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FOUNDED 1881
NO. 22,412
CANA+B=X#F TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1928. BADAI
FOREIGN OFFICE SCANDAL, CAVELL WAR FILM U.S. POLICY IN
HIGH OFFICIAL DISMISSED
THE SERVICE.
MR. O'MALLEY, OF HANKOW FAME, INITIATES SPECULATIONS.
THE REDEEMING FEATURE.
London, Feb. 27.
The Board of Enquiry appointed by Mfr: Stanley Baldwin as a sequel to the case in which Mrs. Dyna was ordered to phy £38,000 and costs to a firm of foreign bankers, evidence in which revealed that important officials in the Foreign Office were Involved, has concluded its siltinga.
As the result of the Board's findings, Sir Austen Chamber- lain, who joined the Premier in directing the Board's appointmont,
has directed that
DISPUTE.
EXECUTION SCENE DETAILED.
SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN'S STRONG CRITICISM.
London, Feb. 27.
CHINA.
MINISTER DENIES ANY CHANGE MADE,
"PULL TOGETHER.”
ed unaltered. They were fairness
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CANTON EXCITED OVER ARREST.
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STRIKING RUBBER
FIGURES.
FOREIGN PRODUCTION MAKES RAPID ADVANCE.
SUSPECTED OF BEING HOIFUNGA
RED LEADER.
2.
RESTRICTION EFFECT.
London, Feb. 27. 'In the House of Commons at ques- tion time, Mr. Amory, the Domin- Ions Secretary, said that the rubber production of the British Empire'in ! 1921 was 203,000 tons compared with 97,000 tons by foreign coun- tries.
SIR PAUL CHATER'S CODICIL
ANOTHER APPEAL IN WILL DISPUTE.
LAND INVESTMENT COMPANY DIRECTORSHIP.
MR. BAGRAM'S CASE.
(Our Own Correspondent.)
Shanghai, Feb. 28. Speaking at a representative PRODUCER'S DEFENCE. banquet given in his honour by
VIGOROUS DENIALS. Shanghai Americans, Mr. J. V. A. MacMurray, the United States Minister to China, disclaimed any Considerable excitement has In 1927 the figures were: British A. further appen! arising out of The controversy concerning the change in America's polley to beca caused in Canton, according Empire, 344,000 tons; foreign coun- the will of the late Sir Paul Chater film "Dawn" depicting the famous wands China, which was, however, to Chinese reports, by renson of that the production of British com- commenced in the Full Court of Ap-
tries, 268,000 tons. He pointed out story of Nurse Edith Cavell, is not adaptable to changing circum-
the arrest of Chinese who is paslea in foreign countries were in-peal this morning, concerning the vet settled, in spite of the refusal stances. Censors to permit ila exhibition in tives of America's policy remain-notorious Communist chief of the of the British Board of Film Mr. MacMurray said the objec- suspected to bo Pang Fal, the cluded in the figures for the latter appointment of Mr. J. T. Bagram
-Reuter. Great Britain.
Colombo, Feb. 27. as permanent managing director of The matter was brought up to American intereste, generosity Hai-Luk Fung Soviet,
Mr. J. Wall, presiding at the the Hongkong Land Investment and to-day in the House of Commons to the Chinese and fairness to It is known that on 'Sunday a
annual meeting of the Ceylon Agency Company Limited under the nt question-time, when
nationalities-a the other
simple, man who gave his name as Fang Chamber of Commerce, expressed Dominions Secretary was asked straightforward, and honourable Pai was arrested, but although the opinion that with the establish terms of the will. for the Government's proposals policy.
there is aald to be evidence of ed use of reclaimed rubber and. The appellante were the Official regarding its exhibition in other The Minister added that he identification, the man himself the ever-increasing output of the Trustee of Bengal and Mr. J. T. welcomed the change amongst the denies that he is the Chinese Dutch East Indies, it was difficult Bagram, the respondents being the Mr. J. D. Gregory, the Assistant Under-Secretary of State Parts of the Empire.
