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"THE CASE OF THE
LUCKY LEGS
WARREN WILLIAM PATRICIA ELLIS
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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1936
FALSE EVIDENCE MANUFACTURED
No Further Steps By Britain
London. To-day- Questions were addressed to the Foreign Secretary in the House of Commons yesterday afternoon ré-; garding the recent activities of the Italian Military Attache in Londor, and suggesting represen- tations in Rome for his recall.
In reply Mr. Anthony Eden re- ferred to the statement he made in the House on Monday describ ting the manner in which evidence! purporting to establish the supply to the uf illegal ammunition Ethiopian military forces from Britain had been fabricated. "Hel said he was confident his state- ment would effectively protect the British Government and British! industry from further allegations! of this kind, and added that in the
The forthcoming marriage is announced of Mr. Pik Bao-ching. above, the well-known jockey, who of Messrs. is also the secretary Young Fat and Company. and Miss Mok In-ngoh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mok Kon-sang of No. Robinson Road. Miss Mok. who is at the University, is one of their leading sportswomETI.
circumstances he did not contem LONDON NAVAL
plate any further action-British Wireless Service,
OBITUARY
Cardinal Alexis Henry Marie Lepicier
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Rome, To-day. death has occurred Cardinal Lepicier.-Reuter.
TREATY
Russia's Adhesion In Future Contemplated
London, To-day. Informal conversations between
Great Britain) representatives of of and the Soviet Embassy in London for the conclusion of a bilateral
Cardinal Alexis Henry Marie agreement to associate the Sovietį Lepicier, 0.S.M., was Cardinal Pro- Union in the execution of the re- tector of the English and Beda
cent London Naval Treaty were! Colleges in Rome since 1930.
He
AUTHORITIES IN ETHIOPIA
Questions In House Of Commons
London, To-day.
The Emperor of Ethiopia and the Ethiopian authorities remain ing in Ethiopia, were the subject of Parliamentary answers by the Foreign Secretary yesterday after- noon. Mr. Anthony Eden said hel understood certain Ethiopian au- British thorities with whom the
Ln-
Consul at Goree was in touch, were! engaged in the task of maintain-| ing order in that part of Western Abyssinia. which was still loccupied by the Italian forces.
Regarding the Emperor Mr. Eden stated that there restriction on his liberty of move- ment. The only stipulation was was in that while His Majesty territory under British control he should not engage in the further.
No pressure. ance of hostilities.
was no
either direct or indirect, would be applied to prevent his coming to the United Kingdom if he so desired.--British Wireless Service.
GREEK ISLAND UP IN ARMS Officials Forced To Resign
-CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL
Athens, To-day. When the population of Levadia!
was born at Vaucouleurs, near Ver opened at the Foreign Office yes-
at terday afternoon.-British Wire-heard that the Government was dun, in 1863 and
jgoing to build a new Court house was educated
in the neighbouring Thebe in-
Vaucouleurs, London, Paris and less Service. Rome. He was created a priest in 1855, Cardinal Priest of the title of
Santa Susanna ir 1927, and Prefect ROYAL VISITS TO
of the Sacred Congregation of Religi ous in 1929.
His official church appointments in-¦ cluded that of Apostolic Visitor to England, 1911: to Scotland, 1912-14;; to India, 1924-26; to Abyssinia, 1927; while he was Papal Legate at Orleans in 1929, at Carthage in 1930, and at Malta in 1935.
COLBERT TRIAL
(Continued from Page 1)
"QUEEN MARY"
Function Arranged For Next Week
London, To-day,
excitement gripped the towns-
stead of in Levadia, tremendous
people. A mass meeting was held.
and all Government officials were rounded up and forced to resign, and telegraph including post clerks, the police and judges.
Several shots were fired at first, but it is believed that nobody was
His Majesty the King, who yes-hurt. Troops are now, rushing to terday visited Aldershot and
re-Levadia to restore order.-Trans- viewed the 3rd Battalion of the Ocean Service. Coldstream Guards and the 2nd
M.G.M. marriage being to a Californian, Battalion of the Scots Guards, in- NEW MINISTERS Picture. Eleanor Bates, in 1905; whereas tends to see
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London, To-day.
he told the District Attorney dur. Star liner Queen Mary again be- an interrogation before the fore she sails on her maiden voy- trial that be had married only age. It is understood that Hia Majesty will go over the liner on three times.
He denied that the omission was Monday the day on which, as al- due to fear of an enquiry into the ready arranged, Queen Mary her- mar. self will inspect the vessel to circumstances of his first riage, which was ar unhappy one which she consented to give her His Majesty the King has ap- name. Queen Mary will be ac-proved the appointment of Sir A. the Duke and Ryan, Minister at Zedda, to be His second marriage, in 1913, companied by
Wire His Majesty's Envoy Extraordin- with Clare Cutts, was also dis- Duchess of Kert-British
lary and Minister Plenipotentiary solved, and was still costing him Jess Service.
in Albania, succeeding Sir R. U.S. $100 monthly for alimory. His third wife died.
•LAST 4 TIMES TO DAY and ended in a divorce.
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"THE CASE OF THE
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WARREN WILLIAM
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ACCUSED'S DENIALS
The accused denied predicting! the death of the third Mrs. Col- bert before she went to hospital. He was unaware of rumours of death not being due to natural causes, and he was unaware that
his brother-in-law so stated.
ARMAMENT ON SHIPS
Escalator Clause" Not
To Be Invoked
London, To-day.
Hodgson, who is shortly retiring.
and of Mr. R. W. Bullard, Consul-1 General at Rabat. to be His Ma- jesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Mr. Q. S. W. Epps has succeed- Minister Plenipotentiary at Zedda. ed the late Sir Alfred Watson as He has Government Actuary. been Deputy Government Actuary
Mr. Morrison pointed out that The Parliamentary Secretary to since 1926-British Wireless Ser- the accused stated on interroga- the Admiralty, Lord Stanley, stat- vice. tion by Mr. Watson that be sum-jed at Commons question time yes-j
moned Dr. Grice immediately terday that it was not proposed to ther service,
the rearmament
after sending to bed the present invoke the Escalator Clause of the would not be completed by the end. Mrs. Colbert on October 5, where-1930 Naval Treaty in respect of of year.
as evidence of the court stated Hawkins class cruisers. Replying During the rest the ships would that he called Dr. Grice first onto a question regarding their re-be given armament which would armament, he said it was intended bring them within sub-category| :October 31
The accused replied that the in-to remove the 7.6-inch guns be-"B" for light surface vessels, as but as these laid down in the recent Four-Pow- terrogation record was full of fore December 31,
ships were to undergo large re- er Agreement-British Wireless! mistakes.
He admitted similarity between pairs to fit them for 10 years' fur- Service.
the blood and pictures of cases of pernicious anaemia and blood poisoning, and he admitted that acetanelid produced similar, changes to ansemia.
ro
ROAD TO RECOVERY The accused ascribed the covery of Mrs. Colbert in hospital to his treatment, adding that she was on the road to recovery before!
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Asked to explain why he stated! her condition was "rather hope- less" when sending a letter to Dr. Grice on November 11, the accus- ed replied that the comment re- ferred to heart trouble and the accused was worried when he wrote the letter.
The accused denied telling any- one that Mrs. Colbert was going] to die. He admitted the blood! count at the German Hospital at Peiping on April I had not sug- gexted pernicious anaemia..
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