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FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1952.
PLEADINGS IN
primary unmis-66
́takably sends up his stock ns the potential Republican nomines for the Presiden. tial election, but his ulti- mate adoption is by no means conclusive, Senator Taft continues to hold an overall lead in the number) of delegates pledged to aup- port him at the national convention, and his vigorous campaigning can be expect- ed to win him other ad- herents before General) Eisenhower makes his per-1 son appearance. In the final analysis the main con- cern of the Republicans may well be whether elther Taft or Eisenhower can obtum nullicient majority of support one over the other, for in the event of them being closely tied, the Convention muy be con- fronted with the necessity
of switching preferences to another candidate. The real election campaign, of course, has still to
come, prouenting General hower with the opportunity
Еінеп-
of casting the spell of his, magnetic personality over the-Republicans; and it is
muy
this influence which well prove stronger thus Senator Taft's known ni proven political acumen.
ON the Democrats' side the
CALLED
"ABOMINABLE” Criticism Expressed
By Defence Counsel
Mr Percy Chen, leading Counsel for the publisher, printer and editor of the Ta Kung Pao who are arrainged before Mr Justice Williams and a special jury on a charge of sedition, this morning told the court that he had “never more abominable set of pleadings as those presented by the Crown in this case. He declared that they showed a "complete lack of experience," and he requested the Court to order Mr Hooten, who is conducting the prosecution, to put his pleadings into proper order.
come across a
Before the Jury were called into Court, Mr Chen, replying to Mr Hooton, said that Mr. Hooton's position was that the preliminaries up to trial were under section 73 of the Magistrates Ordinance. Mr Bernacchi, he said, had emphasised_repeatedly and pointedly that section 73was not a complete code and Mr Hooton had never replied in any shape or form to challenge that.
Referring to his Lordship's decision given yesterday, Mr Chen said that, with great respect to his Lordship, they still said his Lordship was wrong.
His Lordship: I may well be wrong, Mr Chen. There is a remedy
for that,
Pow shifting his stand from section 73 of the
to
principle was set out there.
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SEDITION CASE
Wins Truman's Approval
President Truman today warmly approved the COTE- didacy of Mr W. Averell Har- rlman, Mutual Security Director, for the Presidency of the United States.
Bir Harriman has been men- oned as a possible Democra
choice of candidate,
110
President Truman was ask- ed at his weekly press con. ference what he thought about. the qualifications of Mr Har- riman for the Presidenes
President Truman said he thought Mr Harriman was well qualified for the post. He was one of the most patrio- tlo citizens in the country and
an able one—Reuter.
Taipeh Treaty Talks Again Deadlocked
UNITED STATES FLOOD DISASTER
Dramatic Fight To Save Dykes
Omaha, Nebraska, Apr. 17.
Emergency flood control teams today rushed up and down the 21 miles of dykes holding back the rising Missouri River here, plugging weak places with tons of sandbags and rocks to prevent a serious break-through.
Army barges loaded with rocks waited at key places along the dykes for a call to dump their loads into a major breach.
Behind the main wall engineers-and-abourers+ cordoned off small breaches with new sandbag "loops."
Eden Talks
On Future
•
Of Germany
Meetings With Two. Ambassadors
-
The dykes are holding back the floods from the twin elties of Omaha and Council Bluffs already evacuated by almost 10,000 people.
. Tel: 21433
Earth Tremors Shake Villages In England
Matlock, Derbyshire,
Apr. 17. An earth tremor the Boventh in, aix weeks- shook the village of Wins- ler,
Mallock, last
night,
near
Two other villages also felt the shock.
from
The tremor was preced ed by rumbling underground.
Geologists who have been investigating the tremors for the past month belleve they are caused by subsidences in old Roman lead mines or by geological fault.-Renter.
