TREASON TRIAL IN WARSAW

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25364, 11 December 1947, Page 7

TREASON TRIAL IN WARSAW

UNUSUAL PLEA OF NOT GUILTY

(Rec. 10.p.m.) LONDON, Dec- 10. Walter Lipinski pleaded not guilty when he appeared yesterday in a Warsaw military court on charges of treason and espionage. He is one of six alleged underground leaders who are being tried at the same time as Maria Marinowska, a former British Embassy employee. Lipinski admitted that he was a member of a “National Independence Party,” which consisted of himself and two others. He drafted a memorandum to the United Nations last year to draw the world’s attention to the Polish situation. His party was secret because there was no political freedom in Poland and it was impossible to carry on a legal opposition party. His party aimed at restoring citizens’ freedoms.

The British United Press correspondent in Warsaw says that Lipinski is believed to be the first defendant in a Polish military court since 'the end of the war to plead not guilty. Usually persons accused have after long imprisonment admitted guilt, either wholly or partially.

INSURANCE FOR N.S.W. SURF LIFE-SAVERS

SYDNEY. December 10. The New South Wales’Government Insurance Office has agreed to an insurance scheme to cover amateur lifesavers injured in the course of their duly. Life-saving clubs will be required to pay a yearly premium of 3s for each active member. The benefits range from £5OO for death or permanent disability to £5 5s for medical and ambulance expenses. The president of the Surf Life-Sav-ing Association of Australia (Mr A. Curlewis) said that the association had been fighting to get such a scheme in New South Wales for years. Western Australia and Queensland have similar insurance schemes.