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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1957..

TO INTERFERE

JAPAN NOT

Judge Decides Girard Not To Be Handed Over

EIGHT DIE

IN TRAIN DISASTER

Arras, June 18. Eight persons were killed and 20, others were injured when a Paris-bound express irala was derailed at a switch point in the town of Bobsleux today, while travel- ling at a speed of 50 miles

an hour.

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Three of the injured, including a priest and a nun, were ad mitted into hospital in a serious condition. All bodies hart bon Idevilfied late today except that of a brielle wearing a gold- plated crucifix.

US GOVT TO APPEAL

Washington, June 18.

Mr Takeso Shimoda, Japanese Minister Pleni- potentiary, said today that his government has no intention "to interfere in American judicial proce- duro" relating to the Girard case,

Judge McGarraghy's decision, he said, involves "a very delicate question of judicial procedure".

Asked if he had something to say about the Government decision to appeal against the district court opinion, Shimoda said: "We will wait and see."

Meanwhile, Putagon officials, that, You can just say we are announced the Defence Depart- | not in a position to comment on ment would take 310 action the matter at this time,”

Не The cause of the aceldent was while the case was being up-

suld there were "good not Immediately known,

pealed.

reasons" for the Premier main- taining silence.

There is no pressure, They said, for action by the farmy, in Japan, where Girard

At Streator, Illinois, Girard's tendins in US military custody mother said the Judge's ruling United States alleinis were "made me very happy--that's shocked and deeply worried by about all I can say right now." the ruling.

Awaiting

Several eye-witnesses suld was caused by a mall van which furched into, a power cable at a point where electrical work was being done along the roadbed.

HOLD-UP

The immediate reuetion of State Deparunent authorities to the ruling, issued on the eve of

She was visiting the home of

Mr Vera Olders

the arriv here of Mr Nobusuke her sister The express was bound from Kishi, the Prime Minister of burg. and listening to a radio Tourcoing in North France to Japan, night gravely damage station awalling news of the Paris. Two concher and the Japanese-United States relations | ruling. roor van lay sprawled across unless the Supreme Court over- the tracks after the wreck, tumed it, which was expected to hold up

Paris-bound traffe until morrow morning.

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Two

postal Workers who were sorting mail in the van

Rejoice

Earl J. Carroll, Girard's chief counsel, delivered the following statement;

william's brother, Louis, was not available for comment im- mediately. Louis was active in the effort to keep his brother in the jurisdiction of United States authorities.

Earlier in the day Judgu Joseph McGarraghy ruled that the proposed delivery of Sex- geant Girard to Japan for trini

ereaped unhurt because the "We rejoice in the victory of malibags cushioned them when GI William S. Girard, because the van rolled over on its side. It is a victory for every Amerir. connection with the death el

One of the mallmen said:can citizen, soldier as

"There was suddenly a horrible noise, a cloud of dust and our van was lying on its alde, We escaped by a miracle. We were badly shaken

welf as civilian, und for our constlau-

tional form of government.

"We fully realise the great problems Phat confront the executive department of our up and did not government

in the conduct of realise for some time that there international affairs. But we do not believe that any political and publie ser decision Justifies the executive in breaking faith and department of the north with our people, Rving or drad. Too many American boys have died defending our constitu- tion and our way of life for us to permit any such political deck

Roubaix

had been an accident,"

Newspapers vices in Elle, Tourcoing, heart France black country, were swamped with telephone calls

the train, France

relatives

from were Oil

Presse.

of those who

London, June 18. The British Home Office has accepted in American Invitation to bend representatives to the American nuclear weapons teels In Nevada in July, it was all- nounced, France-Presse,

rdon,"

In San Francisco the Japanese Premier Mr Nobusuke Kishi maintained silence about the Girard case, declining comment on the federal court injunction issued in Washington.

The Consulate's press officer, Mr Toshiro Shimanouch! said, "There will be no comment upon

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FRENCH ARTIST WINS FIRST

WINDSOR AWARD

PAINTER USES BITS

OF WOOD

Paris.

The son of a French would blacksmith - coachbuilder arahas won the first of the Duke and Duchess of Judge McGarraghy acted on Windsor's £750 awards u petition for a writ of habens the return of the soldier to the USA.. corpus by Girard's lawyers for to send artists to the United States. The applications for this writ was donlod.

he But ie, Judge said that decreed "that the proposed delivery of the petitioner to the Japaneve Government would violate rights of the petitioner guaranteed by the constitusion of the United States and will be enjoined.""

Decision

The court case here arose from the decision of the State and Defence Departments chat Japanese court should try Girard.

was accused of killing a Japanese woman by firing an empty cartridge shell at her while she was gathering serap on a firing rango.

