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I WAS MARCHED TO

COURT IN CHAINS!

-E sailed into Genoa

five

W

us.

HT

minutes

after midnight,

By Cedric

Berrington

escorted by the usually of cigarettes, carried tion, after much uncertainty, had decided that the case must go for Italian coastguard launch merrily on.

now that trial. They realised that had machine-gunned If the coastguard launch start matters had gone too far for

and ed its engines

The trial slipped them to draw back. its moorings the hidden watcher was fixed for July 27. Only sprinted for a nearby telephone another

couple of weeks, I and called a number near the thought, and I shall be free. unloading point. A brief and, didn't know the methods of the to the possible

cavesdropper, ltalian lower courts. enurely innocent conversation

My crew were immediate- ly put under lock and key, I was left alone on the Sun- shine with little Hamed, my Arab boy, to cook for me.

was followed seconds later by the upward rush of a rocket hear the unloading point.

On the morning of the trial over to the we were handed Carabinieri. for conveyance to

could have slepped out of an old painting.

In fact, my only knowledge of what was going on came from the few words which Lee St Lawrence, with his smattering of Italian, was able to catch from time to time.

THE LONDON THEATRE :

Julie Is

Not

So Shocking

By RONALD ROPER

Theatro Club,

London, Feb. 25. is a safe assumption showing enterprise equal to THE which bag the reputation

that sophisticated Lon- half-a-dozen public theatres doners went to the put together, achieves If not first-night of the Swedish an outstanding production

Constance

Ballet Miss Julie mainly to least an enjoyable play

find out what it was that Turgenev's Fathern and Sons. had shocked Stockholmers.

be entertained but partly to Spring at Marino,

Cox's comedy extaptation of

tain

promising

Miss Cox, who was once un- There is, admittedly, a cer- daunted by the task of drama- casily frank sensuniity about tising Thackeray, could

found Stringberg's story of the seduc have tion of a manservant by the Russian material. Fathers and

but Song ranks as a great

novel. young lady of the house, on the stage

in tactfully the spirit of which an adapted

treated. The ballot, in any piece could hardly be expected this to capture. Indeed, Miss Cox case, is much more than

is accused of caricaturing Tur incident, the inclusion of which, apparenity, will shock fower Renov's exquisite characters to purpose, though the players-notably Margaret Raw- lings-succeed in converting the adaptation into entertain-

ment.

Britons than Swedes.

how

a

The Swedish company. ever, rely overmuch on

efficient an

The audience are introduced of country 19th century

Inciden

single talented dancer, Elsa- Marianne van Roson, an attrac- live blonde with classical technique. She is the to the elegancios principal both in Miss Julle estate to near and in Medca, 21 Euripidean St. Petersburg, They

tally enjoy the alternating tragedy.

rhythm of sentimental heart- and The most weighty criticism I aches and gentle laughter, have seen is that the choice of in the circumstances it is well they are spared the Medea, which would have test- that

aware

rals-

scencs.

the artist

bo-

row should

have when he finds himself

in the madlence?

ed the most accomplished of tragedy of Turgenev's deathbod ballet companies, was a take. "Stockholm, БОУБ опе authority, "used to be known this us a centre of ballet, but company does not seem to be of current international standards. It would, for in stance, be idle to pretend that Its standard is comparable with

Sad that of, say, the junior ler's Wells company."

Miss Julie, it should be add- ed, is well within the com- pany's scope, and has the ad- vantage of a Scandinavian set- ting.

