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CHARGED WITH 11 MURDERS

Widow Breaks Down During: Trial

Poitiers, Feb. 21.

Mario

'Grey hatred

Besnard faced

D packed

Courtroom across bottles of beetle killer, and human shin bones here today' and hotly denied that she had pulson- ed 11 people with arsenic.

The 68-year-old; widow wor charged with having poisoner ker parents, her second Husband, reven other relatives and friend over a period of 15 year.

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She is sold to have gained IVET three million francs in inheritances and savings from her vletima,

Madame Besnard wept when the Clerk of the Court rend the circumstances the death of her second husband, Lenn Besnard, after allegedly drinking soup she had prepared.

The President of the Court ied out allegations that Alfred Dietz German prisoner who worlted on her form, had been her lover and that she had been een kissing Dietz on the farm. Madame Besnard declared: "We were always very good to the servants."

murdered

Denying that, sho Ledn. tlie widow said; I had Kuled my husband I would have killed all my happiness."

The Defence demanded that extra

witnesses should be including 25-year-old called, Dietz, who is now in Karlsruhe, Westburn Germany,

For the second day of the trial the tiny Assize Courtroom was crowded again with French and foreign journalisis, photo- graphers and. „cameramen.— Reuter,

Scheme For A European Farm Pool

Paris, Feb, 21.

| FLORAL "TRIBUTE U.S.

TO THE KING

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1952.

Paga

BUILDING POLAR AIR BASE Indians

The British Government wreath in the form of a George Cross, seen at St. George's Chapel, Windsor. It bears a card signed by Winston Churchill, and is worded "In Loyal and affectionate memory of their August Sovereign King. George VI, the Royal Founder of the George Cross, with Humble duty from Her Majesty's

More Spy Ring

Arrests

on

Stockholm, Feb. 21. Two view arrests charges of spying for "Russia were made last night une In Stockholm and the other In Boraag. Central Sweden, security police sald today.

They did not disclose the names of the people concerned.

and

-Two former - Communist Journalists, Fritiof Enhom Lillan Ceder, were yesterday committed for trial here

similar charges.--Reuter.

A New Party

In Israel

Tel-Aviv, Feb. 21. Two of the 15 Mapam (United The French Government to- day Invited the Ministers of 18 Labour Party) Members in European Marshall Plan nations Israel's Knesseth (Parliament) to a conference here on March decided tonight to form a new 25 to prepare a plan for the independent party after denoun- setting up of a single market cing the Manam for "falling into for European farm produce.

the abyss of Communist in-

France, will be represented by }fluence." M. Plerro Plimun, author of

Ming Chanah Lamdon and Mr the plan, and now Minister of State: and the Agriculture Davis Libshitz, urging workers Minister, Camille Laurens.

to join them, said that the new The form pool plan is along party would be "loyal to Zionist the lines of the Schuman Plan socialism." designed to merge national cool and steel resources.

Government,"

Djakarta Storm Over American

Aid To Indonesia

Djakarta, Feb. 21.

The Foreign Minister, Achmed Soebardjo, re- -signed-today-under a storm of protest against his endorsement of United States aid under the terms of the Mutual Security Act (MSA).

Mr Soebardjo's, tentative acceptance of aid for Indonesia aroused a wave of opposition last week in his own Moslem Mashumi Party, as well

as other political factions.

They charged that he had steered Indonesia from her de- clared neutral position into the Western camp.

The rest of the Cabinet, made up of three other Mashum! members and four members of the Nationalist P.N.I. Party, apparently refused to support

mede.

Revelation In Washington

Project

General Discloses

During Senate Inquiry

Washington, Feb. 21.

Carefully screened labourers who receive $12,000 a year are. con- structing a secret United States air base near the North Pole, Senate Investigation Committee disclosed today. citad

The base, known under the code name of "Blue Jay, cost, the United States Government, more than $3,000,000 in wages even before any workers

were on the job.

