THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1927.
GLADSTONE LIBEL CASE.
"LEAVES FOR
CHINA.
A DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENT.
London," Feb. 1.
The Gladstone case, in which Capt. Peter Wright is suing Lord Gladstone for libel, owing to the publication of a letter in which Lord Gladstone termed Capt. Wright a "inr, coward and a fool," In connection with a book of polit tical memoirs he has published, and which caused Capt. Wright's expulsion from the Bath Club, was dramatically resumed to-day, by the ronding of telegram from Mrs. Langtry from Monte Carlo "strongly repudiating the alan- derous accusation of Capt. Wright."
In the course of a 10 hours cross-examination, Lord Glad- stone's conasel endeavoured to show the flimsy, basis of Capt. Wright's assertions, namely, that after diner talks of many yuara ago were quoted on the subject of Lord Milner's reference to "Seraglio" from the bonk by Mr. T. P. O'Conner, in which Lord Milner was described as jokingly using the word "Seraglio," means ing Gladstone's wife and daughter. At the conclusion. Capt. Wright regretted the publication of the passage of the book, in which he said, that the Prime Minister Gladstone
the great "founded tradition publicly to speak the language of the highest and strictest principle and privately to pursue and possess every sort of woman," nad said that ir Lord Gladstone would withdraw hi phrase of "liar, coward and a foot," he (Capt Wright) would
H. M. Aircraft Carrier Argus, which has just been re- fitted at Chatham and which has left for China from Paris- mouth with full complement of Naval and R. A. F. ratings.
CHINA NEW YEAR.
HOW IT WAS OBSERVED.
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AIR COLLISION.'
ELYING OFFICER KILLED.
London, Feb. 2. The real holiday spirit has pre-
Details have ben received of an varied over the Chinese New Year! holidays, and business houses and air collision which occurred yes- Banka stil remain closed to-day.terday over the sea off Benhhigsa,
The Fair in Chinatown drew the Multa, customary large crowds on Tues
The machines were Fairey, day afternoon and night, whilst for 3D, seaplane and a Fairey Fly- those who wished to enter into the
catcher. Both fell into the sea earnival spirit there were
after the collision. The pilot of jolly special festivities at the Hong the Fairy Flycatcher, Flying kong hotel, the Lane Crawfordoffeer Mills, was killed. The
Edward Restaurant, the King
pilot of the other machine, Flying! Hotel, the Savoy Hotel na theer Howlett, was not injured, Kowloon Hotel, All these drew it two companions, Wing Com large crowds.
mander Cook and Flight Sergeant. Worster, were slightly
very
Yesterday was a delightful day as far as weather was concerned, | British Wireless. and the city "presented a gay ap pearance with British and Chinese b
say that he was extremely slags everywhere in evidence. The to hurt Lord Gladstone's feelings, Chinese community spent a busy
Mr. Justice Avory held that Lord Gladstone's letter on which time paying complimentary calls, whilst cracker-firing continued all the libel case was based was writton on a privileged occasion,day. The main sporting event was bul he left the jury to doide the Interport football match be- whether Lord Gladstone was tween Hongkong and Shanghaj, which drew thousands of people actuated by malice.
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WHS adjournedo Happy Valley. A striking fea- ture of this function was provided by the Pipe Band of the 2nd. Batta. King's Own Scottish Bor: derers, who, in their smart turn- out, played selections: on the ground and carried out effective movements. There were special, holiday competitions at Fanling,
GERMAN DISARMA-
MENT.
FINAL AGREEMENT REACHED: Whilst for cricketers there was the
London, Feb. 2. Reports from Paris state that at to-day's adjourned meeting of the Conference of Ambassadors, agreement resolving outstanding diTerences, regarding German dis- armament was reached. The only important matter at issue remain- ing had reference to the Koenigs- berg fortifications, and as the re- sult of instructions received from Berlin by the representatives of the German Government, a settle; ment has been effected direct be tween them and the Conference, as representing the Allied Powers, without reference of the dispute to arbitration.
first day of the match between the H.K.CC. and the United Services. This, fixture is being continued to day.
Last night the Interport football į dance took place at Lane, Craw- ford's Restaurant and proved-a big success.
TRAFFIC MISHAPS.
OBITUARY,
hurt.-
General Sir George Higgin-, son, the Crimean War veteran, whose death, at the age of nearly 101 years, is reported,'
EXCHANGE RATES.
Puris Brussels
SEVERAL OVER THE HOLIDAYS. Amsterdam
Berlin Copenhagen A large number of traffic acci-
Viennn dents have occurred during the Helsingfors past two days, but fortunately Lisbon none of these were of a serious Rie
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Hongkong.
The Inter-Allied Military Com-nature. mission of Control, in form in While going down the incling New York which it was constituted by Ar- from Square Street into Hollywood Geneva- .ticles .203 to 208 of the Peace Road on Tuesday, a scavenging Milan
Stockholm Treaty, now eeues to exist, after lorry got out of the control of the
Üslo some seven years' work-British driver, and crashed into the street o Wireless.
fire-alarm after upselling, a stall. No-one was injured, although sub-Athens A CLEAN SLATE.
stantial damage was caused to the Buenos Altus
Shanghai Paris, Feb. 1. vehicle.
Yokohama A collision with slight damage Silver (forward) The agreement between the Con- ference of Ambassadors and the to both vehicles, occurred rester Silver (spot) German Government, as regards day between a motor car and a the fortifientions on Germany' tramcar at the junction of Clever- eastern frontiers, passes thely Street. and Des Vouex Road. sponge over the whole disarma-
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In running across the roadway,
ment problem and gives Germany a small boy was knocked down ye n elenn slate,
It is agreed that the Kuestria Glogau fortress and twenty-two fortification works at Koenigsberg shall be destroyed.
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Itecent Naval orders contain the
Capt. W. terday by a taxi-cah, 'and was re-following-Engr. moved to the Governinent Civi: Hos- Michell Tainar, addl., Doc. 17, bital suffering from injuries to 1920, and as Ch. Engr., Hongkong Dockyard, on joining, previous his face..
arders cancelled.
was re-
Through being knocked down by As regards the East Prussia one of the Aberdeen buses jester- zone, it shall be defined wherein day, a. Chinese woman.
mishap fortinention are banded apart moved to hospital. The
occurred at Queen's Rond, West From those whose existence was
Woman Noted in 1920, but the Allies near Centre Street, the
being injured in the abdomen. agree to the relentlon of a number of dug-outs, built since 1020..
Germany undertakes to pass a B prohibiting the manufacture, import and export of all kinds of war material, apart from the restricted rights allowed to Ger- many under the Peace Treaty as regards military and armament.-Heuter.
Baval
SOVIET'S CHOICE.
A motor bus, Indon with passen gers, ran into a verandah pillar at Kowloon City yesterday. No-one was injured. The left mudguard and tyrb of the vehicle were damaged.
The Medical Officer of Health's weekly returns of notifiable dis- casos, shows that twelve cases oc- eurred during the seven days end- ed Saturday. Of these three were small-pox, three diphtheria, three enteric fever, and one each cere- bro-spinal fever, puerperal fever and rabies. All were Chinese, with the exception of two British M. Dovgalevsky,
the former(one imported) cases of enteric Soviet Minster to Sweden, has
and an Indian CRSO of rabies.
NEW AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN.
Mosocw, Feb. 1.
been appointed Ambassador at There were three deaths from Tokyo, replacing M. Victor Kopp.small-pox, two from diphtheria and -Router.
one from enteric,
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