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THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1948.

day

Jap Warlords' Appeal To Supreme Court Opens

VIOLATION OF THE AMERICAN

CONSTITUTION ARGUED

Washington, Dec. 16.-The attorney for seven Japanese war criminals today asked the Supreme Court to review their conviction by the International Tribunal. The hearing was limited by the high Court to the issue of its jurisdiction to look into the.

casps.

William Logan, Jr, representing the Japanese war- lords, was interrupted frequently by questions from the bench as he maintained that the Far East Tribunal was "strictly an American creation."

Mr Logan said establishment of the Tribunal by General MacArthur was illegal usurpation of the powers of the executive branch, and the military.

The Solicitor-General, Mr Philip Perlman, contended

con- that the victed Japanese war criminals were not governed by and had no standing to assert rights under the constitu tion and laws of the United Sintes, Counsel for the Japanese con- of crime tended the prosecution against "peace and humanity" re- tronctively violated the United States constitution.

He said that the Tribunal was an international undertaking. He said that once it is suggested that, the Courts can American

intervene, other nations can expect to assert the some authority.--United Press.

DIFFICULT PROBLEM

Washlogion. Dec. 15, The Supreme Court was bombarded to- ciny with arguments for and against Mr Periman argued that General Ite Intervention in the case of seven MacArthur ncted for the Allied Japanese warlords convicted of wor powers in concert. He said: "The crimes by the Far East, International Allied 'chfracter of the occupation Military Tribunal, The Immediato. has been constantly recognised and issue is the Court's authority to re- reaffirmed by the United States | view the convictions. Government. The Allied powers and the Far Easterh Commission

is

Supreme dominion over Japan held, not by the United States or by any single nation, but international- ly and jointly by a group of powers."

LETTER OF AUTHORITY

Mr Periman introduced a feller, written on December 4 by the Acting Secretary of Stato, Mr Robert Lovett,

in

which Mr Lovett outlined the authority, both from the US, and from the 11-nation Far Eastern Com- 2* mission, under which General Mac- Arthur established. the Far Eastern Tribunal and affirmed the sentences passed.

Mr Lovett had written: "The- Department of State regards the International Military Tribunal for the Far East as an International court appointed and acting under international authority."

Mr Perlman said that since thin under the petitioners were held judgment of the International cou'd Tribunal no national court review the judgment or any action It is taken to carry out judgment. expected the hearings will conclude on Friday and the Court will meet Saturday in its weekly secret con- ference at which time the case presumably will be discussed and decided. The earliest announcement of the decision will be Monday If there is no announcement then. none is expected until January 3.

GOVERNMENT'S WARNING:

"

The Justices acknowledged in statements from the Bench that it posed a difficult problem. Tho Judges questioned Mr Wililai Logon, defence attorney, closely on his claim that General MacArthur beyond his authority in establishing the Far East court to

went

try the Japanese.

The Chief Justice, Mr Fred, Vin- son, pointed out that it was on 11-nation Tribunal. Mr Logan said there was "no other court to which we can go,”

Mr Vinson: "May there not be

ten others?"

Mr Justice Frankfurter Interrupted Mr Logan at another point to ob- serve: "Something may be illegal and yet international and so be something over which this court has. no jurisdiction".

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Alleged Rubber Cartel

U.S. Department Of Justice Files Suit

Washington, Dec. 16.-The United States Department of Justice announced today that it had filed a suit to break up an alleged unlawful world cartel in natural rubber pro- ducts.

The Mystery Of The

Missing Will

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PROBLEM THAT WOULD HAVE TAXED INGENUITY OF SHERLOCK HOLMES

London, Dec. 16.—If Sherlock Holmes could only walk the few steps from Baker Street to Grosvenor Square he would find a mystery worthy of his mettle.

That goes for other fictional detection wizards, including Perry Mason, Hercule Poirot, The Shadow and The Saint.

But at that it might be unfair to ask them to examine The case of the Missing Multi-Million Dollar Will, Truth is so much stranger than fiction in this instance that even Sherlocks wisely might prefer to go back to. plucking his violin.