The question in prompted by a crilic of the cries, Mr Alan Dent, for having taken Sir Laurence Olivier to task bo cause, at the first performance of The Consun (one of the pro- described in this ductions column last week), he applaud- ed "as loudly na the rest of

Aing a situation several de- air theatre 08

ot the Aldwych

a

Sydney Carroll, who estab- His address to the court lasted

stolen kiss--by any reckon- lished the Regent's Park open- has in 1933 and

editor and over an hour and reached heights which only my

than Miss experience of oratory ignorance of the Italian language grees less shocking

"Why oska: froni fully ap- Julie's advances which never- dramatic critic as well as actor

producer, of and prevented me

theless starts a great deal

should not Sir Laurence, F trouble is the occasion for much one of our star actors, as preciating.

merriment

producer of admitted cininence Theatre.

and a stage authority, be per- The West End Orst-night of mitted to pay public tribute bu Pinero's force. Preserving Mr the magnificent acting of his parmure, also marked the re- company? He surely owed them turn to the stage after 11 years no less." No interpreter was provided, (five of them due to illness) of

But not quite the same sort In the Vice-Consul, Reginald Purdell, who and the British

written radio of role as antist-onlooker will who was present throughout the meantime, has trial, was forbidden to act in scripts. The audience gave him be played by Ivor Novello, one this capacity.

a great welcome, to which he of the most successful of play. The court retired to consider responded, with an apt curtain wrights and song-writers, who he has plans to do something its verdict at about 6 p.m. De-speech.

never done fence counsel, after the heat and

Pinero's piece is 40 years old, stall on the first-right of one of the day, were quietly

reaction to of his own musical pinys, Gay's confident. The court remained and one modera

the Word, opening at the out for over an hour. During the force is understandable -- out

the audience Saville with Cocily Courtneldge this Long wait sympathetic the lament of members of the public who that there remain all too fow and with Lizbeth Webb in the

us maids or governesses from juvenile lead, mer

Usually Novello appears him- packed the gallery sent cigarettes, beer and sweets, all whom a repressed and respect- could have of which we were allowed to able family man

self in musicnda of his of stealing the chance consume in the dock.

composition. His transfer to the At long last the members of sympathy.

front row will recall the days back and the

when wus a thrill for him to In this state we were taken in the court filed

courtroom was

-muumbers -Be-- a police van to the court in the babble"of" "the

he centre of Genoa and unloaded hushed. The presiding magistrate is off-stage, But thereafter the get one or two

48 the of a curious tead the verdict, I was fined fun is fast and furious, Gwen cepted for a show. Then

governess, would sit in the gallery listen- crowd. in the courtroom the 221,972,000 lire (£138,000), the Cherrell,

dances like a sunbeam in a dusty ing to them and wondering chains were removed, but we cargo was

The following day I asked that my written' protest should be conveyed to the British Consul. This was re- fused. "After your interro- gation," I was told. I was allowed to write to my wife -but before the letter was sent it was translated, with comments, to an interested

And se a coloured star hung group of coastguard officers

for a moment in the night sky on their headquarters ship the smuggler, his engines already shaped pieces alongside the Sunshine.

running, was hastily casting off Next morning I was taken to the ropes of the clustering smail the city headquarters of the craft and swinging his bow to

the open sea. coastguards, where I met the British Vice-Consul, who was present at my interrogation- which Jnsted until 11 o'clock that night.

Cedric Borrington, schooner skippor and wartime squadron-leador in the RAF, continues his vivid story of eight months of holl in' an Italian gaol., Borrington stepped to freedom after being wrongly convicted of amuggling cigarettes. Now he tells his experiances.

It was clear to me that the they had constguards realised made a blunder and were trying

the

court and then, to my horror, our hands were manacled with U- of Iron and a screw-down cross-bar and we were chained together.

under

the raze

even

Mr Panmure's lapse, anyway,

before-occupy

Unfortunately for Spaniard, he had picked a time falled to system when the function and so he was caugh: red-handed. He was philosophic the members of the court took wore to be released.

their places. about it. Those were the risks, he implied with a shrug, which one had to take.

had to sit in our manacles until ship sequeer and the attic, while making it perfect- whether he would over

The verdict

The

crew

Own

carn

ly clear that, ofter all, any man enough to sit in the stalls!

have

Now he is trying to throw long sigh of wonder from In the household might

off a cold caught somewhere the public gallery, then the voice been the emotional thiet. of the Vice-Consul: "Machiavelli

