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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1947.

DOCUMENTS REMOVED FROM BRITAIN'S ROME EMBASSY

London, Dec. 8.—An Italian servant removed documents from the British Embassy and handed them over to the Italian authorities over a considerable period before the war, Mr Hector McNeil, Minister of State, disclosed in the House of Commons today.

He was describing as "inaccurate" the allegations of Dr Kurt Von Schuschnigg, Chancellor of Austria when Hitler marched in, that Italy had All the access to the secret files of the British Foreign Office before the war. allegations were made in the book "Austrian Requiem," written by Dr. Schuschnigg, who is now in the United States.

NEW CURRENCY

FOR MERGED

GERMAN ZONES

Washington, Dec. 8.-The de cision

a new cur- to prepare rency for Western Germany was made on joint Anglo-American

Mr McNeil, who was replying

to a question, said: "The alle-mumpsu

gations made by Dr Schu-

schnigg" in his book "Austrian Radium Thrown

Requiem" have been closely and fully examined, and we have come to the conclusion that the account given is Inaccurate.

"However, it undoubtedly refers to a series of leakages from the Embassy in Rome before the war, of which wo had been aware,

"These leakages were the subject of an Investigation in 1944, which revealed that an Italian servant had initiative, authoritative quar-been able to remove documenta from Washington disclosed the Embassy in Rome for a con- tera in today.

siderable period.

They confirm that in the event of a breakdown of the present Foreign Ministers meeting in London, this be used in the currency would British as well as in the American Zone.

It was presumed that it France Joined in a zone merger agreement, the new cupner would also creu- Jale In her Zône,

"This servant 38 apprehended after the war and admitted what ho stated that ho had and done. He received considerable"atms of money from the Italian authorities.

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"We also belleve that Count Clano was in the habit of boasting that he had a source in the Foreign Ofee which provided him with the coD “ American press reports indicated tents of rerret files affecting Italy. that the main purpose of the recent it is thought, however, that visit to Paris of Mr John Fonteras a device by which Count Cinno Dulles, the Republican adviser to sought to cover up the netual source the American Secretary of State, of his information, which we now to have been the Rome Gen. George Marshail, was to find know out whether France. In the event of Embassy. A change

ange of Government, particular- "Count Clano gives a clear ac ly a Government under General count of the leakages in his book." Charles de Gaulle, would agree to an economic merger of its Zone with those of Britain and the United Slates.

With Mr Dulles describing the re- sults of his talks as "satisfactory", it was presumed that the prospects of much action was still good. Reuter.

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Mr Raymond Blackburn (Labour} asked Mr McNeil specifically to re- pudiate the "cowardly insinuation made by n Communist Member agonist that distinguished publie servant, Lard Vansiltart."

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When the matter was raised Inst Mr William Gallagher (Com- had asked for n full in- "considering that Lord nearly acspalated with him, In associated with these serious allegations." Lord Vansittert was formerly Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs. No Powers To Proceed

Into Furnace

London, Dec. 8.-The Minis- try of Supply has been asked to help Lambeth Hospital to try to recover 50 milligrams of radium accidentally font.

The radium was in a number of radium needles thrown into the hospital's furnace And burni.

clinked,

The coke

removed from the furnace, was found to be radioactive, so the Ministry agreed to send a lorry to load

clinker tho

to the Radio Chemical Centre at Amersham which deals with all radionelive substances,

will The Centre measure the amount of radium In the clinker and decide if it is an economle proposition to extract it.

Some of the coke ellaker, which is only

Alightly very radioactive, Is to he dumped into the sea.-Reuter.

EDITORS PREMI BERVICE.

"This time of the year, the rapids aren't so bad."

Krupp Combine Called State Within A State

Nuremberg, Dec. 8-War plunder and slavery were charged against the firm of Krupp when the trial of 12 former officials of the once mighty German munitions combine opened here today before an American war crimes court.