Mr Truman Is

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Chiang Talks

In one of those typical British

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"Well, I guess that's the last time Shorty'll try to corner the roman candle

market."

town mansions whose severe facades HISS PLEADS

mushroom back into. Edwardian splendour, lived Mrs Daisy Alexan- der, an elderly eccentric who stuffed her straggly hair under a luce cap and prowled her: great salons

in a

worn blue housecoat,' -

She was the daughter of Isaac Singer, the sewing machine magnate, In 1940 a German bomb demolished an adjoining room and Mrs alexan der died suddenly thereafter, ap- Parently from shock.

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Washington, Dec. 16-At a press conference today, Presi- dent Truman declined to add [anything to his previous re- COULDN'T FIND WILL

marks made concerning Madame

Barry Cohen, her lawyer, took up Chiang Kai-shek's visit. Asked the task of clearing up her estate The complaint, filed by the if he would comment on her and was puzzled at the absence Attorney General, Mr. Tom personal visit for tea with the a will he knew she made within a Mr Frankfurter went on to say Clark, named the defendants, Presidential family at Blair year or two of her, death. - that the Fur Easi Tribunal was an the Dunlop Rubber Company, House, Mr Truman sald he only Instrument he could find was

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dlse of dollary a In his first post-election

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It also named as conspirators. 13 foreign companies.

message and budget.

.

Mr Vinson observed thint the con- stitution limited the Supreme Court's Buthority in international to those affecting Ambassadors and other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which the State was a party He then asked: In which of those does this case fall?"

Mr Logan: None of them." The Government today bluntly

However, Mr Logan added that rubber or latex." Court told, the Supreme

that he believed the constitution should America's fole in world affairs will be cinstic

DIVIDED WORLD MARKETS

ATTITUDE UNCHANGED enough to permit suffer if the Court interferes with court to go

An announcement by the Depart- The first question tossed at Pre- into other international the conviction of

com-sident Truman was whether he had Japan's War

problems. He said the US. Presi-plaint charges that

moni of Justice anid:" "The

the defendants changed his mind about the Con lenders.

dent and military authorities, with and co-conspirators have divided gressional spy-hunt in light of Alger out Congressional approval,

the world markets in latex pro Hiss' Indictment on perjury charges, created offences against the laws of ducts,"

including rubbar thread,

The-President said he had not, the nation. He asserted

this was

elastic yarn and fabrics and other that he still thought it was a red usurpation of authority reserved for articles made from such thread or herring and that he considered the He said that American courts have the United States Congress.-United yarn, by unlawful agreements not to incident closed. no authority over sentences imposedPress.

sell or ship these products upon Japanese convicted as war

territory allocated to another de criminals by the International

fendant or co-conspirator. Tribunal.

The statement WDK made by Solicitor General Philip B. Peri- man, in a brief led with the Court.

Switzerland's

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Santander, Dec, 10. The British of the realms of probability. Cohen announced he was looking for a pet Vice Consul in Bilbao, Mr Richard parakeet named "Bob" who was a Nickels, was gravely injured near "fluent-talker-and-pet of Mrs here-on-Thursday-when-the-car-in Alexander.

It was hoped that by which he was travelling to Bilbao placing him in the mansion ke some-averturned. how might lead to the will. But

and a The Spanish chauffeur Bob was found dead and stuffed.

mining engineer, Sar Eduardo San- don, A Government ministry gave per-suffered only

accompanying Mr Rickets mission to use a mine detector on the bruises.

slight scratches and floors and walls of the house. found a hollow place, but nothing It

Mr Rickets is in hespital in San-100. "B. C. M. Post. was in it.

tander with very severe head

was dos hurles and his condon eribed as very grave. The cause of the accident was not immediately wrote in that the, determined-Associated Press. LO # Ho said if Congress passed a will was hidden either in a tall salary increase for him he would black vase or a Louis XIV gilt

moro

EMPTY VASE A spiritualist

not veto it. He added that he settee, covered with yellow silk with The complaint also alleges that wanted it explicitly clear however, a crest of musical instruments, the defendants and co-conspirators that he had not asked for a raiso have established a worldwide patent if pay, but he did want pool, and have organised folatly- money for other top Government owned companies whose manu-omefals-United Press.

been restricted to designated terri- tories," the Department of Justice

New President facturing and selling operations have

The Court ivas scheduled later to- day to hear the counsel for the seven

of the convicted var lords, challenge the legality of their trial by the Far East Military Tribunal.

