowing the nature of the research in- volved. When I learned of it 1. decided to

to inform the Russians and contacted persons known to me except I knew At

un.

the information would be trans-

mited to Russis."

The prosecutor said Dr. Fuchs confessed that he acted on his own initiative and no approach

the fact that they would give in- | wos saade to him. formation to Russia. -

Sensational

HONG KONG, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1950.

Rush for trams

Office workers, for the first tima iw 44 days, were able to go to work yesterday by tram instead of bus, taxi or Shanka” mare. Congestion was worse than usual owing to repairs In Queen's Road holding up trafo. In the above picture * crowd is stampeding to board an already crowded tram at tho corner of Des Voeux Road and les House Street. {"China Mall" photo).

Nationalist planes. strafe Shumchun to Canton train

Two Nationalist fighter planes attacked the noon train from Shumchun to Conton on Thursday, killing two passengers and wounding six, in- cluding a child.

1 p.m. on Thursday, when the passenger train was 20 miles from the New Territories border and en route to Canton crammed with. 500 passengers, two planes, described as P-51's, swooped down on the train.

Mr. Humphreys wald Dr. Fuchs received money."in the early People spilled out of the I daya" of his espionage, first as railway cars on both sides and "expenses" when he returned to scrambled for cover-some in the United States. Ho sald nearby paddy fields, and some this amount was increased sub-under the rallway cars. sequently to £100.

More than 100 machine-gun Mr. Humphreys sald Dr. Fuchs bullets punctured the couches and The prosecution announced merely as a sign of his "subser- shattered windows, today that the 38-year-old vience to the Russians."

announcement

German born atomic scientiat,

confessed he had taken

money

to

Jekyll and Hyde

of

Dr. Karl Fucha, confessad giving atomic information the "highest value" to Rumia, adɗe United Press,

The prosecution, Mr. Christmas lumphreys, made the sensational antiouncement few minutes after Dr. Fuchs, pale and bespec- into the tiny tacled, was led wood-panelled Court, at Bow

Mr. Humphreys sald that Dr. Fucha: 1. Made a series of statements

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The attacks, which lasted less than 10 minutes, theroughly frirhlened the passengers.

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ARBITRATION OF DAIRY FARM DISPUTE CONTINUES

The second-day session of the Arbitration Tribunal to adjudicate in the Dairy Farm dispute, was confined to questions put by the Arbitrator and the assessors to Mr. Leung Wing, Chair- man of the Dairy Farm Workers. Union, on the workers' cost of living budget. The Tribunal, presided over by Professor R.

Robertson-as-sole-orbitrator, assisted by three. assessors each side to the dispute, was held in the Council Chambers, Colonial Secre

tariat. The assessors sitting with Professor Robertson to hear the evidence were Messrs. J. R. Jones, H. R. Cleland and D. Black, nominated by the Dairy Farm Company, and Messrs. Tong Wai, Lau Ju-kwon and 'Chan Man-hon, nominated by the workers.

Representing the workers proceedings being conducted ne were Messrs. Leung Wind, Woocording to the order which I de Kau and Yeung Yan, while Mr. desire. I hope the workers' re- J. D. Thomson and Mr. C. presentatives will believe that } am trying tỏ help to present their | Milne, General Manager and

case in the best possible way," Secretary respectively of the Dairy Farma Company, were ad the arbitrator. present for the Company.

Major H. F. G. Chauvin, Labour Officer, was present an an observer. Professor

Earnings and profits

"I appreciate the kindness of the out that you must take into con- arbitrator, but I. must also point,

|xideration - the earnings and' the. Robertson said he cost of living of the workers, A proposed to deal with the cost of well as the profits made by the Ilving budget about which he had spoken at the previous day's hear-Mr. Leung.

ing.

Dairy Farm Company, replied Professor Robertson and the "It is clear that the matter Tribunal would like to enter into

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Panama, February 10,

"The "VanaminTOT KÖVETT ment today warned that shipm

receive Hying its flag will "no protection whatsoever" if they try to run the Nation- allat blockade of Communist. ports of China.

