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THE CHINA MAIL. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1935
A scene from Universal's "The Bride Of Frankenstein”, which will commence at the King's Theatre to-morrow.
THE BIRTHDAY
the
PETITIONS
ADDRESSED TO
THE LEAGUE
Validity Of Decrees In Danzig
EXAMINATION BY JURISTS” COMMITTEE
“CHINA MAIL.:
L” SPECIAL
Danzig, To-day.
The committee of three found
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The report of the committee af jurists set up by the League of Nations at the May, session
hama Honolulu Victuria for
the the examination of
Leave Arrive Leade Leone Lande Leave · Arrive petitions addressed to the League by the Catholic Centre E/Japan Jan. 14 Jan. 16 · Jan. 19 Jan 21 Jan. 27 Feb. 1
·Jan. 29 Jan. 31, Feb. 2 Fe 4 Feb. 6
Feb. 15 Party, Jewish organisations and Asia
Feb. 16 Feb. 18 Feb: 25 Mar 1 the newspaper Dantiger Folk/Canada Feb 11 Feb. 13.
E/Russia Fea. 25 Feb. 28 Mar. 1 Max. 8 Mazi 5
Mar. 14 stimme, has now been handed E/Japan Mar. 6 Mar. 8
Mar. 11 Mar. 13 Mar. 19 Mar. 24 in to the Danzig Government E/Asia Mar. 20 Mar): 22 Mar. 24 Mar, 26 Mar. 28
April 6 In their petitions the legal vali-E/Canada Apt. 8 Apr 5
Apr. 9 Apr 10 Apr. 17 Apr. 22 May 14 dity of certain of the Senate's E/Russia. Apr. 17 Apr. 19 Apr. 21 Ap. 23 Apr. 25
May May 8 May 14 May 19 possessed kulaks or of the sweep-laws and decrees was called into Japan May 1 May 3
EVAlia May 15 May 17 May 19 May 21 May 25
June 1 (Continued from-Page 9.)
E/Canada May 29 May 3
June 3 June 5 June 19 June 17 ings of the cities-men without question.
The committee, comprising a E/Ennia June 12 June 14 June 16 June. 18 June 20: -
July 1 July 3 July "You wish to give me some-trades union cards and, therefore.
July 10 July 12 July 14 July 16 July 18 thing for my birthday," she said; without any means of subsistence. Swiss, a Swedish and a Dutch E/Japan June 25 June 23
an exhaustive E/Asia Specifically, they were charged jurist, conducted
E/Canada. July 24 July 26
July 29 July 31 Aug. "very well, bere is your opper tunity. I have been a good wife with the derailing of a train some investigation which will serve the B/Russia. Ang 7 Aug. 9 Aug. 11 Aug. 13 Aug. 15
Aug. 26 Aug. 28 Sept. to you, although you know, that I three weeks before. They had League rapporter for the Dan-E/Japan Aug. 21 A 25 do not love you; that I never have pulled up the rails and in the up-ig questions as a basis for his loved you
It is not difficult for 10r which had followed the acci-report to the Council in the mid-
dle of September.”“ you to save the life of this man dent-in which 20 people; had lost whom I have always loved.. Yau their lives they had looted
no fault with the empowering law are in the Police Commissariat, mail van.
itself, but states that part of the Senate's measures are not comi- You have given years of your life. It was when she learned that working for this ideal which seems the execution was to take place patible with the existing laws. to arrive nowhere. You have the morning of her birthday that The report deals at length with starred for it, working yourself to she made up her mind that she the Jewish petitions, stating that would kill on the same with you and I have helped you morning. She came to this deci complained of are not unconsti- sion quite calmly. She regarded tational, any application of them work. You can do this.”
him as being representative of the He did not reply.