Lieut. Col. L. C. M. S. Amery American community, shown by Soviet leader. Investigations by to find a reasonable argument in Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton and the for Foreign Affairs, be dismissed;
replied that it was not proposed, the fact that the merchant and the the police are still being held, and favour of the continuance of the Hongkong Land Investment and
Agency Company Limited. Commander Maxse he severely reprimanded, and to forfeit or had it been requested, to commissionary were realising the it is said that General Li Chal-sum Stevenson Restriction Scheme.
munlonte with the Governments of onencas of their interests. Ex-himself presided at a trial which The speaker added that "unless Mr. H. G. Sheldon appeared for three years' sentorfty; while
the Dominions, or any other part tremes disappearing and was held immediately after the Dutch Interests are prepared to the Official Trustee, and Mr. Eldon. join us, we are bound to weaken Potter, K.C., on behalf of MF.. of the Empire, regarding the tolerance ensuing. All were sit man's arrest.
ting in the same bont, bound for
our own position eventually by Bagram, The Hon. Mr. W. B. L. a common destination, and 'the'
Story of Arrest.
continuing in our efforts to con- G. Alabaster, K.C., and Mr. F. C. Shenton was represented by Mr. C. time had come to pull together. The story of the arrest, as it was trol the position by restricting Jenkin appeared for the company. Sir Austen Chamberlain, who sidious ramifications of the "Rod" the effect that two officials, of the
Other speakers dwelt on the in-recorded in vernacular papers, is to exports."-Reuter. has taken a big interest in the con- terror; the President of the Ameri-Headquarters of Li Chul-sum's troversy, quoted from the report can Chamber of Commerce stress-Army, were having their" tiffin at of the Government adviser, who received from the Soviet inspired journalists in be- Canton Treasury, on Sunday at technical ing the treacherous activities of the Luk Yuen teahouse, opposite the producer, Mr. Wilcox, a descrip- traying their own country by about noon. (tion of the execution aceno.
While the couple was malicious written plaganda. chatting over a cup of tea, one of them noticed that at one of 'the tables was n parly amongst whom was a man who resembled Pang Pat, At the time, one of the officials happened to have in his pocket the Union. П newspaper roproduction of
Mr. O. St. C. O'Malley, the negotiator of the famous Hankow 'agreement, who was also involved, be permitted to resign.
Sir Austen Chamberlain adds to the announcement, a minute that he was glad to observe that serious as were the offences from
the Civil Service point of view, there was no question of corruption,
or of the use of official Information.
A transaction by Sir Miles Lampson in 1920 was mentioned by the Board of Inquiry, who commented that while they regarded the purchase of foreign currency by a member of the Diplomatic Service ‘as undesirable, it had nothing in common with a gamble in' differ-
enceà...
ZINOVIEFF LETTER ACCUSATIONS
exhibition of the Cavell film.
The Execution.
Apparently the scene showa a member of the firing party re- fusing to level his rifle, and he is
were
shot dead. The remainder of the THE “ALCANTARA”
party fire above Nurse Cavell's head, the heroine faints, and the German officer advances and
despatches her.
"Wholly Apocryphal." "
Sir Austen Chamberlain added:
TRAGEDY.
MYSTERIOUS "ALL" CLEAR"
SIGNAL EXPLAINED, ·.
the Communist loader.
་
The judgment appealed from, and Important Dutch Meeting. delivered by Mr. Justlee Wood In
Amsterdam, Fob. 27,
the Court below, states:- a meeting of the Dutch rubber
Great importance is attached to Not Empowered. growers of the East Indies to bo
"On the formation of the Com held at the Hague on March 1st pay on March 2, 1889, the late Sir The meeting has been convoked by Paul Chater in accordance with some members of the Board of the ite Memorandum, of Association International Union, but it is not became one of the two 'permanent being held under the auspices of and managing directors of that. company. The other permanent. British and offer foreign memand managing director was the the photo of Pang Pal, and bere have, therefore, not been in. senior representative, resident for the time being in the Colony of Hongkong, of Messrs. Jardino Matheson and Company Limited, (so long as the latter carryon busincas and have an office in the Colony) This appointment of the deceased was personal und 'during turn to purposes of commercial
When the suspect left the tea-
his life. On the date of his profit so heroic a story."
