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February 14, 1940.

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Turned Son Out of Home WHY THE

MOBILISED

Has

Nazi Plans

Finds He Conscience

Too Fell Into

As a member of the Salvation;

Hands

LIEGE.

I am now able to tell the

A YOUNG man whose father turned him out of his home because of his pacifist views appeared before the Conscientious Objectors' Appeal Tribunal in London.

He was R.S. 1dersley, of New right. Southgate, N., who had been refused my you are under authority? Yes remarkable story of how registration by the London Tribunal. but the actual pot is being under the

Mr. Walter Hildersley said that his military authority. atin, who was horn during an air raid, would not join the Boy Scouts because of his dread of soldiers.

con-

Belgian and Dutch

You have to obey orders by Major Governments came into pos- session of Nazi plans which Matthews or the General? Ye

Love was registered as Four years ago his son developed scientious objector on condition he led them to take special de- pacifist views, and very acute aria-dertakes forestry work.

B. S. Ashpule, of Wood Green, N. fence measures.

ments took place in the horne,

"When we knew of his registration appealed

against the

Society of

London

Wood

as a conscientious objector, things Tribunal's refusal to register him uz became very bad at home. After his a conscientious objector.. Iribunal appearance, at which Mr. 11. Joy, district organiser of the refused to help him in any way, he Amalgamated surprised us by appealing against the Workers, snld that Ashpole was the first of the 30,000 members of the cicvision,

union in London for whom he bad disappeared at a tribunal.

Unfair

"This led to a further serious pute, and ended by me telling him to leave the home. This he did.

"It was then I discovered I had a conscience too. I decided it was on- fair for me to judge him then hej should be governed by the decisions of this court."

A Ministry of Labour representa- tive sald that the Minister wished to

it was emphasise that

perfectly

to

Ashpole's application

missed.

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A German officer's haste to rejoin his newly-married wife of events which resulted in the was the prime cause in a chain

A German plane made a forced plans falling into Belgian hands. landing at Mechelen-sur-Meuse, on the Belgian frontier near here. Two officers were in the machine.

One of them belonged to the group of annies which has its headquarters at Cologne. He was the officer who corried the vitally important docu- ments,

Told To Go By Train

I learn that he had been ordered convey these documents, which were very bulky, from Berlin

to

to

An exhibition of Chinese Art on possible for an applicant to have de, Fans will be held, under the auspices Cologne. So that no risks should be inken, the officer had been told to finite political objections the of the Chinese Society of Hongkong travel by train. The High Command present Government and the present University, at the Fung Ping Shan in Berlin hud, in fact, provided him

from Thursday, war and yet to have an absolute ob- Chinese Library,

with a first-class railway pass. Jection to all war.

February 15 to Saturday, February 17, The appeal tribunal varied the de- daily from 10 am to 6 pm. cision of the London tribunal by re-j

ant duties.

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'SOME FOOLERY,"

SAYS CORONER:

2 MEN

CENSURED

AFTER a jury had returned a verdict of "Death by

A very fine collection of over 600 only happened that, the officer had misadventure” at the inquest on Miss Evelyn M. Brother- istering Hildersicy for non-combat-masterpieces, treasured by prominent

collectors, will be displayed. Many train journey would have taken so telephone operator at Harpenden Post Office, the coroner "Wearing the uniform of a sergeant of the Masters of the Sung and the long that he would not have been severely censured a soldier and a civilian. in the Salvation Army, H. Love Yuan Dynastics are represented, but able to see her the same evening.

He beard that one of his friends,

Evidence had shown that the shot was accidentally Kingston-on-Thames, appealed most of the exhibits are of the Ming

an airman, was just on the point of ugninst being registered for non-and the Ching Dynastics. combatant duties.

General Ho Lok, former Com-leaving Tempelhof for Cologne, and fired by Trooper Arthur Williams after he and Geoffrey Under Orders

ntander of the Police Force in Canton, the staff officer decided to take this -Major Grant Matthews said that one of the well-known collectors of chance of reaching his wife so much Debenham, a telephone operator, had been examining

Williams's revolver. out of his corps of the Salvation Army Chinese Arts has kindly consented more speedily.

As the result of a big navigationa!

recently been married. His ton (18), of St. Albans, who was shot while on duty as a was ving in Cologne. The

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Love was the only one who was a to conduct the opening ceremony at conscientious objector.

