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"NO EMERGENCY" ASSURANCE

Key West, Dec. 9, President Truman flew back to Washington today for urgent conferences with administrative and State after Department officials assuring reporters there was "no emergency."

"Don't get the idea the world is coming to an end," said the President before garding his plane.

He said he wanted [10 Luss made about his sudden return to the capital,

"The simple reason for my going back is the necessity for 10 have my bi-monthly

me

meeting with the Joint Chiefs

of Stoff on the world situation.

Jet Plane

Glasgow, Dec. 9

A Canadian Air Forc technician was drawn out of his rubber boots head first into the Hir Intake funnel of a Jel fighter plane today. but suffered only two black eyes and turn igaments.

Albert William Richards was sucked tuto a hole in the plane's nose while the It was warming up on the Renfrew Airport runway, A mechanic saw Richards' empty boots on the run - way and another mechanic throttled back the engine.

Then the putr reached in, grabbed Richards by the fect and pulled him out.-United Press.

QUIET IN

It is easier to meet them PORT SUEZ

Washington than for them

come down here."

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Mr Truman said he had talk-

ed with General Omar Bradley, chairman of the Joint

Chiefs.

Mr

and the Attorney-Generat,

In

Suez. Dex P. Governor Ibrahim Zaki e) Kholi sald today thał it had J. Howard McGrath, and de-

breu

Suez and the quire in cided it would be better to held

Brush authorities had promised: conferences with

with them Washington than in Key

to evacuate the village occupied West President Truman said the during construction of the new question of the lagging Korean road The water filtration truce nego: sarlons would de- plant. finitely be discussed but he did not wish to have andue im- ! Governor el Kheli told portance attached to this phase. United Press : "All a quiet in His mention of a meeting with Suez and no incidents are ex- the Attorney- -General was taken pected" as un indication that he would intu the government tax scandals disclosed in the investi- gation by the House Waya and Means sub-committee.

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He said the British military teaders had promised blm they

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Alleged Manslaughter: European Police Officer's Trial

MAN SHOT DURING RAID

Accused of having unlawfully killed Wong Keng-sun, a 20-year old employee of a construction company, Sub-Inspector Albert Edward Shave, 23, attached to the Kowloon City Police Station appeared on trial before Mr Justice Gould in the Criminal Sessions this morning, charged with the manslaughter of Wong on the night of August 22, 1951.

Wong was killed as a result of a gunshot wound in the Yat Ming Teahouse during a Police raid. It is alleged that a revolver held in the right hand of Shave went off at the time.

In charge of the Prosecution is Mr D. E. Greenfeld, Crown Council, assisted by Det. Insp. W. Watson

Shave is defended by Mr DA L. Wright, instructed by Mr F. X. 'Aima de.

A Jury of fortr and three women has been empanelled.

A number of students from Queen's College and the Ching Wah Middle School were inter ested spectators an Court.

men

The Prosecuter told the Jury that aorused was charged with manslaughter which meant the unlawful killing of

another

!person

Police and be went on duty into a cafe to search people. At the

without malice. Accused was an Inspector of

the

the

was

would evacuate the village of time he held a gun drawn and

In his hand. Keir Abu Amr today. British cocked in

of what happened occupied of troops

the village course

gun went off and a man yesterday when construction of

killed.

The President remarked, explaining the pressure current duties to Washington, that 1952 is going to be an im- portant year"-United Press

Young Wife Slain dynamited buildings

was

trict.

Flint, North Wates, Dec. 8. The Flintshire police today issued the description of

man whose young wife, mother of three children,

found battered to death in the moon- Hight last night on a railway bridge near here.

Many families living in the, Wind had blown out the gas mighbouring area continued to Lamp un the crossing and 2 pile their few belongings into

by stumbled donkey carts passing

and leave the over the body-Reuter.

danger spots.-United Press. gunt.

woman

COMMENT OF THE DAY

THE

events of that evening.

the

in

The detective constable came, the Police were justiRed in through a side door whilst drawing their guns. the rest of the Pollre party re- He added that the Crown mained outside. Acrused called based its case on the fact that on the occupants in Chinese to although this WBS a normal be searched as he entered

entry the cause of the gun

cfr People started to stand up as going

was recklessly accused came forward Lo

negligent. table half way down the room Accused when formally charged ' where four

men were seated said he was not guilty. The Whether or not they were still Prosecutor concluded. sitting, or standing

there appeared to be some difference from various witnesses, Mr Greenfield said.