The Immediate Insue before the Court was its own authority to re- view the convictions. Mr Perlman has made it clear how the executive time in history, a Social Democrat branch of the Government feels was chosen President of Switzer- about it,

tand on Thursday with the clec- tion of Ernest Nobs, 62, as head of the State for 1940.

was elected

to declare

DEEP CONCERN

"We do not, hesitate the Government's deep concern at any such threat to our power 10 engage in International activities most unhappy consequences

Berne, Dec.

10.-For

The new President

the

added. Arst

by the National Assembly in a secret ballot by 102 votes out of a possible 107.

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Paper Queries Killings

Cohen would have discounted the letter except that those two objects had been in the house during Mrs Alexander's lifetime and the spiri tualist hardly could hayo known about them. A long search of rum- mage shops produced the VASC, which was found to have a hollow bottom,

but it was empty.. The six-gged sellee has not yet

found.

Leen

"The complaint alleges, as some of the effects of the . unlawful con- spiracy, that competition among the defendants and co-conspirators has been eliminated throughout the mar-

Λ Singapore, Dec. 17. The

West

African witch doctor kets of the world, and that experts and imports of the United States Chinese owned; English Inn-started for Britain to use: voed.co have been, restricted.

A member at guage newspaper, Malaya Tri- but was headed off.

n cult called "Dawson's Pendulum" "The complaint points out that bune, demanded on Thursday offered to use a secret pendulum while the war and disturbed world that the Government explain device which, he said, would stop Mr Nobs, German-speaking Swiss, was formerly the editor of conditions have caused some minor fully the killing of 24 Chinese as it pointed out the hiding place. and judicial settlement of inform the Zurich Socialist paper Volalterations in the operations of the

car el, the basic cartel arrangements near Kuala Kubu on Sunday by Meanwhile, claiments the kernight. Ho is the head of the De have nevertheless continued in exis- a patrol of police and Scots Alexander fortune began mounting tional disputes, as well as continued owth of world law is partment of Inland Revenue. He tence, "the Department of Justice Guards. bound to be hampered. Other co- will continue his operativa endeavours

such as duties during the 12 months term United Nations activities will also of office as PresidentAssociateo

can be anticipated... peaceful

suffer.

Press,

departmental

EVENING W

stated-Reuter.

FUTURE RICE [RATIONS UNKNOWN

for the

up. Letters from alleged relatives The Government has identified came from the United States. Two

of those who claimed relationship. the slain 'Chinese as bandita, a terra

were Buffalo, New York, sisters, usually applied to Communist lad insurgents fighting the British In Mr Paul. Houck and Mrs Lurling

Fischer. Malaya. "The 24 were surpriset in

a camp on Saturday night. They

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the u

future rico ration scales in Malaya would be until allocations by

the International Emergency Food realise the war against Insurgents Committee for the, arst half of next was a grin business and it does the

***** wish" "to hamper the men in

year had been mada,

time we wish

Cohen then started looking for Chinese bronze dog figures who90 movable teeth were said to conceal a hiding place. The ́órnaments were disposed of, however, and cannot be locafed.—United Press.

ADMIRAL TO BE AMBASSADOR?

He had been, anked to what extent field by expecting them to fight in disturbance in Burma was ilkely to kid gloves." prevent an increase in the Malayan "But at the same time we' rice ration-Reuser, MAN

to be reassured that when blood in

Manila, Dec. 17-Malacanan shod, is the blood of the gullty Palace sources today said Rear and not of the innocent," the news Admiral Howard H. Godd was ainted paper wald,GEMEN

to become U.S... Ambassador jo, the “The affair at Kuala Kubu has a Philippines, succeeding - Mr - Emmet Macabre air of execution execution O'Neal who resigned recently without trial, were all the dead Admirals Codd, who commanded men proved, bandits? 70 To prevent the United Status naval forcos ». În their escape, was it necessary to the Philippines unțil Inst Etay," "ils' shoot to kill? Surely the patrol, scheduled to retire from the Navy In Berlin outnumbered two to one, must have in January. He left here to become requested London on June 25 to stop anticipated an attempt ist; escape commander of the 18th Naval Dia Landing families to he German would be made. Could they not triet at Seattle,

W capital because of the Malicate have bound the prisoners? Asso altisation."--Reuter to

ciated Pram.

Reunion Ban Lifted Berlin, Dec. 10.The order keep ing wives, and children from joining Bri ish sarviceman and Control Commission officials in Berlin was

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