The cause, as disclosed in the inquiry, wait, the high cost of transporting workers across the enormous ice distances:

Gang Of 64

On Charges

Of Burglary

The wage rates establishes, for the base were $12,000' n year för labourers 'and $17,000+ for mechanics, 12.

Lloutenant-General. L'ewin Pick, Chief of the Army En- gineers, raid a public hear ing before the Committee that the secret air base we knolly by the code name of "Blue Jay!" and was located "ub at the North Pole."

'Let

Brussels, Feb. 21,

The disclosure came during The trial of 64 members of an testimony by General Plek on alleged housebreaking ring was the cost of the construction of removed today from a small the base...

The Senate Committee has here to a police court-room

investigating charges. of larger ball in the Palace of Jus-been tice so that the gang and their waste of funds and manpower counsel could all appear in court in overseas air base construc».

tion. together.

General Pick said that work- The

ring-leader, 33-year-old Marcel Bury, of Brussels, was men engaged for construction charged with housebreaking, of the air base had received carrying firearms, obstructing more than $3,000,000 in wages the Police and thefts amounting before they reached the site. 10 hundreds of thousanda of frones.

These

"SOMETHING NEW" General Plek

that sald were carried out by

workers, after careful screen- means of ladders, forged keys

to be briefed and then trans-. and well-run "intelligence" ing had to be sent to a centre

ystem, and included carported by ship and plane, jewellery,

gold, banknotes,

The ships needed ice-breakers clothing and works of art.

to get through sheet lee six to seven feet thick which covered the whole aren.

Atomic Engine For Industry:

Washington, Feb, 21. The Atămio EDCTLY Commission-

here today that research carried out by the Gen- cral Electria Corporation on an atomic, engine had “given such results that

had at

authorised the corporation to build an in- dustrial reactor.

The Corporation will be. ̈ sexisted” by - the Electrio Boat Company of Groton, Connectient,

The General ·Electrio hopes that this new work? will lend to Industrial atomie engines. -- France- Presse.

OBJECTION

Support Bantus

WIN OPPOSITION LTO MALAN

Johannesburg, Feb., 21., In a letter to the Prime Minister, Dr Danièl Malan, the South African Indian Congress today" pledged full support to the demand by greas (the major Bantu or the African National Con-

ganisation) for 'a, repeal of discriminatory legislation.

The letter, which was released for publication, was signed by tho Prealdent, Dr Yusuf Dadoo," and the joint honorety, sucre- taries, Mr Yusuf Chacholia, and Mr D. U.. Mistry,

The letter says that the Indian Congress, as the mouthpiece for the South African Indian community". has a duty to safeguard the interests of In- dlane against discriminatory legislation.

The letter traces apartheid legislation and mys that. After the general election in "1948 when Dr. Malan's National Party" was returned to power, Congress asked Dr Malan for a element of his Government policy.

This was rejected and Con- 8:095 was told that the Govern- ment was not prepared to 'grant the requested interview." -

CALLOUS DISREGARD"

The letter says that the Government had tried to impose (the apartheid policy “with callous

TO LEGION disregard for the feelings of the

RECRUITING

people and with disastrous (consequences for the country na a whole. Race relations have reached a most critical stage in our country's history. There has been an unbridled incitement of race animosity and prejudice 60tween the different population today called for an end to French groups. There has been a steady recruitment in West Germany of Increase in nots of violence and Germans for service in the intimidation by, the Police and

Wan decurence of race Foreign' Légion.

riots

Boan, Feb. 21 The West Gemman Parliament

General Pick said he was told that Д ship could get through with luck in 15 days but that actually required 42 days.

the northern with the Allied High Commission

By a majority show of hands, hitherto unknown." it passed an inter-party motion that the Government negotlate

Testving alolen goods-Reuter,thing like it before," Australian

Minister

any commitments he may have Under Fire

non-

all

It was in a rapidly deteriorat- ing position that the African

National Congress decided on a

attacked the French for Parties plan of action to obtain repent

Bury escaped from an escort on New Year's Eve but was recaptured three days later in a cafe..

