HE ROCKED LONDON
HOW
HATRY
CONFESSED
"WE ARE ALL CRIMINALS”
CLARENCE HATRY, Napo-
loon of Finance, juggler in millions, the man whose crash shook Britain as no failure has done since the bursting of the South Sen Bubble, possessed a quality dangerous, to guardians of credit-per- sonality.
Hatry simply smiled and replied: "You don't know how popular my syndicates are in the City.".
By sheer force of personality he mesmerised the banks and his victims.
That is what the Marquess of Winchester, one of the men who fell beneath the spell of Hatry's personality, has to say of him in his memoirs, "Statesmen, Finan- ciers and Felons,” published in France.
The chapter devoted to Claren- ce Hatry is the most remarkable in Lord Winchester's book, for he knew the financier better than most men, and he tells with dramatic simplicity of the days when, one upon another, Hatry's enterprises were crashing to ruin.
"My name has been brought into unwelcome prominence through my association as chairman of cer tain campanies formed by Clarence Hatry," he writes,
"I have been blamed by many for not safeguarding their in- terests. Some have even gone 90 far as to accuse me of responsibili ty for the irregularities', as Hatry termed his duplication of Corpora tion stock and other fasules.
It is diMcult to detect dis- honesty in the individual until his actions have brought the mensuro of his guilt to the surface.
"Hatry possessed a personality which mesmerised the banks. confess he exercised the same in- fluence over me. I believed in him up to the end."
Might Have Been
But Lord..Winchester finda difficult to characterise the real] Hatry. He frankly confessos that he has never been able to decido whether-ho-was-"intentionally"
bad.
.
"In trying to adjust the seales," ho writes, "I am inclined to think that his brain was honeycombed with crevasses into which un- were allowed to pleasant facts allp, and there he permitted them to remain in the hope that the glacier would never revent its screts.
"It seems to me sad that a nuan of such brilliant ability should have made such a disastrous, end, ing to what might have been a Krent career."
:
Lord Winchester's description of how he learned of the collapse of the Hatry companies makes dra« matic, reading.
Hatry, returning from a last operation in Paris, sont a messen-" Ker to Lord Winchester, asking him to meet him at an unknown destination,
The messenger took Lord Win- chester to a room in the Charing Cross Hotel, where he found Hatry with some of his lieutenants.
Hntry did not beat about the bush.
"We have sent for you to tell you that we are all criminals," he anid.
When Lord Winchester naked him to explain Hatry replied:
"We have been guilty of certain irrogularities in regard to the Issue of Corporation stocks of Wakefleld, Swindon and Gloucester, and we have made a statement to Sir Gllbort Garnsey, who is scoing the banks to see if they will anve the position."
While they were talking a pro- minent financier was shown into the room and Hatry left Lord Win- chester with the others for a few minutes.
"Midsummor Madness" When he returned, after wishing his visitor good-night, he turned to Lord Winchester and said: "A wonderful man that I have just told him that I have robbed him of the shirt on his back, and he never
said a word."
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MUSSOLINI'S PASSPORT
Wedding rites are just around the corner for Norman Foster and Sally Blaine, film personalities, who will marry within a few days. Foster is the former husband of Claudette Colberi,
Bride Navigator On 12,000 Flight
Mile
ONE SUITCASE, SOME CHOCOLATE.......AND NO
MBS
PARACHUTES
Batavia, Oct. 22. [RS. EDITH LITTLEJOHN, pretty twenty-five-year- old brunette, has never been out of her native England. But a fortnight ago she stepped into the cockpit of a red monoplane beside the man she married two months ago, and set off to Australia, 12,000 miles away.
GANGSTER WIDOW SAYS "I WOULD -DO-IT-AGAIN”.
New York, Oct. 12. Nine months' imprison- ment has left the blonde Mrs. Helen
of Gillis, widow "Babyface" Nelson (Lester Gillis), chief lieutenant of gangster John Dillinger, in heroic mood.