house, the officials followed him
death, May 27, 1926, the decensed From Wing Hon Road, the rescue up. Replying to supplementary efforts in connexion with the man was seen to walk into Tal
was still holding this position In those to whom, from the nature of questions as to the measures to be Alcantara disaster, has been ex- Nera Read, then to Cheung Hit
Oslo, Feb. 27. the company. It was established that in 1923, their work, the sensitiveness and taken to prevent a repetition of plained by Captain Friedman, of San Street, where he entered a book
The Government has been au- "In these proceedings my con Mr. Gregory speculated jointly suspicions of foreign countries such an unfortunate controversy; the Russian barque Tovaritach. with Mrs. Dyne, the defendant in with regard to such dealings Sir Austen Chamberlain sad
store. Fearing that the suspect thorised to raise a loan of 120,-cern is with the appointment the action, and continued to do so their currencies cannot have been am not dealing with the general Cantain Friedman declared that the officials approached him and the. floating debt, and announced make of a successor to himself In an interview at Southampton, might endeavour to elude them,000,000 krone for conversion of which the deceased purported to until 1925. Mrs. Dyne was the unfamiliar. wife of one of his former school- fellows. Between the they dealt with approximately 250,000,- 000 francs.
The report of the Board reveals Board came to the conclusion that that all three officials lost hi while Gregory, O'Malley frane speculations. Mr. J. D. Maxse neither used, nor endea execution is wholly aprocryhal, RÚSSIAN'S EFFORTS.
"I believe that the account of the Gregory last about
£20,000; oured to use, any official informa- and I feel it is an outrage against Commander Maxse, over £3,000; tion for the purpose of their trans-this noble woman's memory to and Mr. O'Malley
just over actions, such transactions ought 2100.
never to have been undertaken by civil servants, and feast of all by
Huge Transactions.
After 1920, Mr. Gregory con tinued his speculations separately, his nianipulations then involving a further 40,000,000 francs.
of shorter duration.
Accusation Baseless.
The notorious. Zinovieff Letter
Conscious of Impropriety.
The action of these three off. cials in the view of the Board was inconsistent with their obligations as civil servants.
censorship of alms."
ever taken.
He says that the actual shoot-
London, Feb. 27. The mysterious "all clear
delayed signal, which
men might be in the water:
ho promptly took this out and com-vited-Reuter pared it with the suspected man. The resemblance being borne out, the two officials resolved to keep a sharp look-out on the movements of this man.
NORWEGIAN LOAN.
TO BE ISSUED IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA.
MAINTAINING ORE-MINERS .' STRIKE.
Riga, Feb. 27. The "Red" Trade Unions have
that it has concluded an agree-In that office under the right to "I am speaking as an English alongside in response to the 8.0.8.
the steames Baron Douglas came effected his arrest.
ment for a 35-year loan of $80,- nominate and appoint his suces- gentleman about what I think is and when told that the Tovaritsch
Vigorous Denial,
000,000 in London, New York and ser conferred upon him by the an outrage on humanity." Loud
When taken to the Hoadquar-Boston.
||Memorandum of Association." cheers
was in no immediate danger, but greeted the Foreign
The rate of interest will be five His Lordship found that Secretary's remark.
perhaps some of the crew of the tere of the Eighth Expedition other vessel were in the water, Army, the man admitted that his per cent. and there will be no re- the late Sir Paul was not em- Mr. Wilcox's Explanation. the Baron Douglas went off pre- name was Pang Pal, bat added payment for the first five years, powered to make such appoint- Regarding Mr. Gregory, the
sumably to render 'assistance. that he was not the "Red" leader The price of the issue has not been ment. Mr. Wilcox, the producer of the Apparently Mr. O St, C. O'Malley Board says: "We cannot doubt
Then more, wireless messages of Hoifung and Lukfung Districts. stated.-Reuter
Three Points. : was the initiator of the whole he was conscious of the impro-war flm "Dawn," in reply to Sir wore received, to which, theo said the latter was a Hoklo, while business, but his personal transac- priety of what he was doing, and Austen Chamberlain, states that Tovaritach replied "All clear" mean- he, himself, was a native of Punyu
In reply to Sir Henry Gollan, tions were infinitely smaller, and we do not regard it as a suflicient the scenes as described by the ing as regards herself, but she and he could speak Cantonese
RUSSIAN MONEY FOR" Mr. Potter said there ware three excuse that he did not at any time part of the film nor were they place of the collision, stating that soner said he was acquainted with Foreign Secretary do not form broadcast all stations giving the fluently. Furthermore, the pri
points to be considered. The make use of official information
SWEDEN.
