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Pact Will Aid Peace, Says U.S.
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TALCUM POWDER OR
HEROIN DUST?
Interesting Point Raised In
Remarkable Court Case
WASHINGTON, May 21.-Con- A CUPBOARD, chairs, a suitcase, various packages of powder, gressional circles here consider the and a large quantity of heroin pills, were part of the exhibits in an irl-power arrangement means the re-important heroin pill caso heard by Sir Atboll MacGregor at the establishment of a semi-permanent balance of power-but timt its efforts Supreme Court this morning, on eventual peace are not yet" pre- Charged with unlawful poases of the white powder found on Tain's. Some think that it will probably sion of 147,900 heroin pills and hand, and of the pink stains found reinforce the isolationisia opposition a third of an ounce of crude on Wong's hands,
Referring to the white powder on to United States commituments to aid heroin, the defendants Tam
Tom's hands, Mr. Whyatt asked Mr. the democracles since it could now be Ning, a woman, Yiu Po and Taylor: "Can you say, from your maid that the contest is not ideologleni but purely the power of politics in Wong Tak were represented by experience in these matters, how that which the United States has not a Mr. Hin-shing Lo, instructed by white aim of powder could have got
there?" single interest.
Mr. J. M. Hall, while Mr. J. Said Seuntor King, "I believe the Whyatt, Crown Counsel, pro- Mr. Taylor replied that the powder
secuted.
pact will aid pence. Russia's ad-
could have got there by handling herence helps to end the threat of a new military attack."
The Jury comprised Mosara. N. E quantities of dry pills: The pow Senator Nye said: "It is a case of A. von Kobza (Foreman), H. M. Dos dusting powder used in roiling
out the pills. each country safeguarding its own Remedios, H. P. Bailey, Wal Suen- self-interests regardless of ideologies, au Tse Po-wan, N. Vargassolt, and were quite clean. because Russia is certainly no
M. M. Viefra. de- {mocracy"-United Press.
Japanese Yen Slides Down
Mr. Taylor said that Yiu's hands
Mr. Whyatt Is it possible for a Opening the proceedings, Mr. person to be engaged in one of the Whyatt sald that the unusal feature processes of manufacturing pills of the case was the remarkable largo without having the hands stained?s amount of plits seized when Revenue Officers raided
ALREADY MANUFACTURED. the premises. The Officers found in the house all the
Mr. Taylor: Actually, the pills paraphernalla necessary for the pro-were not being manufactured then, duction of heroin pills, and thousands
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of the pills in the process of being It was being packed. The pills had
been manufactured sometime ngo. nade, or which were still warm.
Mr. Taylor said that samples of the SHANGHAI, May 22-The Japan- Acting on Information, Mr. 1 Aplla seized and examined by him ese yen has taken another sensational Taylor, Monopoly Analyst and contained heroin. drop in the unofflelal market, Thla Revenue Ofees W. Colledge, and a Mr. Lo: Do you agree that the frat morning $100 national currency could raiding party, went to Marble Road, defendant's hands were lightly cover- buy 107 yen, making the Japanese North Point, on April 3. The door of ed with fine powder? currency worth only elghtpence, a top floor house was opened by n against the official rate of 18 2d. woman, and Mr. Taylor at once smelt It might have come from the POPE PIUS XII”
Although many rumours are pre- the pungent and unmistakable odour dusting of heroin pills and, equally. valent, financial circles are at a loss of heroin pilis in the courte of being it might have come from talcum to account for the continued fall in dried. Japanese currency-Reuter.
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Axis Overtures
TOKYO, May 22. Close observers are gencrally agreed that Japan has declined to be a party to the Italo- Germen military alliance,
It
has agreed to
Sued
TOOM.
ROOM AS FACTORY
Mr. Taylor: Yes.
powder?Yes.