The United States chief pro- secutor, Brigadier-General Tel- ford Taylor, and his staff charged the Krupps officials with having effected a coalition ĻAUNCH UTENTE between the policies of the fabulous armaments "Empire" and the Nazi Party.

PROPOSAL

BY MOSCOW

REJECTED

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of

cally

annoying presence of the Disarina- This was done ment Commission." with the "secret support and en- couragement of the new German Government."

to go on

Mr Kaufman charged that Krupp, after the Versailles Treaty, decided improvements on weapons technical imply developing new as well as to keep in close contact with the scientists on its staff who might be called upon suddenly to

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Big Four Ministers Break Deadlock

London, Dec. 8.--The Council of the Big Four Foreign Ministers today broke the deadlock on proce- duro by agreeing to discuss both the British and Soviet

· documents on economic principles for the future Ger. man State,

The Conference will take the British basic document . (Supplementary Principles to the Potsdam Agreement) as its working paper. The Ministers will discuss, in connee- tion with each British paragraph, the corresponding para- graph in the Soviet document submitted today, where there is an equivalent.

After the Ministers have (Anglo-American Zones Industry worked through the British was still in a "state of decline, document with the equivalent falling to produce the goods neces Soviet draft, they will discusssary for the population as well as

for export. any paragraphs in the Russian An increase in the cool output documents which do not have could not ensure the economic re- an equivalent in the British habilitation of Germany because

"brake" was being put on the document.

other in- discussed covery of Germany's

dustrien. docu-

Auriculture was also in a state of

then

The Conference the paragraph of the British

TO-

ment dealing with economie ques- decline and small farmers had not

tions and reached agreement

subject to drafting changes.

This paragraph states that

during controlling powers,

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on it.

the

received land from the Junkers which they counted in view of the. the promises to carry through a genuine This made supplying second phase of the initial control land reform".

er the cities with food difficult. Ger- to eliminato will try period,

Violation Charged many's war potential. repay the

Allies during The statement continued: "On the damage to the

Anglo-Amercian the war and, subject to security re- other hand,

re-nuthorities, by separate action and quirements, help Ge

Germany stare her

regardless of the four-power Con trol Council, are carrying through. their decision concerning one-sided restoration of certain branches of the heavy industry.

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economy.

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It also states that the Ailles will try assist Germany to achieve a balanced economy by which essen- tlal imports will be said from ex- ports to repay the occupying powers for the sums advanced on account of the occupation costs and "to play her part in, the restoration healthy economy in Europe as whole."

of

the

"Old Hitlerite bosses have drawn from among former members of the German war industry cartels and trusts to take part in rostoring the steel industry.

Thus

tho Anglo-American authorities have already proceeded Molotov's Statement Before the start of the meeting. to restore the war industrial poten- M. Molotoy,

tial in Western Germany, relying on. the Soviet Minister circulated a statement de- the support of the old, Hitlerite Europe. and claring that the Soviet Union had circles of the industrial monopolists

Foreign

arm for the day when "Germany not been responsible for last Satur-hostile to democratic

rise."

Of Krupps, which became practi- a "state within a state" in

day's deadlock and proposing that have prevented the Control Council 1943 under an official commendation must again fight to

The Americ n prosecutor charged the Soviet

basic

document on from supervising this activity, which. from Hitler, the deputy prosecutor, Mr Joseph Kaufman, said: "There that captured German Navy records economic principles, which he also is a fragrant violation of the Potsdam

a state could proved commit-whether it was war plun-established a dummy Dutch company be discussed

was no crime such

half

that fri 1022 Kruph circulated at the same time, should Agreement."-Reuter,

Submarines Built

and

Not only did the disguised Dutch

the by

Conference

called a

the

was

They Gave their Lives.