Entire City Threatened By Blaze
Tottori, Apr. 18. Japan's biggest postwar fire, a wind-whipped blaze that has left at least 15,000 persons homeless, raged out of control early today (Fri- Seven Slates América's day) and threatened the Middle-West are affected by destruction of the entire flooding from three rivers the coastal city of Tottori. Missouri. the Mississippi and the Red River,
In
One hundred thousand people have been forced from their homes and damage is estimated at $100,000,000.
Railways have been cut in 27 places, roads in 83 places,
Fifty towns and cities have
London, Apr. 17. The Foreign Secretary, Mr Anthony Eden, today discussed separately with teen flooded. the French and Unlied.
At Omaha, the river crept States Ambassadors the towards the top of the dykes latest Soviet noté on a future last night, passing nine feel above normal early this morn- settlement with Germany.
lag.
The national police said 140 pons were injured-and-4,500 homes destroyed in Totteri, a city of 60,000 residents 360 files southwest of Tokyo. There are no United States military installations here.
The pollee arrested three workers suspected of being responsible for the blaze. It was reported that du overheated motor they were using to make sawdust started the fire. Inte Thursday afternoon,
Three hundred reserve police from nearby Yorego City Mr Edan melied with M.
joined Jocal firemen and Rene Massigli at the French
was tonight ex- residents in battling the fire. Embassy and later in the after-pared to the 1881 record of 24 National. Police Headquarters, pected to reach 30 feet com- Buildings wiped out Included
noon Mr Walter Gifford, the United States Ambassador, cali- ed at the Foreign Office,
of question
AL party nominee is even more up in
While the air.
Senutor Kefauver is at the moment campaigning without um- cini party
support, the After further submissions, Mr | that there could be four intér-1 1:ong. Mr Hooton said that that voluntary withdrawal from Chen said that Mr Hooton was prolations by the defence,
"I have never como across He said that the law protect- the lists
his of
most
nhaminable Magistrates a more
01 set
ed freedom of language, speech serious competitors to Ordinance the
to
Indietinent pleadings which show a com-
writing but as with matically improves his Hules of Hongkong, but he had plete lack of experience," de freedom it also took care that
It bus been not put this in writing. prospects.
clared Mr Chen." "I, therefore, these freedoms were not abused that suggested
President
aste the Court to order my and in particular the law forbade Mr Chen contended that Mr
learned friend Truman's withdrawal from Hooton had given the defence
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writings and speeches likely to proper order."
cause breaches of the peace and the race helps the Demo- vague allegations of offences
Taipeh, Apr. 18, Lordship then decided to
to promote insurrections, crats by making the committed which he (Mr delete the word "and" from
The Tokyo decisions promote in the phindigy, of the
In diplomatic quarters here party re-alignment easier. looton) could twist and tura, "and/or which appeared three people discontent for disfection which, for the second time, it was believed that the three Yet none can mistake the when he came to address the
times in the Indictment re- against the local Government nullified the tentative agree- Western Powers hope to begin marking that he of Governor Jury, to suit his own purpose.
did not like
This was because it could not ments reached here between reply to the Soviet note next significance
Mr Chen asked his Lordship the phrase,
be for the good of a govern the Chinese and Japanese week. Stevenson's announcement
to order the Solicitor-General
Mr Chen said he objected to ment to allow any writings or declining the opportunity of to frame his indictment or in-
this to which his Lordship re- speeches which led to a pocsi-pence delegations plunged The two Ambassadors and succeeding Truman as party formation in
proper form
plied, "But
asked for the ble state of disorder and the the
Mr Eden wore you
understood to ill-fated peace confer- have discussed when and where candidate, and the absence supplement it
possible suffering of the inhabl- of put it before Counsel for the
Mr Chen said that the amendants, and
therefore ence into another deadlock to hold of any other nominee
the law
the consultations, substanco
decision on this question is ex- must enhance Defence.
ment had been made without made it a criminal offence to last night and aroused a Mr Hooton asking for the leave publish such writings and which wave of indignation in Na pocted before the end of this Senator
of the Court,
was termed "seditious pubilea- tionalist circles.
week. tion."