Of the other defendants 16

the same it with are charged. offences as Bury.

He added that The remaining 47, including air base

job was "something to ban recruitment: ht 18

accused of aro wonen,

now, OT

and nobody had done any- Speaker from

of the legislation. having Under questioning General West Berlin police las Year The letter adds that unless Picis said that the North Pole arrest eight, Germans from the the legislation is repealed the base and another, air base in Legion whom the French wanted South African Indian Congress North Africa,

known by the to try for deserting in Indo-will participate in holding pro- code name of "Atina," had al-China and for serving with the test meetings on April 0-as a rendy cast about $100,000,000, rebol forces there.

prelude to the Implementation When the

all hearing public

Professor Walter Hallstein of a plan to defy "unjust laws," opened today. Secretary of the Air Force, Government could not put

Assistant

State Secretary in the Foreign--Reuter.. Ministry, ald the West German Edwin Huggung, said that serie military secrets of "classified information" were involved and Guggested that Home question should be answered at a closed meeting-Reuter.

War Criminal

Returns

Herlin, Feb, 21. Alexander Andrea General returned to Germany today aboard the General Duburg

He specifically declared that Observers here tonight fore-he had accepted only cast that this move might have military aid, but his opponents France is expected to propose

far-reaching effects on the strug insisted that Indonesia had been farm trade exchanges for a

mutunt gle between the Mapai (Lab-committed to wide range of goods, including grains, sugar, oll seed, meat, our), the biggest party, and the arrangements between the US.ngthy Press statement, made the island

and Indonesia.. poultry, eggs, fat and wine. Mapam for Reuter.

influence Among

the working class-Reuter,

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AMERICAN THREAT

Thoy also charged that Mr Sobardjo had taken this action without consulting the Cabinet or Parliament.

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Vatican Post

Is Filled

Vatican City, Feb. 21. Pope Plus XII today nangad Prince Don Sigusmondo Chigi Albani Dolla Revero twenty- nfth hereditary Marshal of the Holy Roman Church and Guard

the Conclave.

Defence®

of

Capetown, Feb. 21.

end to

w recruitment for the Foreign Legion In West Ger many till the occupation statute was abolished.

Herbert Wehner, Social Demo- crat, said he

he had estimates from ex-Legionaires that between 40 and 80 per cent of the Legion was composed of Germans,

"Punishment in the Legion is a brutal form of military Justice," he claimed-Reuter,

Stassen Blast.

At Democrats:

New York, Feb. 21, Mr Harold Stassen, Republican candidate for the Presidency, today Laccused

Truman the Administration of setting record for low moral standards”

murdor,

suicides sand "200,000 loafers on the payroll"

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Defence Gap among meinly, including one

Filled

two

Speaking nt a National Republican Club dinner, Mc Lisbon, Feb, 31,Stassen asked for a Congres The Turkish Foreign Minister, sional investigation of an alleged

The squat, goatees Mr Soe- bardlo accepted continuation of CONSUL'S CHARGE from Greeo where he served American assistance, formerly

a six-year prison term for wor granied

Economic under the

Sydney, Feb. 21.

crimes. Co-operation Administration, In

The Yugoslay Consul-General The 13-year-old General was an exchange of letters on Jan. 5

paratrooper Government in a long bill of former

general, with the US. Ambaseador, H. tonight attacked the Australian grected of his arrival by Merle Cocliran.

complaints stemming from his Bernhard Ramcke, who returned Government's attempts to per- to Germany last year after sunde Yugoslav nationals in serving a five-year prison term Australia to go home,

in France for war crimes,

Ramcke and Andrew played Mr Vjekosav Curioje, in ara big part in the occupation of

of Crete by German numerous charges against the paratroopers in 1941.---Reuler, Australian Immigration Minis- ter, Mr Harold Holt. Mr Holt this

morning published a state- ment warning come 20,000 Yugoalavs in Australia of certain difficulties in returning Australla if they are repatriated,

