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SLANDER SUIT
Alleged Breach Of "Copyright
MORE ABOUT ‘TALKING MONGOOSE
The "Talking Mongoose." which the figured so prominently in B.B.C. slander action last month. was mentioned again in the courts recently.
In the Chancery Division, before Mr. Justice Bennett, Mr. Valen
Mr. tine Holmes, appearing for Richard Stanton Lambert and Mr. Harry Price, moved, ez parte for an injunction to restrain Allied Newspapers Limited, owners
of
THEIR CHANGE OF PLATFORM AS IF WERE
EUROPEAN KILLED IN CRASH
A 21-year-old. I.M.S. Bailway New Territories Motor
messenger, Mr. C. F. Simpson, of Chingford, Essex, played first violin at the recent Hospital Saturday Fund concert at Queen's Hall, in which the LMS. (Lon- don) Orchestra took
Part The orchestra includes typists, signalmen and clerks.
Mr. Simpson is messenger at the LMS. London headquar- ters offices, and he has played the violin since he was eight years old.
The orchestra, whose conductor is Mr. W. E. Chalk also an
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CHINA RALLIES TO GENERALISSIMO
Fatality
MR ALBERT D. H. HANDS
A pienic party, comprising Damber of Europeana, which set out from Kowloon shortly after 9 a.m. yesterday for the New Terri- Iteries, was marred by a fatal at- cident less than one hour after they had set out when Mr. Albert D. H. Hands, of Imperial Airways. was killed when his motor cycle crashed against a tree about two miles on the Hong Kong side of Ping Shan.
Mr. Hands, on his motor cycle, was leading the party who were travelling in motor cars and cy- cles, and though there were. Do actual eye-witnesses-of the crash, it was stated that Mr. Hands sud- denly accelerated around a bend,
the Sunday Chronicle from in- fringing the plaintiffs' copyright | in a book called "The Haunting! of Cashen's Gap." of which Mr.
(Continued from 'Page 1) Lambert and
the Mr. Price are joint authors
The Deutsche Allegmeinė Zeitung They also sought to restrain the speaks of the "highly deplorable and a few seconds later members defendants from passing-off as event" and points out that recent-
the party in fellowing cars beard a terrific crash. When their being the work of Mr. Lambert the Generalissimo had been 18 cars swung around the bend. Mr. and Mr. Price literary mattered by various quarters to adopt which was not their work.
Grave Libel
clients were seeking to restrain
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the road.
more energetic measures towards Hands's motorcycle was lying, a Japan. The manner in which the twisted areck, in the middle of Young Marshal has now acted in Mr. Holmes stated that his order to compel the Generalissimo | Mr. Hands was lying, a few feet to change his policy hardly, how-from the machine. Death had ap
on Mr. Lambert who was editor able way of helping Chìna through| of the B.B.C. journal. The Lis-a period of crisis. tener.
►LAST 4 TIMES TO▪DAY what they said was a grave libel ever, appears to be the most suit-parently been instantaneous.
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By the terms of his employment The Importance of the Generalis-the machine had skidded off the with the B.B.C., counsel went on, sime for the future development road whilst taking the band, and the had struck a tree with consider- Mr. Lambert was not allowed to of China is emphasised by
It was apparent publish articles in newspapers or Montag, which says that he has able violence.
been behind everything that China that Mr. Hands had been anywhere else.
has achieved in the last 10 years over the handle bars, and had also Mr. Holmes pointed out that ex-the fight against Bolshevism, the struck the tree. tracts from The Haunting of struggle for internal unity, and The victim of the tragedy, who] Cashen's Gap" were quoted in the the endeavour to promote the econo- was Aeronautical Engineer at-j slander action, in which Mr. Lam-mic development of the country. tached to the local office of Imper- bert obtained damages against Sir The Young Marshal's coup hasjial Airways, arrived in Hong Cecil Levita in support of the plea caught him at the very moment Kong last May, shortly after the of justification, and to show that that he was about to complete his R.M.A. Dorado inaugurated the Mr. Lambert believed in a "talk-work for the unification of China air mail service. He had pre ing mongoose."
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who said he represented the Sun-this event, for the future of the Although a resident of Hong day Chronicle, and desired to ac-Far East, cannot be forseen, the Kong for only six months, Mr. concludes. - Trans-Ocean Hands had gained a wide circle of
friends, chiefly at the Hong Kong) Football Club, for whom be play- jed Rugby.
Mr. Lambert replied, that Messrs.Service. Methuen, the publishers, had the serial rights.
