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PERSIA ACCUSED Navy's New HOCKRIDGE APPEAL FAILS

BY RUSSIA

Intruding On Soviet Union

By Diverting River

Teheran, June 10.

The Iranian Army reported today that Russia had accused Iran of trying to lop off a slice of the Soviet Union by changing the course of a river in the Caspian border area,

It said a Soviet Army officer called on the chief of the Iranian Frontier Guards in the Astara area of the Caspian coast and demanded that a dam on the disputed river be destroyed. The Iranians stood fast on their insistence that it was none of Russia's business.

of

oft con- Iranian water

Offelal sources reported last laid Cul. Mossingo the status week that Russiati milltary of the dam was an internal forces were massing and carry-Ironian mutter. The Army sald. ing out extensive manoeuvres for half a century the Russians in a show of forces along the had been abling border fronting Iran. The touchy siderable pieces border situation developed along territory by changing

A joint litinian-Sovie: with the dispute over nation-courses. alisation of Iranian oll, The bortle commission has bein dispute produced these other working on the matter for SEX developments:

months but so far has not visited any of the contested areas.

1. An Iranian depuly sald in

Erami Aharl, Right Wing Parliament that the Hague Court had no right or authority deputy, served notice in Paris- ment today that Iran was not to intervene in the ol dispute ready to submit the oil dispute unless both the Iranians and the to the Hague Court. Suggestions British agreed to refer the have arisen that solution might matter to it.

lie there.

Jet Plane

SHAKEN BY

EARTHQUAKE

Newport, Rhode

Island, June 10.

Here is one of the first pictures to be released of

the Royal Navy's new jet Jap Treaty

fighter, the de Havilland Sea Venom, an all-weather

plane powered by one de

Havilland Ghost jet en- gine of 5,000 lbs. static thrust. This machine gives the Royal Navy a fighter equipped for car- rier operation yet able to meet contemporary shore. based fighters on equal or

superior terms.

A NEW BID

A fairly strong earth- quake of the Rhode Island const shook several seaport communities today but no Excite- one was injured. 2. Troops and mechanised

A former National Front mem- ment swept the coastal area units

were sent to possible ter, Abdul Quelir Azad, touched

as the tremor rattled dishes, trouble spots in the oil province off a public demonstration which

clear the pots and pans. of Khuziston for the imminent forced the police to arrival of Iranian authorities to gallery when he charged that the

War conscious residents supervise nationalisation of the Prime Minister. Dr Mohammed swamped the police, newspapers fields.

Mossadegh, had no intention of and radio stations with anxious taking over the Anglo-Iranian | queries. Some feared bombing, othera an explosion. The Reverend John Dovane, assi Thousands of workers gather-ant seismologist

assle- Weston In the oil dispute, saying he wased in the streets of the big oil

College,

Massachusetts, de- board of directors tude 4, and placed it 60 miles out in any possible way.

a govern south of Boston or formed sources believed he had of the of Industry,

the abandoned the role of mediator ment sub-commission and

off the Rhode Island BRITAIN AND US Governor-General because of British objections to Khuziston

TAKING LEAD Residents some of his earlier pronounce-The treels were beflagged and coast,

of the aren sald decorated with banners while ments.

Bounded and. folt scores of sheep were gathered the quake

truck rumbling like a heavy to be sacrificed.

by.United Press.

3. The United States Amol Company. bassador, Dr Henry Grady, dented that he was a mediator

al

FOR PEACE

only trying informally to help centre of Abadan, awaiting the scribed the tremor as of Magat- IN KOREA?

temporary

The Anglo-Iranion Oil Com- pany has set aside two buildings the of its sprawling plant there fo accommodate the delegollons.- United Press.

MAKING AN ISSUE

Iranian Army reports sald the Soviet seemed bent en, making an issue of the dam on border river just west of Astara, Lt. Col. Ivan Moasingo, in de- manding that it be destroyed, charged that it would divert the river and

Russla a slice of would then be incorporated into iran.

PLANE MISSING

Teheran, June 10. An Inanian Air Force trainer the plot were reported

The Iranians insisted that the dam was built to conserve water and for agricultural purposes and today missing over the Iraql- the chief of the border guards Turkish frontier,--Uuwted Press.

