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.HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 13, 1939.

SECRET Gestapo Works PEACE

CODEBOOK

Editor Heavily Fined

For Radio Offence

Overtime

Mass Arrests All Over Germany

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" AMSTERDAM, Dec. 12 (Reu ler)-A wave of new arrests by the Gestapo la reported.

snya

OFFENSIVE

Count Ciano to Make Appeal This Week

London, Dec. 12 The Press connecta Mnckensen's

turn to Parla from Rome, return to Rome and M. Poncel's re- Hitler's pence offensive.

with

"Strict observance of the Defence Regulations is extremely important." uld Mr. Edwards at Central Magi- tracy yesterday when he imposed n fine of $1,000 on Koo Puk-men, 28, Editor of the Wah Kiu Yat Po, who pleaded guilty to a charge of posses-

The newspaper, "Katvolk,"

In many quarters it is believed Blon of a note book containing 22 that anyone in Germany formerly be- that dipletaalle activities and Geneva sets of instructions for converting longing to any opposition party is rumours are connected with German Chinese plain language into a secret liable to arrest,

attempts to rally neutrals code, and four sets of instructions for

Victims include not only a number peace front and prepare the ground proposals, con- converting commercial wireless nb of former funellonaries of the local for definite peace breviations etc., into means of Secret Democratie parties, but also army cerning which Count Ciano, Italian Foreign Minister, will make a speech ly conveying, receiving or recording

officers.

Friday or Saturday-United Information.

It is reported that in Berlin alone on A summons against Koo for breach arrests are estimated at 4,000. white, Prest

of his broadenst receiving licence was

news of mass arrests comes from heard at the same time. On this

Leignzig. Dresden, Hanover and es count he was fined $250 and his set pecially from the armnument 7030143- was ordered to be confiscated.

small note-book methods of conveying information. It a waste-paper basket were number of telegrams,

to the

Berlin Propaganda.

Berlin, Dec. 11. The Der Montap says: "Every State which sent o delegate to the

advanos 11 is stated that the victims are Geneva session was aware

Mr. M. J. Abbott, Assistant Crown facturing districts. Solicitor, cald that on November 8. Mr. J. Key, wireless officer, visited so numerous that there is no room that it was participating in un An

glo-French agitation organisation aryl Koo's home in Wyndham Street fur them in the concentration camps. Cummunists are only arrested In

against Germany and Russin, where he found the documents men-

a one-site front of the tioned in the charge. The contents exceptional enres.

The purge is reported to have thus, in were 24 of

the older belligerent parties," the editorial said. "The very fact that such a session, spread to the ranks of

includes Storm Troopers and even

which is only aimed at stirring up some pollee officials,

and oppressing neutrals, is held on! the territory of a neutral State con not be reconciled with the law of

Switzerland defended always

with particular energy. In the further course of the negotiations, all neutral States will notice that in Geneva they are com- pletely under the domination England and France; because, aport from Soviet Russin, neither Ger- many, Italy, Spain, the United States or Japan are represented."

Mr. Abbott handed to Mr. Edwards a copy of the Wah Klu Yat Po, with one of the telegrams found in the fut attached. Ile said that the newk- paper used that telegram almost verbatim.

"Kon was obtaining news through his receiving set and putting the re- Mr. Abbott sults in newspapers," roncluded.

"Not Undesirable"

Mr. Russ pointed out that the redlo sel was Kou's personal property and! had nothing to do with the Wah Ku Yat Po. He went on to say

there

was no justification to believe that a Koo was in any way guilty of un- tiesirable conduct. He hind conducted his newspaper well and there was: nothing in

articles any leading written by him that was detrimental to the Ailled enuse.

Mr. Russ said i wis extremely i dcult for an editor to write an interesting leader every day, and to gather Kou had used the radio material for his leaders; nothing had been published that was dangerous to the forces or the authorities, IIC assured the Court that the code was an ordinary one, and hud never been used in Hongkong.

Mr. Abbott asked Mr. Edwards to take a serious view of the case as the radio was not an ordinary one,

used for receiving but one munications,

com-

"I have considered all the mitigat- ing features of the case," said Mr. Edwards, "but the fact remains that strict observance of the Defence Re- gulations and also Telecommunica- tions Ordinance is extremely impor- wont since the outbreak of the war"

Mr. Edwards ordered that the code Books seized were to be retained by the authorities for the duration of the war.

nets

Mr. Abbott applied for part of the fine to be given as a reward to the who gave the Information This was fending to the charge. granted,

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