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CRITICISM
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nothing more than cursory. proval
evidence, verbal
pre-kuowledge that the men receivovidence, which consisted of ed of the papers."
| ropotition so far as the memory of the witnesses of what had happened the day before.
WARNING ISSUE.
BARREN EVIDENCE. "Thore Is naturally no connex. ion between the evidence of Capt. Cannon and Doughty. Simi-
There was before the Colonol at larly there is no connoxion be tween the evidence of w/o. Bonior the time no narrative of the ovente and Doughty. Thore were only and one cannot avoid feeling that two people who mentioned led these men to bellove ho, Doughty at all and they were Pte. desired to have such a narrative Derham and L/Col. Marahali, writton out by each of them. Tho Marshall's story is very incoherent warning which the law requires is and what the prosecution think not only that of showing that It amounts to 'cannot conceive. their statements might be taken in It was practically barren of evidence against them but that
vidence about Doughty.
they need make no statement - if} The only suggestion about they do not want to. Where Is the Doughty is in Derham's evidence. evidence of that? As. Doughty Derham said he went to Sham-has sald they had a feeling that shulpo with the papers in bin their statements were required pocket but when he went there, he soon as porhaps the Colonel was had novor heard the name of waiting for thum. Was that con-
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1933.
FABRICATION OR DAMNING
Sir Herbert Samuel,
Doughty. If Deuschty's name was sietent with a very clear under- CROSSING FLOOR
for at
mentioned in the Education Office standing that they need make no he was sure to have heard It statement at all in writing or Derham did not ask for Doughty. otherwise If they preferred not to, Durham wont there on his own but to reserve anything on exploration to find a purchaser future period. That olemont is for his wares, Brealey know no entirely missing and as a result wo thing about him on his first visit. have two statements made which are entirely useless, inconsistent with the evidence. Thủy đo not bear out the evidence of the prosecution and they are not oven condemnatory, at least as far as Doughty in concerned.
OF COMMONS
LIBERAL PARTY
DECISION-
DISARMAMENT PROTEST
THE MYSTERY MAN,
After being met at the Soldier's Homo he made no effort to get hold of the man who called him wulf McArdell at nll. In fact he did nothing to Turther the arrival of the papers into the hands of
could who any person
London, Nov. 16. municate them. The prosecution MeArdell said.-I submit that the The group of Liberals led hay entirely failed to show that prosecution have entirely failed by Sir Herbert Samuel have "Doughty however admits that to prove Pto, MeArdell guilty. The decided to cross the floor of
ha thi,
Course not.
com-
DERHAM'S STORIES.
Liout. Hope, on behalf of Pte.
PETIT PARISIEN'S DOCUMENT
IMMEDIATE OFFICIAL BERLIN DENIAL
TREMENDOUS STIR PROVOKED
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EXPOSURE?
OVERLOADING OF BRITISH COKE FOR
LORRIES
RECOMMENDATIONS BY JURY
FINLAND
INCREASED SUPPLIES
LIKELY
A verdict of "Accidental Death"
London, Nov. 10, The Secretary for Minos; Bir. Avns--roturned nl the Coronor's Ernest Brown, in the House of Com Inquiry held by Mr. Hamilton and moun to-day, said a British Coke a Jury at the Central Magistracy, Trado Delegation visited Finland this morning, into the death of last month and discussed with Choung Sam-Lal, a scaffolding coke Importers mosaures to main- workman, who was killed when the tain and increase the British sharo lorry in which he and four others in the Finnfelt coko market as were travelling crashed over the provida In protocol to Anglo- roadway and plunged down an Finnish agreement. cighty-fout precipics on Island
Road on October 27.. Another The discussions were satis man, Ho Kan, was also killed. factory to both aides, and no The jury compriset Messra. J. serious difficulty now alood in the F. Robinson, (foronian), Andrew Way of securing the desired in- Toe and M. S. Morria.
erenso.-British Wiralean, The verdict returned by the Jury was as follows-“We And
ccidental death, the, cauza being mark the swing of the lorry. The multiple Injuries, shock and poles protruded about 20 foot to.
LONDON, NOV. 17. THE SENSATIONAL DISCLOSURES IN THE "PETIT PARISIEN" ASSERTING THE AUTHEN- TICITY OF ALLEGED GERMAN CONFIDENTIAL. INSTRUCTIONS TO AGENTS, WHICH INDICATE THAT THE “PEACE POLICY” IS MERE HOOD-nemorrhage. We find that there the rear of the lorry. A bump ou WINKING, HAS CAUSED A TREMENDOUS STIR art of the driver, which did not front wheels off the road. A was an error of judgment on the the, rond would tond to bring the IN ALL EUROPEAN CAPITALS.
