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WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST
ATTACKS MADE ON AN ELDERLY CURATE
THE PREMIER.
IN COURT.
THE HOME SECRETARY'S -
REPLY
1
-1927.
CHARGED WITH ENDANGER- * |ING LIFE WITH REVOLVER. Trinidad: Mr. Georffery Evans,
Wm. Roberts (55), curate, was C.I.E., acting Principal of the BRITAIN'S RUSSIAN POLICY.. charged before Mr. Justies Swift perial College of Tropical Agricul
at tho Central Criminal Court, ture, has gone to England to con- ment is always an anxious year," in his possession- revolver with "The thir year of a Govern- London, last month with having fer with the Governing Body on said Sir William Joynson-Hicks, intent to endanger life, important matters affecting the Home Secretary, who was the administration of the College. In guest of the United Club at dinner said "defendant described himself Mr. G. G. Raphael, prosecuting, his absence, and until the appoint at the Constitutional Club in mail as a professional tenor, but he ment of a successor to Dr. Martin week, under the chairmanship of Counsel) thought it right to say Leake, who has retired, Professor Sir John Ganzoni, MP. H. A. Ballou will act as Principal enthusiasm of the party in the Camden Road. Mr. and Mrs, Ed- "The he was a clergyman. He lived in In the last 12 months there has House of Commons is apt to flag.wards lodged in the upper part of been marked progress in the deve- "It is a period when those people his house. Trouble aroat, and on lopment of the College, and the outside the House of Commons April 28 Mrs. Edwards took out work accomplished during the last who think it is their duty to directa academic year has been highly the Government of the country On May 2, before the summons summons against defondant. satisfactory.
are always laclined to find some came on for hearing, the defen. With the exception of two, the thing to say to sell their news- dant was seen testing a revolver whole of the post-graduate stu- papers rather than ronder real by shooting at a tin-box in the gar- denta were due to leave at the end support to the party. I do not den, of June and the greater portion apologise for heavy taxation. It. of them have received offers of falls on Ministors as it fall on to Mrs. Edwards, "If you don't Later, on the same day, he said employment. Some are proceed-commercial men. Unless ing to Malaya, Uganda, Tangan- decide to confiscate the national hours I will blow your brains out." you withdraw the summons in two yikn, and Nigeria, and others are debt, which would mean the con- He pointed the revolver at her. returning to their previous posts fiscation of other capital as well. She ran away and in South Africa and the Gold the country has for many years heard.
a shot was Coast.
to face heavy expenditure to re- Sir Travers Humphreys, for the The sugar factory in connexionduce the national debt.
defence, said the first question for with the College has had a success-
"I wish people would realise the the jury was whether the defen- ful season, crushing about 1,200 real efforts which are being made dant had in his possession the re- tons of cane. Owing to abnor-to cut down expenditure. This is volver in such circumstances that mally wet weather there were spe not the time to sacrifice either the it was assumed he intended to cial diflculties
to contend with, Navy, the Army, or the Air Force. endanger life. He had told defen- but these were successfully over- It would be easy to scrap the lot, dant It was no defence to say come and an elaborate programme but what would be the inevitable he had no intention of injuring of research has been carried cost if we were to destroy the anyone if he fired the revolver. through. The students who have striking force or the defensive taken sugar technology have re power of aur armed forces with
"Not Responsible." ceived an excellent training, since Europe in the condition it is to show that his client, a clergy- opportunity has been taken of the to-day? When the utmost man of entirely respectable life, remarkably complete and up-to feasible cutting-down has taken had unfortunately date machinery at the factory to place, the country has got to mental breakdown and that he was suffered a experiment in the making of all realise that it cannot be as pros-in law not responsible for kinds of sugar. Four diploma stu- perous as before the war until the actions: dents are leaving the College this £7,000,000,000 of capital which Dr. Grierson, one of the medical year. Two of them are taking up was blown to smithereens in the officers at Brixton Prison, said positions as sugar technologists in war has been replaced by the that when the defendant was re- British Gulana and the other two savings of the people. Far from ceived there he was exclted and have accepted positions at the millionaire being the enemy of confused mentally. Witness could Usine St. Madeleino, the largest the nation, what we want is more sugar factory in Trinidad.
millionaires, who become such from him as to what had happen- not get any connected account through their own work and ed. He pooh-poohed the charge. savings." (Cheers).
He did not think that on May 2 defendant was in a position to distinguish between right and wrong. In his opinion, defen- dant was certifiable then and now...
Good Progress.