We, too, may give through the

cent history, that it was able to almed at superreding the principles HONGKONG

0 put completely fitted modern

the Potsdam Conference by new submarine into action within three principles". and a half months of the restera-

These principles

tion

WAR

legitimate interests of States which MEMORIAL

der or slavery in which these men to experiment outside Germany jointly with the British document.

with an underwater warship

The Foreign Ministers Manking. Dec. 8. The would not participate."

thus avoid an obvious breach of the short recess befote to-day's meeting Foreign Ofce announced today Although not on trial, the former Versailles Treaty.

so that the Russian document could be examined. that China has rejected the chief of the combine, Gustav Krupp.

George

Marshall, U.S. Soviet proposal for Four was accused of rallying German in-

State, had asked M. Power preliminary Japanese dustry behind the Nazi dictatorship BE TRIED

in early in 1933 and of levying money

to give the Conference "a peace conference in China from it for Hitler. He was accused branch of the Krupp shipbuilding single comprehensive document by January.

of moulding the Krupp polley to enterprise experiment on new de to-day on the Russian proposals for Rangoon, Dec. 8.-Dr Ba

It said that China would insist meet every development in the Nazi velopments, Mr Kaufman said, but German economic unity after Maw, head of the Burmese Mr McNell replied that ho

it also actually bullt submarines Russian Foreign Minister had tabled aggression. that all 11 nations of the Far Plans of Government, and Thakin Ba thought the attack had been direct-

for sale to other governments during three documents which the Western take part Επ

the the

Wants U.S. Lawyers

said dealt with largely

Ministers against

period when Germany was gen-Foreign Foreign Eastern Commission Gein,

former Executive ed

only "in part." Service.

inter-the erally believed to be more Although they had made such talks. The Foreign Office sald

problem Councillor, both of whom were

the that At the conclusion of a four-hour ested in peaceful invention.

snlu the most careful investigations, they that the "Soviet government was

The statement

refused to to have been called as defence were satisfied that no leakage took again urged to accept the view

opening statement, the counsel for

delegation Because of the technical advan-Russian the Chinese Government," witnesses for U. Saw. former place at this end,

Alfred Krupp von Bohlen Und

tages by the dummy company, the accept the British draft as a basla The reply to Russia's November

for discussion because it Premier facing a special tri- "The unfortunate and inexcusable

and principal defendant, asked the bunal in the Burma State as- leakage took place from Rome," he 27 note was dispatched by the Vice-fulbach, former chief of the combine German Navy admittell, in its re

Minister of

Fieberts, Mr court for permission to retain a firm added. sassination trial, are themselves

of United States attorneys on be- Mr McNeil said that the Govern-George Yeh. on December 5.

"Office to be tried shortly

The Foreign for con- ment. had no

"contradict the announce-

The tribunal proceed

of his client. powers 10

that the

be spiracy

ruled to overthrow

the against the servout because he was ment said the Chinese note pointed

request would Far Eastern Com-

of German military sovereignty Potsdam decision and infringe the Burmese Government.

This leakage out that the

taken under advisement. an Italian national.

Alfred

from German aggression 100 had been stopped a long time ago. mission has explicitly been charged

Krupp succeeded his father, on March 10, 1935. They will be among over

Mr Kaufman said that in artillery suffered with the work of formulating poli- persons to be brought to trial in Reuter.

cies concerning Japan's fuldiment Gustav, as head of the vast amor and tank design, the Krupp con- and occupation."

Potsdam Fulfilment connection with the shooting of

ments concern in the final days of the last war, when the elder Krupp's cern was accused of accomplishing

The Russian statement said that Aung Son, Burmese Premier,

mind and health crumbled. As head its secret weapon planning through

confidential agreement with the contrary to

proposal, the British six of his Ministers last July.

with of the Krupp "dynasty," he sai

Union considered it the Soviet Swedish firm Nine.men. Including U. Saw, are

Bofors, Under his 11 colleagues in the large dock

Bofors necessary to "insist" on the full- already on trial. All the accused

agreement, where, rear ago, Goer

Goering, heard

Agreement in

the have been custody since

himself convicted of heading

Ger- took over and delivered orders ori- ment of the Potsdam

the exist assassination.