An official statomont was immo- diately issued in Berlin declaring that the published document is “an obvious fabrication published in order to poison the international political atmosphere."
French official quarters refuse to comment upon the Petit Parision's “disclosures," and British quarters are also reluctant to discuss it.
amount to criminal, negligence. pormit for a long load had been We find that the lorry was-over-lamed to the lorry. It was allow "oaded, and although thore fe need to carry two tons, but had one proof that this was the directin oxcons,
nuse of the aceldent, ovidence, onds to show that it was a con- Police, and the wall through which Inspector Nicol, of the Trafie Artiuting factor.
"We recommend that the polles the lorry crushed was 15 Inchos should continue to take appro- thick at this point, and the road rinte mensures to chock the feet wide. Io concurred with practies of overloading vehicles of the last witness's theory of the all descriptions, and consider the accident. By the permit, the possibility of providing facilities poles were not to exceed 28 foot In In the West Paint District for length, but they, wore aight foot in checking weights.
excess of this. The drivor of the the assistance rendered by Ng praporly stacked, securod and "We wish to highly commend lorry should see that the load, was Yau in conveying the injured to correct. He had the right to refuse to take a load if it was too Traffic Sergeant Melnais, giving heavy or too long. The polico
heavy No. 261. loaded with bamboo poles or too long. of the aceldont, and saw the lorry, loads on lorries were too
lying in the waterfall on
COURT CASES. bench below. The deceased was lying to the right of the lorry Yuen Yau, the driver of lorry underneath some of the poles. No. 534, was fined $15 for carry Witness was unable to discover the Ing an excessive load, and * pedestrians, montioned by one of similar fine for having caused ob- the witnesses, whom the driver struction, by Mr. Hamilton at the tried to avoid.' He examined the Magistracy this morning. roadway, but 'found ne marks 43 A fine of $10, was Imposed on the road was wet, but on the another lorry driver, Yick Ting. following morning he found marks, who was summoned for having There was a mark three feet from carried a projecting load. The the hill side of the road and about bamboo poles ware projecting aine 48 feet in length. It appeared to] fect over the rear of the lorry.
accusation in entirely based on the something was going to happen evidence of Pte. Derham, a man the House and go into oppo. Router's Parla correspondent of which is "guaranteed" by the about the papers when he went to who does not appear to be able to sition.
ways that French'oMeinl quarters Petit the "Sunfreeze" cafe. Does that:
acak the truth, or at any one
Parisien. Throughout It express their keen satisfaction make in a conspirator? Of
The decision will take effect as over the agreement between Ger-strosses the need for educating Deepwater Bay," time the whole truth. He said he Doughty in was when he says and then on October 12 made a ton of Parliament on Novem is likely to remove the obstacles Germany destros nothing but a
"Dorham's final effort to bring knew nothing of the case at first from the opening of the now many and Poland, feeling that it föreign opinion to the belief that evidenco, said he visited the scene i prosecuted if they noticed that
to eventual direct Franco-German peaceful settlement, while making that Brealey got up and handed statement (in the summary of ber 21.
atory. It was reached after a seventy conversations and tonding to clear that the final objectivo is the papers to Doughty, Suppose evidence) tolling another
five minutes' meeting of the general detente. group and the resolution in favour] The Qual D'Orany refuses to the recovery of', al! Germany's was carried by a large majority.comment upon the Petit Partalen former territories and colonter.
Those who opposed the move document.
The chlóf object sought 'la broach will probably remain no suppor
between Britain and France. tura of the National Government. but they are o mero handful.
he did. Doughty did not conspire In Court he has added still fur
not ther to the story, to get them copied, he did
"I would stress the point that conspire to obtam them.
the statement made on October 12 does differ materially from the uvidence given in the summary of evidence. Which story aro we to hellove 7
AN ACCOMPLICE.