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is 37-year-old Flore Soulages. He paints in the ab- stract, often using bits of wood, rubber, leather,

scraps flaps of meal or shredded stump of bamboo,

The award means that Soul- ages' prices will coar among the dealers. So for more than a week his name hus been kept secret,

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He is married, lives in three-room Montparnasse flat. His wife Colette will accom- pany him to the States.

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Last week a reception given in Paris by the Duke and Duchess of Windsor to announce the award.

Explained the Duke: " do not own a Soulages, never seen his pictures last week,"

The United States Govern- ment ruled that Girard's action was not authorised, was not committed in the performance of lds duty, and therefore, under the terms of the status of forces argreement with Japan, should be tried by a Japanese court and not by United States Courting the 20th century." *Martin).

Judge McGarrghy said:

I had before

"His

Explained the Duchess: way of painting is forceful and compelling but not easy to in- terpret. The Duke prefers 18th- | century paintings. I prefer the 18th century. Now we are help- |

Piolure above shows Soulnges

DE GAULLE RETURNING TO POLITICS?

Paris, June 18. General Charles de Gaulle

being present to the Duke and came back to Paris today

"It is uncontroverted that the Duchess of Windsor, while the amid a welter of rumours petitioner (Girard) at the time picture on the right shows Soul- that he was preparing to

Telephonists'

Go Slow

Campaign

Singapore, June 18. Twelve hundred employ-

of the alleged occurrence was ages in his workshop.-Express take over the helm of the ces of the Singapore Tele- reling 09 D member of the Service.

American armed forces in the performance of his official dutien

$5 guard."

Tho Judge qubbed govern ment Lootimony at the hearing on the application for the writ Girard's as agreeing that alleged offence arosd out of an act or omission done in the performance of official duty.

He added: Accordingly, the determination of the legal ques- tion here to be decided will be based upon the conceded fact,

"The petitioner remains A member of the United States Aarned

Forces in Japan and may be prosecuted in martial procomiings for offence with which he is charged"

Dismissal

court tho

The dismissal of the applica- tion for a writ of habeas corpus

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cold (7),

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yours truly (5).

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status of forces agreement,

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goods into money? (8).

Japan. Mr John. Foster Dulles,

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fusion (7).

17 Dog Fox, perhaps (7),

19 It's not so difficult to pee air

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Charita Wilson, the. Segretary

of Defence, malikʻon June 4 that the that they had occluded

trial of Girard in a Japanese

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fast? (8).

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29 Black inhabitants of fower

of London? (6),

24 Musolini's daughter? (4).

TUESDAY'S CHLOSSWORD-Across: 3 Plus (-four), 3 Moors, B A-Clog, ℗ Houp, 10 Related, 12 Sage, 15 Troms, 10 Load, 19 O-vine, 21 Chuam, 23 Plod, 23 Perli, 20... Rake,, 20 Hazuced, 50 Vary: (light), 31 Dun-0, 33 Toem, 18 Hare. · Down: Como-t, 2 Creates, 4. Loods (loads), 1 Bapd, d Long, 0 Hoed, 11 Tramp, 15 A-VI-d, 14. Ewm. 10 Sol-I-d, 17 Scar, 16 Lark, 20 Vohames, 23 Prey (pray), 24 ftror," "25. Thewn, 27 Aerum, 26 Ever.

STRIPPERS FIGHT

IT OUT

Ipoh, June 16. Strong men took cover atre today when three women strip-tease artists Inst their temporu and fought in a coffee shop,

Eye-witnesses sald the sharpely enraged vaudeville performers exchanged high kicks and cups of cotton- while the other customers ducked.

The rival selvoers, who said they had met at the coffee shop to try to settle an argument, each made a report to the police and dis- persed quietly--Router,

ARTIST'S LETTER SOLD

Paris, June 18,

the status of forces agreement. Fernch modern painter Poul Mr Oliver Gash, a lawyer Gauguin, one of whose works representing the Government

the world record price of

nation again.

phone Board will start a go.

De Gaulle, 66, aloof and clone slow campaign on Wednes farod as ever, drove to Paris from day morning to protest hla retreat in the Lorraine against the Board General village of Colomboy-les-Deux-Manager's "discourtesy" to Eglises to commemorata

"Call" to

France he made

the 17

their Union's secretary, years ago today over the BBC Jamit Singh.

not work from blacked-out This decision was taken at on London.

Emergency meeting of more than

The appeal mede France a fighting nation again headed by his "Francclibre" movement,

ONLY MAN

thousand members of the Union, including telephone girls, on Tuesday night.

امحك

The row started on Friday last when the Union demanded that Jamit Singh be granted a

enter Today a growing number of permanent pass to Frenchmen are turning to the Board's premises (considered a protected place) after he had general as the only man who

been obliged to walt outside the could dig France out of an un-

building when he ntrived to precedented Anancial crisis and negotiate with the management and honourably the Algerian on the union's wage and other

claims.

war.