دامه

SHAVE'S VERSION Accused's version was

that

a

Sub-Insp. A. B. Barteam, attached to the CID Kowloon City Police Station said that at about 10 p.m. on August 22 last he went with accused and a party of Police to Ta Shuk Shan village to carry out & search in the vicinity. They failed to find anyone and he and the accused returned to the Station, arriving at about 10.40 p.m.

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they remained sented despite this order to stand up and be searched. Three of the men spoke to the contrary and said that

on their feet. they were

ALERT MESSAGE It was, however agreed that the

Witness said he reported Recursed stopped near this table

Divisional Superintendent and with the gun still in his the band turned towards the four upon his arrival. As a result of men at the table. Accused then the report he was instructed made a gesture with the gun. by the Superintendent to pass The gun went off and one of the four men was killed.

of

on a message to the accused to be on the alert for armed men lurking around the vicinity Kowloon City district. Shortly after that the accused and n Police party left the Station.

Cross-examined by Mr Wright,

witness said that their first razd

the

proved unsuccessful. He ad- mitted that after passing Superintendent's message

accused.

made he

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Volcano Disaster: New

Eruptions Feared: Casualties Mount

Manila, Dec. 9.

Tel. 21489

REVISED ITALIAN TREATY

Acceptable To US

Washington, Dec. 3. Officials predicted today that the government here would notify Italy shortly that it accepted the peace treaty revisions requested by the Rome Government.

The United States already has stated gcneral agréement with revisions which would place Italy on a equal basis, de jure as well as de facto, with ather Western European nations, Formal approval of Italy's right to be released from arma- ment limitations and dictates over her internal policy, which were stipulated in the treaty, will be made soon,

a usually liable source said.

Just how the Italian treaty is to be rectifed in terms International Law is still

An object of speculation here. American official ruled out the possiblities of an international conference and suggested that each of the 21 signatory nations notify the Italian government of its decision ou a bilateral basis.

SUPPORT ASSURED

He said that if the majority of signatory nations agreed to E Joint declaration

revision, acknowledging Italy's new inter- national role might be issued by the agreeing powers. Besides Britain.

the United States, France and mest of the Latin

of their support. and Belgium

Another eruption was feared tonight as the Hibokhibok volcano continued to belch dark smoke from five vents. The Red Cross said the official nun.ber killed in the eruption on Tuesday so far was 201 but an Army officer told the United Press American signatories have as-

sured Italy that about 1,000 inhabitants on the disaster area The Netherlands

ulso are expected to give were unaccounted for and presumably killed.

favourable answers to President Quirino's office announced that the Pre-tulian request. sident ́"would fly to Camiguin Island, off Northern

Czechoslovakia are Mindanao, where Hibokhibok erupted, to inspect relief Only Russia, Poland, Albanta work among the people left homeless by the eruptions, and

pected to object to treaty revi- sions. This supposedly is on the is a par- grounds that Italy

icipant in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, which they

aggressive allege is

towards

Meanwhile, reports from the Island said heavy rain brought new hardships to the disaster Downpours due the

to area approaching typhoon washed down

boulders loosened by the eruptions and these crushed the blackened remains of houses and

path. It trees in their

the rain continued feared that

was

the

the 1948 eruption a village was buried by slides

the new read to safeguard their Witnesses would say water supply began. Big explo-Prosecutor went on, that there sigas achoed as British engineers had been an alarm and a party went out searching in the of Police occupied area. Sherman tanks for armed robbers in the dis- They did not find them. lunged through ramshackle mud

Five eye-witnesses and ย The Prosecutor said that the huts to demolish them while detective police constable who accused acted with the utmost had accompanied the accused to promptitude in getting the man large: dynamite blasted the stone houses.

the cafe would testify as to the to hospital, bul unfortunately

Al- he was found to be dead, though they might vary slightly The post-mortem, Mr Green- in their versions, the general field went on, revealed the fast outline was they would say the that there was no powder mark accused came in with a drawn on the clothing of the deceased,

which meant that the gun was observation to the accused that stides might eggravals

destruction aзused by the held at least 18 inches away. the original report might Volcano. It was recalled that in

revealed It further

that the possibly have been a false one bullet which entered high up in in order to draw the Police to the chest travelled downwards

that area, leaving olher areas at an angle of 45 degrees. in the district free.

ballistics experi The Police would say that the bullet ex- tracted from the deceased was He Bred from accused's gun. would further say that this re- volver when normally fired had 17-1b pull on the trigger, but when cocked that pressure took only an eight-pound pull. DID PROPER THING The accused did the

proper thing by reporting immediately Counsel, witness

Shan and handing his gun to another Ta Shek Police inspector Immediately about a mile and a half from after the accident, the Prosecu- the Cafe.