BREALEY'S KNOWLEDGE. "With regard to Brealey I have very little to any. You will have
TACTICAL ADVANTAGE, - gathered that neither Brenloy nar I have hidden from the Court his
The strength of the Party in Enowledge of the affair. Both At best Pte. Derham la an ne the House of Commons is thirty- Brealey and Doughty are being de- complice, and I need hardly draw two and even if they all go over, fended by ine, and Doughly's state the attention of the Court to the it will not make any manteriai ment was made with the
full danger of accepting the uncorro-difference to tio Government's knowledge of Brealey. Brealey is borated evidence of an accomplice. majority. It is felt by Sir lierhot charged with aaking Derham oris evidence is uncorroborated. Samuel and other of the group, someone to copy the papers. There is no evidence that accused however, that a tactical advantage
"You may say here was Brealey urged to get as many through as possible? What Interest is there to him to see these people get through? There may be a little kudon attached to it, but no man is going to risk his neck for that. There is no money-in it and no promotion and no-extra-pay.
copied the papers or obtained possession of them. There is only the unreliable evidence of Pie Derham
Accused .com- municated the documenta to an un- nuthorised person and that he retained them,
that
will be poured, including the important right to claim a chole of the subjects for debate on n certain number of supply days,
The Earl of Reading is the, leader of the Liberals in the
Kruter.
"I submit that from the evid-House of Lords, but it is not enco-Pto. Derham or any other Sir Herbert-Samuel's mover- thought likely that he will follow "When Derham went to Sham-party is just as likely to be guilty shulpo he had to deliver cortal of the charges. papers to the Orderly and then he went on a roving commission to get someone to buy his papers, Was it more coincidence that he had the papers in his pocket.?
'HUMAN NATURE?
HAPHAZARD OFFICE.
THE MAJOR REASON.
Later,
"I would draw the attention of
It is understood that the major the Court to the haphazard
reaДon for the netion of the Funning of the Command Educa- Samuelites in crossing the floor is tien Oillee. Leakage has obvious dissatisfaction with the course, of ly been going on for some time. events in regard to disarmament, in When Brealey was approached Caused entirely by negligence, and which matter the Cnbluct is alleged. would one expect him to say by careless custody of secret to have displayed a lack of zeal and "This gives nie an indication of documents. These secret docu- the negotiators a lack of skl.: what the examination is about.ments have been kept in the On the censure notion by the week, they He probably said, na nuyone else stationary box for which there are Labour Party this evidently many koya.
abstained from voting-Reiter. would probably do, "Get behind me, Satan, but let me look at the papers while you are behind." By doing so does he become conspirator?.
Go nway."
The evidence of Marshall and McGulness talks of a time long before it is alleged any papers
came acros8,
The papers were obviously very easy to obtain. Besides accused and Ple. Derham there are thres others who have worked in the office who night equally well have obtained the papers,
OFFICER TO BLAME.
MATCH CANCELLED
3
It is lent additional" interest In flow of the German-Polish Agreement, however, because in one part of the alleged In- structions it is stated that Ger- many in adopting a conciliatory attitude towards Poland for the moment, but that this does not menn in any way that she is abandoning her claim regarding
the Corridor.
FINAL OBJECTIVE.
This conforma to the whole tone of the document, the authenticity FANLING GOLF.
STARTING TIMES FOR SUNDAY
Old Course.
St. Georges v. St. Andrew's Sorialy. 0.28. O. E. C. Marton, F. D. Hunter. 0.32 T. A. Pearce, A. K. Mackenzie, 0.36 A. E. Lissamun, C. C. Stark, 9.40 1. Newton, J. B. Ross. 9.44 E. J. R. Mitchell, W.. A.
Stewart.
0.48. N. L Smith, T. J. J. Fenwick. 9.52 A. B. Raworth, E. W. Kirk. 9.56 II. C. Hopkins, A. B. Purves, 10.00 President, Vice President, 10.04 Reserves. 10,08 Reserves. 10.12 Secretarics.
10.10 F. Austin, 'J. D. Danby," 10.20 I. H. Genre, C. Mycock. 10.24, W. HI, E Thomas, 8.-8. Forry. The friendly cricket match be- 10.29 I. S. Forster, R. S. Johnson. tween the Central British Associa 10.32 A, E. Perry, J. Hunter. tion and the Lingolnshire Regi-10.36 W. Thomson, Humphreys
McEachran, C. A. ment, second eleven for Sunday 10.40 Capt.
Calcraft.
"The Command Education fternoon, has been cancelled. "I was a piece of good fortune Officer is entirely to blame that The match will be played at a later 104 H, H. Pethick, J. W. Mayhew. that the person who wanted to get the papers could be obtained. It date.
10.48 F. A. M. Elliot, J. P. Lawrle.
M. H. rid of this information met Cpl, in his duty under King's Regulas
10.52
Turner, F. Fiddes Wilson. i Beatty and no-one cļse.
