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Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
June 27, 1939.
3 OUT OF 5 SUPPORT 'MERCY
'MERCY DEATH'
Public Opinion Backs
Plea For Change
A DOCTOR stands by a bedside looking down at the
pain-twisted face of his patient. For months the patient has been lying there. There may be many more months of pain before the inevitable end. For the doctor knows the disease is incurable. So does the patient, and 'he asks for release.
In the doctor's bag are a phial of tablets, a hypoder- mic syringe. A prick of the needle and his patient's plea could be answered.
But the doctor cannot act. It is against the law. Should the law be changed?
-Two hundred interviewers of the British Institute of Public- Opinion went out in towns and villages all over Britain, asked men and women in all walks of life:
ed:
"Should those suffering from an
incurable disease be allowed the
option, under proper medical safe- The Robin Who
guards, of a voluntary death?”
And this is how they were answer)
62.p.c. Kald "Yea”
22 p.e. said "No.".
10 p.e. sald "Don't know."
VIOLENT CONTROVERSY
painful
Flew Before She Could Fly
T
THE air-minded robin which made Its nest in an airplane belonging to Mr. Percy Hordern, of Denham, Euthanasia-easy death-for those and laid six eggs, has its of the suffering from
incurable despite the frequent fights of diseases has been the subject of airplane. violent controversy for many years.
The others are expected to le Famous doctors, lawyers, church-hatched at any moment. inen have advocated it. Some four: years ago a society was formed, with
a membership of names distingulahed,
in law, medicine, selence and politics, with the sale object of promoting legislation to make it possible.
trip.
Dr. Daloc..
Qulun
Dionne quintuplets arrive in Toronto, from Callander, to greet King and Queen. rear, wearing tall hat. Nurses Molly O'Shaughnessy and Louise Corriveau attend them. bestowed five moist kisses on Queen. She kissed them nack..
Chengtu University
THREE direct hits by Japanese, aeroplanes
on the University of
Duchess's Car In Line Of Fire
R. H. A. K. MORGAN, for tho
Director of Public Prosecutions, making his statement at Westmin-
ater Court
Twenty-one rounds of ammunition
were found on Lawlor,
Wer
When his
the pellets were found. There was un ordinary air pistol, with no con- nection with the charge.
Chengtu caused consternation both in
ON BACK Of certificate Britain and the State, for it is the
"The certificate which Lawlor was scene of a wonderful piece of co-in operative enterprise.
recently against Legwedge so proud of has been examined." Lawlor, committed for trial on fire-sald Mr. Morgan. "On the back of The Universily Since the arrival of one fledgling. professors and students from other in England on April 0.
is crowded with arms charges, sald that ho arrived is written 3, Belgrave-squaro and
32, Green-street,* ** the robin walis patiently until her universities who have moved out of Since then he had been working nest is brought down from the sky the way of the advancing Japanese, as a welder's assistant on Waterton for the gun and ten air-gun pellets whenever the airplane makes a but it has been for somne time the Bridge. He lodged in Newington lodgings were searched 1,000 more of
favoured
Kround of missionary Causeway. A B to legalise it was introduced. Six-times the nother bird rebuilt societies. Among them are the Friends Service Council, the China Missionary
OUTSIDE DUCHESS'S HOUSE and the American Methodists. was rejected by 35 votes to 14. Astroyed It. Her persistence and
Mr. Morgan continued: There about thirty
"On Sunday morning, new till is now in process of draft-courage were so admired that at last are
the staff let it remain, and adopted for with truc missionary courage the Belgrave-square. A police constable
there, Lawlor was hanging about ing.
wives and children have been with who was on protection duty outside The eggs have apparently been their menfolk, though the children unhurt by the frequent flight. The were recently moved into the hills. the home of the Duchess of engine, which is just in front of the nest, keeps them warm. When the wings are fixed in place the nest is entirely encased,
in the House of Lords a year Inter, the nest when the airfield staff de-copalians nnd Baptists.
Recently Sir Jamey Purves- Stewart, famous nerve specialist and surgeon, spealding at a meeting of the society, told how he had once been faced with the choice between mercy and the law and hinted that he had chesen mercy.
WOMEN LEAST FAVOURABLE
the robin as a mascot.
familles
HOSTELS
4
A GOOD deal of property is in- volved too, for the various missions have college buildings and extensive hostels. They have hung on, inspired by the courage and determination of
Three out of five aduits in a re- | Constable Cushions the Chinese.
Fall
VANCOUVER, H. C.
on the
Junc
'corner
When told by Divisional Detective- inspector Hayward, on June 6, that "That is my own property. I have he would be charged, Lawlor sald: a certificate for it."
The officer said: "That ecrtificate does not entitle you to have it in the street or discharge it in the street, and you will be detained."
Kent saw him arrive,
"Lawlor rode up on a bleycle and put it against the rallings of 48, Belgrave-square opposite the house. He waited about he was told that he was going to be Lawlor replied, "All right," Later for about 20 minutes and then rode charged. off.