"If I had my life to live over again I would do just as 1 did," she said to-day, as she left goal after serving her sentence. for harbouring her "public enemy" husband.
She added: "I would stick to my husband at any time, in any place, no matter what he did."
Dillinger and Nelson lost their lives within four months of each other in grim battles last year. Mrs. Gillis then became known as America's "Public Enemy No. 1."
ponse, £1,558,302. Small wonder that Lord Winchester writes:
"I little understood the pilch_to which confidence in Hatry had risen in the City at that time.
As a matter of fact confidence in Hatry was so high that only week before his crash one of the London banks issued the following referanco concerning him:,
"Well-known City financier, at present engaged in big steel combine, backed by first-class people, and we think he should be good for his engagements."
HAS BEEN IN LONDON
FOR 4 YEARS
NOW A HISTORIC DOCUMENT
Finchingfield
(Essex), Oct. 15.
MUSSOLINI'S Italian
passport has for nearly four years been in the possession of Mr. A. J. A. Symons, the English, biogra- pher. Recently he told the strange story of how he came to add it to his collec- tion of unusual books, prints and documents.
"For three years I used to meet Maundy Gregory two or three times a week," he said. "I was writing a biography of Corvo, the Italian statesman and writer. Gregory was very in- terested in Corva. He called on Ime and was anxious to help me
in my task.
"Naturally, after that, we One Isaw a lot of each other.
day at lunch he pulled an en- velope out of his pocket and put it on the table.
***
will give you fifty guesses, and you will not guess what is in this envelope, he said. His face was a mask of suppressed enjoyment. Ho loved springing surprises on people,
"Obviously, I would not have guessed in 500 guesses. So ho pulled out this passport and show- ed it to me,
"Neither then nor later did he tell me how he had come by it, though frequently I tried to work the conversation in that way.
Conditions
"The passport itself is straight- forward enough, but that it should not be in Mussolini's possession is strange.
Interesting documents, so he gave
"He know I had a weakness fori
HIS PASSPORT
› Blaše » Blaží 'di dolanalpen.
The passport and the man.
Scottish Clan Rejects Girl As Chief
it me, and I think the conditions were that I should return it to ENGLISHMAN ELECTED him if ever he asked for it. He
Glasgow, Oct. 10. has never done so."
The passport was issued in THE claims of a 16-years-old They married in Southampton,
girl for chieftainship of i flew to London for a brief holi Milan in 1921. It entitled Musso-
lini to travel anywhere in the Scottish clan have been day, then returned to Southamp-world, except in Russia and Fiume. ruled by the clan--the Macleans ton to prepare for their thirteen-fe is described as a journalist. of Ardgour. day flight,
Within two months it had been
over-
The claimant was Miss Catriona the Maclean, daughter of the Hon.
"My wife had never been invised for Hungary, France. Poland, airplane before she met me, Austria, Czecho-Slovakla,
but I have never known a more Kingdom of the Croats, Serbs, and Mrs. Maclean, of Ardgour, and of naturally gifted airwoman," Slovenes, and Spain. The frontier the late chief by whose death the Mr. W. Berry Littlejohn, late stampings show him to have visit-courtesy title became vacant. of the R.A.F. and the Austra-ed only Austria. lian Air Force, said when the young couple arrived here to- day, after completing the major portion of their flight.
"She has been an excellent navigator. She can read a map from the air porfectly,
Mr. Littlejohn said he has so far had few anxieties about, the flight. He had previously been over half the route as a pilot of an R.A.F..flying boat from Basra to Melbourne..-
Storm Worrics
"I was rather worried over the early part of the route over Central Europe, because there are usually to be severe storms there at this time of year," he said, "and I have had no perience of Continental flying. But we got through without any trouble.
eX-
Littlejohn and his bride de- cided to travel across Europe to Vienna, since conditions in Italy made them afraid that they might meet with some difficulties if they were to take the more usual route through Rome.
After crossing Europe, the weather was ideal, for October and April are the best months in which to undertake the trip. to Australia."
