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January 23, 1940.
Kowloon Residents' Assn: Discuss-
RED NO. 1 BUS TICKETS,
GAOLED
LIFE-SAVING,
Browder. Convicted In Now York
NEW YORK, Jan. 22 (Reu- ter).-Earl Browder, General Secretary of the Communist Party in America, was to-day convicted of charges of twice using passports obtained by a false statement.
He was sentenced to two years' impelsonment and fined $1,000 an ence of the two counts.
TREES NUISANCE
The usual monthly meeting of the General Committee of the Kowleon Residents' Association was held in St. Andrew's Church Hall on Tuesday last. Those present included Major C. M. Manners (President), Mr. Lam Ming Fan (Vice-President), Rev. H. D. Rosenthall (Hon. Secretary), Mr. R. H. Wong (Ilon. Treasurer), Miss R. Mow Fung, Messrs. R. Baldwin, Li Chor Chi, G. V. T. Marshall, C. E. Terry, I. N. Murray, R. Pestonji and B. Wylle.
After the Minutes of the previous meeting had been confirmed, the President stated that the relative The prison terms are to run conse-zub-committee had instituted en- cutively.
Passing sentence, Justice Alfredquiries into the matter of Street-
Germans
Coxe said that the verdict of the jury watering and had not yet completed To Fight
was the only possible one they could have returned.
Although he had engaged one of New York's leading lawyers to defend him, Browder summed up his own case, declaring that the Government's prosecution was a "long. complicated and flimsy chain"
Browder, saki that he was proud that he was a Communist and had nothing to apologize for.
Boats Of Affiliation With Communists
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" NEW YORK, Jan. 22 (UP)-The trial of Earl Browder, Secretary to the American Communist Party, went to the jury at 3.08 p.m. to-day after summations of the charge being made to the jurora,
Browder, who acted as a sure ndvoente during the hour and air, ter taken over the summation, deflantly stated: "I am a Communist and proud of k
He asked for a verdict of acquittal "In the American tradition.
a
The counsel for the prosecution, in a summation taking three-quarters of an hour, charged Browder with carefully versed scheme for fraudu lently obtaining passports.
Browder, occasionally pounding the Jury ran in his excitement, denied that the Government had found him guilty.
He launched into a discussion on "the rights of American labour and the American working class". Judgo Coxe, however, forced him to desist, drawing attention to the fact that his communistic affiliations have no con- nection with the case,
report.
For France
Family School Bus Tickets In reply to the Association's Ictler to the Kowloon Moter Bus Co. re garding discontinuance of
family school tickets, a letter from the Bus PARIS-Six hundred Ger- Co. was read which stated that the man recruits for the French Directors had very carefully con Foreign Legion left Parts for a nidered the whole situation with re- card to these Uckets but regretted traniing camp in the provinces.
As their train steamed out of the they were unable to reconsider their decision at present.
station they leaned from their com- partments and shouted, "Down with
This matter was discussed at some length and I was polaled out by a representative of the Motor Bus Co. that these family school tickets had been issued in the first instance na a result of representations made by the K.R.A. to meet certain special cases of hardship. They had never the Legion. been introduced as standard tickets Dressed In French bhakt, the but were entirely, a concession on the Germans, who will serve in Alxeria, part of the Company in special casts, all wear a special badge representing spread to such an extent that the The use of ruch Uckets, however, had Company considered that their use was no longer justified, especially no such concersion was granted by other similar transport companies.
It was agreed, in view of this ex- planation, that no useful purpose
in currying would be served matter further.
The men, all political and racial refugees, were interned in campa on the outbreak of war.
Later they volunteered to serve for! the duration in special formallons of
the
a cactor
"The French,” one of the men said,
"are only defendiar themselves, but we are out to have our revenge.
"We have suffered too much under Mitler's regime to wish that the rest or the world should learn what it is
re."
Forries And Life-Saving Empire Bound
out.
