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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1949.

Spary Denies He Is Passing The Buck"

19 Die In Bus

Accident

Constance, Feb. 6.-Nine-

young neople

teen

on

skiing four were killed and 20

Injured when a kli, travelling from Radolfzell, left the road at a steep hairpin bend,

German news agency,

reported tonight.

the

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The party was on its way

the Black

from Radolfzell, at the head of the southwestern arm of Lake the Constance, lo Feldeberg, highest point of Forest. The bus turned over and over as it pitched down a iopo after leaving the road. Keuter.

Ship's Officer Badly Hurt In Head-On Crash

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Mr A. R. P. Foxley, an officer on board the ss Eastern Truder, is in Kowloon. Hospital suffering from auspected fracture of the akull ns the re- sult of a motor collision which occurred in Nathan Road near Kimberley Road shortly before) 10 o'clock last night. Mr Foxley was riding a motorcycle and crashed head-on into a driven by Dr E. Szeto, Medical Officer.

car Port

It appears that a car driven by Mr F. M. Britto, of 36, Hillwood Rond, was proceeding along Nathan of the the dircetion Road from Star Ferry and stopped in prepara- tlon to turn right into Kimberley Road. The stop was necessary s

there were three cars approaching

from the opposite direction at the tinic.

The cars were still passing when

To Kwok Kwong

CROSS-EXAMINED AGAIN THIS MORNING

Absent Witness Returns: Ordered Before Court

A suggestion by Crown Counsel that he was hiding his res- ponsibility behind Kwok Kwong and that he was "passing the buck" to Kwok as far as he could was denied by Austin Spary, 50, Electrical Inspector, Grade 1, Public Works Department, when his cross- examination was continued before Mr Justice Reynolds at the Criminal Sessions this morning, the twenty-first day of the trial.

Spary, together with Kwok, is charged on a total of eleven counts of larceny of Government property, obtaining money by false pretences from the steward of the Kowloon Bowling Green Club, and conspiracy to defraud the Government of money.

When the trial resumed this morning, Mr Hoolon informed the Court that Mr R. Harris (a prosecution witness who had not been available to give evidence personally in Court, owing to his departure on leave to Australia) had returned call over the week-end, and was therefore available If the Court thought fit to him.

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Mr Justice Reynolds: The Court Crown would then have the op-1 did not scrutinise this bill Hem has power to call any witness and it pórtunity of re-examining him. But by item. will do so if it thinks it is in the in- inasmuch as Mr Harris is a witness Does it now have your approval?- for the prosecution then I do not

cannot say. crest of the accused. It either Mr Cher or D'Altor wishes to cross-exa-think-it-would-be proper, apart from mine Mr Harris, 1 will call him for being prejudicial or not, for him to be called by the Court. I certainly thut purpose.

do rot think it is in my power to request the Court to call him at this stage.

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Don't you amce with mo; it is n very peculiar way of doing things? I don't think it is peculiar in this respect. Ho states here (In the bill) materials and labour.

It would have been a more simple way

and

straightforward don't you

agree, if there had way, has been two accounts, one for materials and one for labour?--I don't think there is any difference one way or

COURT'S JURISDICTION

Court Itis. Lordship: The jurisdiction to call any witnesses at the any stage, of the proceedings.

a moro

the motorcycle, driven by Mr Fox-having been made 'n witness for would be prepared to exercise that another so long as it is included in

ley, passed Mr Britto's stationary vehicle and crached Into Dr Szeto's

CAF.

The cycle was badly damaged and the front part of the smashed.

EDITORIAL

the bill.

For Reservations

Price 20 Cents

・・ Russia's leaders gather in the Bolshoi theatre, Moscow, to hear P. N. Pospelov, Pravdu editor, call this 'the'cen- tury of Communism, NOT of Wall Street. Mecting com- memorated 25th anniversary of the death of Lenin."` Left to right: G. M. Malenkov, vice chairman of the Council of Ministers; Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov; Marshal N. A. Bulganin, Minister of the armed forces; Marshal K. E. Voroshilov; G. M. Popov, a secretary of the Communist party; Premier Josef V. Stalin; L. P. Berin, Minister of Internal Security; P. K. Panomarenko,,secretary of the Communist party; N. M. Shvernik, President of the Praesidium of Supreme Soviet of the USSR, and M. F. Shkiryatov, member of the central committee and one of the oldest members of the Soviet party AP Picture,

Rhodes Armistice Talks Making Progress

"WORKING BASIS" IS REACHED

Tel: 27880

The Kremlin Boys Meet

Unofficial

Peace Mission

Arrives

At Peiping

Shanghai, Feb. 7-Nanking's local peace delegation now in Peiping is out in front in a three-way race to grab tho initiative to try to get the Chinese Reds to sit down at a peace table and begin bargain- ing on some sort of, a truce or an end to the civil war.