The Soviet hole handed to the Wortern Powers in Moscow lest
Kefauver's
or
in writing and amendment, s
"The duly upon your Lordship. fs very great this morning," said prospects of eventual adop- Mr Chen. "This is not a mate tion. The feeling remains ter to be shrugged at or to give however, that whoever the a supp decision." Democratic candidate, if I
matter 34
of seditious
Mr said
Chen, the publication, hin opponent
intention was the Presidency ia.
General where
c:sence, Mr Hooion had not Eisenhower, his chances pleaded what
for
His Lordship said he would note the objection.
ADDRESS TO JURY
or
After he hud explained the meaning of "seditious intention,'"
Japanese government instruc-
of the
formal consultations
on their
A
the four
The
feet.
crest
telephone exchange, telegraph office and several banks and The floods this morning were
newspaper offices, The Red Cross already dapping at boards raised above the sandbag dykes earlier hospital was in danger.--United
this week,
most to Kansas City, farmers Along the banks southward al
have moved livestock, ma- chinery and, household goods to higher ground. At least * dozen towns and
in cities Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas
and
Omaha TO Aghting Missouri-below
the floods. Elwood, Kansas, with a population of 1,200, was abandoned almost completely 10 the climbing
week proposed that tlons, received last night by the Mr Hoolon said that the Jury Japanese delegation, rejected the Occupying Powers in Germany waters, ⚫
should establish a four-Power Mr Hooton explained to the would see various passages of Chinese version
The Missouri, gorged by the draft Commission to investigate condi- quiek melting of heavy winter the article in the charge had treaty. Jury that the defendants were
Tokyo insists the treaty tlons for holding elections in all snows in the Dakolas, had before the Court because they quite clearly a seditious intent, is applicable only to territories the four zones, was the inter-were the responsible officials of "It is the contention of
carlier devastated Bismarck, The Soviet note was in reply North Dakota, Pierre, Sout!! a local daily newspaper, the TaCrown that there can scarcely Kung Pao, and by law it It be a more seditious publication
to an earlier Western.note.
Dakota, and Sioux City, Iowa, if it was ay a whole than this one."
M: Gifford, who returned from
in furn-Reuter. matter
of reaching The White lion. There were four intentions House are fairly slim. in the Statute, raid Counsel, 50
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ALLEGATION
the now
or in future under Na- Ulonalist control.
The Japanese government told
proved there was illegal In the paper they were prima facle responsible. It is alleged that on March 5 the issue of the Ta Kung Pao contained illegal Ho said; "There is an allegation since September 1931. but salā administration of Western Zone
matter, the subject of the charge.
Press,
And The Pianist Played On
Los Angeles, Apr. 17. Three bandits made a pianist play "Whispering" (a popular dance tune) over and over again at gunpoint today while they rabbed the tl and quE- tomery, in a bar.
One man pushed his gun into the musiclan's ribs and suki. "That's pretty, Keep, playing It until this is over."
For his co-operation they left the planist's wallet untouched.......... Reuler,
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an
the delegation to accept in 10 days' holiday in France last Mr Honton went through the principle the Nationalist taking-night, was understood to have article, making comments now over of property of the puppet also discussed with Mr Eden the and then on various passages. regimes set up by the Japanese current London niks on the
that the British
authorities, the working clause should be of Trieste and the Egyptian which means the Government, changed. On the
situation. strength of Giving the legal approach to has committed unlawful and the instructions, the Japanese
"In diplomatie' quarters here it such matters, Me Hooton said:, outrageous acts of persecution would na more talks with the Eden and M. Mossigli also dis-
Was
thought likely that Mr "You will all appreciate that against the Chinese population Nationalists, freedom of speech and of writ- of this Colony. It is difficult to
cussed the recent Spanish ing are
dear very
to
The Foreign Minister, Mr | momorandum asking that wherever the British fing ales conceive of a more serious medi-
tibus passage in any article than George Yeh, who is already international conference be call- A person is free to have his own that. To say that the British
under fire for being "too weak" ed to define a settlement for the religious and political beliefs, authorities committed
acts of in his dealings with Japan told International Zone of Tangler. and it is no aim of the Prose-
the United Press: "If Tokyo (In 1945 it was agreed by ****** should reject the cution to stop a man having any persecution against the Chinese
population
tentative Britain, France and the United have whom beliefs he may have.
