INDIAN PRINCES LAUDED.
TRIBUTES IN HOUSE OF LORDS.
SUBSERVIENCE TO ASSEMBLIES INADVISABLE.
THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH,
OPIUM SCANDAL LATEST.
GENERAL PEI FINDS POST FOR MAYOR.
ROCKEFELLER GIFT TO CAMBRIDGE,
GOVERNMENT & E.M.B. MAKE £50,000 GRANTS.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1928.
FORGERY TRIAL VERDICT.
(Continued from Paga 1.) I vonture to any that is largely responsible for the length of time That is hor property and whatever the
casa has taken," added Mr. I have done is not connected with Potter. her I am very sorry to lear) After commeating that he did that there is a warrant for her." not want to" scoro" off Mr. Jonkin, Mr. Potter:-If it will be any counsel continued that an admis-
THE DRUG REMOVED? RAISING THE BALANCE. consolation to the man, there is
GOVERNMENT CAUTION nominee
London, Dec. 5.
In the House of Lords, Lord Olivier, who was Secretary for India in the Labour Government for 1924, called attention to quea tions arising regarding the Gov- ernment of Indian States not forming parts of any provinces of British India.,
Lord Olivier asked the Govern- ment whether they had in view huy scheme for dealing with such qucaliona concurrently and con- sistently with any amendments of the Constitution of the British Indian Government that may com- mend themselves to Parliament as the outcome of the onquiry nuw being made by the Simon Com- misafon.
Viscount Hardinge, a former Viceroy of India, said the Indian
tion.
to
Shanghai, Dec. 5. The Deputy Chief of Police, Mr. Wang Chen-hing, Nanking's replace the sus- perded Chief. Mr. Tai Shek- has arrived here and it a understood that Mr. Tai is leaving for Nanking to-morrow in con- sexion with the enquiry into the opium acandal,
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sion of criminality was one which no warrant for his wife."
had the most shattering effect on London, Dec. G. Yeo made a further statement any defonce raised. The whole The Government has offered from the dock, anying that there defence raised in the present case Iwas the question of the nebulous Cambridge University a grant of was a warrant.
Mr. Justice Jacks pointed out suggestion, of a trick. He ventur £50,000 towards the sum required) to enable the acceptance of the that counsel for the Crown had ed to say that the great interest grant conditionally promised by said there was no warrant against displayed by the large attendance in Court of people, of both sexes the Rockefeller Foundation.
Yeo's wife.
A further:£50,000 has been pro- The final remark of accused was to see what the trick was mised to the University upon the was: "If there is no warrant, which Induced Mr. Messer and recommendation of the Empire would like to state quite clearly Mr. Black to sign cheques for Marketing Board. The Govern that my wife's money belongs to
Professor Shellshear yesterday, ment grant will be applied solely her and has nothing to do with $200,000. The point was put to in respect of the school of agricul- this case. That can be proved in when he was asked if he could ture and the latter to the develop-a civil ense." ment of agricultural research and cognate sciences.
Mr. Potter's Address.
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Following the receipt of news that the large consigument of opium, which figured in the
suggest any trick which would scandal has been transferred to
produce cheques of that kind. foreign Concessions in Shanghai,
First of all Professor Shkellshear the Anti-Opium Association is
Both gums are conditional upon
That he would have hesitated said it was not within his pro- urging the National Government to negotiate with foreign author- the University raising the further
of various firma as jurors had he ho could not suggest anything. ties with a view to arresting the contributions required to enable long before summoning the heads vince, but, when pressed, he said. ringleaders, and demanding that it to qualify for the Rockefeller had the least idea that the case Counsel for the defence, with all henceforth the anti-oplum regu-offer-Reuter,
A gift of £700,000 hus been was going to last for 13 days his ingenuity, had not been able to latlons be extended to the Con-
to Cambridge by the was the comment with which Mr. suggest any trick.
