NOEL BANTER CASE

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 32, 1 November 1933, Page 9

NOEL BANTER CASE

No Decision Regarding Charge AMBASSADOR’S REQUEST (British Official Wireless.) Rugby, October 30. The British Ambassador In Germany, Sir Eric Phipps, has received a fun tjaer Note from the German Minister for Foreign Affairs from which it appears that no decision has yet been taken with regard to the formulation of a* charge against Mr, Noel Punter, correspondent in Munich of the ‘‘Daily Telegraph,” who was arrested by the Bavarian police six days ago. The British Ambassador has requested the Minister of Foreign Affairs to furnish him at the earliest possible moment with precise information regarding the charge. It is understood that the normal procedure in this case would be for the Bavarian Government to send the papers to the State Prosecutor at Leipzig with a recommendation as to the nature of the charge. Only the State Prosecutor, however, can decide whether the case should be proceeded wjth, and, if so, ip virtue of which article in the Criminal Code a charge should be preferred. ESPIONAGE CHARGE German Journalist’s Statement ■ ■ t k Berlin, October 30. It is authoritatively announced that Mr. Noel Panter is going to Leipzig, where he will be examined by a magistrate on a charge of espionage. It is alleged that the arrested Gern)aq journalist Ackerman has furnished a statement, making the case against Mr. Panter very black. If the magistrate decides 6u prosecution, Mr. Ranter will be tried in the Supreme Court. The British Consul and Vice-Consul saw Mr. Panter and the police recorded the-entire conversation. Mr. Panter said that a German 'prisoner had been placed in his cell, necessitating can-' tiorf, as he feared,he might be an agent provocateur. BRITAIN’S GAIN German Chemical Secrets REVEALED BY EXILES London, Qctpbep 30. The : “Dally Herald” states that British chemical manufacturer? are taking full advantage of the expert knowledge offered by German chemists exiled by the Nazis. The ingredients of a large number of medicines hitherto only obtainable in Germany have been revealed, and as a result-doctors and chemists have received a list of IGI such preparations which are now being manufactured in Britain. It is found possible to produce many preparations at a much cheaper figure than that at which they have hitherto been obtainable from Germany. As a result they are now available to the poorest patients.. REICHSTAG FIRE TRIAL Berilq, October 30. A Russo German named Soenker, a witness at the Reichstag fire trial, has been arrested after a confession that his testimony against the Bulgarian Taneff was false. The President declared that Soenker committed deliberate perjury. NAZIS IN AUSTRIA Terms of Imprisonment Vienna, October 29. The Wiener Neustadt Court sentenced six Nazis to Imprisonment from two months to two years for terrorism In damaging the railway line and blowing up a bridge. The culprits were teachers and scholars of the Federal School at Traiskirchen.