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THE CHINA MAIL,

TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1856,

CHINA Police Re-Open French Leaks NZ Code Of Film

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STAMPS

Case

MYSTERY OF

MISSING

POLICE FILE

Paris, June 18.

The 20-month-old case of the "French Secrets Leakages” is not yet over. Renewed police investigations have been opened here as two men, condemned for divulging the secrets, start serving their prison sentences.

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bry-

The two men had corller ex- and

The police inquiry. product of the trial, is into the changed insuits In court. disappearance of certain offelal through press communiques. records drawn up during the M. Mitterrand said he "would 1954 police investigation Into not fight with a gutteranĺpo", the leakages,

and the challenge did not lake pince.

The documents which re- corded the following by pollès detectives of one of the accused were, for a reason not explain. cd in court, never handled the examining magistrate charge of the pre-trial investi gation, in spite of his requests,

Red Request

The trial's political character to

became abundantly clear in its in closing

hours when Maitre Jean-Louds Tixier - Viganour, right-wing deputy and declared foc of M Mendes-France, launched, an attack against the Four men

political left in France, were charged |- fore the Paris Military Court, Maitre Tixier-Vigancour ac- In the longest and

most cusod the

Mendes-France of being

Acquitted

in

Oxford Degree For Cocteau

New

Political

Faith

Censorship To Be Modernised

Wellington, June 18.

The Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr Sidney W. Smith, has announced that New Zealand's film censorship regulations have been "completely revised, consolidated and modernised" and will be gazetted shortly.

The statement follows strong | carrieek through to an imple-' criticism of the Minister during mentation of his rulings. The negent months by, educational very existence of censorship authorities and the New Zea-presspposes that there is a need. land Film Institute for his dalay is enforce the law. |In bringing in new regulations. "There is a pretty liberal, almost two years since censorship in operation, on the the Commission of Inquiry into understanding that the trade Juvenile delinquency ¿ecom- | will' ieeep its aide of the bargain. [mended immediato now regula-Innumerable breiches (of the - itions..

law, both majosé and minor one,

It is

Mr Smith said that the draft-ero occurring all the time, yet no prosecutions are taken," said ing of the new coɖo had been A

task of considerable magnitude, Mr Garrett, examination fwvolving ther

of

many problems and the study of

various view points put for

ward by interested bodies. Many

Mainly Technical-

An official stated that, there

of the existing regulations have had been "only one or two pro not been amended since their secutions under the old regula introduction in 1929.

Certificate

Lions during the past 20 years

for failure to comply with the consor's railings, - Qad

Another Government spokes

sick that most of the

Every film intended for public screening in New Zealand must man

receive a certificate from the ces complained about were "mainly technical" and that Government Flim Censor, Mr Gordon Mirams. The Consor since the old regulations were clearly out of date it did not has power under Acts of Parlia

enforce them ment to ban

strictly.

permit screening

Jean Cocteau, 68-year-old Cocteau's greatest invention, ¡ French poet, playwright,; however, is to have created novelist and film director, a tenth Muse, that of the was last Tuesday awarded cinema. He was among the

portions, or cut unsultaba Boten necessary! an honorary LL D degree by first to see the possibilities offered by its unreal fancies.

Alms to restricted audiences The censor's rulings may be Oxford University. In the

only.

disputed by appeal before an Because of it he will be long Silma, Nyasaland, June 18, Latin oration in Cocteau's remembered." Cocteau is About 150 European, Asian The vagueness of the criteria Appeal Board, but only by the the censor must apply Minister or persons approved by which honour, Oxford's Public pictured centre en route to and African delegates today

when

means in effect, viewing Alms for certifica-him. This Orator, Mr T. F. Higham receive

Mr adopted a contract launching on leaves much discretionary that the Minister must consider his degree; described him as: a master Higham is on right, and M. " political faith" for at power to him. He must not, for that, there are sufficient grounds and Control Africa aimed at instance, alow the exhibition of for the appeal before it may be of all works which give Jules Blach, Rector: of

"undus Proccodech with the rulings creating a "non-racial" society.

showing pleasure to the eye, the ear the Academy of Alx-en- and the mind simultaneously Provence, who also received

