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Man Says He Was Beaten Up By Police

Accused Tostifies At-Trial

That he was on his way home after visiting his mother when ar- rested by the Polleo was the defence Dui up by LI Yiu, 27, Rehman, when he testified before Mr Justice Gould at the Criminal Sessions this morn-

in

Chan

LI, together with Li Chi-wing, 24, Mo, 20, Lam. Tale, 24, and Tong Shan, 25, is on trial on charges of conspiracy to rob, attempted arm- ed robbery and possession of arms.

Li is additionally charged with possession of an imitation revolver. second accused

sed with possession of

third arms and ammunition, and

accused with possession of arms.

Mr Percy Chen to appearing for. the first and fifth accused, on the Instructions of Mr C. A. S. Russ and Hir M. A. da Silva respectively. The other three accused are not legally represented. Mr J. Reynolds (Crown Counsel), assisted by Det. Sub-Inspi D. G. MacPherson,

in prosecuting The Jury includes three women.

Earlier, Mr Justice Gould ruled the admissibility of platements. following arguments by Counsel on the point.

ACCUSED IN BOX

ол

a

PAULA

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

By DENNIS WHEATLEY

PADĽA,I'VE HAD THOSE SWEETS ANALYSED-I'D LIKE TO SEE THE MAH WHO HAD CHARGE OF EM.

THAT'LL BE JERRY IN THE PROPS DEPUTIMENT.

Letters To

The Editor

Traffic Control

Sir-As regular render and admirer of your editorials I wan surprised and disappointed to rend your lender of yesterday (Tuesday).

suggestion contained in your

WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1948.

Meadows hints in the dust and untidincis of the props department for a clue.

AMAZING PLACE

YOU'VE GOT HERE,

JERITY.

WOULDN'T ALF TAKE A BIT OF DUSTING,

SIR

-TUOSE SWEETS? YES, HERE'S THE FRIDGE

WHERE

I KEPT 'EM.

Mao Tse-tung Goes

Goes U.S.-Soviet

Overtures Bring Relief

In For Leniency

San Francisco, May 11.-The leader of China's

Communists has laid down a policy of "leniency toward all men" under which even rich landlords may keep property in arcas his Red armies occupy.

Mao Tse-tung outlined the

Tried To

Stowaway

Br

(Continued from Page 1)

"The United States appreciates and fully understands the desire and, indeed, the necessity of close and friendly relations between the USSR

familiar with

programme on April 1 at a and its neighbours, but

but the facts meeting of party leaders, em-spoke for themselves, and I am fully phasising that the Communists followed the acceptance, by

the events which must prohibit "indiscriminate slovakin of the invitation to the

RP violence" in the occupied aeC- Conference In Paris and her subse- tions of China.

quent reversal of this acceptance The Communist radio In North during the Immediately following China broadcast part of the specch

visit of M. Masaryk (the Inte M. Jan Seven would-be stowaways were today and will complete it tomorrow,

Masaryk, formet Czech sentenced to one month's Imprison-It was heard by the Associated Press Foreign Minister) and M. Gottwald

with hard Inbour by Mr In San Francisco.

(M. Klement Gottwald, the Czech ment Cairns at the Marine Court this

Prime Minister) to Moscow." morning.

There is no dificulty in crossing Chater on westbound stream of traffic on Des you wait for the

Voeux nd to get the "Go" signal, That is to say the stream of traffic Li Ylu said he lived in Electric rolling from the Gloucester Hotel Rood. He was seamman by pro-ilding, proceeding N.S. & West. fession and bad been working A very small percentage of this mostly

Dutch boats. Some flow traffic turns Eastwards

of months back he left Dutch along Chater Road, Furthermore it steamer which arrived from Japan will be noted that when this West-

he bound stream is moving_the_truffle after curtain

which quoda.

lights in Pedder St and Des Voeux possessed had been salzed.

About 1 a.m. on Febranry 13 last, it outside the CPO buikling, are

at "Stop" four days after the Chinese New

There have been rumblings of The site Year, he left home by tramcar to tending article that quote "The short-

Sub-Inspector McCarthy reported discontent at heavy-handed Chinese US OPPOSITION EXPLAINED visit the wife of another seamua

caming disclosed above is so easily that the my Paula, which arrived | Communist rule in the conquered

