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THE CHINASMATI
SOVIET TRIAL
GERMAN ACCUSED FACES DEATH
GREAT INDIGNATION DU GERMANY
Berlin, To-day. The German engineer Stickling and all his fellow-accused in the
sabotage trial at Novosibirsk have
been sentenced to death, accord- ing to an announcement made here. The German Ambassador
at Moscow yesterday made fur ther representations to the Soviet,
· NOVEMBER 23, 1936
THE "TRAILER.
MYSTERY IN FACTORY
"Langhing Sickness"
Theory
Birmingham.
NO SYMPATHY FOR AUTHOR
Indge On Kisses And Tells
LIBEL ACTIONS OVER A NOVELĮ
"It is a case of "Kisses and tells." according to his own account," re- marked" Lord Justice Greer in the Court of Appeal last month, when an appeal arising from the "novel "Anna Craft" was heard.
Mr. Walter Merchant, a butcher,
The source of the mysterious of Newland-avenue, Hall, and his demanding that adequate time ailment which made eight people daughter, Miss Hilde Marchant, a |should be given for appeal.
laugh, cry and some of them faint journalist.” have brought libel ́ac- The sentence on Stickling has last month has not yet been trac-tions against the author. printers aroused indigation here. Gered
and publishers of the novel mary's official news
de- The people-six women and girls The author is Mr. Richardį scribes it as "monstrously high-and two men-were affected while Ford; the publishers are Messrs. handed Der Montag calls it an following their employment at the Peter Davies Ltd; and the print- international scandal and aprinting works of A. G. Terry andļers, the Guernsey Star and Gazettei
Company Ltd. įgroundless injustice, justifying Co. Ltd. in James-street.
agency
de-
the
"
Germany's attitude to the ter Five of them reported for duty) Other defendants were Messrs. rorists in the Soviet and alater, while Hilda Hill, aged 23, of warning to the civilised world to Wariey, was able to leave the McLegan and Cumming, who print-
jed the wrapper of the novel been for hospital after having join the anti-Bolshevist bloc
The appeal was from an order the sake of peace.
tained for one night. CONSUL INVOLVED.
Dr. Metcalfe, who examined the Mr. Justice Greaves-Lord that Moscow. Later:. It is now dis-patients when they were taken to the two actions should be tried
together. closed that during the frial Stick-hospital, said: "In my opinion, it
The appeal was allowed and the Jing implicated Herr Grosskopf, was fame poisoning. From former German Consul at Novosi-medical point of view, it was not a order set aside. birsk and now Consul-General at bit like hysteria." Kieff. The evidence on the mat- Mr. A. G. Terry, a director of
a the company, said: "HM. Insper- Sir Patrick Hastings, for Mr. ter was given in camera, but serious diplomatic incident is tor of Factories is coming to make and Miss Marchant, said the novel on portrayed the character of a young feared as a result of its publica- another thorough examination
to-morrow. Unless the sentences are the premises
So girl and her father in a manner tion. commuted all nine defendants will far the police, and myself have which was clearly defamatory if it be shot and their property confis been unable to detect any fumes referred to Mr. and Miss Mar-
chant or either of them. cafed.Reuter.
of any description."
The main defence was a plea
TOTAL LOSS OF BUILDING
Boy "Dared” To Fire
A School
The only excuse
Plex Of Justifiention
VICAR SENT FOR of Justification — that Miss Mar-
TRIAL
Seldom Wore A Clerical Collar
Rotherhithe
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ichant was an immoral woman, who! had cohabited with the anthor and hero of the book and had been įgulty of a series of acts the gravity of which could not be over- estimated..
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Mr. G. O. Slade, on behalf of the
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The Reverend Alfred. Edgar Guernsey Star and Gazette Com- that could be David Youles, aged 40, vicar of pany, Ltd.. contended that the de- [cision of Mr. Justice Greaves-Lord offered at the Old Bailey last Christ Church, Rotherhithe, ウイ month on behind of a 16-year-old Union-road,
¡was a matter of discretion, with Appeal could errand boy who set fire to a Cour-charged on remand at Greenwich which the Court of cil school at Carshalton, Surrey, last month with assaulting Ed-not interfere.
Mr. Slade mentioned that, ac was that he had been dared to do ward Clark, aged 17. of Hyde- so by another boy. He was order street, Deptford in a cinema in cording to the pleadings, one of ed to be detained in a Borstal High-street. Deptford, on October the innuendes alleged to be con- veyed by the book was that the father, by his coarse, brutal, and
institution. for three years.
