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Russia Preparing

Found

Guilty Of

Murder

Civilians For War

Man Who Planted CONGRESSIONAL

Bomb In Plane

Quebec, Mar. 14.-The

32-year-old jeweller, J. CTTEE'S REPORT

Albert Guay, was today found guilty of murdering his wife by planting a time bomb in a plane in which 23 people died. Guay was sentenced

to be hanged on June 23.

French-speaking: A 12-man Criminal Acsizen Jury brought in the "guilty" verdict. They described by Jnd heard Guay

the Prosecution as a "hypocrite

with a diabolical turn of

the who was responsible for time bomb being put aboard the Canadian Pacific airliner which blew up on September kling all on board.

rontended

Defence Counsel

model husband that Ciuay was a

the Prosecution had and that falted to prove that he was the nort of man who would engineer such a "macabre crime,"

The Jury took less than half an hour to reach its verdlet.

JUDGE WEEPS

Washington, Mar. 14.

The Congressional | Atomic Energy Committee reported that Russia is preparing her home front for possible war by training 5,000,000 persons per year in civil defence. The report was issued into connection with the committee's investigation into what the United States is doing to gird its civilian population against atomic attacks.

While no direct comparisons were drawn it was made clear that many foreign countries, especially Rus- sia, are far ahead of the U.S., where civil defence is still largely in a paper planning stage. The report anid Russin has a special defence organisation known

a programme of Osaviakhy, which has embarked on giving "basic civil defence training to 6,000,000 citi- zens each year,”

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Civil defence Netherlands: planning is modelled after the Jiritish Bystem. Responsibility lies in the Ministry of the In- terior. It is expected that plans will be completed and training begun this year.

In Britain "much progress in, hose, stretchers, gaz macks, and reorganising and revitalising the other small rescue items for use elvil defence structure since war in the event of war." matter of has occurred. In the When the Chief Judge. Mr evacuation of large target urens, been worked out Albert Sevigny, finished its polley has

was which places primary responsi- three-hour charge, weeping. Before

he broke bility on the proper authorities. Progress is being made in the down and wepl, the 8-year-old Judge told the Jury: "It is not matter of shelters with existing suffelent that a Jury belleve ones being maintained and other ant accused is probably guilty-pilot models under contideration,

he

MODEST PACE Sweden: "Responsbilly 14

Sweden

civit regerds national defence. Existing laws

a man cannot be convicted on in connection with mobile re-vested in the interior depart sorves Britain plans and is or- suspicion."

Per- basis.

and local

ment.

Although 23 people died in a civil mobile columna defence as an integral part of of murdering his haps Britain's greatest stride in old compel all civilians be-}

the airliner, specifically

the charge

wife, by placing a Ume

was

elvi defence has been in the tween 10 and 23 to take part in bombReld of

column which training programmes. on board the aircraft.

She now possesses both basic defence mobile The Prosecution alleged that Guay's motives were a $10,000 and staff schools for civil de-are considered the key to civil Insurance polley on the life of hia 28-year-old wife and the love of "Mary Angel"-pretty, 19- year-old Marie Angel Robitaille, un netreso.

fence, and is concentrating on? rescue training.

OTHER COUNTRIES

Guay took the verdict stnildiy,tries as follows: his head hung down.

The Judre told him before of death pronouncing sentence

that, for "Fatred of his wife

and passion for "Mary Angel." he had perpetrated a diabolical,

Infamous crime.

The Judge to the Jury that the best and most they were diligent he had seen in 22 years en the bench and praised their "good verdict."-Reuter.

EDITORIAL

ON

style, The

aro plan for defence. There the evacuation of all large ¡areas."

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1950.

Her

Lunghwa Airport Blasted

Violent Raids By Nationalists

Taipei, Formosa, Mar. 14. force

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DAFFODIL Socialists Win A

SEASON

Ban Atom Bomb" Banner On

Roof Of Commons

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the

London, March 14-A canvas fing with the words "Ban The Atoin Bomb" painted on it in white, ap- peared suddenly roof on the House of Com- mons, almost in the shadow of Big Ben, on Tuesday. The flat was fastched by cords to an iron ventilating Nearby shaft similar banner bearing the

hanging Peace" from an upper floor win- dow of the buliding.

word Tuesday

in Belgium:-"Organisation Belgium for elvil defence The report list other coun-proceded at u modest pare,

with most interest being shown Norway: "The civil defence

Bon polley is now being con- communique organisation is largely patterned in laboratory work. An evacuan-A Nationalist air after the British heart of the civil defence organered by the council of milus-oficially claimed that the

ters."