under their care and.
rotection fatal
*** I agreements, that would be States and the Soviet Union that the French Government Prosecution is
is by no in the Colony must, to the minds means aimed at Communism of any
However, it was generally should be responsible for con- the reading
un international con- You might have thought as a article, and giving it credence considered likely that Talpehvening result of Mr Chen's questioning bri
would keep the conference doos ference on a fifial settlement for {bring the Government into of you when you were called hatred and contempt and must
open although it is adamant in the Zone).--Reuter. yesterday that this was a Pro- raise discontent and disaffection of the treaty.-United Press.
demanding Japanese acceptance secution in which there was in the minds of those Inhabit- question of political face and ants." Communism enters Into
person
the Mr Hooton reminded the Jury Prosecution. I assure you there of the meaning of "persecution" is not. So long as a man keeps in history such as that of the within the low he can be Hugenots and the Jews under
Socialist, a Liberat or Commu Hitler,
He said, "That is al-
nist or whatever he likes, and leged what is being done by the
is entitled to express his poli- British
tical views provided he does co
in
a fair, reasonable moderate wey, Even strong
Chinese
Government to the
population in
and his paper is telling
language does not render it retong unlawfully
to com-
'this
causes
They Found It
Great Fun
Home, Apr. 17. Two Dutch girls arrived here
with a
Wants Truman Impeached
Boston, Apr. 17,
Senato: Robert Taft' said to- its tonight after a 0,000-mile trip day that Congress should "con- that the Government of which they began in Amsterdurader the impeachment of Pre- Ulegal.
34 months ago,
sident Trumman for his seizure of "A man
is entitled
Hobby van der Wal, 27-year-the steel industry. plain of his neighbour
the arrest of people and un-old nicegirl in an Amsterdam The Republican presidential Governniont and even strong.
or the lawfully expels them without chocolate shop, and Jos de aspirant told a press conference: criticism
cause, that the Government is Langs Wendels, 29-year-old;f. think. seizure of steel is a of the Government acting arbitrarily and not is permitted because he might law,
by stonographer, loft. Amsterdam valid case, for impeachment. It is be acting to the publle good in
untrained valid for
tive guitar, two માં "I ask you to consider what voices, a fent, two bringing attention 'to
might well
shoulder House certain station to be the minds of packs and no money.
He and three other Senatori grlovance ог obuse which persons rending that article. Since then they have earned were supporting, a résolution might bring about redress It It says that on March 1 the thele way through a dozen directing a Senate committee to is a good thing so long as the British Government got together countries, singing and playing study the President's legal right criticism is candid and felt and large forces of soldiers and jen the midlo, on the stage, in to make the salzuro. the person criticising the. Polleo with the express, pro restaurants, at private parties, (Prezident Truman ordered the actions of Government does so meditated, and systematic pur- anti to anyone, who looked like frankly without. attributinginpon of massacring the Chinese providing a meat AD malicious motive to the Govern- | Inhabitants of the Coloný, I sub-:||: "Jos, said, "15 la great fun and ment of Its officiala". bagazh male there can be no · greater we mean to just koop going, se
Reading, Section B of the seditious publication than that. Reuter, Sectioa.......Ordinance of Hong- I (Contd "on-back pago, Col,-8) İy
government seizure of the $0,000 million steel industry on April 8 to prevent a nation-wide strike after, the, dallure, of the wage negotiations-Reuter.
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