learned and it was"

many's four-year rearmament plan ginally placed with the German att on an "elimination of the New York, Dec. 8. The former officially yesterday that the

also agreed to ing violations of the Agreement." company. Bofors which they

were now accused of exchange essential information with It added: "In fact, a new centro against them will begin in January Democratic National Chairman, Mr and Include charges concerning James A. Farley, returned to active

secretly getting in motion.

on several occasions for the Western Zones of Germany Krupps and politics today and announced that

The charges were crimes against

officers. Reuter.

furt on Main, where the Anglo- he would support President Truman

Bel-peace, plunder and spoliation, the ring tests were made before Ger- has already been created at Frank-

are authorities

acting for re-election.

deportation, exportation and abuse man

American

of from December 6th 1947 we, Ta and independently of slave labour, and

common

separately crimes.

Hing Co. (Hongkong) Ltd., will to commit spiracy to

Control Council in Berlin. the On what was the

recense to act as Agents for the- "Such a state of affairs is enerally recognised

Blected in the most harmful way on Chinese vessel sa. "Chi · Hwn." as the most impotant charge in the case-"the aggressive war" charge- sald Mr Kaufman,

that the Ver- "worthless scrap of paper" in preventing Krupps from aiding German rearmament.

violation of the Arms Act.

ond

cuse

FARLEY SUPPORTS

TRUMAN

of her obligations under the sur- render terms,United Press.

King Leopold's Position It is understood that three British

Brussels, Dec. 8.-The Army officers and some others will face separate charges of allowing

1948 activities ginn Cabinet, after a two and the theft of arms and munitions are likely to be as a "free-lance a half hour-meeting in Brussels

the Party," United from army and police depols prior worker

tonight, announced that to the assassination.—Reuter.

Government "had decided on its attitude regarding the new de

He said his own

Press.

for

cati

LOUIS-WALCOTT RETURN velopments in connection with smiles Treaty had represented little

FIGHT FIXED FOR JUNE

New York, Dec. 8.-The world heavyweight champion, Joc Louis, today agreed to meet challenger Jersey Joe Walcott in a return match in the Yankee Stadium next June shortly after the New York Boxing Commission refused to reverse last Friday's disputed decision.

Sol Strauss, Acting Director | Unruly Crowds

of the 20th Century Sporting

King Leopold, now in exile in Switzerland."

The Government's statement, which, it is understood, has already been drafted, is reported to say that the king "did not forfeit his honour" in the war but makes reservations as to some of his actions, both be- fore the war and during it.

more than

the

of arms

Secret Developments Mr Kaufman told the court that in spite of the cessation

first World production after War, Krupp managed to manufac

and repair ture 315 new cannons 238 damaged pieces between

the

alleged prosecutor The deputy that Krupp managed to circumvent the treaty limitations "despite the

In quarters close to the Govern-Armistice and July 1919. ntent, it is understood that any sharp differences in Belgium's Conli- London, Dec. -The closure of tion Cabinet over the Royal ques- Club, announced that Louis the Millwall and Dartford football tlon have, so far, been averted.

because

the of

unruly would receive 40 percent of the grounds

political thought in

tators is a further indication of the concerning the King's past conduct vision and movie rights. Wal-

Football Association's determina- which the Belglan Government had cótt, who hus not been ap-on to stamp out hooliganism. ready for release some time this proached for a return fight, will

manager, Jack Cock, week could be delayed. This

But It is

net gate, including radio, tele- action of small sections of the Epee-quarters that an appeasing statement DISCOVERY IN

WILS

be offered 20 percent of the collwall's on the situation, said due to the hardening of the Socialist |

net.

that at the next home game of position, consequent upon the King's Millwall on December 20 (the statement yesterday which was these Strauss Bald

are closure will have ended by then) described as "untimely"--Reuter. terms identical with those of the second he will make an appeal to the Louis-Billy Conn fight, which drew crowd.

$2,000,000 at the Yankee Stadium MU wall had posted warning

In June last year.