first was whether alternative-op- for his private ends."
General Li Chai-aum and that at
pointments were good, secondly The case of Mr. O'Malley, who
The Tovaritisch being a sailing one time he was an officer of a cer-
Whether Mr. Bagram was quali of October, 1924, was mentioned initiated the business, the Board of the soldier who refused to vessel was unable to manoeuvre bo tain Division of the Canton troops.
fire and the shooting of Nurse stand by the Ill fated Alcantara, but
fed, and thirdly that in any ovent Later, when General Li Chai- distinguishable from Cavell by the officer are not shown lowered several boats immediately sum was informed of the arrest
Mr. Bagram was not appointed, recalls that on October 25th, 1924, M. Gregory's only by the smaller in the ploture, but are merely in- it was possible. It took, however, he attended the trial, but is said by the Board of Enquiry, which regards as
Mr. Potter said that for the pur- poses of the appeal he would accept a letter addressed by the Foreign volume and the shorter duration dicated.
the decision of the judge that the Office to the Soviet Ambassador in of his transactions.
He points out that no Govern- to be able to launch them.-Reater. recall having made the acquain-seat a further 16,000 roubles word "power" was not really the
half an hour to slow up sufficiently to have declared that he could not connection with the Zinovicff Let- They think extenuating circumsment official in any capacity has
tance of the man before. The prl- the strikers in the ore-mining in-power of appointment in the strict ter was signed by Mr. Gregory "In tances are admissible in Comman-seen the film, and ho declares that
soner, however, persisted that he dustry in Sweden making a total legal sense of the term. The ap the absence of the Secretary of der Mazse'a case.·
he has arranged to show it In
was with the Canton Army at one of 75,000 rubles up to date. pointment in question was mado A State.".
Information Volunteered. Berlin privately next week.---.
time and that he was in no way It is a matter of note that wage under the terms of the late Bir The Board recalls that the cir-
connected with the "Red" reign disputes have been proceeding Paul's will in, a codiell cumstances of its despatch und The second part of the report
in the Hoifung and Lukfung die- for some time in the Swedish are: There was first of all the appoint- publication became the subject of deals with the question whether
tricts.
mining and pulp industries.ment of Mr. E.D. Sassoon on certain acate political controversy and other civil servants have been en-exchanges,
Reuter
terms and conditions, and in the there arose aispicions that Gre- gaged in similar transactions. In Dealing with the position of gory deliberately attempted to two specific casos in which an offi- civil servants generally, the report
| case of his non-acceptance, Bir Ro- bert Ho Tung, and thirdlyMr. compromise, Mr. Ramsay Mae ciul had volunteered statements concludes: The public expecta
Bagram. Donald's Government by "going to the Board regarding past invest from them a standard of integrity behind the ex-Premier's back" ments, the view is expressed of the and conduct not only inflexible in the negative when asked in the known whether they secured any Lew days before the General impropriety of their actions, which but fastidious, and has not been House of Commens at question evidence against tho accused: The Election, simultaneously to serve however, bore no resemblance, ex-disappointed in the past. We are time whether America had offered trial of the prisoner continued up ALMOST TO BRITISH GENEVA power of appointment. He would his own financial ends.
cept in form, to the systematic expressing the view of the Service Great The Board finds the accusation operations of the other three off when we say the public has the treaty similar to that offered to the latest information from the Britain 4 multilateral to a late hour on Sunday night and against Mr. Gregory to be base cials montioned, and the Board right to expect that standard, and France. The reply covered a fur-Headquarters is to the effect that, less as the late Sir Eyre Crowe, are satisfied that no question arises that it is the duty of the Service ther question as to whether nego other than the man's name, there to as yet no evidence confirming
mandst leader,
Reuter.