When Mr. Black was in for Eldon Potter, K.C., profuced his cessalons in order to fuellitate the offered
Rockefeller Foundation work of the Chinese police.
physical and address when the Court opened. witness box they thought they The National Government has developments in
were going to be told what the wired to the Chinese Mayor of biological studles and the comple- He Greater Shanghai, Mr. Chang tion of the Univeralty Library weary of the case, himself both trick was, but there was not a would say quite earnestly and wing was being cross-examined, Ting-fan, urging him to remain which is to be built at a cost of mentally and physically, and he word about it. When Tsang On-
£500,000.
The announcement was made by sincerely that, if he had kept the the astonishing statement was the Rev. G. A. Weekes on the jurors an hour longer than was made to him "I put it to you that
He recalled the very much. completion of his term of office as necessary, then he regretted it this writing in the body of the cheques is yours, that the signa- Counsel for the defendant, con-tures of Mr. Measer and Mr. vice-chancellor. decision to proceed with part of the library scheme at a cost of tinued Mr. Potter, had taken it Black were obtained by a trick."
upon himself, quite rightly, to
Insult to Intelligence, £260,000, and added:
Since this decision an offor has criticise the Crown case, but his
Mr. Potter pointed out that the been received from the Inter-criticism was not directed per-
case itself. He defence itself did not know what national Education Board of the sonally at Crown counsel but to
It in-points of the Rockefeller Foundation. cludes a contrition to the library hoped that the jury would take the trick was. He added:-"I nay of it less than £250,000, which his (Mr. Potter'a) criticism of the it is an insult to your Intelli played by the accused in the would enable us to undertake the case for the defence in the same gence bearing in mind the part swindle in opening an office and building of the complete library manner. without delay.
Strange Defence.
three banking accounts. He is This offer forms part of a larger
whilch proposal,
for provides
Mr. Potter said he had consider-admittedly, in possession of the cheques, admittedly cashes them developments in physical und biological studies of the university ed very carefully the words be and had $80.000 in his pocket. | was to use, as he did not want to utter a single syllable The offer
Princes were one of the most at his post, loyal clements in India. They Yesterday's report that General had rendered great services in the Pet Chung-hai Intended appointing War and had offered ships, men the Mayor to an important pos- and aeroplanes. As a whole, the tion in his Army has been con- Indian States were well governed firmed by an overnight Peking and met the needs of the popuia-telegram saying that General Fel
has announced his intention of | There.
Converting the 13th. Nationalist. were, said Viscount Hardinge, States like Mysore that Army into one Division, appoint served as ፡፡ model of good ng Mr. Chang Ting-fan as head
thereof. administration.
He could conceive no stepa more
In his report of the enquiries backward or more likely to be re-made in Shanghai, Mr. Chang sented than any scheme by which Chi-kiang, Chairman of the Opium they were placed in a position of Suppression Committee, onid that it would seem the police were subservience to the Legislative but doing what they deemed their Assembly of a Central or Pro-uty in making the raid, though at this stage it would be hard to Another Tribule,
say which side was guilty.
Shanghai, Dec. 5. The British officers of the Klan-
vincial Government,
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"The Marquess of Reading, also
body
of those departments.
sources
meut.
thal thering the whole of itish Consul at Nanking giving an the general board, and the finan-place or exaggerated. He conlilthat was played upon Mr. Messer a former Viceroy of India, sai gan have been released; the Bri- has been approved by the council, which could be considered out of/does not know what the trick was} and Mr. Black, if in fact a trick:
experience, in, ludia no more loyal
perience at the Bar, and in all the deserving of the severest com- could be found than the assurance that they will appear cial board, but has yet to be laid say, however, that in all his ex-was played? I say it is a print ruling Priness. He had never at any time if summoned. They before the university. .
A condition is attached that the books of law which were open to
"I say it was the boundon duty found the Princes as a body slaw to are resuming their duties, and it recognise the necessity for making is expected the Kiangan will leave university should raise the balance them for reference, he had never of the sum required. As the re-yet come across a defence which any concession, or for falling in very shortly for Hankow.-Reuter.
of the university are had been conducted in quite the of the defence to put the nature corned. If counsel for the de- with any view that might be put
already pledged to the provision of same way as the defence of of the trick to the witness con- forward by the Government of
the brary, it will be necessary to Carvalho Yeo.
