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JAIL JOURNALISM.- BOTTOMLEY BOOSTS HIS OWN ARTICLES.
CAUSING A STIR.
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THE CHINA
"Euch of thers has the qualities the other lacks. I am afraid that the strain of the crisis has been more than they can very well bear and I fear, alpol that the close proximity of the Club, of which they are members, has not been of advän, Lage."
Referring to his secretary and confidant, Mr. Henry F. Houston, he urges Barrymore to be very careful Houston, he says,is ng elever as a monkey, and as enne ning."
"GOLD": "MARK LOAN.
BRITISH CONTRIBUTION,
(Router's Service,)
London, October 11. It is learned from an official German source that Germany
1,000,000 cold Mark loan, under the Pastes scheme, which was finally arranged yesterday, will compieish, an American portion of Tone hundred and ten million An Amazing Document. dollars, and a European share of Then comes the letter Bottomley twenty-six and half millions wrote for Burrymore to copy and sterling. The Toan is being inbed send to the various Lords of News to all participating countries next pupersions. Bottomley calls it week at ninety-two, to bear seven the letter for dealing with the per cent. interest. Mr. J. P. series of prism articles to be sent Morgan has taken the American in turn, if necessary, in various portion, and the Bank of England. overs the greater part of the newspaper proprietors
"Private
Confidential. European: wherein France, Bel- Registered Post,
gium, Italy, Surtizerland, Holland, Dear Sir-immediately on his Sweden and Germany will put release from prison which, having cipate. The loan is repayable in regard to his health, his age, what twenty-five years, the Fairopean he has already suffered apart from portion at pur and the American imprisonment, and other special at one hundred and five. Service circumstances, it is beltered eans of the bar tikes prevedence over, not be a very far-distant event), all reparations payments, Mr. Bottomley intends to publish, It is believed this British portion a series of articles, deling, in of the grimi loan is approximates Tanner never attempted before, twenty millions, the French with a variety of urgent and absorb three millions. Belgium, Sweden, ing problems, and with his own and Italy one and a half million unique experiences and imprese and other participants be- tween one and two millions each. AMERICAN-MEMBER APPOINTED.
and
Amongst the piperi send away by bin from Wormwood Scrubs before he left for Parkhurst, has !==been found the first four of the proposed series of ten or twelve such articles, with directions that, although they must not he pub lished--or referred to during his absence, the series may be 'placed", où certain terins.
They are written wider the striking titie-of entse. Üken from the Scriptores-of With the spirits in prison.“
Paris, October-11.
It is anounced the Repurations Commission Kas decided to make hutober 13 this serond formul declarations provided in Annex three of the London Protocol that Ger many-has-duly-taken the various measures to carry out the Dawes plar,-ufter which the French and Belginn Governments must, within oat stipulated fortnight, curv measures in the Ruhr for restor tion of Germany's' fistal and
The Commission penudnie unity,
"They are soul-stirring and enoch-making in character... has also priointed Mr. T. X, મ | American An attempt to describe the Perkins to sit enthralling nature of these articles, member of the Commission in eer. would sound like extravagant in eventualities, provided by the fattery. They must be read; but Protocol.. they are truly wonderful
Later.
It is how learned the apportion- ment of the German Gold Mark Jasan is as follows:
United States, one hundred mit dullars; Britsin, £11,000,000: Eravce. £8,000,000; Holland and
£3,000,000 each Switzerland, Germany, £1,000,000: Belgium, Italy, 41,500,000 Sweden and
The Repurations Commission has aned the conditions of the tiernan lari."