The sententious M.P. (Alex- between his luxury home in asks me to tell you that he did

ander Archdale), his Becro Jamaica and his Aldwych flat. at all could to cover themselves. The other captain, a French- THREE counsel appeared for his best." Of course he did; they tary and outwitted rival (Ed- Part of the treatment seems to mem- be his new hobby, of painting. the defence, Machiavelli for all did, and I would have felt Their lack of knowledge of the

cirete "But the artists," soys Ivor, bers sea and its ways appalled me. man of a different type, had been

of the scandalised The simplest ideas

Operating of navigation really unlucky.

me and the others for the crew grateful if I could, but I was too und Gray) and other

full of stunned, overwhelming

are owners of the cargo. disbelief

delightful in their respec- "eed not panic. My canvasses to feel any other and position-fixing were beyond high speed ex-U.S. Navy launch and the

tive roles. Fair onlookers, by will never see the light of Thanks

to the Vice- fitted with three Packard engines Avvocato Machiavelli, although emotion.

weft wonder day." I wonder. the way, may is already a brilliant Consul, who translated for me, I he could show a clean pair of young,

member of the Italian

whether 1951 hasn't something was able to make my statement heels to any boat operated by

the coastguards. He used Flump, with his intelligent face fairly clear.

special high cutane petrol for set off by its Vandyke beard, he top speed and ordinary petrol for cruising.

them.

Request refused

AGAIN asked that my provest

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He was caught because the should go to the Consulate ordinary petrol got mixed up and was again refused. ` In fact, with the high octane reducing

I was not allowed to have any his speed from more than 40 further communication with the knots to about 23. Consulate for five weeks,

After we had been abour, two Then on Monday, June 1, 1 weeks in prison the Tumours

I inred a cell with Plerre Hands manacled

FTER we had been

Ave

The

Bar.

Tomorrow: My fight to prove my innocence.

Stone Gives

to learn from the fashions of carefree 1911.

Calcutta

Best Fun In A Long Time

THERE are concert-goers who

will doubles accompany

learned, A bling Or minster Abbey for a chance to School of Music,***

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out on the floor.

we

at

anil

to the Royal Festival Hall In years to come children yet un- bons and tell thơm during the Interval: "Ah, you should have been here in 1951, when got in for nothing, sat on the floor and heard an excellent biting reply and they will hand over West-programme by more than 80 members of the Guildhall entered the prison of Marassi which had been circulating aboutTHE Stone of Destiny has THE Stone of Destiny has and rejoined the rest of my our case reached a peak of

It," who wanted to know whe- go back home." crew. We were all optimistic intensity. There is no doubt Scottish engineers employed ther the Stone would join the Other Indians feel both sides

For the Festival Hall, the United and convinced that the coast that at this time the coastguards in the Bengal jute mills dit, the pipes, the haggis, and should appeal to

prosent without its seating, has or the International

with guards, realising their mistake, were very worried. The public

been tested for accusting would order our

Court of Justice. An upcountry the aid of a volunteer audience Britian nationalism." release in a prosecutor, I learned afterwards, smuggled the ancient relic other phony symbols of North Nations fow days. Meanwhile, we must

has offered police officer was reluctant to have anything out of Britain in a cargo

the of 3,000 who (as at some on- This was too much, and the services of his trackers, skilled foyable al fresco musical even- make the best of things,

to do with the case,

plane. They are now split-

can follow foot-

brought ting it up and selling the Scots swept to the attack. The souths who

English replied, after the first prints for miles. He seemed to ings in the tropics) my French mate, and Lee Si

pieces at a fiver a time.

shock of the charge, and brick- forget that people, in London their own cushions and at it Lawrence, my American second

bots have been Aying ever. wear shoes, mate, They were good com-

That, at least, is the since. Feelings still run high- A weeks in prison 1 had

much other panions

The programme-representa- and Lee constituted

tive Interrogation story going the rounds in no matter how

of Tchaikovsky, Mozart, himself my "bodyguard" when my . "judicial

this I WO able, Calcutta. It may be true, the places in the world may forgot at exercise I was pestered with and after