B. Morgan added that Lawlor That evening, at about 10.15. Mr. then said: "I am not making any William Campbell, who is employed statement in writing. The firearm They are looking forward to the as a surveyor's clerk at Scotland.n
was sent to me by my brother in future when their country will have Yard, was walking down
Norfolk Australla, need of leaders and the missionaries street with a young lady and they because I wanted to carry it about sawed it down myself, have felt that they could do.no other heard a report which seemed to come with me for fear it was stolen. than stand by them in their effort is from lower down the street.
"The "The only other person in sight
gun jammed few days ago, culturalists.
it but they saw him put something
In Belgrave-square when it went off." with his left hand into his jacket Although it could not go off without Here Mr. Morgan commented: pocket with some difficulty.
"ITC
the trigger. behing pulled." walked
across the road. mounted his bicycle, and rode quickly "WHEN GOING to buckingham away. Mr. Campbell thought no
· PALACE" more about it and at the time dirt not realise it was a shot that he had heard. He did not report the matter to the police.
George Dickson; 52, escaped 'death educate doctors, tenchers and agri was a man. They could not identifs and I was trying to undo it last night.
presentative cross-section of British) public opinion agree that a change in the law should be made, the In- plitute's survey shows. And this proportion holds approximately the sanie in all opinion groups, among men and women, young and old, rich for serious injury when he jumped and poor.
20 feet from the first floor of n down- The largest vote against euthanasia town hotel, because he hit Police. came from women, 24 per cent. of Constable Ron Eveleigh before he
landed on the pavement. whom answered "No" to the ques- stable deliberately ran under the man
tion.
Smallest
Vote in favour signifleantly, from those
The
con-
and broke his fall as he hurtled to came, the cement, sidewalk.
50 over
Garden 30. By 22 Inches
PROVIDENCE, R. I. years old. with 60 per cent. auswer"
A miniature garden which took ing "Yes," and largest 04 per cent., those who showed they had not made first prize at a flower show is water came from the middle-aged between up thele minds on the question by ed with a medicine dropper. Ruth 30 and 49.
answering "Don't know" exceed onej Ely's garden is perfect as to scale, In no group did the proportion of ❘ in flve.
but measures only 30 by 22 inches.
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HOLE IN WINDOW "At 6.15 the following morning the housemaid went into the dining-room at Lord farewood's house and noticed a tear in the blind-of-the-window-and-found-a hole, in the glass halfway up the centre of the window. There were pieces of class and broken blis of lead in the custains. The matter was then reported to the police. At that time it was thought to he some prank by some children.
"The pieces of lead were collected and have been examined by Mr. Churchill, the gun expert, who will say that although these pieces
Mr. Morgan said that Lawlor con- tinued:
"I carried it about several days when going to Bucklogham Palace and Windsor,
"I wanted to see the dukes and kings. I wrote these addresses down on the back of the firearms certificato because some-one fold me_they_were_places_where...they
Ilved.
"I was round. Delgrave-square the other night. I wanted, là, sev the Duke.
"I had nollektor friend in Australia who told me If ever I was In trouble I need never make a statement, and I am not doing so.”
GLASS PANE IN COURT Detective-inspector Charles Berry
of Icad closely resemble the car-produced in court a large wooden tridges found in the possession of case containing a pane of glass which, Lawlor, he cannot be definite that he said, he had removed from the they are identical.
window of Lord Harewood's house and in the middle of which there was ammunition was of an fiole.
the Evidence regarding window was given by a footman and a housemaid.
"The unusual kind,
EL
"At 8.40 on the following evening, Monday, June 5, Mr. and Mrs. Kirkwood were driving along to
Mr. Robert Churchill, the gun ex- Belgrave-square. They saw Lawlor pect, said the barrel of the rifle had sitting on
been shortened and the foresight on the top step Inside
the en
I was impossible to aim porch of a
roiroved. a house. "He had something which Mr. from Lawlor had
accurately with it. The bullets taker. particularly deep Kirkwood thought was a piece of grease groove round them. The wood. He was aiming it at the ammunition differed from other sam- corner of Belgrave-square, where the pics of the same type of cartridge Duke of Kent's house is. Je Bred which he had examined. this, which was of course, a gun,
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BEATTLE & VANCOUVER (Starts from Kobe) A bullet of this type could carry side No. 1. Belgrave-square,
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* ALLEGED STATEMENT
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Mr. Justice Buclinill, in the "Mr. Kirkwood and the officers Divorce Court recently, granted a followed the prisoner and stopped decree nisi with costs, to Lady Trim- him. Lawlor sold:
mer, of Robert Adam-street, W.,
I did not hit any one, did It because of the adultery of her hus It is quite in order. I have got a band, Sir George Trimmer. The suit certificate.
It is a twenty-two_rille German manufacture.
was underfended...
Sir George and Lady Trimmer The stock were married at Singapore in 1918. and barrel have been awn off, There are no children. with the result that accurate shoot- The case for Lady Trimmer was Ing is quite impossible.'"
Mr.
that owing to Incompatibilty" she Morgan stated that Lawlor said,
did not return with her husband to is no need for all this fuss. Singapore after a leave in. 1930. He was told that he would be do Last December, the received tained and again he said that he was letter, with an hotel bill, and she had entitled to have the gun. At the inquiries made. She now alleged station the gun was examined and that in December her husband stayed there was n spent cartridge in the with another woman at an hotel In breech.
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