Not only did said.

he (Contd. on Back Page, Col. 4) property

the accident report but he was sincere througho Accused took another Inspector to the scene of the accident where vertain measurements were taken.

Human Rights Day

third anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Is being observed today. It is a declaration, noble in conception and lofty in aspirations, and is designed as a fundamental basis for world brother- hood. It is necessary, however, to interpret the rights of the individual with relation to his place as a part of As the lives of people have society. become more inter-dependent, the concept of freedom moves toward education of the individual to choose and work effectively for those things that promote the common welfare. It is not possible to separate the rights of the individual from the objectives for which he wants to live. The goal of life may be described alternatively in terms of altruism or of self-interest. In terms of altruism it may be said that the individual desires to make the maximum contribution to human welfare, with the resulting personal satisfaction that comes from feeling that he has done his appropriate part. The alternative, based on self-interest, would be that the individual desires complete freedom for self-development as a unit of organised society. Since an individual can be permitted complete freedom only in case his desires coincide with the needs of society, these two statements of human aims lead ultimately to closely allied requirements. What from the point of view of self-interest are to be considered as rights which the Individual properly may ask society to supply, from the point of view of altruism become the necessities of the individual in order that he may perform his proper service. to society. Accordingly human rights are what the individual may properly expect society to supply. It should be possible for the state to guarantee some of these rights. Others it is possible only to provide in a well-organised and prosperous spelety, and must thus be considered not se insurable to the citizen, but rather as objectives which the state should try to attain. It is generally agreed that there

three basla rights; which society.

should endeavour to ensure: the right to a healthy life, the right to work effectively, and the right to choose wisely the objectives of individual efforts. Counterparts of these rights are the obligations of the individual to Rociety, to endeavour to maintain his health, to perform effectively work for society, and to choose the goals of individual effort with due regards for the needs of society. Furthermore, associated with these rights is a right to protection. The individual must have the right to expect society to pro- tect him against needless exposure to chance disease, against the needless

mental for an unhappy physical or

untruths heritage, against known sponsored by the state under the guise of truth, against Intentional obstruc- tion to the growth and availability of useful

and knowledge,

against indecency and the spread of hatred that mental will mar the individual's attitude and make co-operation difficult. the The nations who subscribe to Declaration of Human Rights appreciate that the rights of the individual and the rights of state are inseparable. They recognise that the only true values are those which are appreciated by individuals. It is the responsibility of the state to enhance Individual values; at the same time society has a right to require that the goals toward which the individual works shall be in harmony with the objectives of the stata itself. It is nevertheless necessary. that the individual shall have the right to dissent from the official view of the state, and to express this dissent. thereby enabling the objectives of the atate to be continually adjusted to the needs of its citizens. On these principles the freedom-loving nations of the world today are striving to promote and safe- guard the future of the individual. The pace of progress is slow, but today's anniversary la reminder that the United Nations are still pledged to Alke a reality of the Declaration of Human Rights...

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tor

to his the

Mass Round-up

Of

Negroes

Paris. Dec. 9.

The

the Communist bloe.

the

ex-

felt Italian Embassy officials that

refusal to a Communist S: ven North Africans re-accept revision would be detri mained in police custedy this mental to the reputation of the morning following the mass Communist countries. They said round-up last night of negroes the Communists already had attempting to attend

a meeting suffered in Italian public opinion banned by the police.

since Russia began to veto Italy's Estimatce of the number entry into the United Nations, The Red Cross said reti

picked up by the 3,000 police- dis- The accused was on patrol operations among 22,000

They believed the Communist men

ranged up to 6,000. duty with the Emergency Unit placed persons from ine towns

them were countries lacked good grounds that evening, witness told the of Mahinog, Catarman, Zuinsi- police said among

and two Bel-on which to object to revision. Defence Counsel. He knew the

three Spaniards liban

and Sagay

their

might be booked They said the two amendments

of Yat Ming Teahouse and he had, barrios continued smoothly as

actually were an charges calling for proposed out carried

the later who previously

supplies brought in by

psychological rather than prac- their expulsion from France. He Health armed rald on it himself.