General Bedeli Smith insisted that who lived In Stanley Street. A

remedied. Clearly what is required some time in February, was lying areas, particularly in the land dis- letter was shown him written by at the Alexandra and Union Build-off the Talkoo Sugar Refinery | tribution programme. Mas, devoted

the United States did not oppose the accused, who considerable time in his speech to ideology "but purely and simply be- Communism because of its Marxian hla friend. The letter directed him ings crossing are control lights which yesterday when lo meet his friend on board a ceroynchronise with the lights govern une

were farmers, Bahermen and one

this subject. tein steamer which was shortly due. in the movement of traffic from and Talpe, were found

unemployed man, all from Shatin

cause we had seen repeated in- on board

The Communist Party leader de-stances He took the letter away and then

of Communist minorities is entirely wrong. the West to East" is call:d on his sister in Gage Street. If lights are to be installed they without tickets or permission. They clared that Communist agrarian re coming into power by illegal means nst the will of the majority Tils mother was also Eving there. should be synchronised with the pleaded they were unable to obtain form must see that "middle peas-

and against told her that he would soon

employment and were trying to go ants" are allowed to farm more of the population in the countries on above mentioned flow from East to to Singapore. The report of the land than the "poor peasants." One have a job. About this time his West. There are fingerprinting showed that the un-

referred to: control that could

criticism of Communist polley is mother, in sweeping the floor, found systems of light

employed defendant had had a pre- that good farmers are evicted from n toy revolver under a bed. She be installed, for example, an

vlous conviction, but not for the the land and replaced by poor on every gave it to him remarking that he Red" period for traffic

sane offence. Hght, thus stopping the movement

farmers.

"ulf Green" period for pedestrian trame. However this would slow up the flow considerably which I should think the Trafle Department are trying to avold owing to the heavy and continuous flow of trame board. in the Colony today.

Ho

should give it to a child to play of all vehlele trame and giving an

with.

Accused sald he took the toy pistol and left for home on foot. He was passing Lockhart Road when the Police held him up and on searching him found the toy platol. He had no business whalsorver with house No. 171. Five other people were arrested at the same time. All the prisoners were taken to a police slation.

ALLEGES BEAT-UP

LEAKING EXTINGUISHER The coxswain of a motor junk was fined $100 or one month for failing to keep his fire appliances in sound condition, and for not having either lifebuoy's or lifebelts on

The United States remained con- vinced that these minority coups d'etat would have been quite impos- sible without the moral and physical

The sort of ideology now pre-support of

of the USSR."

valent in the villages," said Mao, "which advocates the destruction of industry and commerce and ud- vocates absolute equalitarianism In of distributing the land is an action that is backward in

The matter

NO ENCROACHMENT

Referring to M. Molotov's com❤ plaints about United States-Russlan trade relations, General Bedell Smith said: "There was nothing the United States would like better under con- ditions of reasonable and honest understanding than to participate in trade with the USSR and

110 cm tra to the economic re-

There was only one fire extingui-nature." I do agree with

that You

thesher on board when the vessel was Trafile Departmen are showing stopped by Police near Shamsbulpo. commonsense in dealing with this It was found to contain water

covery of the Soviet states which problem in this city and what is instead of form, and was leaking at Mao said the Communist agrarian had suffered during the war. mars commendable, Brc applying the nozzle. He should have had policy must be almed at the feudal proot were

desired of

of our pre- After their particulars had been standard and modern methods which two extinguishers and four life system of exploitation of the peu vious feelings in this respect, it could

accused said the prisoners are in use in other parts of the buoys on board, stated Sub-Inspeccant, and not the individuals them be found in the noted,

under fact that

were tnken

small room world instead of running alongside tor McCarthy.

selves.

lond-lease we had shipped to the where he alleged

Defendant pleaded that he had was benten large number of other Government he

He said special care must be taken USSR enormous values in basic in- up by several policemen

Departments whose slogan still ap-not left port and was merely trying with sts, About

p.m. he WDB

WRE WAY" taken out and he signed state-

that he had one extinguisher filled sants, labourers, professional people obviously would not be in time to Having dealt with Trafie, prob-being refilled. The document was written by lens for some considerable time in

with foam. The other was ashore

and new-type rich peasants, all of contribute to the war effort.

