THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 10, 1940.
THE BRILLIANT MISCHIEVOUSNESS OF LLOYD GEORGE
LONDON, TO-DAY.
IN THE COURSE OF A NUMBER OF SUBJECTS DIS-PEIPING
CUSSED ON THE ADJOURNMENT IN THE COM-
MONS YESTERDAY, MR. BEVERLEY BAXTER A.R.P.
(CONS) APPEALED TO MR. LLOYD GEORGE TO BE MORE HELPFUL TO THE ADMINISTRA- TION AND NOT SO BRILLIANTLY MISCHIEV- OUS.
Mr. Baxter blamed Mr. Lloyd George for the part he had played in the complicated situation of the last few years.
Referring to Mr. Lloyd George's press writings, he said he gave the
Hitler madman
encouragement at every critical moment.
He expressed the opinion Mr. Lloyd George was too big a man to use the foreign press to disparage the Lloyd Government, and asked Mr. George whether, even at his age, he would consider reforming.
Mr. Lloyd George, replying, de- fended his resort to journalism as an occupation.
Replying to other criticisms "made Liberal by Mr. Baxter, the former
Premier said it was because we did not carry out our
undertakings to
the Democratic governments in Ger- many that Hitler came to power. Reuter.
NORWAY ON SUPREME WAR COUNCIL
A.R.P. IN BELGIUM
Brussels, To-day.
Certain A.R.P. units have been rein- forced, but there are no other special measures; the Army is already fully prepared.-Reuter.
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Peiping, To-day.
A large-scale A.R.P. cam- paign, due to last three days, opened here yesterday.
The populace have been ordered to prepare water for use against fire, and anti-fire bombs have been distributed.
Meetings are being held all
over
the city to warn the people against the danger of alr bombing and of the ways to Ilmit it.
A total black-out was enforced last. night and a partial black-out will be in force to-night and to-morrow:
Havas.
PREPARE FOR RUTHLESS ENGLAND
Gothenburg, To-day.
The "GoteborgsTM Posten”::`says: "England's extraordinary power ja' seldom oppressive and often is stabilising and peace-producing.
But when the Empire Is at stake, Englishmen can show ruth- lessness more than anyone else.
Now we must be prepared for a ruthless ́England. Reuter..
ROOSEVELT
MESSAGE
TO IL DUCE
--AND DENIAL
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New York, To-day.
A mediation offer is con- tained in a personal letter from President Roosevelt to Mussolini, says the Rome cor. respondent of the "New York
NAVAL OFFICER CROSS-EXAMINED IN MANSLAUGHTER CASE Times."
The American Ambassador in Rome, Mr. William Phillips, delivered the
IN THE WITNESS-BOX this morning at the Criminal Ses-letter.
sions, Kenneth Duncan Bruce, 24-year-old engineer officer of one of H.M. ships, gave as his opinion that it was possible for a man to be struck by a car, travelling at 15 miles an hour, and escape unhurt.
He gave this opinion while under cross-examination by the Assistant Crown Solicitor, Mr. J. P. Murphy, Paris, To-day. and denied that he was completely un- fit to drive a car on the night the Professor Koht, the accident occurred.
Bruce is charged with the man- Norwegian Foreign Min-
slaughter of a hawker, Lam Shing-chi, ister, informed the press who was knocked down and killed in Paris yesterday after-on March 4 last. noon that the Norwegian is for the accused. High Command would in future be represented on the Allied Supreme War Council.
Prof. Koht stated that of the Nor- wegian army, which originally consist- ed of six divisions, one division and part of another were intact in north Norway or were making their way northward.
Many of the remainder had been killed, taken prisoner or interned In Sweden.
Denying rumours that King Haakon had come to Sweden, Prof. Koht said the King was on Norwegian soil where he would remain and fight.-Reuter.
ALLIED PROBLEMS OF INSURANCE
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The Hon. Mr. Leo d'Almada, junior,
Under further cross-examination,
hands with the proprietor of the
After reading the document, the correspondent says, Mussolini_told. Mr. Phillips he appreciated the ges ture but regretted the time was not favourable.
He could not conceive of any pos-
"When did you know?”—“When In-sible basis for negotiations. spector Saunders told me in the hos- .pital."
He went
Accused said that after the accident, apart from feeling tired and a head- ache, he felt near normal. for a stroll and returned to the car and discovered one of the headlamps was damaged, the mudguard and boù- net dented and the electric switching system out of order. He was perfect normal then.
it
Mr. Murphy: "You knew then was not a pillar that you struck, Did you not then have a thought of going whether the man was hurt?"-"I did not think he could have been hurt as bad as it turned out to be."
accused said he remembered shaking back to see
To Yuen Restaurant at West Point. in He looked worried; I shook
Mr. Murphy: "Any reason for do-
hands to show him I was not offended at being refused a drink."