A communique from the Foreign Ministry said man. tere, operators or owners of Panamanian registered 'ships "alone bear the responsibility of loss of life occurring while running the blockade," The communique government offered no pro- Leption, "gither In fact, or

wald the

through diplomatic channatu

for any mishap that may bafall" during

blockade

ning operations.

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The Foreign Ministry and Its statement was prompted by Inqulelek from shipping companies reglatured hero, 'Assoclabed' Présen

sum was for two suite of cláthea a`quarter..

Mr. Leung replied that the sum was for one suit for each person, one for the worker, one for the wife and one for the child, every quarter.

"And the price?" asked the arbitrator.

of the relationship between the one Question at time. Other cost of living and samingo

matters would be dealt with. at.a the main issue at the moment later stage. It must proceed in so we will be mainly concern an orderly fashion," he urged. ed in the hearing of the evi-

The arbitrator them said: "what

The reply was that the cost for dence on the cost of living and he wanted to

to know were the suit of rough materials for sh the Dairy Farm workers."

prices of ration rice and those of adult was $20, and that for a Bald

Profemor

free market rice that the workers | chlid's suit was (8) Robertion.

eat. In the budget presented, by Professor Robertson naked on Mr. Leung Wing continuing his the workers the consumption of what date were the costs met out statement from the previous day, family of three persons was stated sald he would like to bring to the to be 80 cattice, and the price was to $833.50 a month, based. What notice of the Tributhal that the 90 cents a catty. He wished to he wanted to get at was the date price of mutton charged by the know how much of that rice was of the budget a whole. Dalry

Compaty to the

Leung Wing replied that workers

had been incred· from ught at free market price, the figures -¦ given in the budget 40 Copta a pound in 1947, to an how much atʻtalion price represented the cost,..of living

Farm

The arbitrator Interrupted" by saying that at the moment h would like to

atten- confine tion of the Tribunal to the actual ¦¦ cost of living budget put forward i

the previous day, and to leave consideration of price movements Jater.

Questions on budget'

in the budget, which mounted

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Mr. Leung replied that

"Farm | this year, und It also could apply en *** cent of workers were

rice: - to 1943, Possibly je la bisher now, “Is 98 centa a catty, the free, Musessora questions: market price: asked the ar The arbitrator theri :aiked tha bitrator,

Stuy, which, Mr. Crung

RASCABOTE Tminated by the wor- -repiled in the affirmative, adding kers to put any questions they that that price was based on the may wish to Mr. Lee of the

Mr. Lau Ju-kwan, (one of,

rate prevailing on December 1 1949, and that it has now.

w.gone workers REECSsors, asited the to:$1 #catty.

arbitrator as to the scope of the tson then asked questions that he could put to Mr. Professor Rob

Robertson then

Questions relating to the bud-

replied Professor Robertson. workers' representative whether he make

As this was an Important mat- ter from the workers' point of what proportion of the Dairy Leung. Half an hour later, as the train

view, rald Professor Robertson, he Farm workers were living in pre- began

chugging again towards

Tokyo, February 10. would like first to ask some ques-mises provided by the Company get which was presented yester

tions on the budget. After that he to which Mr. Leung' replied that day would 'ilks to ask the Then Mr. Humphreya added, Canton, more than 400 of the pas-

Nine persons were injured,

10 rent of them werd about schgers were making their own

would slowly and deliberately: "The way to Canton, os fool.

ark the assessors to put none seriously, when a four-such questions to Mr. Loung aso necomniodated, mind of Dr. Fuchs may be

Leung added that provi- think The unique in the world of payake-Tex Raid that walking was engined Canadian Pacific Air-

hut safer.

lines transport overshot the representatives of the Dairy Farm sion was merely-for-the-benefit legy he deliberately broke a

of in Company would also be given an Bince the first attack on Shum-Haneda airport

the Company, because such mind in two.. producing an aTAN

premises were close to the farm, logy of that classic of Engilah chun: Inst Sunday, the Communist driving rain carly today and opportunity to put questions. iterature Dr. Jekyll and Mr. railway authorities have devised plunged into the shallow fring Professor Robertson then asked and this enabled them to turn up

uh air-raid alarm system.

of Tokyo Bay. Hyde,

Mr. Lel

Leung Wing whether his for three shifts a day.