COMMENT OF THE DAY

miles.

about 15

OIL REFINERY EXPLOSION Whiting, Indiana, June 10. An explosion occurred today of the Standard Oil Company's Indiana refinery here, the Follce reported.

The Police later said that so for us was known, no one was Injured.

The fire was put out shortly after the explosion.-Reuler.

The "Psychological Moment"

IT is the belief of the British Cabinet

are

that "the psychological moment has arrived" for a confident approach to the Korean question of bringing the hostilities to a cessation by negotiation. certain signs that And there Washington may be beginning to hold a similar attitude. General Marshall's sudden visit to Tokyo and Korea can hardly be exclusively concerned with the current military situation, although the successful Allied counter-offensive undoubtedly will have a profound influence on any decision to make now to Communists to the overtures

start talking. fighting and cense

Senate the of In the course Committee investigation of MacArthur's dismissal it was disclosed that General Ridgway is to be given a new directive, and the probability is that General Marshall has gone to Tokyo to present that directive personally to the now Commander-in-Chief of the UN forces Nevertheless it can be taken certainty that the directive has a wider basis than the scope of future activities by the Allied troops in Korea, and that it includes political aspects which 'would have an important bearing on bringing hostilities to an end through negotiation. Latest advice.. from Washington la that the Allies are considering a new peace bid. Probably the two main considerations prompting this are the strategical advantages gain- ed by UN forces, notably the elimination of the Chinese Communists' vital supply bases of Chorwon and Kumhwn, and the severe losses suffered by the Com- munists in both men and materials, Moreover, it has now been finally demonstrated that the Chinese Com munists /cannot decisively defeat tho Allies in Korea; that any now offensive by them would prove as costly and

as a

nor

futile as those of past weeks. If then a military stalemate exists, it favours the Allies to the extent that they are strong enough to withstand assaults, no matter how concentrated they may be, and can additionally, if such tactics be deemed advisable, make further Communist-held incursions into territory in North Korea, Neither the the chiefs Peking milltary politicians can be blind to this situation and they should be conscious by now their own of the desirability, in interests, of helping to end the war by peaceful negotiations. For the purpose of bringing about a cease-fire, the 38th Parallel still offers itself as a boundary around which preliminary, negotiations can begin. And this presents a starting point which would eliminate any danger of "lost face" on the part of the Chinese that the Communists. It is true greatest stumbling block to negotiations Is complete lack of knowledge of her far 18 Peking's intentions so relations with the Allies are concerned; nor are there any signs as to how far and for how long the Chinese Com- munists are prepared to be Russia's cat's-paw in the Korean enterprise. Both factors clearly will have an important influence on Peking's reaction to peace overtures. Nevertheless Peking cannot indefinitely ignore the futility of a costly undertaking which is achieving them nothing, and which, at the same time, renders impossible discussion of the various other problems which Com- munist China

considers require resolving. All these are elements which Bupport the British viewpoint that the moment is propitious for another attempt to bring the Peking Govern ment to the conference table for a cease- fire and final settlement of the Korea problem.

Believed

Subject

Of

Soviet Note

Judges Rule 3-Year Sentence To Stand COUNSEL'S SUBMISSIONS

Holding that in all the circumstances the sentence was one in which the Court could not interfere, the Chief Justice, Sir Gerard Howe, sitting with Mr Justice Scholes, in the Appeal Court this morning, dismissed an application for leave to appeal against sentence.brought by Ronald Charles Thomas Hockridge, 29, merchant, who was sentenced to three years on May 22 for possession of two automatic revolvers and 39 rounds of am- munition at Dina House on April 6.

Appearing for the appellant, Wright continued In Counsel's Mr D. A. L. Wright, instructed submission it was precisely not by Mr H. N. Cooper of Messrs a factor what should be taken Wilkinson and Grist, made anunto nccount at all in assessing in which sentence, eloquent submission

The reason why the he stated that it had been con- counts viewed possession of arms ceded that there was no criminal in a serious light was bemuse intent in possessing the arms possession made possible crimes and ammunition.

of violence such as robbery and intimidation

There tion' in this

the

said

that

In his page

Mr

Wright

was sen-

Mr Justice Gould to

te by Mr

tence.

treaty, British diplomatie hud

was no such suggdict of

Priest Shot In Neck

"Political Crime”

