TRIAL FOR TREASON,
*Special Precautions at Munich
Court.
GERMAN CREDITS. FOR CHINA M
London, Feb. 26, ` In the House of Commons, Munich, February. 26.
replying to Sir, F..Wise, Mr. The trial of Ludendorff, Hitler Snowden said he had no informa and seven alleged accomplices on tion indicating that Germany had charges of high treason in conadvanced credits to China nection with the revolutionary Reuter. attempt last November, has open-**
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The approaches to the court wera blocked with barbed wire, and armed soldiers and police hold up everyone, demanding to see their passes. A detective insida, examined thore admitted for hidden weapons.
Herr Hitler.
BRITAIN & GERMANY.
Paris, Feb. 26.
The British plan for the re- sumption of inter-Allied control. outlined in Mr. Ramsay Mac donald's Note demande
THE HONGKONG
ARMS CASE.
HEAVEN OR HELL BLAMED}} For the third day of the February Criminal Sessions, be fore Mr. Justice Gomperts, a new jury was empanelled consisting of Messrs. Thomas Oliphant (Foreman).
Macdonald
Frederick Xavier, Chan Chin Ngok, Thomas R. Rennett. Alec M. Hireland and F. L. Cooke. Mr. H. K. Holmes appeared for the Crown.
Tsang Wan was charged with being in unlawful possession of a revolver at 10,30 p.m. on 26th... January at Sham Sui Pa. He pleaded not guilty.
It was stated that the revolver, AD in a perfectly serviceable con- inventory of the German adition, but unloaded, was found maaltion-Reuter.
HOW EXCHANGE STANDS.
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London, Feb. 26.
was
alongside prisoner, who sleeping on a trestle bed against the wall of a dwelling house."
Prisoner called no witnesses, but suggested that the weapon had been placed there by an emissary of Heaven or Hell," or by Ng Choi, a second man not ic custody.
The latest exchange quotations Verdict of guilty was returned are as follow: Brussels, 116.1 and a sentence of two years' Geneva, 24.82: Amsterdam, hard labour passed. 11.52: Milan, 29.5, 16: Berlin,: 1914 billions: Stockholm, 16.47;
OTHER CASES.Į
Copenhagen, 27.15: Christiania, Tsang Wong and Tsang. Kai 32.75: Vienna, 305,000; Pragus, were charged with being in un- 14834: Helsingfors, 171}i: Madrid, lawful possession of arms and 33.92: Lisbon, 1-11 16ths: Rio, ammunition on January 13th at 61 16th. Buenos Aires. 433.15 p.m. near Chun Was. Bombay. 14.7 16ths: Hongkong,
The hall was packed to suffoca-4: Yokohama, 11. tion with pressmen and witnesses, but the general public were present in very limited number.
Ludendorf, in a blue loungesuit. headed the accused when they entered the court. The reading of the indictment lasted one and a half hours, then the prosecutor proposed to exclude the public, and the court adjourned to consider this. -- Routef
NO MORE TAX-DODGING.
Washington. February 26.
In order to stop the avoidance of income tax payment by wealthy persous, by the bestowalf bene factions upon relatives and others, the House of Representatives has enacted a tax on gifts. ranging from one to forty per cent. of the value-Reuter's American Service,
AMERICAN AUTHOR'S
DEATH.
New York. February 25.
These two prisoners, between! them, formed an ambulating: arsenal, Tsang Wong having three revolvers slung on his girdle and Tsang Kai, 300 rounds of am- munition distributed about him. Everything was in a perfectly new condition. They were arrest- ed by Chiaeso constable C.263, whose suspicions were aroused by their movements, be following and searching them, with the above result.
Prisoners pleaded not guilty of evil practices, but admitted being carriers, although Tsang Kai denied knowledge of the contents of the packages.
Prisoners were found guilty, but his Lordship deferred sen- tence until the last day of the Sessions. during which interval the prisoners, who are both very old men, might conceivably give information to the Police as to
The death has occurred of the persons at the back of the George R. Chester, the author of case.
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When the court trying Luden- dorff, Hitler and others resumed. no announcement was made as rezards the admission of the public.
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NAVAL OFFICER'S ESCAPE.
Paymaster Lt.-Commander H. L. Shaw, of H.M.S. Durban, riding a Neracar which had only recently been purchased. escaped. injuries when his machine came into collision with a motor van in Statue Square yesterday after
noon.
proceeding
A noticeable feature is the
The Hing Lee S.S. Company, friendly atmosphere in which the!
The officer was proceedings are being conducted. owners of the s.s. Chongva, which None of the accused appears to weat ashore at Moiu Point in the take the affair very seriously. Hainan Strait recently, to-day in-along Chater Road, going in the The president of the cours made formed a Telegraph representative direction of the Naval Yard, when a statement sympathetically lag-that on account of the extremely his machine collided with a motor ing stress or Hitler's war career. bad weather now prevailing along van belonging to the Standard this section of the coast, it might Oil Company, then turning into Hitler, in the course of a long be found necessary to postpone the Statue Square from Wardley foot-rest was badly buckled up statement, attributed his action salvage or towing operations for Street He was unhurt, hut one to patriotic motives. He de-some time.
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JAPAN AND GERMANY.
A CORDIAL MEETING.
Berlin, February 26. President Ebert received thei new Japanese Ambassador Baron! Honda, who fesented letters of
Baron credence.
Honda, ad-1 dressing the President, assured him he would do bis utmost to
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THE APPROPRIATE SETTING.
The best setting for the dark woman is one in which the main
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President Ebert, replying. ex- pressed satisfaction at the in- tellectual rapprochement which had already manifested itself by the calling of German Professora to Japan and the sending of Japanese students to Germany. He expressed the hope that the!
economic relations improved would soon lead to a commercial agreement.-Reuter.
AUSTRIA RECOGNISE
SOVIET.
Vienna, Fab. 26, Austria has recognised the Soviet Government-Reuter.
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