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WOMAN TOLD OF SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES

Of The JUDGE WARNS

Day

Seen Talking To No Reduction

LAOS ALARMS Witness In

LEN days ago, the UN fact-

Tinding team released its

report saying it had found! TICI evidoffer of flagrant

Communist aggression in

war

Conspiracy

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To No Reduction The Man Who Looks Like Suggested

Case

Victoria District Court Judge T. Creedon

"If

today warned a Chinese woman on a conspiracy charge not to interfere with Crown witnesses.

you try, you will find yourself on very serious

charges," he told Lily Lee.

Laos. This surprised no one. Very soon after the Laution balloon went up,

correspondents rushed! to the country to And not full-scale war but only a shadowy guerilla action in progress difficult for eveni

Lee aged 40, together with j the Government to pinpoint.:

Francis Adrian Battles raged, armies advanced! Sub-Inspector

Walsh, 30, and his wife, trene and retreated, towns and Sheila, 20, have ploaded not villages were threatened: guilty to conspiring the official daily bulletins payments from Chow Chun- were impressive and made kwong and Chas Ping-kwan ade big

Yet few a reward for Walsh forbearing headlines.

action against a gam- Correspondents heard even to take

as the Tai rifle fire. No prisoners were bling club known

the action was Kee Co., on 12th floor. Empire

Apartments, in King's Road.

taken but

satiell

Creedon Answering Judge Leung said Lily Lée asked him to go to the club on the 12th floor,

Mr Yu But in your evidence in chief and under CTOBS- examination, you sald nothing about the club being mentioned. Lounis I forgot to mention it. What made you go on what been a wild goose could have chuse for Ler, with whom you had hardly anything to do?-

alarming enough to war- Lily Leg tres plemied not rant the appointment of guilty to receiving $2,000 an Our molto is "our customers UN investigators, and now August 15 as a reward ter Walsa¦ foremost.”

to

in upite of their negative floating cry out ከነ . Leung raid that when ho Andings, Mr Hammarskjold duties in respect of the club's went to the club he did not has flown to the country for

WRA

activities,

an on-the-spot assessment.

Spoke To Witness It would be tempting to write.

Before the hearing resumed off the Laos affair as a false

Li, Crown alarm. But the truth is today. Mr Simon

Counsel, told Judze Creedon probably that it

that after the adjournent yea- genuine alarm only a little today afternoon Lie was reen premature. War Corres-spevking to a CrowTE witness, pondents returning to the her former amah, Colony predict trouble early next year, And Mr Inm- marskjold, possibly sensing the same neasiness, has appointed a United Nations

in the presence capital of Vientiane

NYONE remembering the intention

i evidence,"

Α

Laotian

Indo-Chinn enmpaign will readily see the dangers

"There is no evidence as 10 what exactly she was talking about," said Mr LI.

"But

was asking the

the witness to see her this morning. The mah said she did not hear what was told her and it may not have been done with any

of

affecting ber

Lily Lee told the juger was gleaking aloud to myslí, of a similar action in Laos. not exactly to my ainah,

"I was saying that I wanted The country borders North

I have Vietnam. Its dissidents oc- my daughter to see me,

excepl .cupying

lawlessi nebody else at home the

and I was frontier areas are strong- my tiree children

of then ly Influenced by The Wondering why none

come to court to see me." Communista. Here is n

Judge Creation told Ler she channel for massive action would be well advised not to launched by China and the

Speak her thoughts Gut loud Vietminh. And it ian again. channel which will be " you try to interfere with difficult to block.

Crown witnesses, you will And The flare-up earlier this year yourself on very serious charges was possibly intended to text perhaps even more serious ones you are of at reaction in the West as than the

the moment," he said, well nu to check Lnus'a politicnl

Jist Westwards..

Cross-Examined

It will be noticed that since Mr Patrick Yu, appearing for strong and resolute action Insp. and Mrs Walsh then cross- Loung Ch}-keung, UN, examined was

the taken in

of the fourth floor, Communist

has head. boy pressure

Winaer House Hotel Kwitched to the Indian

Yesterday Leung said he had border.

fetched the No 2 bay Ruben the Tat Kee club, opposite Winner House, at the request of Lec.

But it is likely to switch back to Laos again, though

Chen

there is no reason to belleve i He told of a conversation be that the country is marked tween the boy, Chow down for direct conquest. Kwong, Walsh, his wife, intimidation Lily Lee.