Counsel for the defence had told fence does not know what the trick the Court that his cliont was not was, then I suggest that he need only n swindler and a daring only have gone to the dock and criminal but that he lacked that asked his client. You cannot be quality which they had been told leve, if there was a trick in this that even fends possessed, name-case, that Carvalho Yeo did not ly honesty, because he had double-know what the trick was."
Polter further point- crossed Tsang On-wing, according ed out that
Д not
word to Mr. Jenkin, and had bolted with!
to Tanng On-wing the proceeds, leaving his alleged about his alleged criminality, as fellow-conspirator in the lurch.
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Do you know that--
Instances have occurred in which a Criminal. Session. jury has been detained úversi night whilst trying a case?
The first euch #errence was on February 27th, 1868, when two Chinese were being tried for a murderous attack. At seven o'clock in the even- ing it was andarent that the ense could not finish, and the Chief Justice said it would be desirable that the jury be locked up overnight.
The defending counsel said he would not object to the jury being allowed to go, but the Chief Justice said under the Ordinance of 1861 the jury aust he kept la charge af a police officer until the case ended.
The jurymen
Therefore
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to
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FURTHER DETAILS.
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MANILA SHOWS.
GETTING READY FOR SATURDAY.
Had they ever heard of a counsel
Mr.
put Was
The Manila Shows arrived in
to whether he was in conspiracy, Hongkong yesterday and an army
with the accused, of conlies have been busy hauling appearing in that kind of defence Counsel said with regard to the London, Der. 5;
criticism of the Crown case, Workmen at Howden Aerodrome the equipment to the Prays East before? He would put it to them
80,000 quite fairly and squarely. Did that the Crown had given great are now working at full pressure Reclamation where" some
been they believe that Carvalho Ye facilities to the defence. They filling the fuel system and com-square feet of ground has pleting the outer cover of the set aside for the shows. The hail instructed counsel and solici-had permitted the defence to go great British airship, K100, and average layman could hardly be tors to fight the case for 13 days to the bank and take any cheques many merely because it would be unjust signed by Mr. Black or Mr. Messer, in the House of Commons to-day, expected to see how so
for Air stated that the
in
many
Yen to the Wolves.
The
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rea-
Sir Samuel Hoare, the Secretary shows and rides could be as because whereas he was guilty of had allowed them to go through
new sembled in such a short space of fraud he should not be convicted of every cheque they wanted
"I яay you cannot They had also been permitted to dirigible ought to be flying some time, but the management promises forgery?
take any number of cheques they time in the spring of next year.that everything will be in read-accept that," added Mr. Potter.
ness for the opening on Saturday The jury would remember that ked and keep them in their own British Wireless.
he said in his opening statement custody; photograph and oxamine This airship larger than height
It is quite interesting to watch that he would refuse to be a party them and test them in any way Graf Zeppella is being built for a fight across the Atlantic, and the erection of a carnival city form to any fight between the Hong-for the sole purpose of affording Inter for use on an India service. from a confused mass of lumber, kong Government and the Honir-material for the defence. Could Hydrogen will be used to fill steel and canvas. The men, work-kong and Shanghal Banking Cor-any man do more? Also, the de the bags. It is a dangerous gas, ing like bees, pick various parts porntion in that Court. He also, fence was permitted to go through for it will readily ignite: a fired and assemble them, every piece on that occasion, referred to the every voucher for December In mixture of hydrogen and air in its proper place until the rumour that the case was really a the Treasury and every time in- WAB naked of Mr. explodes violently. But hydrogen entire city raises fairy-like to kind of trial of strength between formation is lighter than deliura, and there-gladden the hearts of old and the Government and the Bank. Hazlerigg regarding any docu- former ment, that information was given. fore has greater lifting power. young alike.