The Government's official delega~ tion I still sitting

idly

by in Nanking while awaiting BOMO official response from Mao Tze-tung on President L Teung-Jen's appeal. of a fortnight ago. Mao, as far as was known, made. no attempt to offer a single crumb of hope to the the Nationalist camp, which, like peace drive, is split open into threo fronts. President Li and some of his advisers are still in Nanking. Premier Sun Fo and his Cabinet ministers arrived in Canton. A big part of the Legislative Yuan mem- Count bers is in Shanghai.

Rhodes, Feb. 6-The Israel and Egyptian delegates to the Rhodes armistice talks have reached a "working basis" for the delineation of armistice lines in Southern Palestine, a usually reliable.source. told Reuter today.

of Stan,

for

Mediator.

of the olive

UTMOST SECRECY

Mr Chen: Subject to what the Court may rule, in the first place I do not know whether there are any authorities for even

the Court to call Mr Harris to be cross-examined

at this stage, the prosecution. case having closed, and Mr Harris

reading of prosecution by the depositions. If Mr Harris' deposi-power if it is thought to be in the tions had it been read, he was interest of your client or of Mr

and

NO DIFFICULTY what is known as a witness on the D'Alton, back of the indictment,

Me Chent I propose to comment then

would

The settlement of armistice lines with the tuto been no There

have car was submit that the Court Or . very strongly to the jury on the

the has been the main stumbling block Bernadotte, difficulty in your anking for elf or my learned friend would fact of Harris' absence - from the

The Commission, according to an A third peace group. Shanghai's An ambulance was despatched -lo-have-the-right--to-ask-the-Court Colony-and-his-return-to-the-Colony preparation of a separate bill from in the peace talks which started The scene and Mr Foxley was re-

affer the ease

many three-weeks--ngo.--The-military | Anuman-cable, has arrived in Jeru-Municipal-bearers. to put him in the box, in which ense

for the prosecution Kwok Kwong, showing

to study compensation for branch, likewise is sitting by waiting Kowloon moved to the

Hospital he would be a witness for the de-ind closed.

men for so many hours?-1 don't heads of the two delegations mot zalem where he was detained,

fence. ly learned friend for the Mr D'Alton:

think there would have been any tonight under the chairmanship of holy places ruined during the fight for new developments in which they I associate

myself with the views

can obtain Red permission to fly to dimeulty.

General William Riley, the United ing of my learned

Chief Nations

Damascus cable today whose

said Pelping. friend, Mr Chen. I might also re And the omelals of the Dowling mark that I am even in a more

Green would have known the true presence indicated the negotiations Colone! Tahoud, aide to President have now entered the technical Bechara El Khoury, of the Lebanon, delicate position because my client position? They would know. the

had left for Baghdad with a messagte is in the box at this stage. He has labour had come from

No veteran observer of the Chinn a separate stage.

the Iraqi Regent Emir Abdul given his evidence on the CPA concern to the materials? tokli In the three weeks of negotiaillah, after a discussion of Dr Raipa political scene is willing to predict

tions, the Jews and Arabs have Bunche's invitation aspect of the matter and any wit- the members,

between the what is likely to happen in the ness coming in now knows what

There could have been no doubt reached only two concreto

agres Lebanese and Syrian Premiers tint near future either on the peace or

lighting fronts. the defence is, so that the position is quite hopeless.

evacuation of

Egyptian the peace talks at Rhodes. not the bill and accepted the

Nanking's local delegation arrived in the brigade trapped at Faluja, His Lordship:

Offletal

clreins in the Syrian in Peiping by plane yesterday after- I take It that I os labour included,

capital expected the Lebanese envoy The nature of the requesting for this witness to be understood the work

compromise to return today or tomorrow. They noon and was whisked into the city, was being

which has brought the discussion to believed the two Governments would stranded at the airfield. They were leaving Ave Chinese correspondents called.

done by a contractor?-It was ex-

stage was not disclosed base their response to Dr Bunche's military Mr D'Alton:

May I suggest that plained in the bar to severat Com-today, but it is believed the Egyp-

permission to go into the denied Invitation ..on the Iraqi reply town. The United Press correspon the acting President seriously t

the tocal peace pael

Court call Mr Horris to say whe-mittee members,

tians accepted the present positions Reuter.

dent, Michael Keon, reported from Involving Nat

ther he left the Colony without the Nanking and Shanghai,

Mr Thompson is the Treasurer of permission of the Police.

as a working basis in return for It is this aspect of the existing

I Bink the Club isn't he?