There have also been found certain sketches and verses and reflections of a most fascinat. ing character as good. 1 think. you will say, as anything Dickens They do not in It was during this interview that | ever wrote, kas the focuments passed out into any way refer to his own case, or The lat-contain any criticism of prison Barrymore's possession, ter, is Bottomley put it. "gave his methods or administration. attention to those portions specially | "They are impressions and re-racks. The loan is redeemable in marked:" and, incidentally, he flections written at the time when twenty-five years and carries Seven found other intersting menor the man's soul was full of the percent interest. anda, which Bottomley had slipped themes of certain things which came to him in prison. They are In the fourth of the series of between the pages of the untes. articles in the "Daily Herald" on First was the power of attorney calculated-to do enormous good, Bottomley's activities in prison, the-have quoted. Then there was a cheer many sad hearts, and it is special correspondent writes: letter introducing Barrymore to believed their publication, would I have already produced sufficient Well-known Landon lokmaker, a be welcomed by the authorities. vridere, I think, to prove that the to-another-es-cnuviet, now in two warders who were disanissed a big way of bustness, suggesting from Wornwood Scrubs after the he should lend money on the MSS "Bottomley alair, had nothing and also "Botionley's Who's
Who," whatever to do with the smuggling i out of jail of Bottomley's Prison Diary, and have indicated that, without aur shadow of doubt, the dornments actually left Muidstone! lal, and nor the Bérubs at all.
11 has been explained thut. ́by the help of a solicitor, the ex-CON- viet Parrymore" was able to obauin possession of the diny Which Horatio. Bottomley "glad to get out of the way."
This denment was a guide to
·Brymuje as to the characters of several people he would meet In his Andeavour to market the prison diary,
"Again, whilst wishing to avoid exaggeration, that are sublime... These, it is proposed to publish at an early date......and, as with the articles, they can be submitted and read and terms discussed by appointment.
CHINA'S REPUBLIC,
CELEBRATIONS HELD IN
LONDON.
(Reuter's Service:)
"I am advised that these should
Tandon, October 10. constitute a big journalistic coup,
Mr. Chad Hsinging, speaking of but, as to that, you are the best There was, in addition, a draft judge. Pending your reply, I am a Chinese students dinner ta any releuate the thirteenth anniver letter in Bottomley's own lund, not communicating with which Barrymore was to copy other journal. Yours faithfully,ry of the Chinese Republic, said
he was aware that some people. and send in turn to various pro- "G.B." (George Barrymore).
"Order of offering-Rother- [attributed China's failure to regain minent newspaper proprietors
Comell of the offering, the MSS. for sale. mere, Beaverbrook, Hulton (after her seat jo the
Lengne, of Nations of Geneva to Morden),"
File fact of the internal troubles” it' "Home From Home." more drulared that Battony Secretary seeking permission to ley's handwriting, and, as in there politiet troubles all over the This draft letter is in Bottom-China. He pointed out that there asked him, when they were both in prison, if he would arrange Bottomley's impressions of the Case of many others of his letters, wid, must it was unfair to blame
****
In a sworn statement "Barry-
A further illuminating item was |
a draft letter to the then Home
muhlish one. of the articles....
for the side to a newspaper of Armistice Day service in prison.
written inside."
is written on the official crested him alone, preamble Bottomley assumes that
Hederlared that
certain MSS. which Bottomley First 1, will quote from the letter paper. It'will be seen that in the China would. nevér abandón, the
of intradition in the bookmaker. his release is imminent, and he written about July 7 last year.refers to that happy event as not
very far distant.
But the "distance" really ter- George Barrymore, five him aminates in December, 1927, cordial reception. He is doing
Bottomley also talks of the
had shown him and which he Barrymore agreed to handle the articles, and Bottomley there and. then wrote out for Buymore 1 power of attorney.
This was Pertomley's authority to Burrytners to enter into a formal routinei. it was written in Bottomley OMI bundwriting. dated June, 19923, headed. Worm- wood Scrubs Prison. and
-addressed :---
To all whom it may concern.
This is to introduce Mr. George Barrymore, who authorised to negotiate for and dispost the serial newspaper rights for Britain of my proposed series of articles on, snch terms. be may arrange, and to receivò payment for the same.
My solicitors are
and will vouch for him if necessary.