The arbitrator remarked that it They use the numerous switch

The big Canadair plane carried budget represents the average lights along the 20-mile route as 17 passengers and crew. Airport consumption of workers or whee would be helpful to the Tribunal efficinia said it was a miracle that ther it is the particular budget of

If answers to questions were just signais..

other

matter

"In his own words he describ- ed himself as a controlled schi- zophreniac. One compartment. of

* #örverted his mind then living

he

runway

or amendments to the budget, 'sinco ha, hào stated that after havd Its preparation prices fluctuated," asked (Mr. Lau. Mr. Leung said, there were other items which have not been

Mr. Tong Wal, another of tha included in the budget presented.

workers representatives intended. Professor then turned to the to increase the total figure of the them for clothes in the budget, budget, or to add other items to about which he said he was not the original list quite clear: He wanted Informa“We shall add to it,” replied tion just to clarify his record. | Mr. Leung... He asked whather he was oor.

All escaped relatively unwathed actual consumption by a particular to the point without bringing in

. Leung replied that the burn get-he presented represented, the consumption of every worker.

“That, I think, means that it re- presents the averagó normal con- sumption of the worker's family," maid Professor Robertabo.

Look-outs failed The injured included four of the class.

ning - passengers "and" fi

__five of tha When green lighters: Pashadi... town oncoming-train-- the on First Lieutenant Cecil Buchish: gineer knows that is is all clear. Haneda airport public informa When yellow lights are Mashed, tion officer, said the plane first

the proceeds to nearest side-swiped a seawall; then ran station, and the passengera dis,ver the side of a two-foot em-

bankment into the water. smbark.

Mr.

Charles Lambley of the airline's Tokvo office said the plane was arriving from Hong Kong when I landed at 1.05 am. Tokyo time too far down

When the red lights Dash, he stops the train-the passengers escramble..

However, Communist look-outs failed

to sight the planes on Thursday

Since the first reported through freight train arrived in Canton from Shanghai on Thursday, fa attacks on the Kowloon Canton railway are expected.

Vital Hong Kong supplies can overland from now be shipped Hong Kong to Shanghai with only two trans-shipment points Shumchun and Canton,

creased

For Ave daya the Margurel Street Moller, which had responded to a distress signal from the Prince Salvor last Saturday, hard stood by the ship helpless to render tantamount to confession that he is mind-dealt with his personnel- wid.to the stricken vessel.because gave away secret information: toitto-whereas in the role of Dr. of heavy c

Russians;-

worked..in- pleasanti. Jekyll fe Latest:reports said yesterday -2. Took some secrets personally harmony with his colleagues. that if the stas remained came to the Russian Embassy in LonThe other compartment--Mr. the ship would be repaired and

don. pulled

Hydedealt with Marxist philo- off the reef within a 3. Deliberately perverted his sophy-that one day Russia would few days.

mind into a split personality" be the ideal state, one in which However, if heavy weather re- and made himself a definite "Dr. he would like to live. sumes, the

would most Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." repairs

He said at first Dr. Fuchs only Ifkely prove useless against severe

Dr. Fuchs, standing in the transmited "products and and- crashing on the coral reef.

red grillwork dock before the ings of his colleagues" and any- London Chief Magistrate,

which Birthing else of value Laurence Dunne, stared glasslly could learn. ahrad

of him through thick In October, 1949, Mr. Hum- gold-rimmed glasses

Mr. phreys said. Dr. Fuchs went to Humphreys told the Court that Wing Commander Arnald, secur Dr. Fuchs

of the ty officer at Harwell, and told theoretical physiclats him Dr. Fuchs' tather, who was in Frankfurt, had split it in two. This been offered a chair at the Leip- sig University in the Russian zone of Germany. Dr. Fuchs paychologiatereating atudy

told Wing Commander Arnold he The Egyptian Minister at the

Slowly and deliberately, tall,hoped this "would not make his Vaticnn. Mohammed Taher Al hawk-faced Mr. Humphreys re-post at Harwell difficult." Omari Bey. Is discussing in Calro traced Dr. Fuchs career. He told

"The British security officer, mild-mannered little who had known of Dr. Fuchs an agreement between the Vaticani | how the and the Moslem world for joint scientist was an anti-Naxi ro- steady leakage to the Russians, defence of their religions against tugce, who travelled before the realised it was an admirable.op Communist materialism, sald Thawar from Germany to France and portunity. to interrogate Dr. Times Rome correspondent to finally settled in England in 1940. Fuchs," Mr. Humphreys, added. day----Reuter.