He still maintained his Although the R100 looks some-i A carnival show is, first of all, attitude that that was not so
A Dig. Continuing, Lord Reading said thing like the Graf Zeppelin it in mechanical show, as rides such and said he would refuse to have the Princes desired to maintain different
Mr. Potter referred to the important as the Ferris Wheel, Caterpillar, anything to do with a test of that as closely as they could their repaints, and experts are waiting Merry-go-Round and Seaplanes ind.
absence of Chung Man-kun and The She-on, saying he was the keenly to see whether the 100 furnish the backbone of the or lations with the Vleeroy us.
represents the
ponsible for that and if he was representative of the Government, passengers fare better than the ganisation and
Wis Whatever the Princes might do, third of that number who travel. biggest part of the capital invest-
shadow of the Bunking wrong, he was wrong. He he felt they would not desire to led in the German ship. It is ed. However, the actor and pru Corporation had overshadowed the satisfied their evidence would not be placed under a Legislative built of aluminium alloy as strong fessional entertainer come in for Assembly. Certainly the Liberal as steel, but a quarter the weight, a large share of credit, as there defence from the beginning to the have carried the case further and Party with which he was associat- and no one will be able to com- are acrobats, clowns, dare-devil end, and Carvalho Yen had been he was prepared to put them in ed, had no desire to see any change plain of lack of comfort. In the stunt men, freaks, and curious thrown to the wolves so that the the witness box to be questioned. in the system of sovereignty under passengers' quarters.
side-show people who comprise a defence could fight what they They would remember that Mr. which the Indian Princes ruled,
like ships somewhat strange organisation, thought was the first round in the Jenkin strongly objected to that between them and the course because he wanted to comment on the non-production bunks and the saloon, much like These people are gathered up from fight a sea ship's saloon.
all parts of the world and most of Government, Heating, lighting and even cook them can tell of interesting ex-
On those grounds such a fight of the two witnesses.
With regard to Mr. Dovey. would be all in favour of the Ing are done by electricity.
porlences,
The Manila Shows will remain Bank because in a Criminal case counsel said he did not consider now in position under the ship. in Hongkong for nearly a month counsel for the Crown was cirit to be a case requiring expert
It would have Replying, Viscount Peel, Secre- In each an engineer in telegraphic tary for India, said until the touch with the control room in and then go on to Manila, follow cumscribed in many ways by evidence. They only required the
ed by a four months' season in statute. If he might use a boxing naked eye. Government had received the re- the silver hull will keep his Java, where they have been con-expression, he might say "If this a waste of time to call Mr. Dovey port of Sir Harcourt Butler's Com watch. He will climb through tracted for the big trade shows.
is a fight between the Bank and to speak to the signatures.
The evidence with regard to the Government, which I say it is
overwhelming mitteo and the report of Sir space to and from the narrow
handwriting was at not, then I am giving away John Simon's Commission, discus- currider running through the ship
amusing sion on the matter could be only by a small metal ladder.
comedy scenes that least seven pounds to the Bank. on the cross-examination of Pro- Harold Lloyd has evor put on the But when the Bank and Govern- fessor Shellshear. No reasonable As to whether the Government
screen. The second half in taken ment come into a civil court we man could come to any conclu- had any scheme, he could only any
up for the most part with cleverly shall have equal weights." The son other than that the suspect- they had not. Any definite scheme
directed scenes of the star climb-Bank in that event would be ed cheques wore forged. ing the side of a twelve story entitled to raise any defence it at the present time would be clearly premature. The Government
building for a wager. How he pleased, such as negligence In the
contend Mr. Potter read an authority docs this and wine the girl of his Treasury. They could were, however, looking ahead and
not to the effect that In English heart is told in a thoroughly that the signatures wore examining questions which could
amusing manner. In "Safety forged, but they were not bound in Courts the evidence of experts only be approached stuke by stage, with a full comprehension of the One of Harold Lloyd's greatest Last," besides proving himself to any shape or form by a verdict was considered with the greates necessity of caution and delibera- comedy successes, "Safety Last" be one of filmdom's most popular given in the present criminal care because they entered the in the chief attraction at the comedians, Harold Lloyd also de-case. In fact, the verdict in the court with preconceived ideas and He desired to associate himself World Theatre from to-day to monstrates that he can take his present case would not even be opinion which, quite sincerely, paid by the Marquess of Rending splendid comedy in which and Viscount Hardinge to the incorporated numerous
They had no iden of compelling or in any way forcing upon the States a different Constitution to the one they at present enjoyed.
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Expert's Decision.
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they would not change. He was atill waiting for the time when ho would come across an expert in handwriting or anything else who, (Continued on Page 8.)
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