infringing
principle of) having reduced
equality in the eyes of the law is) silently still looking at the pile of Power which,
a breach of the constitution. papers on the table, but she could Aleris Nikolas to the status of a see that his eyes were clouded robber, was now going to execute
SEMI-OFFICIAL COMMENT. Under the heading "The Dan- zig question before the League Vaguely she found herself lit- Council, a semi-official- Danzig itle amused at the thought that she news agency issues an article haps I am sorry for Alexis Niko-would kill Alekhine with the stiletto stating that the Government is las: perhaps I realise that he is with which she had intended to awaiting the League's examina- one of those unfortunate people kill him years before, when he had tion of these questions with a who have not been responsible for asked her to become his wife, clear conscience. The population when he had pointed out that if he of Danzig will not, however, for- the things which have happened did not marry her it would be get, continues the article, that in in this unhappy country. Never- theless, the law is made to be certain that she would be tried and the difficult times which the Free kept; it is my own particular busi-executed with the rest of the batch City is now facing the opposition of prisoners who had been cor-have made internal affairs a maż- ness to apply these laws. To you,ralled on a dozen different charges. ter for a foreign institution to be Sat 21st SeptAlexis Nirolas is something heroic.
2nd Oct.
Govern- She had consented. thinking a judge over their own something beautiful, because you. remember only his sufferings that it would be good to live a lit-ment.-Trans-Ocean Service. But to me he is merely a criminalitle longer; that, somehow, having
killed Alekhine, she might rejoin DRIVERLESS a man who has broken the laws and the law will condemn him.”
She laughed bitterly.
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with tears.
He sat
Eventually he shook his head. "I cannot do it, Katrina,” ba Isaid. "It would be wrong. Per-
"I knew you would say that,"
she said. "I also know that you could do this for me if you desired to do it. You ask me what I would like for my birthday. I tell you that Mon
7th Oct I would like the life of Alexis Niko Thurs., 7th Nov.las. I do not want to see him, to speak to him; I only want to know Thurs., 19th Sept that he is alive, that he is no Fri 4th Oct. longer hunted like a dog.” de
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gime, the remainder being dis-
him for doing the only thing he could do..
Alexis Nikolas, that they might|| |escape.
Now it seemed to her that it was the only means of escape for any of them
Alexis was to die. Very well then, let Alekhine die and she would die also.
The night before the exesution Alekhine came home late. He looked very tired and very l
He came into the living room and stood, his odd tweed cap in his hand, looking at her as she sat in the corner, sewing,
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Katrina," he said, "I expect you this thrilling experience said
It was
two days later that have heard. I am very sorry that made by the passengers of the Gotenburg-Alvesta express on Katrina learned that the 17 ban- it must be to-morrow."
the train sud- She looked at him and smiled Monday, when dits, who had been trapped by a
He did not drink his tea and he denly started by itself for un- detachment of Cheka troops in did not eat. He sat at his table known reasons after the engine diensed quarry near Torshok, had
his threadbare overcoat hanging driver and firemen had left the at 2 been tried and were to be shot on the following Thursday morning loosely about his thin legs, staring engine simultaneously
station, thus disobeying the the morning of her birthday at the fumble of neglected papers
service rule. for a long time. He seemed to
The train There was a long list of crimes
was only stopped against these men, pine of whom have forgotten that he was still
holding his cap in his hand. Then with great difficulty after a rail- were ex-officers of the Tsarist re he got up and he went out. go way worker travelling in it had
climbed over to It was late when be returned risk of his life, the engine at the Katrina was already in her bed and under her pillow was the ed when the fact that the engine Panic was only narrowly avert- stiletto. She was wide awake driver's cab was empty first be staring at the cracked ceiling came known among the passen thinking, when he returned. He did gers, who made ready to jump off not put on the light. She heard the train and were not readily him get into his own bed quietly, dissuaded from the foolhardy 150 as not to disturb her. She ex-action-Trans-Ocean Service. pected that he thought that she {was asleep..t
She lay all through the night, At ten minutes to eight she got staring into the darkness with up and put on her dress From eyes that saw only the smiling the other side of the room came the face of Alexis Nikolas, a face which sound of the tired breathing of she knew would still be smiling Alekhine. Even when he was next morning when the execution-asleep he breathed as if he were er, with his big Mauser pistol tired and unhappy. She had often
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