"Our change in view with regard whom do not engage in exploitation, Set. Cheung Wing-kam. Accused

sed other parts of the world, I know

direct reflection caid the entire statement was un- how difficult it is to please, as the

or engage in only slight explolta- to trade was again

of the Soviet expansionist policies The mistresses of two Class IV tion," true. He did not say that he and six majority that a Trafie Department days for lying alongside the Salbe nation-wide, Mao outilned it be-versation."

of vehicle

owners take boats were each fined $15 or three While this polley is intended to referred to in my previous con- to commit

the view robbery in Lockhart Road. He must be their natural enemy, and Kong Wharf, which was a private fore a group of leaders from the signed the statement because he had in this city particularly, there is wharf, without the permission of the North China provinces of Shansi been besten ир and he was afraid no courtesy extended by pedestrians owner. Defendants pleaded that and Sulyuan. he would be assaulted again.

to drivers and drivers to pedes they were sick and had gone along- He criticised

"rightist both Cross-examined, accused said he trians.

thought" side to buy medleine.

and left his last ship about six or seven

"leftist tendencies" within the parly,

but did not months ago. Since then he had been doing odd jobs on board ships. In

elaborate on it.-Associated Press.

horbour,

pears to be "What did we do pre- out his engine. Не maintained not to encroach upon "middle pea-dustrial plants which, when shipped,

ment.

other men intended

.

The toy revolver was left behind by a former occupant, he was told byly the traffe his mother.

The trial is proceeding.

Gang Caught Stealing Bricks

Pawned Govt.

"LICENSED DRIVER." point. The danger to pedestrians in The correspondent has missed the the Chater Road crossing is when eastbound traffic released, especial- which

moves round from Pedder Street. The majority of private cars go eastward Chater Road as it avoids having to detour left again at the Supreme citarges Court.-E. HKT.}

5% BRAKING

EFFICIENCY

uso

Uniforms

Stored Liquid

admitted eight Without

of

A Police trainee

of unlawful pawning government issued uniforms and was sentenced to 10 weeks by Mr

For

Licence

THE ONLY NON-VIOLATION

matters

Insisting that he did not want to start a game of "the pot calling the kettle black", General Bedell Smith sald he had told M. Molotov he had recently reviewed, some of America's. past agreements with the USSR, particularly the Roosevelt-Litvinov I would re- agreement, and "thot mind him of what I am sure he already knows-that the only pro- vision of this agreement which had not been violated by the USSR was that permitting the presence of an, storing 110 gallons of High American clergyman in Moscow. Latimer at Kowloon Court today. Flash liquid without a licence, Lal "However, these were

According to

Baker, the King-yan of the World Light Co., which It would be proẞtless for us exclusion of the defendant, Aug. 24. was 23 Bedford Road, was this morning to pursue to the arrested on May 7

7 at the Police Aned $250 by Mr Blair-Kerr at major issues". Training School. When questioned, Kowloon,

The State Department issued the General by Div. Ofcer Seymour of the Fire additional comments he admitted having pawned the clothing Issued to him. The articles Drigade said the factory was a large Bedell Smith without comment. were pawned over a period cover- one at Tai Kok Tsui and, though

General Observers noted that serious injuries when his machine $51 for two woollen

A cyclist had a lucky escape from ing three months and he obtained not as inflammable as gasoline, the Bedell Smith replied to almost every jerseys, three liquid was dangerous and was stored point of criticism in M. Molotov's It was revealed in Court that a with the rear mudguard, causing khak! shirts and a pair of khaki drove into a motor car but collided pairs of blue serge trousers, four

our on the exit stairs.

remarks, but made no refereno to party of Chinese

Chin Yuen, owner

lorry the were only minor damage.

Soviet suggestion of "a dis- sent to the Fort about 3 p.m. and Driving down a steep slope near

shorts.

caught by Mr Seymour found the gang removing the bricks the Chinese Cemetery at Tsun Wan through finanda! distress, according kerosene,

in Tsun cussion and settlement of the differ- Kwok pawned the clothing Wan, conveying 185 gallons of ences existing between us." from the wall by the use of crow-

was fined $100 by Mr The original exchange of views Tsoi Hon-shon. on Tuesday,

20, to Inspector Baker. He had a wife Dinir-Kerr.

and additional statement by General Chung Chung-chuen. 20, believed into the car.

steered his vehicle at right angles and child in Canton and his mother The lorry had no, fire extinguisher Bedell Smith had served, it was re-

His cycle later was and another child in Hongkong de- and Chin, who owned to be the lender of the gang, was tested by the Police and was found pending on his support. There were station at Tsun Wan ought to have ences of view which would meeting petrol cognised, to stress the broad differ-, sentenced to three months" hard labour. Wong Hing. 19, mason, who to have no front brake at all, und a

no government marks on the cloth-known the The whole additionally

regulations, sald Mr be tackled if the proposed very bad rear brake. with

ing.