If

in

military

scems

£nd

Mr Yu asked Leung: "It must

Hufficient to restore be difficult to remember a con- Laos'e policy of strict versalon which does not concern neutrality which Mr Ham-you and which takes place be marskjold also

to tween people unknown to you”. favour the Communista Leung Teplied: "I can remem- can claim a bloodless victory. ber a little, but not much"

HERE is indeed evidence

Agia.

He said that on August 1, Leg had asked him to to opposite

Loung said he knew the Tai

think the fat that is tund a heavy run grille door ununuzi. He denied he had been there

velere. témes

running maay errants for people.

Hearing is continuing. Mr Yu is instructed by Mr G. Liang, of M. K. Lem.

Lily Lee is not legally repre sented.

CHINA'S BIG

ORDER FOR CRANES

China has placed her largest order for mobile cranes in Western Europe recently with a British firm, it was learned today.

Of. Britain's

S'pore Forces Monty Has One Ambition

London, Nov. 16. Government

sources

today flatly dismissed suggestions that Britain

intended to cut down the level of her forces in Singapore.

The sources said there had been no reduction in troops recently, nor did the Government have any plans for a whittling down of forces in the foreseeable future.-UPI.

Discontent

In China's

ALEXEY (above)

MONTY (right).

and

Communes U.S. Worried Over

Washington, Nov. 16.

U.S. State Department ofł- cials said today that a stendy stream of refugecs from the Chinese main- has land to Hongkong produced detailed evidence of discontent among the Inmates

China's communes.

of

But those officials said they recalled

по independently obtained inforfallon / on ave

Further Threats Of

Panama Violence

Washington, Nov. 16.

food rio's in Southeast China The Secretary of State, Mr Christian A. Herter,

reported by Nationalist Chinese newspapers in Taipei today,

But they said all the informa- tion they have received from the U.S. listening post In Hong- kong gives credibility to the Taipei reports.

said today the Government has received threats of new anti-American violence in Panama, He said he was "increasingly concerned” for the safety of the U.S. Colony of 300.

"Severe food rationing and a

The State Department sald standard of living so low as to

Mr Herter alscussed the reports defy description is the common with, the Panamanian

Ambas- lot of the Chinese peasants who have been herded into the com-sador, Senor Rleardo M. Arias,

in a 40-minute conference in" munes," one official said,

R. H. Neal and Company Ltd., London, announced today the

The Central News agency with China signing of contracts

Alve a toki value of HK$4,- described

separate up- 800,000.

risings in which two Communist officials ant more than 33 de- monstrators were killed.

to

The contracts are for the supply of crants of six and 15 toms capacity which will prob. The fighting was sald to have laken place in Kwangtung and ably be used in various ports.

As regards future business Fuller Provinces and Hainan with China, the comptary looks island of the South China coast. upon the market as one offer- | -UPL

Nehru Under Fire In

Debate

Border

New Delhi, Nov. 16.

Mr Nehru, the Prime Minister, was "terribly up- set" at a stormy session here today of nearly 300 Parliamentary members of the ruling Congress Party, during which the Sino-Indian, border dispute was discussed, usually reliable sources said.

ita campaign against India Kee club was on the 12th flour too far and would welcome because three months previously a return to a less belligerent a friend had told him he work-

There was "an exchange of rment action to evict the Chinese

members and from Indian territory. diplomacy in

The ed at the club in Empire Apart-words" between

Mr Nehru, they paded, parallel between Quemnoyments,

Most of the 10 members who two and D spoke during the half hour session are understood to have urged Armer

is a little tool Mr Yu: But how did you and Longju close for comfort and it must know it was on the 12th floor? Leung: Because Lee asked be embarrassing for the

Chinese to explain how they me to go to the 12th door.

'. can

treat both their 'best

friend and their worst)

enemy equally and im partially.

Mr Hammarakiold is wise to! take precautions in Laos. Whatever the role of the new UN official he has ap- pointed to Vientiane, the Laotian people will feel more) secure for his being there. It is only to be hoped that the UN fact-finding com- mitteo's report does not lull the West into a sense of faleg. security. 1 Nor

should the Laotian Government bo thought of as hysterically alarmalst, The fact is that had Inos not drawn so much attention to the dangor it faced earlier! this year, the West might today be faced with a irretrievably hopeless altur tion.

govern-

Run Over By Train And Lives To Tell Story

Blackpool, Nov. 18.7

A 61-year-old railway painter, George Wane, was TUN over by a 134-ion express locomotive here-but lived to tell the story.

Elis was a "million-to-one chance" escape as the glant locomotive threw him full-length between the track instead of under the wheels,

Mr Wane, one of a gang painting the station here, WHE crossing the track for his morning, tex when the expron hit kiln between the shoulder blades.