He was going to call evidence
his
the
The staff of the College has been
To Turn Out the Reds. fully, occupied and good progress
"The main idea of the country has been made in the direction of at the last election was to turn out froghopper investigation and in the Reds and stop Communism the production of banana for re- probably in the first quarter of an sistance against Panama disease. hour. (Laughter). Because we The jury said they found the A new line of research is contem-did not do so
we have been defendant not guilty." plated in the direction of improv attacked, but not by our political
The foreman, in reply to the ing the coconut crop by rovising opponenty, When the time was Clerk of the Court, said the de methods of cultivation, and the ripe, the Government's decisión fendant was guilty of the act Mycologist has made encouraging was taken with swiftnesa and charged, but was insane at progress in the activities recently carried out with cortainty. Yet time so as not to be responsible. started to investigate some of the to-day certain newspapers attack Mr. Justice Swift ordered the most serious coconut diseases that us because we have not turned out defendant to be detained as occur. Further advance has every single Russian in the coun- lunatic until His Majesty's plea- taken place n the production of try. There were in the Trade auro be known, kinds of tobacco adapted to local Delegation Afty-three Russians conditions, and in experiments and forty-four have gone. with suitable cover crops.
(Cheers). Engaged in commerce Another development is the up in the City, in Arcos and its sub- pointment of Professor Ballou as diary companies, there were 350 Commissioner of Agriculture for Russians and sixty-three have the College. A practical liaison one. I decline altogether to has now been established with the sacrifice the commercial interests islands of the Leeward and Wind- of the country in order to turn out ward group, which formerly came
men unless they are dangerous. under the old Imperial Department (Hear, hear). It is my duty as Home Secretary to see that there of Agriculture. This movement has had an excellent effect and is no recurrence of propaganda or will undoubtedly do good. Mr. spy element, but any Russians Evans and Professor Bellou re-
who deaire honestly to carry out cently went on a tour through the the ordinary duties of commerce islands explaining the work and shall receive the game facilities aims of the College,
as a German or a Frenchman. (Cheers).
1.
The Engineer's Department of the College is now engaged in com- Moscow to-day in nearly every "There is emanating from pleting the erection of the Milner country in the world a campaign Hostel, and dining hall. It is by a section of the community hoped to complete the building in which is directly hostile to the time for the opening of the next country of its birth. These men session in October, and it is be-are traitors to their country. lieved that the new arrangements Many of their speeches go near to will have the effect of bringing the long disused indictment of the students closer together and high treason. I am not sure that of establishing the right spirit of all countries of the world will not tradition in the College.
ATTEMPTED PARIS HOAX.
JOKER'S MESSAGE TO FRENCH WAR OFFICE.
in the near future bave to com- bine to stamp out a form of bellef und propaganda which is anti- social, anti-civilisation, and anti- religion.
"I would like to say a word about the Conservative news- papers of the day. I do not mind a candid friend, but there is a point when candid friendship can no longer be called either candid or friendship. (Cheers)... I sce Paris, June 30. In so-called Conservative, papers Another practical joker, it is re-definite and deliberate attacks vealed to-day, tried to hoax a Gov-on the Prime Minister. I know ernment department by means of that certain people have made up a telephone message in a similar their minds to get rid of the Prime way to that in which the Governor Minister. They will not do it.
of the Sante Prison was induced (Cheers). I think it would be a to liberate M. Daudet.
Vory good thing if, instead of pre- The officer on duty at the War tending to be friends of the Con- Ofice was rung up on the telephoneservative party, Lord Rothermere. and a voice said, "This is M. Ap- and Lord Beaverbrook forme a pell, private secetary to M. Paul party of their own and appealed Painleve (Minister of War.). The to, the country. Which should be speaker dieated an "urgent tele-Prime, Minister and, which Chan- gram to be sent to the officers com- cellor of the Exchequer Lum not manding all army corps," ordering sure, but I am quite sure how the immediate release from milit- much confidence they would got ary service of all the conscripts from the country. The time has of the 1925 class serving with the come for the Conservative party colours.
to say to these newspapers, 'If
The officer who received the mes-you are Conservative, have a little ange rang up an officer of the Gen- decency in your criticism of your eral Staff and read over to him. The leaders, If you think they are. Staff Officer Immediately recog- always wrong, then the time has nised the ruse as having been at- come for you to say that you can tompted by a Communist agitator no longer even assume. to be sup- or by a foreign agent, and he at porters of the Conservative party, ence gave orders that the telegram When I read in another Conserva- should not be sent.
tive newspaper, the Observer, his Majesty's Ministers compared to Gadarone swine, I think the limit of Conservative criticism has been reached."
An inquiry has been proceeding for some days into the authorship of the attempt hoax, but so far no defalte clue has been obtained.
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