Mr. J. B. Montagu, prosecuting,
Youles denied the charge, and
said that the loss amounted to said he went to the cinema to see unsympathetic treatment of his £1,400, the school being totally the film "Hell Ship Morgan," daughter, drove her to immorality.
destroyed.
SUIYUAN WAR
(Continued from Page 1)
It is learned that. General Pei
which dealt with deep-sea fishing. He was not dressed as a clergy-
Book Withdrawn
It was not his custom to Mr. Paul Springman for Mr. wear a clerical collar when off Ford, adopted Mr. Slade's argu- ment. He stated that all copies duty.
Youles was committed for trial of the book had been withdrawn at the Old Bailey.
from circulation and only a few had been sold.
Chung-hsi, the Kwangsi military THREE DOCTORS to youth and inexperience he had
IN A CAR
One Had A Woman On His Lap
Mr. Ford regretted that owing|
written in such a form that it might enable Miss Marchant to be recognised
brain, will be given an important position at the front, where all the former officials of the 19th Route Army will join him. It willi
Lord Justice Greer: He piends! be recalled that the Kwangsi
justification-a disgraceful ples in leaders, General Li Chung-jen, Peit
jany view of a man who, according Chung-ksi and Huang Ko-chai, recently appealed to Generalis- When, at Highgate last month, to his own statement, has for years sino Chiang Kai-shek to lead the Dr. Thomas St., Martin Norris, of engaged the exclusive favours of Kwangsi troops to engage the the Archway Hospital, Highgate, this woman and turns round' and, Suiyuan invaders, and it is reli- was summoned for exceeding the to make money, writes a book ably reported that the appeal will 30 miles speed Hmit it was said about her. He cannot expect any be upheld.
that there were two other doctors sympathy.
Lord Justice Greer gave judg FOREIGN REINFORCEMENTS if the car, one of whom sat by the As for the bandits, they have driver with a woman on his lap.
"It may well be," he said, “that been reinforced by the 5th, 6th, This, it was said, did not obscure 7th and 8th divisions of the Man- the driver's view and Dr. Norris the defendant Ford has utilised churian Army with Wang Cheng-said he relied on the revolution his own experience with an unfor- sen as their Commander-in-chief, counter of his car to tell him the tunately immoral girl for making and two Manchurian Air Corps speed at which he was travelling. money by the publication of a had already arrived at Shangtu He was fined £ and his licence novel, and that is conduct which I from Mukden yesterday. Rumours was endorsed.
THE BANK OF CANTON
{Continued from-Page 1)
M
ment
do not like to charactérise, because the whole facts will have to bej gone into at the trial".
SLIP. "TWIST BAND AND CUP
A Disanooitment For Margate
are current in Peiping that the |foreigners are trying to dissuade (General Sung Chi-yuan, Chairman of the Hopei-Chahar Council. from seading the troops of these two provinces to aid the other "With the recent unification of Government troops in the front the country, and with the comple It is also leamed that, owing to tim of the Canton-Hankow Ball the inefficiency of the Manchoria-way, the need for commercial beaks Mongolian bandits, the foreigners in Kwangtung has become all the have organised a control army to prester I have responded to the watch them in the next offensive, invitation, and have also succeeded
From & Special. Correspondent. in enlisting the support of the After the contest for the junior BOTH SIDES PREPARING: principal national banks, which are championship in the Crystal Canton: The Sakruan: frontiers genuinely interested in seeing the Palace brass band contest, it was have been very quiet for the last restoration of an indigenious Ca-announced that Garlinge (Mar- two days. Both the Government tamere bank with a great past, so gate) were the winnerzonken troops and the Manchuria Mongo-that they may have a worthy part- Arrangements were made for lian bandits are planning for anner in the development of South the presentations of the cup at a cffensive. It is confirmed that China. The Board of Directors and concert in Margate Winter Gar the Shansi troops under General management of the Bank have been dens the following night. Tang Yan-pak, Commander of the completely reorganised, and I trust Instead, Mr. JH Hes, founder 13th Ármy, and . General: Ming that the Bant is ready once
more of the "band- festival, sanonnoed Ping yo, Commander of the 7th to serve the Cantonese community, that after the com Cavalry Diviz
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