Peiping that any peace talks to be And he told the possible concessions on places taken elvil war situation that makes

be left on the day the pleas were Court he would not have paid the taken. the withdrawal of the Nationalist

clicque had he not believed the work by the Israelis in the recent night- HUNAN AT TANGKU held in Peiping will take place be

Shanghai, Feb. 7.--The Butterfeld hind a screen of ulmost secrecy. Cabinet to Canton rather de- Mr Chen: Yes, my Lord. Let him was being done by outside men? Soling.

and BUSINESSLIKE

Swire steamer, Hunan, is The silver-winged CNAC plano plorable. Apart from the wisdom say why he went and when

we have the Secretary and the Trea- bo

reported to have arrived off Tangku which landed at the West Field was of attempting to maintain ad-

went, We don't

The military meetings were. des- want anything surer both under the impression that

on the spot from 80 ministrative functions

from the Police on this.

done (cribed by a conference source today from Hongkong and awaiting Com-the first to set down an electrical contractor had

munist permission to proceed up the since the Reds captured the airport remote a city, the timing of the

Mr Hooton: May I say that

one this work?- discussed the arrange- as "businesalike.”

on December 13-United Press. Dr Bunche, the acting Palestine Haiho to Tientsin-Reuter. ment in the Club with the members move is bad. It cannot help lakes every precaution to see that a

told Reuter. that he was Tsung-Jen

witness' appears. In his endeavours to

of their ultimate cognisance and one would normally get the Communists to the con-

take the proper action on that un- work ont ference table to

Conference sources generally less there is any particular reason. practical and honourable

peace,

Go Back To Nanking

WHILE Communist armies are

ult

the

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teetering

the northern banks

Yanitie of the Nationalist Government is wrang- Blog among liself

and physically

the palut split fo where and

few 1

of his close Nonking. colleagues remain in while the rest are making * pretence

of establishing them- -selves. In Canton.. Superficially, at least. It appears that the prospects of a negotiated peace have all but faded, into oblivion. the sign: remain characteris- tically

Chinese, and

to write off

completely

lost

chances

capable

and

be

to

of a 'peace

conference

of yielding practical

beneficial results, would

misunderstand

the

alme. In

respects Somo Communists at the moment are hedging Even more than the Nationalists. The impression that their armies could invest Nanking

and how they when Ilked is beginning to-luse rub-

K stance. Ceriainly,

the Na tionalist defenders cared to fight intelligently and with a will they could

crossing An extremely

mako any

of the Yangtzo

cosily business, and it

this to the

Is

prod-

able Mao Tse-tung appreciates fall: hence the hesitancy

supporting his unconditional surrender demands

In

with A further taplar

milllars "might

Coinñuntry"។

SHOWING

One

mands

cjoter

signs of

moment thunders

of

am threats, the next it

of

well

ал pleads. This,

deliberate be D may part of a war of nerves: on the other hand I may Indicate that the Reds are not confident of themselves as would wish the world to they believe, They are stil hankering after the regional

pet Deace

150

idon which they exploited very cleverly and muccessfully in the

north, but the military

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position Is con- cerned is not quite the same and

Taras the Yangtse

It would fact, from the Nationalists' point of view, have to deteriorate considerably before The Government needs consider

1

and promotes among observers

It the impression that the Cabinet I panicking at a time when it needs to summon all its dignity and to set an example of quiet

forillude courage and people it purports to represent.. The flight of the Cabinet Canton is unquestionably

of

at

to

to

the

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Its members could. have walted for the six-man peace outcome of the

before in- to Pelping

In such precipitous

that notion. To Imagine

Mao Tse-tung's arigiant claht points are the last wordo the Com- munists are prepared to consider la negotiating with the National- represent an 1813

secms 10 mature appreciation of the Hmits of diplomatie bargaining. best thing Dr Sun Fo and bio fellow

of members

the Cabinct Cabince can do is to return to first available Nanking by the

would help to boost planes. It morale along the Yangise would be a clear gn to the Communists that the Nationellst Government is not to be cowed by Idle threats, and that if the

destro Reds genuinely

редсе, they must offer some acceptable conditions.