The announcement came four hours after the Commission denied

notices as directed by the Football Association, and now they propose

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South China Morning Post Limited Notices archæologists have uncovered a

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at 1-3 Wyndham Street, City of ments will be received up till 4,30 Bangkok, Rangoon, Calculia. Karachi, treasure cache buried by Caus

p.m. for the following day. casian, tribesmen 2,600 years Bahrein, Calro (Nairobi, Johannesburg Victorin, in the Colony, of Hongkong

& Marnales via Cairo) Londes. 3.30 p.m. ago.

In it they found now evidence to support the theory, that the mid- Caucasian mountains and valleys wore one of the cradles of civilisa- tion. Newcastle, Dec. 8. John Wilson,

bronze The vases"

axes, open even 20 or 30 extra guards could 28, formerly of Gosforth, Newcastle-

sheaths and dogger not provent the people throwing | on-Tyne,

was alleged today. at work azure

as small things or invading the pitch.

to have spent a week drinking cups as well "It is just up to the crowd to keep end in the guard room at Fenham pieces of coloured metal work that found in the hillside cache after tellink were Barracks, Newcastle,

and were in perfect proportion expertly, tooled, according to the experts.

Walcott's appeal to have the deel- to broadcast to the spectators anking:

sion of Friday night's fight reversed.

United Press.

Indians Win Warwick, Queensland, Dec. 8m. Replying to the Indians' total of 333, the, Queensland side gave an in- different batting display, losing eight wickets for 145 before a severe hail- storm ended play to-day at 1815 hours.

Superb batting by Allen, the former Queensland Vice-Captain and Shefeld Shield century matter, alone prevented a rout.

Phadkar's inspiring opening attack forced the country alde on, the de- fence. At one, slago his figures were four for four, and his swing wor most impreZSIVE.

The spinners wie handicapped by the wet ball.

The Indian's fielding was patchy, occasional brilliant felding offset by slovenly, ground work and wretched retuma, A

them to play the game.

"There is little else we can do

their tempers."--Router.

Won the

Nowcastle

Ice Speed Skating the sergeant in charge that he de- Richmond, Dec. 8.-Dennis Blun- sarted from the Royal Scots Fust

llers. dell, of ́ ́Birmingham,"

Wilson pleaded gulity to pretend- British quarteranilo ico speed sint-

and was re- ing champlomhip in 46.8 seconds, ing to be a deserter the holder, Roy Wollam, being manded in custody. beaten in the semi-final by Blundell Keuler.'

Rugby Result

London, Dec. 8-The result of the Rugby Union game played yesterday was as follows?

Oxford University 18, Oxfordshire nil-Router,

Squash Match

London, Doc. 8-Surrey defeated

He told magistrates that he was discharged from the Royal Scots Fusiliers in August 1045, after ser- ying 10 years. He had tried to rejoin the Army but was not ac- cepted-Reuter.

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the Army.by three matches to two 1. Islands off the coast of Scot Though this was a minor fixture, in a squash rackets match at the New land. 2. The masses. 3. The thigh -this-was-a -disappointing-feature of "Maiden Lawn Tennis Club - duting | bone.----4, Electric-current,

the drawn, malch-Reuter.

the wook-end-Reuter,

Daguerre. 6. Indian corn.

and Paiping, 3.30 pm.

Swatow, 530 p.

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This most wondérful discovery of our. summer expedition was dis- covered in the gorge of the river Krupnov, head of the expedition. Palgan Su," reported Prof. E. I. The archaeologists were directed

treasure to the

collectiva P.m. by farmer who had

a road been helping a gang and, while waiting for a car to tako him back to his farm, climb- ed a 300-foot hall over the river, Ho discovered a frow

and. entering it, stumbled across a Dog- stone. The treasure was beneath it The expedition also discovered the Caucasus burial ground yet unearthed. It is belloved to date back to some time in the second-thousand--- years before- Christ-United Press..

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