11am. on February 15, The Pre-ertor, the pilot crossed the Rhine far Sie Leonard Costello (a member of Eident and members of the Society to the north of Cologne and found the tribunal, to Love): You say that extend a cordial Invitation to all who himself over the Dutch border.

He was greeled by anti-aircraft being under authority would not belare interested.

bre. He consequently turned south, and a few minutes later had to make meadow at a forced innding in Mechelen-sur-Meuse.

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Borrowed Matches The first thing the staff ufleer did was to ask peasant for some matches. With these he tried to set! fire to his documents.

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Addressing Williams, the coroner said: "I am saying very- little to you because I think you will be dealt with very faithfully elsewhere. I am speaking now to both of you, and especially to Debenham.

"You were in charge, Williams, of You inve folled in lethal weapon. your duty; you should let no one touch that weapon and you should

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not have forsaken a post which hunxpeditions, and seaside holi veen assigned to you."

Debenham had interiered "out of days. The very children in the yways, innocent as flowers, are sheer curiosity," said the coroner.

In his summing-up carlier, the aware of a new uneasc sensitive Belgian soldiers hastened to plane, however, and forcibly pre-coroner said that some idle curiosity as the trembling of green leaves. There was a little boy and vented the officer from destroying the induced Debenham to handle the re- volver and then "some foolery took

a little girl papers. "The

two Germans were inket to place."

Lived in an alley. Williams, in evidence, said he was the neurest military post for ques-

Says the little boy to the the Interview the the military guard at the post office (loning.

During

little girl, In and left his post at 7.40 and spoke to Nazi

officer succeeded Staff snatching the documents and throw-Debenham, who lifted witness's re- ing them into the fire. A Belglan volver partly from its holster. Wit- officer was able, however, to recover ness than handed the weapon to him. "Dobenhamn pointed the revolver at tem before they caught fire.

There could thus be no doubt that the glass door leading to the switch these papers were of exceptional im-room. I could not see into the room, portance. According to my Informa- but I knew there were people work- tion, they, related to the transfer to ing there," continued Willams.

Hidden By A Screen the left bank of the Rhine of 22 newly-formed divisions.

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"We both pushed the door open. There was screen In the room pre-

"Shal! I. Oh! shall I?"

Says the little girl to the

little boy,

"What shall we do?" Says the little boy to, the

little girl,

"I will kiss you." Now.comes in "the sweet of Facts Confirmed

course of venting us from secing completely the year," and it beats each man This movement was in being carried out. Some of these into it. Debenham poked the revol-

the screen towards the and maid to look to his and her divisions were to go la the Dutch ver round frontier, but the great majority were switchboard. I went to take the re-life and to be happy. We can- volver from Debenham and got my not hope to live for ever, Happi- destined for the Belgian frontier.

The Belgian Intelligence Service hond partly round the butt. Whilo

was dis-ness is no doting delusion.. bullet Q IRS

speedily able to confirm that was holding it

It is to sing to a purpose as. these troop movements were in fact charged from the revolver."

He had been in the Army for 14 priests praise God in the morn- taking place.

At the same time news was re-months. This was the third time he ceived of the arrival in the Anchon had acted as guard at the post office. ing. He is wise enough who area of the Belgo-German frontier of He was fully competent to load, un-ean keep himself warm. "Hey! Trolly, folly, and God save you, two Army corps, each consisting of load and use the weapon.

Williams shook his head when Lady Em!" three divisions.

There is another summer be While the movement of troops in asked by the coroner if the trigger

"fore us, with sunshine on grass, the sense indicated by the captured could have been touched by Deben- plans was thus clearly taking place, ham.

to be sure The Coroner: Have you any ex- it was not possible whether these movements were to be planation as to how that weapon was and moonlight on the river. We regarded as a concentration or were discharged?Only that when I tried are still alive to hear the voices merely designed to relleve units al- to take it from Debenham I caught of laughing children at play in

the trigger and it went off,

the lengthening evenings, ready in the area.

At the samo time, there was nothing in the papers taken from the German officer at Mechelon which made 11 possible to place any certain y on this interpretation of the troop novements.

Birds of a feather flock to-

gether,

And so do sheep and kine. Cats and mico. will have

their choice,

Nover Handled A Firearm Geoffrey Alan Debenham, of Ox Lane, Harpenden, said he had never handied a Brearm before and did not know that the revolver was loaded." "Williams took the revolver.com- The one fact which is certain is pletely from my grasp," Debenham it round the "and pointed ent moment; there added, and 90 divisions on screen. The gun went off. I sten

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