Answering His Lordship Mr. Taylor said that some people used talcum powder for baths and others for making heroin pills.
on
de-
Marble
Mr. Taylor anally approached a room the doors of which were locked. He climbed up a stool and look through the fonlight and saw that the His Lordship: Did you see any room was being used as a heroin talcum powder in the bath room -- plll factory. On a bed was a bundle | No. There was none in the bath room.
in blunkets. wrapped
Tam was seen Revenue crouching against a wall and behind testified to having taken part in the Oficer W. Colledge
Д cupboard against a wall was Yiu. rnid,
The prosecution, continued Mr. DEFENDANTS' EVIDENCE Whyatt, suggested that the reason Testifying, Tam, the woman is possib, however, that Japan why the two defendants had been fendant, said that she had arrived in revision of the terms crouching against the wall was be- Hongkong from Canton the day be- of the anti-Comintern Pact, in a cause they hoped that by doing this fore she was arrested at 62 manner showing that Japan sym- they would not be seen by anyone Street. Her cousin lived there and pathises with the Ifallan and German looking through the fanlight into the she had slept there policies,
being re- The Foreign Office spokesman was
quested to do so. Mr. Taylor entered the room by Mr. Lo: Mr. Taylor said that your with Inced
a barrage of questions at kicking open the door. Deposits of a hands were covered with white this morning's Press conference, but fine white, powder were found on powder. preserved
an oyster-like silence.
Tam's hands, and it was suggested Tam: Yes. I had a bath and I used He declared that he could add that this was the result of her talcum powder after the bath, and nothing to the official statement is handling dry heroin pills.
that is why this kind of powder got by the Secretary to the Cabinet.
Yiu's hands were also examined into my hands, He declined to say whether any and they were found to be quite Tam said that she had not been governments had been informed of clean. But this, sald Mr.Whyatt, was crouching in the room. In handling Japan's so-called "fixed policy," - not inconsistent with the man having the talcum powder she did not use u He agreed, however, that Jappa taken part in dealing with the heroin puff but her hands, rubbing it on her was closely watching the European pills, as one of the processes was to body with the palms, situation. Reuter.
place them in packets, which were gummed. Wong.
the third defendant, was on PARIS, May 21.-Coincident with was either sleeping or pretending to of the Council of sleep. His hands were covered with
the pink stains. French fleet from. Its present strength PARAPHERNALIA FOUND
Mr. Whyatt then said. that the two Minister--for-the-Navy--has-ordered windows- -of-the-room-were-covered. seventeen of the newest units of the Apart from heroin pills being about French Atlantic fleet to leave Brest the room there were two drying cup- on Monday for a demonstration cruise boards in which were various trays. of British, Duich and Belgian ports.
the
were cupboards This order te timed
chatties. Pills being actually with the signing of the Italo-German dried amounted military alliance-United Pres
French Naval Move bed covered with a blanket, and
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His Lordship: Where was this, in the bath room?
Tam: Yes.
Ylu said said that he went to the premises two hours before the raid. denied doing anything at all in the process of manufacturing heroin pills.
to knead powder, and did not know Wong said that he had been laught that, it was used to manufacture heroin pills.
The case is proceeding.
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of Trustees administering the British Boxer Indemnity Fund has decided Taiten to a police station and to send 20 Chinese students this charged, Tam said: I do not know, year to Great Britain to pursue I am a relative to a person surnamed advanced studies. The fortunate Tung, and I went to his or her place scholars will be announced after to pay a visit.
competitive examinations held simul- Yiu sald: To-day was the first taneously on July 23 at Chungking, time I went up to that floor. I do Kunming, Shanghai and Hongkong. not know of the affair concerning The 20 scholarships are divided heroin pills.
among the following 15 subjects: Wong said: I had been working physics, physical chemistry, bio- there as a powder roller for a few chemistry, geography, aeronautics, days. I have nothing to say.
shipbuilding textile engineering, Mr. Taylor testified to having car-Pharmacy. physiology, veterinary ried out the raid, of seeing Tam and selence, animal husbandry, educa- Yiu crouching in the room, of finding tion, law, history and philosophy.— the room to be a heroin pill factory, Reuter.'
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