A Yogl, in a statement to a Bibellus and Rimsky-Korsakov the theft. One ardent Scots na- demands for "Cigarette, mister?" at last, to see the British wits say with a wink, or it tionalist has taken to wearing a newspaper correspondent, re--was designed to provide as

case of 1 wide from the Italian prisoners,

runge of volume Consul and the lawyer who had

may be slightly exag- kit to the office, much to the called a famous been appointed for me.

the gorated. It arose after the amazement of his English em- statue that was spirited away as great a variety of sound as

from a

South Indian Temple possible. The results of echo My lawyer, Avvocato Guloeppe Stone of Destiny contro- ployees.

many years ago. "Surely those tests, which also included was full of con-

from the A third party is now joining who took this venerable crown- offecis

the Aring at shots the gaol of Marasal included a Machiavelli,

reaching India,

In- ing-stone did so with Occult from number of the fraternity. Among deme. That was all very well, very,

a revolver, sick with brought Scota and Scoto in the controversy. The them were the captains of two but I was getting

satisfactory. small craft which had been anxiety for my wife and small phobes into violent conflict dan who for a time stood at?" he asked. And he offered have been

puzzled on the aldelines, are to send charms to the British early critics who feared that in: Tangier. caught a few weeks before one

They had only in the correspondence coming out with suggestions for detectives that would guide traffle noise from railways and only

4 few hundred metres from a tow hundred pounds to keep columns of every news solving what seems to them an them towards its magic radia ronda nearby would spoil Fos

crisis. A Bengali tions from international

fifty tival Hall concerts have the shore, with half its targo them going and it was impossible

Journalist who has worked In leagues."

reassuringly showered. already unloaded into the wait for money to be transferred from paper. ing small boats. The "signalling England, and meanwhile I was

Britain suggested a moroid Yogi's suggestions

is doubtful whether the BITING REPLY

have been exchange of populations to

Both in its interfor system" of which we now heard, locked up and unable to lift a failed to operate on this oc- finger for them. ̧

And nowhere worse than in this grave, threat of civil war," put before the British. Home and in the line of its perspec casion.

It was taking five-wooks for Calcutta, Scotland's Indlan out- He would have equal numbers Secretary or any of the other tive on the South. Bank of the

of Engilsh

suggestions for that matter. But Thames, the new building, Two-thirds of the great to post. A Spanish captain explained a letter from my wife

are giving Calcutta some- which come from the plane of it to us. The smuggling ship reach

me, all my mail being manufacturing centro's Euro to replace the numbers of

that Stalin, roarmament and the would approach the court near subject to special censorship and pean, population are Scots, all who bave gone south

Mit is hardly possibla Canon in the dark. Their con having to be sent to Rome for raring to Hammockburn, the they could be expected to live whisky shoringe, and will con- to justify Sis place among the

fired

The federates saboro would have one this, purpose. I hope

the Sassenach, Scotla of their men watching the dock translator enjoyed my wife's no dut hot, three days, after the there indefinitely, let alone enten tlose to do so, whether where the coastguard launches marks about imlian methods, thest, 47 cannot-commend this living, he said. "But give Stone of Destiny is found or daring dood enough, he said. them some experience of the not, for many months to come. were moored, As„2009 · BR. 100 About the middle of July the i "Bomeone has. strlicit:...-a / true · Bootfish wwy, od-1fe, particular. Taunches alayed at their moorings

ly the peculiar Hourmiang (Zarza, all was well and the unloading... Consul sold me that the prosecue blow for Bootsish freedom."

Genca, as I already knew, is

a focal point for smugglers and

BISTO

for

·drafted to Beats the to talk about besides LCC architecte,

HPDENT

to And

been

dondgers

sppears likely

it will house one of the world's

great concert halls of Europe. finest pipe onguru," the installa- tion, of which la not expected

Russell Spurr

to be complete bredare: 1953;

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