Rome, June 10.1

A Roman Catholic priest was shot in the · neck and

Coroner's court was that Mrs years at the last Sessions case at all. The and said that he relied on two Hockridge committed suicide grounds in his application for whilst of unsound mind. There. reduction of sentener, namely, fore in the eyes of the law. on the facts of the caso the it was the only aspect which sentence was manifestly exces. London, June 10.

sive and secondly there was it could view this matter the A Soviet note handed to misdirection on the part of Mr of any complicity or any con- appellant was entirely unless the United States Ambas. Justice Gould in assessing sea- nection with his wife's death. critically wounded near One might as well say, sald Florence last night in what sador, Admiral Alan Kirk,

Dealing with the first ground, Counsel, that possession of a in Moscow today may very Counsel said that the appellant razot or poison like a bottle of the police described as a likely be a protest against had no criminal background lysol made possible a crime of “political crime" connected the Anglo-American pre- whatsoever in any country, violence like suleide, but this. with today's administrative and it was further conceded by said Counsel, was a wrong ap- paration of a Japanese peuce the Trial Judge that appellant proach to the matter to

elections. say an excellent Service re- that possession of arms made cord.

possible this crime of violence, Counsel said that Hockridge | namely, suicide: served in the Royal Navy dur Mr Wright continued: "What ing the war and was demo- I submit that Mr Justice Gouldnection with the shooting. They bilised with the rank'

of in fact was doing was this: He Lieutenant- Commander

and

was punishing appellant for the concerned during 1941-1944 he served on

on death of his

wife, He was hazardous many

make operations in saying in effect, I will the North

Atlantic, on Russian the sentence heavy because Mr John Foster Dulles, convoys and on

Malia, fre (Continued Back Page, Col. 5) Washington, June 10.

special quently under The Allies whose troops adviser, went to Paris for the and sea at a time when the attack by afr are fighting in Korea again weekend after talks with top fortunes of his country were

considering a public British officials on the treaty for not in a very healthy state.

NO CRIMINAL İNTENT peace bid to the Commu-Japan. Me Dulles said when

It was also conceded that nista, it was learned today. he left that there were still

hitches" to be resolved Hockridge had no criminal, in- If finally decided upon, #1 between the American and tent whatsoever in possessing probably will be along the lines British stands on the terms of of a proposal woriced out for President Harry Truman last the treaty and he hoped to these weapons.

Delivery of the Russian note Merch but which was shelved settle them next week.

General Douglas because of MacArthur's truce bid at that coincided with publication of an article today In Izvestia, the official Soviet government news- time.

are

stood, on

It appears the peace bid will be issued only if the Allies decide there is reason to bellevo such action would increase the chances of a Korcon settlement.

Britain and the US are taking. the lead, the initiative of Bri- primarily, it is unders tish Foreign Secretary

Herbert Morrison

US and Assistant Secretary of State Dean Rusk

Their study will be subject to review by other interested tions, Then, if approved and if it will be considered timely, the basis for a public statement negotiations and for potential with the Reds.

-

Is the

Basis for the study possibility of a truce along the 38th Parallel. This might change in case the battle area shifted but It appears the diplomats do not expect any early change in the situation

of

UN

One offelal said the key to the the whole situation was ati?i unrenounced intention the Reds to drive the entirely out of Korea. American sources, said they knew of no change in this major objection of the Chinese Communists.

They

British

sources said tonight.

Coples of the note went to the Embassy and also reportedly to the French and Chinese Ambassadors-all whom would be about a Japanese treaty,

Truman's President

some

RUSSIA'S PROPOSAL

Moscow, June 10, Soviet Russia today pro- posed a peace conference July or August of all In

to states that fought Japan draw up a peace tresty.

She

the said

treaty. should be on the basis of of draft treaties review proposed by the United States and Russia.

Russia's proposals were made

ade in a note handed nifay) to the today (Sunday) American Ambassador, Mr Alan Kirk, by the Soviet. Acting

Foreign Minister, Mr Valery Zoxin, Coples of the noto. were sent to

British, the

and French Chinese (Communist). Em- bassles.

