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Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
June 27, 1939.
3 OUT OF 5 SUPPORT '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 The 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.
Should the law be changed?
It is against the law,
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 medient safe The Robin Who
guards, of a voluitary death?"
And this is how they were answers:
$2.p.c, said "Yes,"
22 p.c. kald "No."
16 p.c. said "Don't know,"
VIOLENT CONTROVERSY
Flew Before She Could Fly
THE
E air-minded robin which made if nest in an airplane belongingj
J
Dionne quintuplets arrive rear, wearing tall hat. Nurses bratowed five moist kisses on
Chengtu University
to Mr. Percy Hordern, of Denham, aeroplanes Euthanasia-easy, death-for these and land six eggs, has hatched one. suffering fram painful Incurable despite the frequent Rights of the diseases has been the subject of airplane. violent controversy for many years.
The others are Famous doctors, lawyers, church-hatched at my moment. men have advocated it. Some four years ago a society was formed, with A membership of names distinguished in law, medicine, selence and politics, with the sole object of promoting legislation to make it possible.
of
Dr. Dafoe.
in Toronto, from Callander, to greek King and Queen.
Molly O'Shaughnessy and Louise Corriveau attend them. Quins Queen, She kissed them ṇack..
Duchess's Car In
Line Of Fire
"The certificate which Lawlor was said Mr. Morgan. "On the back of Iso proud of has been examined."
is written ‘3. Belgrave-square' and 32. Green-street.'
THREE direct hits by Japanesej Chengta caused consternation boil in
the University on
MR. H. A. K. MORGAN, for the ON BACK OF CERTIFICATE Britain and the State, for it is the Director of Public Prosecutions, scene of a wonderful
in making his statement at Westmin- piece of co- expected to Leoperative enterprise.
eter Court recently against Legwedge Lawlor, committed for trini on fire- The University is crowded with arms charges, said that he arrived Since the arrival of one fledgling professors and students from other in England on April 8. the robin waits patiently until ber universities who have moved out of Since then he had been worlding nesi is brought down from the sky the way of the advancing Japanese, as a welder's assistant on Waterlon whenever the airplane makes but it has been for some tiine the Bridge. He lodged in trip..
Newington favoured ground of missionary Causeway. societies.
the Chin Missionary
OUTSIDE DUCHESS'S HOUSE in the House of Lords a year later. Die nest when the airfield stall do. Service Counei em are the Friends Society. and the American Methodists, was rejected by 35 votes in H. Astroyed it, fler persistence and Episcopaliane and Baptists.
Mr. Morgan continued: There new Bill is now in process of draft-courage were so admired that at last c
"On Sunday about thirly Bre
morning. June families the staff let it remain, and adopted for with true missionary courage the Belgrave-square. A police constable
there, Ing.
Lawlor WD3 hanging about wives and children have been with who was on protection duty outside Stewart, famous nerve specialist and} The eggs have apparently been their menfolk, though the children.
the le:ne The were recently moved into the hills saw him arrive.
of the Duchess of
Kent "Lawlor rode up on a bicycle and put it against the railings of 48, of tic commer
A Bill to legitse it was introduced!
Six times the other bird rebull!
the robin as a mascot.
Recently Sir James Purves-
surgeon, speaking at a meeting of unhurt by the frequent nights. the society, told how he bad once engine, which is just in front of the been faced with the choice between nest, keeps them warm, When the mercy and the low and hinted that wings are fixed in place the nest Is he had chosen mercy.
entirely encased.
Constable Cushions
Fall
WOMEN LEAST FAVOURABLE·
Three out of five adults in a re- presentative cross-section of British publle opinion agree that a change in the law should be made, the In- stitute's survey sbows. And this proportion holds approximately the same in all opinion groups, among George Dickson, 92, escaped death men and women, young and old, rich for serious injury when he jumped and poor.
VANCOUVER, B. C.
20 feet from the first floor of n down-
The largest vote against euthanasia town hotel, because he hit Police came from wonen, 21 per cent. of Constable Ron Eveleigh before he whom answered "No" to the ques-stable deliberately ran under the man landed on the pavement. The con-
and broke his fall as he hurtier to came, the cement sidewalk.
tion.
HOSTELS
for the gun and ten air-gun pellets Twenty-one rounds of ammunition
were found on Lawlor. When his longings were searched 1,000 more of the
pellets were found. There was an ordinary air pistol, with no con- nection with the charge.
When told by Divisional Detective-
That is my own property. I have Hayward, on June 6, that
n certificate for it."
4.ould be charged, Lawlor said;
inhe
The officer said: "That certificate street or discharge it in the street, does not entitle you to have it in the and you will be detained."