The delegates were attending violence."

sor have usually, beass upheld And even when the

She appeal, but a notable exception LL D. is on left the convention of the Capricorn

decision, the han mado his to discutas African Society

ing to this was the Board's decision regulations at present covering last year to approve for universal M. Express Photo.

contract, which envisagos

of his rulings exhibitions a sim one the enforcement multi-racial society with

-on audism citizenship, loyal to the British and the penalties for their cou which had been banned by the.

travention aro by

means 110 clear. Consequently there have censor.

insy it lays down principles to be been.

complaints that

complex of France's postwar involved in Communist trials. with divulging Indo- "offensive" against the country

French soldiers who He evoked the memory of the died in Indo-China, and in a

thunder- ous climax to four-hour plea, and afford equal satisfaction an

to all

Chinese war secrets

1054. One of the four. Jean-Francois Mons, Lacod the less charge

of divulging the military formation by negligence.

for-

After a 74-day trial, the court sentenced Roger Labrusse

ar Jean Turin, twa former civil strvinds, to six and four years imprisonment 196uoclively May 20.

Mons, also

servant, And

1525

former civil ex- Journalist.

Andre Baranes were acquitted.

The bare bones of the

eatting politics nside,

case,

were

these

Tho

leakage of the mata secrets began, according to

the prosecution, in May 1954. This was the month in which the French-hold fortress of Dien Bien Phu fell to Victininh South troups

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They

leaks started in the off Mona Secretary-general of

WES

The office

who

Na- the tion! Defence Committee secretariat in Paris at the time.

The Defence Committee is the country's top co-ordinating body between the Government and

military commanders

Mons, 50-year-old My. haired man with years oď, dis- tinguished service to the State behind him, WRA accused of negligently leaving on his office desk when called away from the building notes he had taken during the committee meetings

Guilty

Turpin, his 44-year-old secre- tary, read those papers

when Mong was absent, and

passed the secrets to his follow servant Roger Lahrusse.

Labrusse, described in

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civil

court

ค "intelligent cultivated man" was an active member of a pro-Communist party. His employers were umawuro

Andre

this.

He was found gulity of pass- ing the information to Baranes, who worked for a pro- Communist newspaper

and at the same time supplied a secret

activities of

the

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onc outstanding answered question, which Tvis Implicit in the whole trial, was "Who received the

secrets?"

Military Prosecutor Colonel Grassien Gardon told the court: "There are some people, ΣΠΟΤΟ guilty than thood in the

drick who are escaping

justice." The colonel sold that the trial was not one of treason in the legal sense of the word. No. body was pecast) of passing sterets to a foreign power.

Found On Body

General Paul Ely, Chief-of-

Nasds financial support for the Staff of France's Armed Forces,

sake of poor children

Please address

testified that mary secretá were found in 1834 on a Vict- minh offlcer's body, in India- Chipo

in

General Ely he himself, ven the secret information to 'n defence committee meeting Farin and military conferences. in Hanot a few works curlier.

Politics entered tho when M. Pierra Mendes-France, Premier for part of 1954, ciamo to court to deny nocnations made there that he had received loaked information during his Prownlowship.

communitarios Mindater in the Madde

M., Francois. Mitterrand tions: Secretary, Hongkong Franco cabinet, gave evidenco Bociety for the Protection four times. The political a die- of Children P.O. Box 3301 Butes in which he was

Hongkong..

caught

en up came to a head whon ». M. Jean Dides, barrel chosted, Poujacket Deputy and key witnces, shɗtil ba woulû challange him to a duch,

Please rand, un Your, unwanted toye

Cellection" "Céhire at Rediffusion,

said that France and her army were the two stient victims of the trial.

The packed courtroom burst inle wild cheering. Labrurse sensing that the political words might have been aimed at him, shook his fist at the cheering crowd

nine

Muses.

Wharfies Get Increase

Sydney, June 18. Australian dockers will get a pay rise of eight pence an hour

arbitration award, it was announced today, This brings their pay up to s 10d an hour,

under Th

couri

Tho espionage trial ended with scuffies in the corridors of Parts Law Courts where, we

The men had sought an - the French curding to

legal

out crease of 18% pence an how. phrase, justice is meted

without hatred

In and without

វ reserved judgment. fear"-Chino Mail Special.

