YOUNGER KRUPP

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 271, 16 November 1945, Page 5

YOUNGER KRUPP

SUBTITUTE IN TRIAL

FRANCO-RUSSIAN APPROVAL Recd. 6 p.m. London, Nov. 14. The French and Russian prosecutors of the war criminals have reversed their previous votes and joined the United States in requesting that Alfred Krupp should be tried instead of his father, Gustav Krupp, who is too ill, says the Associated Press correspondent at Nuremberg. Mr. Justice Jackson, of the United States, recommended that the Nuremberg trials should be postponed until December 2 to enable the preparation of the indictment against the younger Krupp. The British prosecutor opposed any delay, and moved for the trial of the elder Krupp in absentia, arguing that delay was unnecessary, because even if the son was substituted, the case against Germany industry was more imoortant than that against a single individual. An independent medical commission has reported unanimously that the elder Krupn is suffering from senile softening of the brain and would never be able-to face trial.

Counsel for the Krupp family served notice that if the younger Krupp was substituted the defence would demand a full 30-day period between the serving of the indictment and the opening of the trial.