NO MULTILATERAL TREATY.
BRITAIN'S NEGOTIATIONS WITH USA
Book Store Raided, Subsequently, a party of soldiers
· palded the book store, and London, Feb. 27. the whole premises were thor-
Sir Austen Chamberlain replied oughly searched, but it is not
AMERICA'S 'NAVAL REDUCTIONS.
PROPOSALS.
London, Feb. 27.
In order to ascertain whether such appointments were valid they had to go directly to the Memoran- | dum of the company which gave the
submit that the company itself must have considered, that power of ap pointment one of extreme import- Mr. W. C. Bridgeman, the First ance because they had included. it "It is very doubtful," said Mr. In London to-day, sald that the Potter, "If any court could alter American naval programme was that Memorandum and take away now being reduced almost to what that power, even at the request of Britain proposed at Geneva,
the Permanent Under-Socratary of inside information having been to see that expectation falalled, tiations concerning such a treaty the suspicion that he is the Gom Lord of the Admiralty, in a speech in their memorandum, Be
the Foreign Office, was res used. ponsible for the decision to send
The third, section of the report he letter, following instructions deals with the allegation that to from Mr. Ramsay MacDonald. ...serve his own fincancial onds, Mr. Mr. Gregory's signature to the Gregory had manipulated the pab hole was just a matter of routine, lication of the Zinovieff letter and -Reuter,
the note to the Soviet Charge D'Affaires regarding it.
After careful analysis of all the elrcumstances and events regarding
Ought to Have Known Better. London, Feb. 27.
Later..
British Wireless.
Information obtained from many sources led the Board of Inquiry to conclude that rumours of many Civil Servants bung in- volved. in such transactions are groundless.
The report refers to Sir, Miles that episode, the conclusion reached Lampson, the British Minister to
The report of the Board of In- is that not the slightest foundation Peking, buying jointly with hia attaching these wife, £1,000 worth of French franca in 1920, which he sold later
for
were, not proceeding.-Reuter.
U. S. IMMIGRATION. QUOTAS.
INCREASES TO EUROPEAN COUNTRIES Washington, Teb, 27. President Coolidge la trans-
SOUTH AMERICAN CALAMITY.
MANY KILLED. IN CINEMA COLLAPSE,
quiry is a lengthy document, com exists piled after much evidence had suspicions to Mr. Gregory.
Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 27. been taken and is divided into the report, In fact, shows that at a profit of £185. The Board of mitted to the Senate a Bill provid
Many fatalities, mostly women three parts:
The first deals with the cases ates advised against the publication such a purchase of foreign cur- the immigration quotas of several result of the collapse of a cinema Mr. Gregory in departmental min-Inquiry state that they regarding for considerable, increases In and children, have occurred as the of the three Foreign Office off of the documents. Moreover, the reney by a member of the Diplo European countries, lacluding Br-In Curityba, in the State of cials connected with the specula fact that they were published had matic Service as undesirable, even tain, whoso quota le fixed at 65,- Parana Thirteen bodies have Alons in foreign currency: The no effect upon the course of foreign though it was a single transaction 894 compared with 34,007. recovered so far: Reuter's Amert
(Continued on Page 14.). Reuter's American Service,
can Services
Emphasising The Point.
He had no reason to believe that the company " America wanted, ships for any- thing else than for her own defence. Reuter.
Continuing Mr. Potter said hó wished to emphasise the point ho was making that the company and.. PRICE HENRY'S HUNTING Sir Paul thought it of such import
MISHAP."
anco to include it in the Memoran dum, thereby preventing any pos- Bibility of that, power being taken London, Feb. 27. away from Sir Paul." H... H. Prince Henry, while It was manifest why they gave hunting in Leicester, was thrown him that power. They knew he was from his horse. One of his legs a person who was vitally interested
(Continued on Page 11
was injured,British Wireless.