Mr. William Maclean, secretary
The passport was valid for one year, but before it was of the Clan Maclean, said here nine months old it had become to-day: "We do not admit the on historic document. Mus-claim of Miss Maclean. We have solini had by then made his followed Celtic tradition and elect- famous march on Rome, and ed our chieftain from the nearest his need of such trifles as pass-male heir. ports ceased.
"He Is Lloutenant Commander have often wondered how H. II. Maclean, now living in Maundy Gregory obtained this England, a second cousin once re- passport, but, apparently, I shall moved from the late chief. never know," Mr. Symons re marked,
-
"If we adopted a girl us our
3. Maundy Gregory, mystery man, chieftain the position would be first came into the public eye early ludicrous, In ancient days the in 1933. Was then sent to prison for position of a chieftain was to lead two months under laws affecting salo of honoura. At that time a man of his clan in battle and to advise his great wealth, giver of lavish parties, clansmen.
"It was only recently that wo maker of magnificent gifts, was later adjudicated bankrupt. Now on the traced Lieut.-Commander Maclean Continent.
Ito his home in England."
Naval C.O.s To Solve Family Troubles
BY ORDER OF THE ADMIRALTY THE Lords of the Admiralty have been thinking hard re-
cently about sailors, their wives and their families. Do mestic troubles and difficulties sometimes arise-often when the husbands are serving abroad,
In future help will be at hand, Admiralty Fleet Orders issued recently announce that Welfare Nelthor the dangers of Europe and Marriage Allowance sections nod the perils of the air have shaken are to be set up in the naval bar- Mrs. Littlejohn's faith in her hus- racks at each of the three home ports-Portsmouth, Devonport,
"Without Dolay"
Lord Winchester's first impres band. siona of Hatry wore that he was an example of an alert business brain Nor was she alarmed when and Chatham. having an unusually quick percep- Littlejohn decided not to tako tion of any proposition, a marvel-parachutes. lous gift for sifting the intricacies Mr. Littlejohn said: of a balance-sheet, a power of put- I have been flying for nino ting his case with a charity of ex-years, and I have never needed pression rarely found apart from one yet." legal training, coupled with an ap
Lord Winchester tells the story of his associations with Hatry in detall from the beginning, and he relates one incident, whon, learn- ing that Hatry proposed to raise "I have often tried hard to find the flight over the Timor Sea will £800,000 for a new syndicate, ho excuses for Hatry on the grounds bo considerably reduced. told the financier that it was im that Gonius is akin to madness," The Littlejohns travel light. possible.
he writes, "but Hatry was not mud. They are carrying one small sult "You will never get. It," he do "Io hind, however, the supreme case and a few packets of chocolate. clared.
quality of dangerous optimism, They expect to roach Wyndham Actually Hatry received, in res-, coupled with inordinate concolt." on Monday.
parent frankness which amounted the final stage from here to He explained that by making to a charm of manner.
Wyndham, In Northern Australia,
This is to be done "la the in- terests of naval ratings and their familles." This is what the order says:--
to
anco.
assist- of men who desire advice or
"Tho
commanders-in-chief and commodores of the home
the
ports have been empowered to do- cido upon the action to be taken in certain matters connected with the payment of marriage allowance, which have hitherto been dealt with only at the Admiralty,"
This system, apart from say- ing time, it is believed, will en sure that, wherever possible, domestic difficulties will be dealt with by officers after an investigation into the circums
tances.
"An even greater measure of assistanco
can bo afforded Mrs. E. M. Langdon, who is at ratings, wherever they may be sory present an Admiralty Inspector ing, or to their wives and families (children's welfare), Mrs. Sprott, In any domestic troubles which may a depot ald fund worker and Miss arizo,
"The new arrangements" will H. Wyon, a deaconess, have been enable commanding oflcers to in-appointed to positions on the staff stitute, without delay, any inquiries of the new welfare sections, and or arrangements. for the well-began their new duties on October being of men's familles on- behalfi 1.
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