Secretary,

value

One is deletion of added that all Police raids

Saicedo, and Red Cross units They said the North Africans (car

custody carried the preamble statement charg- teahouses in general were were released to needy evacuees. remaining in

Mr Salcedo toured the disaster revolvers, razors and knives and Ing laly with aggressive inter-

the tions. The second is remo

removal of area upon his arrival on Sutur- were among adherents of

"Movement for the Triumph of Articles 15-18, ordering Italy Off- day afternoon.

Democratic Liberties" who had to abolish Fascist parties.

was merely a this Bocked to the Palais des Sports cials suld

armed men.

Re-examined

un

on for

by Crown said that the

village

was

TAKE-OFF CRASH

RAF Pilot Killed

Over Wreckage was scattered

and

Mr

EVACUATION

Juan:

The Red Cross said evacua- tion from the island to the Mindanao mainland

was going into its third day and reports estimated that roughly

a third of the total population had bren evacuated. Philippine navel patrol boats and other vessels are assisting in the evacuation of injured and displaced persons.

coroner's inquest was held and accused made a full statement of what happened thirt

bia learned night. As

Both the Red Cross and press friend had no objection to tuis

reports said that dispatches that reading the statement, Mr San Angelo, Texas, Dec. 9.

+7 whole village had been Greenfield said that he would

A twin-jel fighter plane swallowed by the sea were false, read certain extracts from it.

crashed and burned on its The Red Cross said the stories accused statement, In this

instructions take-off at Goodfellow Air might have referred to a village referred prior to event. He also Force Base today, killing a which was reported swallowed referred to the alarm which British Royal Air Force by the sea when the volcano reports turned out to be false and which pilot who was ferrying the ride in 1811 Press

that, der from TEX

sinking. was no doubt intended to draw craft to Florida.

town on Mambajao-principal the Police away from the vicinity.

Continuing,

in the the accused

Witnesses said the plane, a Camiguin Island--and surround- statement said that he went on Northrop F-89 Scorpion, a newing villages were rising due to to search the Yat Ming Teahouse interceptor type still on the the lava rocks deposited there which was altuated near the classifed list, apparently stalled as a result of the eruption.- junction of Boundary Street and after clearing the runway by United Press. Prince Edward Road, near the about 200 feet. The craft burst aerodrome. He said he walked into flames as it struck the to point near the centre of the earth,

and took

ares. room where he

stopped

The Goodfellow Public In- a half-turn to his left when he noticed four Chinese who had formation Officer Captain George not moved and still sat down at Strand, said it had not been their table. He then repeated His confirmed that the craft ex-

ploded order to stand

He said the name of In up Cantonese,

Clerment Ferrand, Dec. 9. Radioactive snow was today and as he did so he made a the pilot, who was stationed at

Force Base in reported

the Auvergne gesture with his right hand Tyndall Air which held the gum The next Florida on temporary duty with area of Central France. But M thing, he heard a shot and felt the United States Air Force Hubert Garrigue, Director of the revolver kick in his hand. would be withheld until Tues- the Observatory of Mount Puy He did not fire at any person, he day morning United Press.

do Dome, who specialises in KILLED declared in the statement, and

FOUR

atmospheric radioactivity, sald he had no reason to fire at the

Chicago, Dec. 9.

that the snow's radiations were ilme. He sow man collapse. The "four"

occupants of a work and harroless. They repre- ambulance plane including the sented only COCKED REVOLVER

one tenth of the He cocked his revolver on patient were killed when

coming radiation

from the In a sto atmosphere. entering the cafe, accused went plane was caught on in the statement, because he and crashed near the town of had good reason to bellave Greensburg In Indians today. M. Garrigue was the, first man \psilent was « 70-your-old to detect a radioactive cloud armad men were inside,

Mr Greenford sold that the woman who had been seriously above. Auvergne in 1040, when Police Superintendent would hurt in car accident six it was believed to be connected produce Police

Dries on the weeks ago and was being taken with the atomie explosion at ise of fremring and there were to Chicago for Medioni treni | Bikini - Atoll In the Pacifie

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