"You, still maintain that the ricksha came out from a side street?"—"Yes." "The ricksha coolle is lying then?" "Yes."-
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"You realised that the headlamp had been damaged by impact?" "Yes."
"Still you had not thought of going whether the man was back to see
hurt?""There was my seriously headache. I don't think I could think clearly. I did not think the man would still be there. I imagined he had gone away."
At the end of the conversation Mus- solini told Mr. Phillips he would re- ply personally-Havas.
Complete Denial (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Washington, To-day. The White House categorically den-
ies press reports that the Ambassador in Rome has transmitted to Mussolini President Roosevelt's offer of joint American-Italian inediation in the European conflict.-Havas.
MILITARY MISSION TO SOVIET
BUCHAREST, TO-DAY.
PUSHED HIMSELF OFF Regarding the Wanchai incident, ac-
"After having bent your headlamp?" AN IMPORTANT YUGO-SLAV he did not lookYes. I believed the man had push-MILITARY MISSION WILL SHORT- cused admitted that round and did not ask his Chinese ed himself off and escaped unhurt.
to companion
look round. The
"I put it to you that you were com- pletely unit to drive that night?"I would not say that."
Chinese, he said, looked round him- self and as result of what the man saw, he thought everything was all right.
Maxi-
LY LEAVE BELGRADE FOR MOS- COW, ACCORDING TO MESSAGES FROM BELGRADE PUBLISHED IN THE RUMANIAN PRESS. "I put it to you that you lost com-
General It is stated that plete control of the car in Hennessy Was Road and went on driving complete-movich, one of the most prominent ly unft? You had two accidents within Yugo-Slav military leaders," will head an hour or two but it never occurred the mission.. to you that you were unfit to drive?"
-"No."
He was of opinion that it possible for a man to escape unhurt after being hit by a car. "If the car was travelling at 15 miles per hour and he pushed himself from the car with his hands he could escape hurt.".
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"It appeared to me," he said, "that the man did push himself off the car, so. I drove on."
The Chief Justice: "What did your PARIS, TO-DAY. companion mean by saying 'Anyhow, CONSULTATIONS ON INSUR-it was the man's own fault'; how could ANCE PROBLEMS AND LABOUR it possibly be the man's own fault? How SUPPLY HAVE TAKEN PLACE | could you just let it pass and ask noth- BETWEEN FRANCE AND BRI-¡ing?"-"I did not consider." TAIN, SAYS A COMMUNIQUE "You are not suggesting that it was ISSUED BY THE LABOUR MINIS- the man's own fault?"
· Accused made no reply. TRY...
"Are you?"-It appeared to me that the man came out from between two pillars."
The communique said that M. Charles Pomaret, the Labour Minister, on his recent visit to England, con- ferred with his British colleague, Mr. Ernest Brown, and Sir Andrew Dun- can, and important decisions were reached. A permanent Franco-British insurance committee has been creat- ed.--Havas.
"I want to know your mentality."- "My mind was not clear at that moment. I was told to drive on, so I drove on.".
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SURGEON'S EVIDENCE Surgeon-Lt. Commander Banks said he first met accused in October last Accused when he joined the forces. complained of severe headaches to- wards the end of November, and said he was inclined to be nauseated. Wit- ness prescribed "Dover's pills" and gave accused two.
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In January he gave him four keep for ah emergency. He did not tell accused it was imperative to He down after taking the pills and did not warn him to refrain from doing any work requiring concentration after
taking the pills.
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Neither the Yugo-Slav nor the. So- viet Legation. In "Bucharest has yet had any intimation of the passage of the mission through Reuter.
Rumania.
INTER-AMERICAN BANK PLAN
Washington, To-day. Establishment of an Inter-American Bank, with a capital of $100,000,000, is now virtually assured.
He disagreed that the pills were The required minimum six nations not a recognised treatment for such have filed notice that they will sign severe headaches as were suffered by the draft convention to-day, accused. Accused, he said, did not
The nations concerned are the Unit-
Mr. Murphy: "You do not admit | know what the pills were and thought ed States, Mexico, Columbia, Ecuador, that what happened was the man's they were aspirin. own fault?" "I did not know then
Is continuing this after-Nicaragua and the Dominican Re
public. Reuter. that it was my fault."
The case
noon.