Mr. Humphreys sald: "In 1942 There were many interviews atomic research was being in with Dr. Fuchs and British secur- tensified In saveral countries and

and ity oficials between October of

Though the Communist a certainly in England. Brains such fast year and his arrest this thorities are expected to increase es his are very rare. Indeed, for month Dr. Fuchs continued to the number of freight trains, be- he is one of the finest theoretical give point blank denials of his

tween physicists living."..

treachery until January 26 when ho reached his "mental erirla."

"Mr. Humphreys sald Dr, Fuchs then confessed to Commander Amold "he had given great deal of information of reatest possible, help to Russia.” Arnold's evidence

would make

for London, February 10.

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"Now in the matter of vice, which is very important, I

should uke to know how adjustment was made as between the price of ration rice and price of rice on

the runway and could not brave the free marke Fuld before he?

to a stop soon enough. Visibllity was poor in the downpour at the tima.

remained above surface, but its Most of the cabin of the plane

note was submerged. The tail section remained on the rim of the airport.

Most of the injuries were minor abrasions and huises. An inves-

Mr. Loung

would come to the question of rice he would like to mention that since the Dairy Farm Com. pany raised their prices of various other items, it would be desirable to discuss the move. Event

of those prices first before talking about rice: Professor Robertson

presentatives.

remarked

the workers' re-

{tigation was under way to doter- that appare not understand

out

-- an trying to make clearly the case presented by the workers. I must inalet upon the

Chenchow, railway terminus mine, the cation of the accident., about mid-way between Canton Names of the Injured passengers the proceedings. and Shanghai, has apparently been and crownien. wore, not in- sufficiently repaired by the Com-mediately avaliable, -- United munists to allow direct "sérvice

Freas. between the two major Chinese

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Shumchun and Canton shortly, only one is now keeping regular schedulers

HUNGARY TO TRY U.S. BUSINESSMAN

Police fire on rioters

Calcutta

Calcutta, February 10.

On Other. Pages

Page 2.

Investigation of rica rationing

Curged,

commardai

crowds armed with inthis, and

The police opened fire on rioting Page and drion broke out in Calcutta brickbats when stabbing, looting Tram service resul

Page 49 Again today, Mbwa,

Barclay's Bridge. PAGE 5. The prosecutor said that after

Budaport, February, 10. - „About de people, including seven

има Trunutené Hungary announced today that with bullet wounds, wars takan A careful search, into his back- ground and mental attitude to Wing Commander Arrold, the trial of the American burl to epital after clashes and Part 7 NAN

Pagu retired : encurity officer of the newman, Mr. Robert Voxaler, will police, dring during the morning. ward Great Britain, Dr. Tuchs

·Cianarai alsution, 'apri was assigned work in Britain's Ministry of “Supply's, stomia be held on February, 1957) jah Yesterday sy camaalties totalled.

plant, at Harwallah war: than „Mr. Vogelar will be charged two killed and 40 injured. During Page & atomic research. He said Dr.

called to the stand as the first with aspionagenstum TAK Fuchs signed at least three loyal-

alght of sporadic disturbances Motoring news. witness against Dr. Füchsein kha kiinistry of Justice announ- people kept Indoors in the shecter Pago Pa -583-1-484 mm) 99, dos, at agar and security pledges, knowing

Grey-haired and alender he cod this morning that Mr. Edgar are

Don. Iddon's Diar stronta" were! deno what

Pre stood with arms -

whle be MATO SWAHImprowodbile gave evidence.

Sanders, associate of Mr. Vogelar except for-police vans and

"Telegraph branch,y confessed it, to

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workers assessors, asked if the

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