Justice Ashburner

MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

TOMORROW,

PRINCE MICHAEL, IS YOUR ANNUAL VISIT TO THE

PALACE.

Boh! TO PAY MY RESPECTE TO THE THRONE --WHERE I SHOULD BE

SITTING!

FERD NAND

JIFFY"

CHAMPSITE COMPER

TATEKY

NANCY

ARE ‹.

WHAT THOSE KIDS LAUGHING

AT

JOHNNY HAZARD

BONE UPON THESE, JOHNNY! YOU CAN'T RELY ON SIKPOF-YOURS PANTS FLYING IN THIS DAY OF

·SUPERSONIC FUGITZ

Camuzi.

passages

censor

In the past the

ne day from Cour I followed in dealing with a wide bintant breaches of the censor's bio cestor may see three,

creased the minimum guaranteed work in

This will give to six hours. dockers E14 155 for a 30-hour week.

Justice Ashburner said the reasons for the rise were that the men had to work with pri-

ndiive facilities and had to pay Iigh fares because of theire Ork. also laing hours.-China Mail Special,

THE KING'S MY COUSIN. OUR GREAT-GRANDFATHERS WERE TWINS. IN THOSE DAYS. COCKALONE WAS SO DEBT-- RIDDEN NOBODY WANTED

TO BE KING~~

1. DON'T

GET IT---

IT'S A

VERY

SAD MOVIE

HA

HA

TC-

of certificate for a film. The "general" certificato in- range of

and Central directions have not resulted in East

dicates auitability for universal controversial Africa's

most

prosecutions,

Mr Denals Garrett, president exhibition, If he constiers chil- problems including land form, inter-racial education and of the Film Institute, which dren should not be shown a flim

may certify it as commended by A CHITINTO voters roll with a represents Alm, patrons in this ne

censor for qualified franchise on which it country, said "The censor is do exhibitions to adults only." But

first-class job, but he is arms the guiding precept of ing a

China Mall hampered by a system which is there is no obligation to exclude non-racialis, -

- it la riberely: Just a force; the laws are not such films, sing

recommendation,

Special

By Lee Falk and Phil Davis

SO THEY CUT CARDS--THE LOSER TO BE KING MY SILLY ANCESTOR WAS THE WINNER! TODAY COCKAIGNE

IS RICH! I WILL BE

KING

HOW?

SEGRID'S SISTER

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SHE IS POPU

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SO AM I

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The third type, the "restricted" certificate, may order that per sons of a certain class only may see the 41m, The censor may impose an age limitation, for in- statico.

· Advertisements

Here in the vagueness of the provisions allows consider- able power, and it would even bo possible, officials say, for a colour bar to be imposed.

likely

This, however is most un

to happen in New Zealand, whore colour segregation is not officially sanctioned

On occasions

directed sex

censor has segregation screenings of films: on sex struction

Not only are fimis subject to censorship, but all film advertisements must also be approved. Lurid posters have at times been destroyed following directions that they

were

in- decent ou too miniinary,

Censorship of films has be

coma o malter of considerable public interest since the hazen, garbi report" of the Commission of Inquiry - info juvenile dev Ingrency drew attention to the kofluences of films 'on.

Impression-

able young pooplo

It lo

Det considered likely that the now regulations will radical

for the existing provisions, ly alter but they should clarify them and

bring

them mon into line with present-day conditions

New Zealanders do not

Like

censorship on principle, but they acknowledon tet a sode 1 wisely and somewhat liberally administered, is desirable.

var Quite Happy

Following the "Mazengarb report" the New Zealand Parlia= mont passed the Indecent Publicaticing Act which imposed duty on distributors Literatures mot to offend minst 'public good taste, On the webbla the Act received str

strong public

approved

“And” takón round, New Zealanders' are quite happy with the prosant system of films censor- (ship,«C2jinan Mail Special..

Re-Burying

War Dead

The West German Kourua, de platini

Herr