The

And

about it had they had a separate ment to keep the truce to allow the two nations should take part in

the

neither Mr Chen nor yourself Is Mr Thompson has said the officials Northern Nerov.

of the Committee and it seems to MC confident He signs a re- me the Committee members seemed stil

scared to come forward when I ap- proached them and asked if they

muccess.

are

Mr McKelvic, the President, has becoming disheartened at the pro- como forward. So three principal tracted negotiations here which even officers of the Club are not telling Dr Bunche hoped would be com

That the working stage is now the truth, that's what it amounts pleted within two or three weeks.. to? Well, If they were not

Ilis Lordship: I think perhaps remembered what I said. Mr Harris should be called and say why he left the Colony.

Mr Chen:

Imputation being made so far as my learned friend the Crown is concerned..

No

CROSS-EXAMINATION

Is

there.

tho

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Refusal To Eat Egg Leads To Dispute On Sex Education

London, Feb. 6.-A 12-year-old schoolgirl refused mothers to eat an egg last week-and launched the of Britain into what threatens to be the biggest dispute yet on sex education..

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the

uny up- I think I have a recollection there reached has not inspired was a discussion of the bar.

surge of hopes for it is realised the Nonetheless the Treasurer would technical difficulties may be insur

bill mountable, have approved the Continuing his cross-examination not

Arab League representatives in understood

The girl told her mother that she greater details when the students of Spary, Crown Counsel further except that he

could not eat the egg, "because I reach the ndrlescent stage. questoned him on the work carried work was being done by an outside Cairo have conferred this weekend

"If u.five-year-old child wants to out at the Kowloon Bowling Green contractor? He could not have been on the United Nations invitation to

know where he came from, he will frightened." Club, Spary agreed that the labour present at the discussion in the bar. the Palestine peace talks, it was know how it was made and I am

disclosed today, he

get a straight forward answer was probably included among the THEY SEEMED SCARED

Four They have decided to reserve the

hundred mathers then A

"briefing" ·giving special In the bill that was materials

suit stopped bending their girls to the practical advice on

how to handla right to accept "at a time to So there is not a single other themselves," according to the Arabic school at Maltby, Yorkshire, ad a presented, and an arrangement had

sex education will be sent to all been made to include labour in the Committee member who can sup-newspaper, El Ahram. The Egyptian protest against the sex lectures Managers, Governors and sta bill. He said he had told Kwale port your story? When I approach- Prime Minister. Ibrahim Abdel Hadi riven by a woman doctor, because of LCC. schools. The Chairman of Kwong to arrange to use Governed them they all said "I know Pasha, took part in the talks. Trans-they were "crude, and vulgar."

Education Committee, Mrs in "gland-off" time, and our siteu to come for

"I heard nothing at all" jorden was not represented. Kwok

Jio Would replied That

"They will meet niti ne room formed to light for ourity of Malang, sald; "A child who does not a straight answer from a feather include the labour in the bill

they receive new instructions from

11 and 12-year-old daughters." will go elsewhere and get a 'crooked Mr Hooton: So in the case of the

their Governments.

Meanwhile, the London County Yacht Club you gave him denite

TO COLLABORATE

Malone Council is planning to introduce sex

continued: "Tho Azzam instructions to include Inbour In the bill, but not in this case?

1,340 schools

stand n' child In a corner, or cane Spary:

Under the London County Council him, for asking a question about materials and use Government men at all.

meeting had "replaced" a proposto achems 370,000 London school BCX. The

The implication that sex is an In non-Government time. Obviously It was the most important part of meeting of the League's. Political children of all ages will be in-unclean subject (s, deplorable,” It would be included in the bitt. the arrangement, according to you, Committee.

structed on sex questions factually

The LCC has given permission for touc You did not see fit in this case to that Government workmen should The delegates were reported

Imrt of their sex education to be included in with and honestly as give him clcfinite instructions?--1. te ured in non-Government time?-havo delded to collaborate cannot recollect that I gave him de- It was this much important.

They the

Nations Concillation Reneral knowledge, a LCC offietal night school courses. In most schools United

said: "Our idea is to introduce the outside London, the teaching of sex finito instructions.

come to me. They could have gone Commission, taking the view But the inclusion of the labour in to anyone else.

the position had not changed since subject to the very young children is left to the discretion of the Hond the materials had your full approval?

they originally decided to collaborate in biology tessons. We'will go into master-Reuter.

wartt.

"They

You are on friendly terms with all the three principal omelais?--Yes.

You are suggesting they are con- spiring to give damaging evidence

Pasha, the Seccotary also attended the talks, said the

the

onc."

Mr

Insited him to supply the | against you?--I did not suggest that General of the Arab League, who education "anobtrusively" into a time hins gone when teachers can

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