Mr Holt said the Yugoslavs The South African Finance since the death last Novembor defence of Europe and of the might be unable to return to Minister, Dr Nicholass Haveng, of the twenty-fourth Marbal, Mediterranean to be completes McGrath, Australia at all if they are re- told the House of Assembly to Marshel

Don Ludgvico and that there are no gaps now lonnite in public office, He bad.

had beco

become a mil- patriated. He was commenting

that the defence special Chigi Albani Della Revere. that Greece and Turkey have asked Mr Morath directly Under previous ald agree 011 Yugoslav newspaper

bill would provide for funds The Marshal is a lay dignitary entered NATO, ments, Indonesia has received vertisements which

whether this was a fact and had said that the

the which might exceed £40,000,- of the Papal Court who guards Mr Koprulu; who is attending received no answer, about $16,000,000 from the US. Belgrade Government

the Conclave of Cardinals elect the NATO Council meeting here, the past two years.

made this statement in answer to Mr Stassen declared: "The Indonesiany were tentatively due to expedite the return of dis- South Africa's defence comTM In a bug of crimson velvet hoa question at a Press conference. Truman Administration, has been got about $3,000,000 more placed persons of Yugoslav mitments in the Middle East. keeps the key to that part of He said that Turkey, though marked by one murdar, two during the fiscal year ending origin.

The bill would provide for, the the Vallcan Palace where the under pressure, had always, suleides, 15 convictioną.......: 11 purchase of modern equipment Cardinals are focked away until observed a straight line of con- resignations under fire, 45 Grand US. State Department ofll- The Cónsul-General said: and arms in Britain and they have chosen new Pope. dust in keeping" with NATO Jury investigations, 2,084 loyalty cials in Washington said it was "The vast majority of Yugoslav America,

Pope Innocent VI (1352-1902) | principles and, therefore, felt at dismissals, 137 dismissala for their view that the aid pledges immigrants, have not renounced The bill was given a second established the office of the home in this organisation-wrong-doing and 200,000 Toaters mukie by Indonesia remain in Yugoslav citizenship, even reading-Reuter.

Marshal-Reuter, it

Reuter. effect. They said Mr Soebardjo though

on the payroll"--Reuter, Q number of them had not signed an actual nid accepted Australian naturalisa- greement, but merely theton in order to enjoy equal economic supplies it got front rights with Australian nation- the United States to helpats." strengthen the democratic no-

Mr Soebardjo said he con- sidered it within his authority as Foreign Minister to mako the agreement.

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The cfficials added that Government had unsuccessfully the Indonesian Government reattempted to extradite "wor pudiates this assurance-re-criminals, national traitors and quired of every nation

those who organised hostile acti- ceiving MSA help-the United vities abroad against the Yugo- States will have no alternativeslav Government", The 'num- but to cut off the economic sid ber was not disclosed.. now going to Indonesia.---ĄSK- clated - Prem,

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Mr Holt charged that the Bri- tish passports of Yugoslava go- ing home were being confiscated and their capital being.convert- ed to Yugoslav currency.

The Consul General claimed that Australia confiscated passports of some Yugoslav'na- Honals who. Immigrated here prior to the last : War--United Press

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many's Chancellor, Dr Kontad- Adonauer, vis

visited the United States some time in the soxtCanberra, Feb. 21.

Prime Minister, Iwo months

Mr. McDermott declined to be ference today disclaimed, all Robert Menelon, at a Press-con- more specific regarding the pro- direct knowledge of where In Dosed vialt which would be the Australia the British into Brat by a German Chancellor weapon was to be exp sides the end of World War II. When the fear would takes Arrangement Big till to beam the nature of the west worstais but,che' said.---Bateria Reuter

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