HORATIO BOTTOMLEY; (Mr. Barrymore's signature)
GEORGE BARRYMORE. "P.8.-My Burryinore authorised to obtain e loun on the MSS. of any or all the articles, etc., on such terms as he may decide; and, in addition shiš, receipt for any monies is to be accepted as my own..
។
Honario BOTTOMLEY. This power of attorney, was placed among the transcription of
This is to introduce Mr.
several things for and with me papers sent away before he left and many suggest a bit of suit for Parkhurat., He was fully con-
fident this aim would be achieved right to claim a sent, and was con He exprowed his confidence that the British Parliament would pass the Bill authorising the remission of the Boxer Tidernity, by the. beginning of 1925,
The dinner was held in the Hotel Ceeil-under the Chairmanship of
able business from time to time.vinced that he was going to the Mr. Hing. Shung-ok. The
Yours sincerely, Hortio Bottom- lay-July, 1923, S
"WHEN I'M DEAD,
place which Hooley has described ests included Baron Hayashi; Sir John Jordan, Sir Árthur” as a "home from home." Instead of which, he was taken to Maid Shinley, and Professor Roothill.
Baron, Hayashi, referring to the Then comes the letter to a well-stone, there to assist in the book-Chinese civil-avar, said Japan was known business man in which building department of the prisonable at present to give either Bottomley Mys
printing factory.
side advice, or offer Intervention, But what an amazing document The great necessity in China was to "On considération. I think my best plan will be to proceed by this is! Bottomley enters the repair the milways, not the con- way, of loan until I un free to literary race, starting off the struction of new ones. Foreign handle the thing, and I want same mark as Dickens, with Zola help would probably be necessary you to do the business. I agree and Charles Reade as competitors, for this.
but it will be worth much more when I am out or when I'm
i
to any terms, which Barrymore The whole thing is a clever sales- Professor Soothill said he hoped nay age. They are already promotion letter, in which Bottom that out of the Indemnity fund, clamouring for the stuff(they y describes his handiwork something would be done for the seem to have heard something), "eublime," "fascinating," "truly Chinese students in England. He
wonderful!”
thought it would be better if these able to send out from Maidstone fish students instead of keeping to And this was the stuff he was studenta intermingled with Eng. Jail, where he was nearly 50 miles themselves while in England. He away from the warders of the advocated the Indemnity funds Scrubs, who have been "caned" available being used to found me, and may tell you what over the publication of the articles, Universities in China. mighty stir it is going to cause ! He is busy collecting wonderful
-dead.
So you are on velves. Barry inors is equally interested with
Innocent Victims.
It is now proved conclusively, I
original material, but it costs think, that favoured treatment
Mir
money, and he also has a few was accorded to Bottomley, caught like a rat In the trap things to do for me. Listen to through the instrumentality of "squeaked" on certain officials at him.-H. B. 7 July, 1923" high political friends, and that Wormwood Scrabs, who, when: Thus was Bottomley still in these warders, who have been confronted
with "Bottomley''s" the shorthand notes of the Old tone with the outside world broken over the matter are accusations, were denied the Bailey trial, and it eventually left informing a prospective lender of entirely innocent of complicity in ordinary legal aid allowed to the Wormwood Scrubs for Maidstone money on the M88, that the Press smugling the articles:stoned lowest, type of crim in the now famona tim dezd burn was dumouring, for 1. Yet, the In subsequent issues, 1. propose Certain officia
Let us follow the box to Maid-day Bottomley Wrote that the io punte: from still more of Botosing their alone, where, it will be recalled MSS. had not left, Maidstone Ja Bottomley arrived on July 2, 1928, A chamcteristic touch of naleeran
Shortly after his arrival there a shiple solicitor saw Bottomley, while thel In the Who
deya,... [hitherto unpublished fles, and even
ings, and I will con- had an "Irishman's BABAI IMEREJER this by telling of how Bottomley "prom 7sheright: about, turned" upon, the loga in
lex convict Barrymore was on ley wrote of two men with warm Fumblications odotas, articles, and and 1.
escort duty at the prison gates. he was connected
hefound himself
Contin
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