Lawlor replied. "All right." Later
*A GOOD deal of property is in-Belgrave-nquore volved too, for the various missions opposite the house. He waited about he was told thut he was going to be have college buildings and extensive for about 20 minutes and then rode charged. hostels. They have hung on, inspired!om. by the courage and determination ofj
Mr. Morgan added "That evening, at about 10.16. Mr. then said:
that Lawlor the Chine
William Campbell, who is employed statement in writing. The firearm "I am not making any They are looking forward to the surveyor's clerk at Scotland was sent to me by my brother in future when their country will have Yard, was walking down Norfolk Australia. I sawed it down myself, next of leaders and the missionurles street with a young lady and they because I wanted to carry it about have felt that they would do no other heard a report which seemed to come with me for fear it
stand by them in their effort to from lower down the street,
fear it was stolen, educate doctors, teachers and agri-
"The only other person in sight and I was trying to undo it last night "The gun jammed a few days ago, culturalists.
a man. They could not identify in Belgrave-square when it went off." it but they saw him put something with his left hand into his jacket "Although it could not go off without Here Mr. Morgan commented: pocket with some difficulty.
the trigger behing pulled.".
Garden 30 By 22 Inches
was
rand.
PALACE"
"He walked acros the mounted his bicycle, and rede quickly "WHEN GOING TO BUCKINGHAM away. Mr. Campbell thought no more about it and at the time did) PROVIDENCE, R. 1. not realise it was a shot that he had A miniature garden which took heard. He did not report the matter first prize at a flower show is water-lo, the police.
Smallest Vole in favour significantly, from those Over TO years old, with 80 per cent, answer ing "Yes," and largest 64 per cent, those who showed they had not made came from the middle-aged between up these minds on the question by ed with a medicine dropper. Ruth
answering "Don't know" exceert one Ely's garden is perfect as to scale,: in five.
but measures only 30 by 22 inches,
30 and 40.
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HOLE IN WINDOW
"At 0.15 the following morning the housemnald
went Into the dining-room at Lord Harewood's house and noticed a tear-in-the blind of the window and found hole in the glass halfway up the centre of
the
window. There were pleces of glass and broken bils 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
Ammunition unusuri kind.
of
Mr. Morgan said that Lawlor con- Linued:
"I carried it about several days when going to Buckingham Palace and Windsor.
"I wanted to see the dukes and kings. I wrote theso addresses down on the back the firearms certificate because some-one told me they were places where they Ilved.
"I was round Belgrave-square the other night. I wanted to see the Duke,
"I had A solicitor friend In Australin 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 wooden produced in court a large
Was of an hole.
"The pieces of lead were collected and have been examined by hir. Churchill, the gun experi. who say that although these pieces of lead closely resemble the car 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 identica).
window of Lord Harewood's house and in the middle of which there was Evidence regarding the "At 240 on the following evening, window was given by a footman and
a housemaid. Monday, June 5. Mr. and Mrs. Kirkwood
Mr. Robert Churchill, the gun ex- were driving along 10 Belgrave-square. They saw Lawlor pert, said the barrel of the rifle had sitting
been shortened and the foresight- on the top step Inside the porch
It was impossible to aim reroved. house.
accurately with it. The bullets taicen "He had something which Mr. from Lawlor had a particularly deep Kirkwood thought was a piece of grease groove round them. wood. He was alming It at the ammunition differed from other sam- corner of Belgrave-square, where the ples of the same type of cartridge Duke of Kent's house is. He fired which he had examined. this, which was of course, a gun.
"When he fired
Frogments of lead which had been It the only thing In his line of fire was the Duchess's indicated that those fragments could picked up showed markings which motorcar, which was moving off. have been fired from the rifle.
"Fortunately he did not hit the cannot
cannot say definitely that they were," ear:
bat later
of bullet was, he added. picked up on the pavement out- A bullet of this type could carry side. No. 1. Belgrave-square.
1,000 yards and even at that range "Lawlor after the shot ran across could be very dangerous. He had Halkinstreet to his bicycle and rode fired a similar bullet at a piece of off towards Buckingham Palace. glass of the same type as that in the window of Lord Harewood's house and
the results of his experl-
ALLEGED STATEMENT
The
"I
"Mr. Kirkwood drove his car up ment were shown in the court in to two police officera who were on comparison with the broken window. protection duty. They had seen the
prisoner before the shot was Bred and
Immediately afterwards,
but
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they had not actually seen the stint fred because the Duchess's car nt the time was directly in their line of vision.
Mr. Justice Buckmill, In the "Mr. Kirkwood and the officers Divorce Court recently, granted a followed the prisoner and stopped decree nis! with costs, to Lady Trim- him. Lawlor said:
mer, of Robert Adam-street, W., "I did not hit any one, did It because of the adullery of her hus It is quite in order. I have got"a band, Sir George Trimmer, The sult certificate.
wns
underfended. It is a twenty-two- German manufacture, and barrel have been SAWT off, 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 "There is no need for all this fuss.
usa Singapore after a leave in 1035. He was told that he would be de- Last December alio received a tained and again he said that he was letter, with an hotel bill, and she had entified to have the gun. At the inquiries made. She now pileged station the gun was examined and that in December her husband stayed there was a spent cartridge in the with another woman at an hotel in breech.
rife or Sir George and Lady Trimmer The clock were married at Singapore in 1018.
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