1,10,50 J. F. Robinson, P. S. Grant. Driving his car in Queen's Road 11.00H. Hampton, G. W. Greone. East yesterday, Sanitary Inspector D. 11.04 E. 11. Williams, C. E. Moore, . Phillips was unable to avoid a 13-11.08 11. S. Dinsdale E. R. Price. year-old boy who got into his way 11.12 D. J. S. Crozier, T. J. Price. while crossing the road, The boy re- 11.10 J. D. Kinnaird, A. MacFarlane. ceived. head injuries, fortunately not of a serious nature,
DERHAM'S STATEMENT.
tions to lock up secret and con- Adential documents. With very little trouble he could have locked "With regard to the statements the papers in one of the numerous I am stiut convinced that they safes it Command H. Q'even if it should not have been gon in meant a walk to the next block. Fortunately. lor my With such haphazard running of atuinent we have another state- the Command Education Oẞlee and muut before the Court which careless custody of secret docu- wish. Loments anyone could have obtained .strates the point make, namely, the original state them. Bir Dernam. He made that statement In circumstancos no.
DVIGENCE.
ke those under which Doughty
:
PROSECUTION POINTS,
Mr. Prentls, who is appearing ata Brentoy made tnoire. Aitor for the prosecution, quoted a case he and written was original state-in which similar charges had been nient, pernam wrote out another brought under the Official Secrets Wuch was entire different. The Act. .abcond was made, when he-knew
two
.
Whilst Revenue Officers were rald- ing a suspected opiam diváň at 31, Shantang Street, Mongkok, yesterday, 4 panicky innate leapt over the balustrade of the first floor verandah, and was seriously hurt. He was con veyed to the Kowloon Hospital.
New Course. Sociclics Match,
9.32 L, R, Androwes, R. Young. 9.36 G. B. G. Hull, D. S. Robb, 9.40 S.-H.. Dadwell, T. R. Chassels, 1.44HR. B. Hancock, K. S. Robert- 9.48 C. E. Holmes, A. McKelint, 9.52 J. L. Shollahcar, R. K. Valen
ting 9.66 H. F. Phillips, J. A. R. Betby. 10.00 C. W. R. Booker, A. Ritchie.
D: H. Blake, D. Eills.
A. D. Humphreys, W. N. Mrs. Kinnaird, Mrs. MacFar
Buyers
Jane,
W. J. Waddington, 'A. Weighti
He said counsel for defence had his story, Mr. Prentis said a gulity 10.08 Col. Hyland, Col. Matthews, Humus 2010. In the nest instance, stated that Derham had gone to person would not give the whole 10.10 he waa in fear but when he was Shamishaipo to tempt Brealey: story at first but would make a 10.24 a. he helped incriminate these but he suggested that the real few admissions and then have the
vo mon...
reason was for the purpose of rest of the story drawn from him. 10.32
price of the It "Not one of the lenst objections negolinting the
WAB curious that the 10.40 to these written statements is that papers. On the third visit it was mathematical, essay and Army, and there is no evidence at all that decided to meet in the Sunfreeze Empire papers which were copied these mon really understood that Cafe.
In the Officers Library were the they had the option to make the
only ones which leaked out stalcments or not. It is admitted | sufficiently Interested to see the
COURT'S FINDING they were under arrest, and that papers and express an opinion on they had been charged, and thay thêm,
In the Cafe, Doughty
WRE
;
STAYING AT POST.
DR. W, W; YEN, WITHDRAWS
· REQUEST FOR LEAVE
Nanking, Nov. 10.
After a retirement of nearly should not be asked to distinguish. Dorhom's evidence with regard | half an hour the President of the for themselves the technical to McArdoll had been unshaken in Court (Major H. St. G. Thoyta) It is understood that Dr. W. W. position of the stage at whieli tha | cross-examination and ho naked announced that Brealey had been Yen, : Minister at Moscow, lins enquiry had reached. It in ad- the Court to accept that evidence, found not guilty of the first charge withdrawn his request for "home -mitted in evidence by the Colonel With reference to the point mado and Doughty not guilty on the first leave," owing to the exigencies' of
that they had themselves made of his having continually altered and second charges.
This service-Router.
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DAMNING EXPOSURE. Most of the French papers ac- Cept the document on Its face value and declare the disclosures to be damning, exposure of Germany's imz and methods.—-Reuter
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