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Station san ran to his aid and he was taken to hospital where be was detained, with broken ribs and cute on his head.”

A rallway oficiat said that, the train -- was, travelling slowly but must have passed over Mr Wase with unly Inchon Lo spare.

The driver of the lopomelive knew nothing of the socident until later. "Chins Mall Special.

party After the meeting spokesman told correspondents that the usual press briefing would not be, held and that Mr Nehru had agreed to a sugges tions that what happened at the meeting should not be released to the press,

TENSION

Sources midi the atmosphere throughout whe "tenpe" and Mr Nehru appeared to be eno Uionally upset

The meeting was inconclusive and will be continued next Monday

Some of the speakers, suggeet- ed that Mr V, K. Menon, the Defence Minister, should be re- placed, umunity. riable sourcen

said

the Secretary's office.

Aran Mr Herter told Senor the United States was willing to send a top U.S. diplomat to Panama to solve "misunder- standings" that led to the demon- strutions on November 3 and 4.

RESPONSIBILITY

Mr Herter also reminded the Govern- Ambassador that the meat of Panama "continues to have the fundamental respon- siblity for maintaining public arder in Panama.”

The threats to which Mr Herter

have been referred mikia in Panamanian radio broadcasts and newspapers.

said

Communists

Ofeints have had a hand in instigating The anti-American feeling in

| Panama (but that they probably were not the only group be Fiind it.

After his meeting with Mr

Herter, Senor Arlan said kic trying to inke advantage of the situation. But he said it would be hard to say whether they Instigated the trouble because they work very underhandedly." iUPI.

belleved the Communists were

SIMPLE

Oklahoma City, Nov. 18. Witnesses said they would have no trouble. Identifying the get- Away car used by two men who robbed theatre last night.

Large red letters on the back of the car spelled out the word "wanted.”—UFL.

PI Expects Extensive

Typhoon

Damage

Russian refugee Alexey Lvov, 67, who left Hong- kong for Germany today has one remaining ambi- tion in, Ke - to meet English war hero Field Marshal Montgomery. Iteason? "For three months since I have been in long- kong, English people have πένετ stopped asking me Mont-

whether I Was this

gomery fellow," Alexey,

dubbed

by his English friends, who has

or “Monty” as he is

a bristling gTLD moustache, boarded a Swis- sair piano his morning wear- ing a heavy. Army-type dufte coat and a black berei, "I am not trying 'lo.

anyone I probably wore # beret and a moustacho even before Montgomery."

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A suggestion that elec tricity rates should from now on be based

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a variable tariff basis and any neces- sary adjustment made yearly on that tariff, was made by Mr Win- ston S. Edwards, char- tered accountant, be fore the Electricity In- quiry Commission this morning.

The surcharge set-up might have been justifiable in 1931 or 1952, he said. "But now the oll position seems to bo more or less stabilised and it is no longer-necessary to have that mt-up."

It had been said that people were now living in an ede Di

Alexts, 'who amazed reporters abnormality with wors and

with his likeness in appear- | depressions once to Montgomery, left China three months ago,

A CHOICE

To

"I had the choice of going back

to Rudis or getting out, me that was no choice.” Alexey, a mechanical engineer who speaks perfect English, said that his trouble of mia- taken identity started shortly after his arrival in Hongkong. "I was eating in a restaurant

when a few Army men walk ed in and almost dropped in

their tracks,” he said. "They, stared and gaped al

so much that I had to ques-

on thei

*When

me

never

Audi

learned of my ap parent likeness to this Army man I, know that I would be In for trouble—and for three months, people have stopped staring at me asking me (who I am." Alexey deparled with his wife, Lilian Mary, who is an artist, for Germany where he hopes to set up a business, However Alexey thinks

he could strike some trouble in his adopted country. ག have only Just realized the Montgomery was an enemy of Germany."

May Build

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and threats ol wars and depressions, Mr Edwards went on. But the abnormalities

were now the normal conditions of the pre- sent-day life,

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"The late John Foster Dulles hae sa "We are Iving in period of brinkmanship. And I think we are stuck with It"

LIVING IN PAST "So let's have this variable and let's not live rate tariff in the past," he said.

Mr Edwards also suggested the astablishment of an "Elec- tricity Supply Company Board" under

now ordinance and that four senior Government officials should be appointed to the Board, representing ad- ministrativo, financial. Icgal ant public works side,

Mr Edwards begra hit address by readily agreeing with the

Commission that the two elec fric companies undoubtedly played a major part in the post- war rehabilitation of the Colony. that and its industrial development, and that their efficiency was of a very high standard.