Seymour.

were held. breach of a deportation order, was ve

braking

ey was rated as only

In both cases the goods were given 13 months' hard labour,

per

confiscated, Tsol, who was charged with dan- Hong Sang, 25, who had a previous gerous riding and having a cycle conviction, was sentenced to

two

with Insufficient months' und ordered to undergo

brokes. failed to year's Police supervision after com- appear before Mr Latimer at Kow- pleting his sentence. The other five loon Court today and had his bail: were each sentenced to a month's of $100 estreated.

were charged be- Eight Chinese fore Mr Hin-shing Lo at Central this morning with the theft of 2,000 bricks from Belcher's Fort and with, trespassing in military grounds yes- terday afternoon.

મ

bars.

hard labour.

detectives

charged

while

Inspector H. Brownrigg

secuted.

pro-

Case Adjourned

Special Jury For Murder Trial

Man's Foolhardy Action

An "unusual case of smuggling

in which a man attempted to hand

a parcel to a passenger on a train

property

of

Overcharged For

In issuing the further remarks of General Bedell Smith, the Stat Department was considered by some observers to be trying to regain some of the initiative in the exchanges and to put the existing differences into perspective In relation to the

Flour: Fined $600 proposal for a meeting-licuter.

The

KIDNAP CHASE

(Continued from Page 1)

The sources said the Russians then

for Canton as it was gathering speed, was brought before Mr

A fine of $800 was imposed by Latimer at Kowloon Court today. Mr Blair-Korr st Kowloon this The case was against an unem-morning on the Hang Ching Hong. ployed youth, Kwok Yee-ngau, of 141 Pelho Street, for overcharging It was learned this morning that 30, Peking Road, second floor, who 24 cents on a catty of imported a Special Jury will be empanelled to was charged with trespassing on flour (58 cants). hear the Wood Murder Case at the KCR

and doing an act A summons against Cpl. Ronald Criminal Sessions. The trial will be likely to ondanger his own safety. Nam Street was fined $176 for sell-set up a machine-gun, firing two Man Hing Loong, 66, Tai | deployed men along the river and Gavin Robinson, of the Royal before the Acting Chief Justice, Mr He was fined $100.

· Marines · ́ ́ attached to Admiralty

ing a tin of Cadbury's Cocon for bursts at the Neubauers as they Inspector Orem disclosed this $1.00 ($1.30).

started away from the American House, was adjourned sine die by Mr Justice E. H. Williams, and will open

morning that Kwok was Inside the Hin-shong

en May 24. thin

post. Chinese accused of the raliway compound near the Holt's morning, because defendant is away murder of LB. Wood at Customs Wharf on Tuesday morning passing

Colony,

Path, Kowloon, on Feb. 11 and roba parcel to his friend who was on a was summonsed for

bing G.. R. Ross, will be defended by train leaving for Canton. The train and procuring Frederick Mr D. A. L. Wright, instructed by was gathering speed at the time.

to commit an offence punishable under the Arms and Am-Messrs Wilkinson and Grist.

Lo

at

Central

Cartwright

munition Ordinance on March 7, by obtaining possession of an automatic pistol and six rounds of ammuni- ilon.

Three

Returned Banishee

..

· The Russians then called to the

Austrians to return to the Soviet side of the river. The guard re- plied he could not make them go i they did not want to.

EMPLOYED WOMEN US. guard asking him to force the

AFTER HOURS

The proprictors of two factories GOLD CONFISCATED were summonsed before Mr. Blair-

A Soviet officer and free marines, Gold to the value of $15,767.00 Kerr at Kowloon this morning for two of them carrying rifles, then was confiscated by Mr Blair-Kerr at employing women workers after crossed to the American shore, A young and well-dressed Chinese Kowloon this morning when 8. M. p.m. Mr. Bond prosecuted. examined the Neubauers identifien- woman, Chan Mul, 25, was sentenced Booh, Atter, of Singapore failed to The Wai San Rubber Factory, 17 tion cards, pocketed them and forced Arrested at the KCR terminus on. to six months' hard labour, by Mr answer a charge of illegal export. Arran Sircel, which employed 26 the two Austrians Into the Soviet Tuesday with 14 taels of mw oplura Hin-shing Lo at Central this morn- RO Humphreys, who also applied women at 10.20 p.m. was fined $400 boat and return across the

river. hidden in his sun belmet, Li Yau-ing for returning to Hongkong after for Booh's $100 bail to be estreated, and the Sing Lee Weaving Factory, The American sources sald there him, 22, unemployed, was fined $1,400 having been banlahed for 10 years said the 40.7 taels of gold were 77 South Wall Road, which employ were reports, not yet confirmed, or six months by, Mr Latimer at on April 10 last, She was arrested seized at Kal Tak air field on Tues-ed three women at 9.35 pm, was that Neubauer and his wife have Kowloon Court this morning.

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ained $250.

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