Their hopes fired when Roger The undan today gave the Frey, Secretary-General of the General Manager 48 hours In Social Republican Party, as the which to make up for his de Goalliste call themselves since courtesy by issuing a permanent "Le General” withdrew from pass

to Singh, failing which politics three years ago, wrote they threatened father action.. In his Party's news bulletin to-- Meanwhile, a peccod go slow day:

strike was sparked off this "General de Cuntle, far from morning when more than a losing all Interest in his na-hundred workers of the British tion's Bfe is ready now on on shipping company, Islay Kerr June 18, 1940, and it he 1s and Company resorted to "work asked again, to throw into to rule" tactics in support of battle for a Umited period of their demand for reinstatement. Ime all his forces and all his of a cleric who was dismissed love fx France.”—United Press, ↑ Lust Friday.-France-Presse.

said the Covertiment will appeal 104 inition Bruce US Rockets For Denmark

Judgo McGarreghy's

auction on Friday, said 10,000

Heiving artist's picture jo a letter

sold today, the

Copenhagen, June 18.

against Fuling.

Ho mid the appeal would bofrance was a top price for a fled as soon as possible.

ment Foreign Pulley Com hoped it could reach

The Danish Government will militer. Supreme Court before the pre-helmed by poverty, lilness and Stato

"I na very depressed, óvar- accept an offer from the United sent term undird on Monday.

on Črpa delivery of Usually well-informed sources Technically, the appeal Ehould premature old age" Cauguin rocket weapons, it was learned as “" Hanacu. would EbduU be filed first with the court or wrote. "Tennaider 30,000, trines today,

that Denmark would not tale appends. Since the Gillard case any nymous sum for a painting makes howds The Danish "milltary Mr Poul Hansen, the De- the rocitate, with" "giously, war. involved constitutional 'righte, by a living mefia!:36:

(Parliament); to: uro of the rockets would not be vination. ?) WRE| trudond là “han dinak, TORONGE

the appeals court would pland Tus Iulie, niesamedi dola dotaled ustakamoni da tale in personnel to be trained in the saldo and allow the case to go friond, wax, sold for 3600,000 124 Volunt to the Bugetime, Court - Heater france at tottari qution, China, morrow," -and- Franco-Pruden.

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FANFANI TRIES

TO FORM GOVERNMENT

Rome, June 18. The President of Italy today charged Amin- tore Fanfani, leader of the Christian Democrat Party, with the formation of a new government.

Signor Fanfani told reporters that he would try to revive the four-party Centre Alliance which has ruled Italy for ten years with only short inter- ruptions.

But he added that he expret-; tmpt to bring the four parties ed to encounter "grave dif- together. ficulties."

He was charged last week by The Centre Alliance collaps-President Gronchi with studying ed skx weeks ago with the fall the possibility of reviving the of the coalition cabinet headed Centre Alliance,

by Signor Antonio Segni,

NEGOTIATIONS

The Liberal Party, fearing that it would be made to look for the failure of responsible this mission because it refusés Intensive negotiations since to accept points of polley then between the Christian { agreeable to the other three, Democrat, Social Democral, Í hastily Issued M statement Liberal and Republican parties denouncing Senator Merzagorn's have failed to overcome their "exploratory activity" - 00 differences.

constitutional. Earlier today Senator Cesare Merzagora,

Independent Pre sirient of the Senate and the

ADVANTAGE

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cond officer of the Italian The President of the senate Stato after the President of the took advantage of this to bring Republic, relinquished an at-hig mission to an end without pointing an accusing Tinger at any of the parties.

Since general elections Gro

Madame Butterfly due in Italy In any case in ten

JAPANESE ON BBC TELEVISION

A

London, June 18. doublo cast of Japanese actors and Euro- pean singers will present a television version of Puc- cini'a opera

"Madame Butterfly" on July 4.

Arrangements for the Japanese cast and production of this Bri- tish Broadcasting Corporation programme were made with the help and advice of Madame Kishi, wife of the Japanese As- basender, and Japanese officials.

Madame Butterfly will be acted by Sonya Hana,

It is tho first straight tele, vision role for this half Japanese cancer who has made 15 BBC television appearances 21.9 A dancer since 1947.

Suzuki, Madame Butterfly's servent will be played by Bar- bara Loe Lui Ling; Kenji Takaki as the bonze; Qipkichi Ikeda sa Prince

Kiztem Yadori,

Kitamura as the High missioner. ---Reuter,

Con-

mouths' time, the new govern ment can only be a stop-gap

one,

But all parties are anxious to sveld being involved in a goy- errenent which will not heighton their prestige in the country Reuter

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