"But the companies seem think that their awards should be unlimited and that they should be allowed to continue to make these fabulous profita," he said, adding it was their Arance methods and publle relations which were questionable.

Baby Products Factorý Here

on

He is Mr Arne Hemmingson, who left by Swissair fhis man Ing for Bangkok,

PUBLIC INTEREST

to

He contended that the ques- tion of whether or not they were a motiopoly, was not as important as the undisputed fact that they were privately utilities and owned public whether it was to public in- terest that they should con- tinue to extract Just what they liked from the public. Hongkong Electric were less

Mr Edwards conceded that

unorthodox in their methods.

He contended that everything revolved round the fact that the two companies had been has making excessive profits in one whatever way they compared

them.

hure

Manila, Nov. 17. Extensive damage to crops

and property here expected as typhoon Freda with 90 mile per A Stockholm businessman hour centre, winds cut said his departure through central Luzon from Hongkong today today passing 25 miles

that he may build a baby north of Manila in products factory in the northwesterly direction. Colony. The weather bureau reported the typhoon had slowed down from.fifteen to twelve miles

Mr Hemmingson, who per hour as it hit the castern been in Hongkong only COGG of Luzon

with heavy week, told reporters that there) winchs early this morning.

appeared to be an excellent mar- The Philippine Search and ket for his tipe of trade in the Rescue Centre reported that two Colony. ships zan #ground.

Mr Hemmingson owns a smail The "Silver Star", (tonnage factory In Stockholm and one. -unknown) · was in a shallow in England.

area of Mindoro Leland near "I have found now the western coast of southern have room

to expand and al-Wands said,

But in support of this conten- Lauzon.

though I have made no definite tion, there had been many con- The Japanese ship "Ashihito plans, Hongkong certainly op noting statements, be submitted. Maru" (tonnago also unknown) pears to be an ideal place," he | No doubt some of the was reported aground oft the said.

put forward, like risk, existed a Mr Hemmingson's factory few years ago, but their eastern coast of Luzon.

that

I

The excuse for these profits and retentions was that Hongkong was different so that. it was necessary for the 1500- sumers to provide most of the funds for expansion, Mr Ed-

factors

Stry

An unconfirmed press report produces most articles of cloth-portance had diminished today: said one man was killed in the ing, underwear and plastic toys, "thone has been a good deal of falend of Samer when a galvan- for babies.

ptability In the Colony for the ised roofing sheet hit him,

He added that he may return last five years." The typhoon damage is ex- to Hongkong · shortly to lay [z. pected in copra, hemp and sugar down definite plans for a future ́crop' areas.--Reuter,

factory.

BUTCH GOES TO A PSYCHIATRIST

Sherchain, Nov. 16.

Mr Nehru who spoke for | A 40-year-old widow revelled about 30 minutes, is understood |

to have been frequently inter- rupted by members who dis agreed with his whole line of argument; s

According to the Prem Trušt of India, Mr. Nehru was, une derstood to have'told the meat- Ing that thero was, no need to: feel panicky about the border kitumtions arid, that they Gloverhe MODA ARE taking every step-to decend India Integritys.

psychiatrist will be able lo, A spokesman

eure him,” she said. “Butch

has an Inferiority complex which has given him

-, said 'Butoh was

for the Lorgue being given obedience towwesta SZA troduced is olker degk

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DIFFICULT

Mr Edwards pointed out that on the one hand Hongkong was described as a risky place and on the other it was

compared with Switzerland; 'n' safe place and centre of ananice. And there was no reason why Hong- kong could not be as maio, us Switzerland for the same reason that other countries found it useful and did not wahi to 'dis- turbila status quo,

* On the one hand phlia Light representatives spoke of Tisk and "pn

(the other hand

here today that she had seat her four-year-old boxer dos, Butch, to a London Pay- the bad habit of biting other | "Then gradually he will come chiatrist to be frekled for an dogs... When boʻwas a puPOT te renifse that they are. hat they spoke of their confidenco - "inferiority complex.”.

he was bliten by two other

'all his enemies. HOT the Colony and that capital biggor dogs - and ke emanot "Balots is not sutiensolai-he is had flown in because / Horigu Earlier, Mre Congťahov Cambio

funt minunderstood. “There is kong was more stable than seems to forget it.” bad boon Anod £1 for fall-

something in his mind that be | other parts of south-east Asia, Ing to comply with Mourt During his 'paychinirle trent.

mak iba taught to forget," "It is dimonit to know what order is keep Balch undermous Butch in being Ingred

after by the Canina Defonon 2: the /upe kmannak akid, saains they really think Etoper conirol,

Longboats tank training thashe thought the case | Colony " MirEdvarda rem

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