GENERAL CABLES

Grey River Argus, 16 May 1946, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES

CANADIAN SPY TRIALS.

OTTAWA, May 14

The Chief Justice, Mr. McGucr, living the espionage cases, a t the opening of the court reprimandea defence counsel for “highly improper conduct” in causing potential jurymen to be interviewed. Defence counsel assured the Chief Justice that the parties were authorised to interview the jurymen to obtain “certain information as to the background of the jurors to assist in challenges.” They were intrigued in no way to seek to influence the jury or ascertain their views. The Chief - Justice, while accepting counsel’s assurance, said the action was highly improper and he warnea that any recurrence would be dealt with as contempt of court. FATE OF GENERAL M I KHAI LOVITCH. WASHINGTON, May 14. The acting-Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, stated that the United States had' renewed its request to the Jugoslav Government that rescued American fliers be permitted to testify on behalf of General Mikhailovitch. MONTGOMERY’S WAR BOOK. LONDON, May 14. Field Marshal Montgomery is issuing a war history, printed in several volumes, on a field printing press. At present it is available only for private circulation, but keen bidding for the publishing rights is -already reported to have commenced, particularly from America. The first volume dealt with the Alamein-to-Italy period, and the volume just issued with the battles from Normandy to the Baltic. In this Field Marshal Montgomery answers American critics who alleged he was "slow in launching the Normandy landing. The outline is understood to have General Eisenhower’s full approval, and the military critic of the Yorkshire Post, reviewing the second volume, recalls that both General Eisenhower and the Russian, Marshal Rokossovsky, have given Field Marshal Montgomery credit for winning the battle of Germany.

The Yorkshire Post critic says that .Field Marshal Montgomery shows just how a war history should be written, and adds that experts consider a sale of 1,000,000 copies awaits the first public issue of the book.