Lunghwa airport of Shang- la the police and fre Denmark: "The basle pri services of the nation. For sup-ciples are similiar to Sweden's hai has been 80 percent 1110 civil defence pre-in certain respects. Recently destroyed under the great- forting

Defence est concentration of four- ramme it is planned to organise the Danish Civilian mobile columns with a strength Association told the National motored bombers ever at-

200 each. Military Committee that 000,- of approximately

tacking a single point on Norway plans to have reserves

the continent.

nication

of each items as trailers, Arc

(Contd. on Page 5, Cat. R

Democracy And Communism

NCE again Democracy (especially as is exemplified by the United States) and the dictatorship of the proletariat (as represented by Soviet

have been Russin)

put in the same tech- low, materialistic, category-a nocratic, Imperialistic one. Both, it seems, are a menace to the rest of the world that wants to live in peace and cultivate its gardens. This time the complaint comes from

French Francola Maurine, the novelist. Recently the same theme was employed by Professor Einstein. A few months ago it was Pandit Nehru, like Muurine, a highly cultured and' religious citizen of the world. Many other in- tellectuals and scientists could be added to the list. That Democracy should be weighed in the same balance with Com- munism is not, to the Western World, a compliment-nor would it be regarded as one by the Russian Communist. Yet the list of critics who consider the one as bad as the other is rather too distinguished to be dismissed with a snort of contempt, or for we, who passionately bellevo in the rightness of democracy, to get on our high horses, We may, however, orgue back. One argument was recently ex- pressed by a writer in the following under- "Оле standable and acceptable terms; blessed thing about democracy is that it enables people to change their minds, to stop when they have had enough, to make mistakes and correct them. More and more, by contrast with other systems, we see that it is the only form of government flexible enough to respond to the flow of life." There are other arguments: Granting that the United States and Soviet Russia wield colossal material power, Burely the criterion for judgment should be the use

Moreover, to which such power is put. while it is true that there are similarities in the two systems, there are vital The differences, and they should count. exalted critics fail to take one of the first and most necessary steps of all thinkers faced with a philosophical problem-they do not make distinctions. Neither do they weigh all the factors and terms involved. There are such things as ethical and moral have standards. Philosophers should

to do nothing

with the quantitative factors; they should stick to qualitative concepts. Even If, as philosophers, they refuse to admit the superiority of one con- eept over another, they can

say, for instance, that liberty is good and that Democracy grants much liberty and strives for more, where the Soviet system sup- presses liberty. And surely we can claim that the judgment of the critics of Democracy has quality of renunciation about it. This is a hard, evil, disturbing world in which to live. The temptation of the scholar, the peace-loving, the Belentist, the contemplative, is to turn their backs. on ft in ivory fowera or deserts or mountains and live in virtue and contemplation. But to say "a plague on both your houses" is not an act of wisdom; it is not an act of any sort. Danie had an unpleasant eternity for those who would not choose sides. The people who believe in Democracy and adopt its system confess their shortcomings, but we have good deal of authority in religion, philosophy and history to claim that a Just man who is in a position to weigh the factors and make a choice should choose our side against the Communists, even if he thinks he is choosing the lesser of two ovils,

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Six Bights of B-215, based on Formosa, and taking off from mountain-girded airports,

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lowed one after another over the former glast International ar- ons of 500-pound port, dropping tons bombs on control tower, run-

on the ways, and administrative build- salt TC- ings. The con

communique connaissance reports from Mus- langs that Inter new over the farget aren, reported huge fres and burning, runways blasted, the central tower wrecked.

OTHER SWEEPS

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Wax

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The police did not know who put the flags there. by They were spotted lunch-hour crowds in the

Westminster district. police officer removed the

flags. Unlted Press,

III-Fated Truculent

Lifted

A

The daffodil season on the Isle of Scilly is now at its height, and here we see workers picking the lovely- spring flowers on Mr Mumford's farm, overlooking Old Town Bay, St Mary's.

Scathing Criticism Of Trygve Lie

"Bad Politics And Bad Law”

Nationalist China

Third Time

Government

Confident

London, Mar, 14.—Bri- tain's Labour Government tonight

overthrow the

third consecutivo challenge in the new Parliament by 19 votes.

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With a paper majority of only on the full membership, it got 308 votes to 289 in a divi- sion forced by Mr Winston Churchill's Toring on alleged Government over-spending.

The Liberals abstained from a vote on which the Government I would have resigned if defeated,

Though

tho Government fall just as easily now As six days ago, the atmosphere. in the House of Commons was relaxed compared to

could

almont tho electric tension of the pre- vious votes.

The Whips of both Partles again grimly lashed their mem bers into near-complete mobi- Ilsation for the vote, but half before it the House was far from full.

on hour

At one point in the six-hour debate only 100 of the 025

- རྒྱུ་

members were present

SURE OF VICTORY

The Socialists, now confident' that they can ride any storm Mr Churchill can blow up, went Into the battle sure of victory.

Weary Members of Parlia- ment, compelled to give up many

of

their normal activities to stand ready for the crucial divi- sion, were glad to have reached the end of the first series of con- Adence votes.