The note re-affirmed the the principles stated in

comments on the American draft: treaty, on MAY that the tresty must be all-aided and not separate, and not one statu that fought against Japan mat bo excluded. - Kenter,

Soviet repeated that they knew of no peace declers from the other alde even though bellet remains in Washington, London and other

Allled capitals that, there are chances for a negotiated settlement.

Basis of this reasoning is that have lost Chinese Reds

their double barrelled spring

offensive and so many of their | paper,

of

This was

A Wreath For

Hanged

Nazis

Federal police, using blood- hounds, tracked down two 17-. year-old youths near Florence tonight and held them in con- did not immediately identify the youthe political affilations,

It was the fourth shooting two of them fatal-in a month of nation-wide elections for new communal administrations and a now Regional Assembly, in

Father Emillo Sevolini, 33- year-old pricat of Ostino pariah In the village of Vaggio near Florence, was shot through the neck as he was reading in the The shot Church, police said.

Aired from

pistol. Father Sevolini, whose town has a Left Wing administration, had urged his parishioners-all-- week to voto against the Reds

Sicily.

WAI Hanover, June 10.

most vital factor and it was one,

A group of about do people which in Counsel's submission today. tried to place a wreath reduced this particular caso to before the monument for war the status of a technical

dead here in honour of the offence. The caso was one seven Nazis hanged in Lands and put in the communal board

to

the Christian

Be Party of

the Prime

which differentiated this casu

sberg prison on Thursday, from every other case in relation Polico reported that they to possession of arms which

the wreath which "confiscated came before the Courts. In all bore the words "No grass will of those cases heavy sentences

Alcido de Gasperi. prompted

to the police ascribe the shooting to "poli- tical mollves.

"He had no other enemies,” said a police source,

were passed, not only for the grow over the gallows."

Bald they dispersed They deterrent effect that such sen- the group and arrested several tences provided, but also be- cause it could be inferred from persons who were later re-

leased. the circumstances under which They added they had no hint lying on the floor, bleeding these people had been discovered yet of whether the demonstra profusely. with

arms

that they had criminal and nefarious intent,

Neighbour heard the shot Father Sevolini and found

He was rushed to tion was staged by a political the local hospital and operated

CA. His condition was des- Jcribed as serious--Unitqi Press.

and that was of course the party or private persons——A8- reason why the courts viewed Bociated Press, that

type of possession with severity.

In summary form, Counsel continued, these three mitigating the utmost factors deserved weight, to be given to them; a background which showed not only that the accused never had been convleted in his life before but also showed he had an ex- cellent

and Service career served his country well, coupled with the most vital factor that it was conceded that he had no criminal intent.

In those circumstances it was Counsel's submission that the sentence of three years was manifestly excessive. It Was clearly excessive and no com- parable analogous case where there were such important miti- gating factors had ever come before the courts · since Liberation.

the

to

into

MERCY & JUSTICE "I ask

Lordships, your you are entitled to, again denouncing American take those vital factors best troops that they cannot plans to "remilitarise" Japan | account and to

reduce the win a total victory-Associated in the peace treaty. Diplomatic sentence, in order to meet the Press

sources, here did not rule out background of this case from

Colliery To Be

Reopened Today,

Easington, June 10. Easington .colllery, scene of the worst pit disaster, in the

the possibility that "the note a proper: aspect

both of mercy with an entirely different and e." Mr Wright said.

Mr conceivably

the

in another

aspect of

altuation--but they were this case which I want to draw

inclined to view the Japanese your Lordships

attention to.

treaty as the most ilkely juh-bocause with great respect la

Mr. Justice Gould, he did Ject master.

mis

sentence..

+

-LINE OF ATTACE The Izvestia atlicis referred

direct

wald

Was that

himself when asessing What Mr Justice while

four and a half year's history | to. Me Duiles' vidit to Londonaking into account the factors

It.

said:

In

I have just mentioned never- "It is theless he attached: full weight

of British nationalised coal, on and sold the draft treaty had May 28, will reopen tomorrow be prepared "unilaterally" night

Bughty-rilne miners and two common rescuers died in an explosion

in to the fact that tho, possession

ms of eving in' bis' caso; facilitated·

| below: ground, and nine bodies /tle peoples the Ameri- | br made possible

thd

In the leaves frwant to titilise violence, namely, the suicide of

ean

a crime of [remain to be recovered. y.

The section, affected

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