Publication Allowed
Earlier Messages
Apparently the Sunday Chroni REBELS MAKE TWO MAJOR
DEMANDS
His parents reside in London. The funeral will pass
the Monument at 5 pm
DUKE OF WINDSOR IN VIENNA
ce then went to Messrs. Methuen and persuaded some one in the of- fice the managing director being
Nanking. Yesterday. absent to allow publication of
Marshal Chiang Kai-shek has
Continued from Page 1). two extracts from the book for
been detained by mutinous Chinese
It is understood that the Duke which they would pay £50.
troops belonging to Marshal Changlof Windsor will spend considerable Later the managing director of Hsueh-liang, who also seized Sian- time in Austria, where he will Messrs. Methuen
learned said fu, capital of Shensi, yesterday stay at Gofeld Castle. not counsel, that Mr. Lambert object-morning.
from Vienna, as a guest of Baron
ed to publication of any extracts Members of the Government Leon Rothschild.
from the book. It was then eam-were hurriedly summoned and mmunicated to the Sunday Chroni-conferred on this unprecedented
It is rumoured here that Arch- Duke Anton von Hapsburg, who is
cle that an error had been made, situation all night long. and that they did not wish any pu-l Details of the mutiny are lacking married to Princess Ileana of Eu
placed Sonnerfels but it is understood that the immania, has
blication to be made.
In reply to Mr. Justice Bennett, mediate cause was an order trans-Castle, at Baden, also in the vicin- Mr. Holmes said he was complain-ferring certain troops because they ity of Vienna, at the disposal of Mrs. Simpson-Trans-Ocean Ser ing of an infringement of plain-were
of fraternising suspected Įtiffs' copyright in the book. with the Communists.
vice.
volun-
The plaintiffs were now ́ con-] It is unknown whether Marshal interrupted on the Honan border.
cerned to stop the further publica-Chang Hsueh-liang acted tion of the extracts.
tarily or under duress.
Anxiety is somewhat alleviated mo-by a telegram from Chang Hsueh- and lang to Madame Chiang, guaran- teeing the safety of ber husband's life-Router.
Mr. Justice Bennett: I will give you leave to serve notice of tion with the writ for Friday, you can bring them here."
----Beuter.
OTHERS DETAINED
Nanking: Besides the Generalis- simo, it is reported that the muti- neers also detained Generals Chiang Tao-pin, Minister of the Interior MME. CHIANG TAKES ACTION
and former Ambassador to Tokyo; Nanking, Yesterday.
Ting-wan, Pacification of Chiang Dr. H.-H. Kung, Minister
Chan PAN-AMERICAN PEACE PACT
Finance, and Madame Chiang Kai-Commissioner of Fukien;
Pacification Commis- shek arrived here this morning Chi-chen, (Continued from Page 1)
from Shanghai, Madame Chiang sioner of Honan, Hupeh and Shen-||- Article II provides that in the proceeding immediately to Loyang (si; and Chen Cheng, vice-Minis- event of war between America by air to supervise personally the ter of War. nations, the signatories to the efforts to suppress the rebellion pact will be bound immediately to and to secure the release of her begin mutual consultation in or- der to clarify those obligations! appertaining to the pacts tioned above.
ANY OUTSIDE, WAR In the event of any
husband-Renter
to
Following an emergency Cabinet meeting, the military officials hur- riedky gathered at the residence of TWO DEMANDS
the War Minister, General Ho Nanking Yesterday. Ying-ching, for a conference Mutinous Chinese troops carried take measures to face the "na- out a coup d'etat in Sianfu, thetic's gravest" crisis of recent this years." General Ho Ying-ching capital of Shensi Province, morning. Fighting is reported but was placed in charge of outside
details are unimown.
ments of troops and military opera- tions.
war menacing, the peace
of
CHANG DENOUNCED
move-
Generalissimo. Chiang Kai-shek America, consultations will be widened to determine the method aft Sianfu yesterday evening for
A Government mandate diamiss- permitting the American repu-Chinghustre, a resort 20 miles dis- blies to co-operate eventually intant, but learning of the mutiny any action tending to safeguard hurriedly returned this afternoon ing Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang pesce on the American continent to attempt to restore the situation from all posts declares that The mutineers, who are part of though the Government gave him The American Governments de the forces engaged in the suppres the opportunity to make up his clare that no nation has the right to intervene either directly or in-len of Communists in Northwest past mistakes, yet he at a time directly in the internal or exter China, demanded "positive op- of national crisis kidnapped the position" "to the Japanese and co-Generalissimo and is behaving him- |nal affairs of other nations,
self like a bandit Any violation of this Article operation with the Reds,
Yielding to the pressure of the After an all-night session the will lead to immediate consultantineers, Marshal Chang Hsuch Government officials issued a tions with other nations with the lg, commander-in-chief of the strong manifesto denouncing aim of arriving at a pacific sola-ants-Communist fomes, and other Chang Hench-Hang za traitor tion--Reuter.
[oficera telegraphed to Nanking, and dismissing him from the post urging, adoption of this policy. of commander-in-chief of the anti- |-Buxiety puzzled some time for Communist forces and ardering to the t is now the transfer of his troop
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