Delenco matters will be dis- 'cursed in an important debate on Thurs lay but no more "conf- dence" votes are scheduled for this week.

All Parties seem fairly sails- ned with the course of the con- Adence voles. The Government

Lake Success, Mar. 14. today accused the United Nations Secretary has found it can beat off a com- General, Mr Trygve Lie, of "bad politics and bad bined Conservative-Liberal on- law" which destroy "public confidence in the im-taught if necessary.

The Conservatives had not ex- partiality of the Secretariat" of the United Nations. pected-perhaps not hoped-to

Chlang

overthrow the this

of stage Reuter.

Government at

Parliament.--

The accusation was contained | delegation said he has been in- in a scathing letter from the structed by President

Dr T. F.Kai-shek's government on For- Nationalist delegate,

against Lle's mosa "to Jedre with you Trlang protesting memorandum

suggesting that formal protest of my overa-Two Earth Tremors China's scat should go to the ment Communist Government of Muo

Tse-tun

All-

He added.

dependence has

New

Mar. 14. The York, "China's struggle

University's selgmo- and national in- Fordham if an inquiry shows for freedom

a number of graph recorded two sharp earth 3.18 and 3.30 am. that it "exercises effeclivs thority within the territory of fronts--Formosa front, Halman tremors at

front with a GMT today 3,000 miles south of sectors number of

and the New York, probably tear the border of Ecuador and Peru,-- Reuter. (Contd. on Page 5, Col. 5)

state and haudataront, mainland

by the bulk of the

The

Dr Tslang told Lle, "If you seek to remove the deadlock the proper place to apply your in- fluence with the Soviet drie- gation. Since the beginning of Sheerness, Mar. 14. the United Nations, the Soviet Ten straining salvage ships delegation has not mate a single today lifted the British constructive contribution to the

work of the organisation. Reports said that 80 percent submarino Truculent from Soviet Union has already at rival damage was left in the wake of

д muddy gravo nine organisation in the Cominform. the bombers which, on слен

deep in the It uses the United Nations only Right, dropped more than 5,000 fathoms pounds of explosives.,

Thames mouth. Naval ex-for the purposes of obstruction and propaganda. Nevertheless In other sweeps, the air force perts think that they may you published the memorandum claimed its spotted freighters find at least 20 bodies en-with the purpose of appeasing and soldier-laden ferries, seck-tombed within the gashed the Soviet delegation by sacrific- ing the delegation of the Nation- Jag to land on Kingstan Island, hull.

alist Government of China,

in Hangchow Bay. The pilots said that the vessels were sunk and the troops

matty casualties.

MEMORANDUM ATTACKED

·

Sixty-four crew and dock-

workers scattered with yard

were missing when the Truculent, rommed in

"It is for these reasons that I Still other bombers were re- the side, plunged to the bottom

to characterise of the Estuary two months have ventured and blasting a ported finding

your memorandum

bad concentration of junks at Peng-ago,

The submarme-weighing palities. In the present in pu. Important Inland river town

you! have supplied halfway between Nanking and about 1,000

an hour. argument against my de Soviet

inuled stance IIsuchow on

the Tientsin-I'u-

up at about 20 feet

und in favour of the kow Railway.

Her conning tower broke the

after delegation. You have destroy- hours Tuesday's fights on Shanghat curface just two

રવ

Pe confidence in the im-: were led by air force aces Li-the litt began.

partially of the Secretariat Col. Shui Chian-pan and L-

A

Secretary Wang Ting-chi-Unlled

Col. Press,

Rev. H.R. Wells In Accident

tons-wo

General

to get Divers who laboured

is to execute and kavrers under the hull of the your duty submarire believe that about 20 administer decisions at Coun- and Commisalons. It a bodies will be found when her ells compartments are entered at the not your duty to call into ques- tion the wisdom of decisions ni Arst low water.

The hull will then be pumped

organisation

with such bad polities out and patches fastened over and bad law you have inter-

of inter-

the gashes in her hull, which vened against the interests of The Rev. H. R. Wells, well-were caused when the Swedish my country, Tomorrow

you known and long-time resident of chip, Dvina, rammed her two can do the same thing against Hongkong, was involved in an months 'ngo,

the interests of other countries. The organisation accident shortly after 11 o'clock

This will take several days national security is villated by this morning when he Was knocked down by a tramcar in and the Truculent is not likely an element of instcurity at its particularly for Des Voeux Road Central, near to be towed Into Sheerness be-very centre

fore the end of the week. Hermaller and weaker countries." the American Express offices.

future will be decided after a Dr Telang accused Llu

the He was rushed to the Queen detailed inspection in the Dock"appensing

Soviet

dele Mary Hospital, and it is feared yard. She may go into service mation." Talang's 800-word note he was seriously injured.

again.-Reuter.

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