"To Collapse'
Replies from the Hongkong Yau- "Ife got so bold that he did it four mall Ferry Co. and the Star Ferry mes," the prosecution asserted. Co. to the Association's request for ""It' ever there was a deliberate information is to life-saving apporn- repetition of aggravation and wilful tus and drills on ferry launches were
-U.S. ECONOMIST intent, it is in this case," ho contend-read. It appeared therefrom that in cd.
the case of the Star Ferry Co. Ile- BOSTON, Mass. (UP)-Eco- buoys fitted with Holmes' Lights were nomist Roger W. Babson recent- carried on every ferry, that alt members of their crews were able to ly said that "the British Empire swim, and that regular tests in the as now constituted-is bound use of life-saving appliances were to collapse." carried only from the Youmati Ferry Commerce audience that "here is no He also told a Boston Chamber of The reply Co. however, intimated that only a logical excuse for so many nations certain number of the launches were as now exist. equipped with lifebuoys fitted with "There should be only four or five Holmes' Lights and only some of the possessing armaments and a dominat- crews were able to swim and were ing voice in world alfairs," Hobson" efficient in the use of Life-saving said. "The balance must expect to
It appliances. was unanimously become protectorates, if not integral greed that the situation was un-parts of stronger nations. If mature satisfactory and that copies of the takes its natural course, these do- correspondence should be forwarded minating nations will be Russia, to Government for their information. Germany, England, Japan or China,
Trees Nuisance
and possibly the United States,"
Babson, The nuisance occasioned in Kow
who recently returned· loon Tong by trees overhanging the from a two-month tour of the Orient, footpaths was again discussed. It offered these conclusions: was stated that no reply had been 1. "I am not sure a second world
Browder To Appeal. NEW YORK, Jan. 22 (Router) Earl Browder's bail in the sum of $7,500 will be continued until Wed- nesday when he appears for fixing a new bond in connection with his appeal.
The jury took only 45 minutes to consider the verdlet in the Browder case..
Browder may. have to serve only
each year for a three-month reduc- tion of his sentence for good be- haviour:
› Special Return Engagement By Popular Demand three years in prison if he qualifies received to the Association's letter war now exists in Europe. In China,
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on the subject although it was under- Ethiopia and Spain, we had stood that that letter had been posted without a declaration of war. in the Kowloon Tong-Club-for cannot-wo-now. have-a-declaration the Information of residents. It was of war without war?" decided to pursue this matter further 2. "War or no war, I have felt with the Kowloon Tong Garden City since July 24 that good stocks, select- ed commodities arid productive real Association.
Reference was made to previous estate are safa purchases 1 still feel correspondence with Messrs. Cableso. & Wireless Ltd.
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I see no great future a branch office in for the United States until the dollar tablishment of Kowloon, and it was agreed to ap-lis devalued further proach this Company again to as-. certain whether any information was available as to the establishment of such an office.
The date of the Annual General Meeting of the Association was pro- visionally fixed for Tuesday, March
Judge Coxs rald, "I am not in the habit of thanking juries, but in this case I want to thank them for the way they courageously and fearlessly, and in view of this meeting, it was conducted themselves."
decided that the usual quarterly open meeting due in February would not
Browder's ball was continued until Wednesday, the Judge specifying that be held. the defence counsel must perfect an appeal by that time. Browder left the court-room, presurnably to speak af to-night's State Communist rally, which is being held in Madison Square Gardens.
Three Accused Of Robbery
Mistaken Identity
Defence
A highway robbery on Conduit Path was recalled in the Sessions Court this morning before the Chlef Justice, Sir Atholl Macgregor, when a youthful Chinese, How Kal-kwong was charged with robbery on Decem ber 13 ut Pokfulum.
were
He and two others, Yip Kow, who has pleaded guilty to the offence, and another not in custody, alleged to have held up a young man and a girl who were walking down. Conduit Path and to have relleved the man of a wrist watch, a ring and
a dollar note,
How denied taking any part in the robbery. The following jury were empanelled: W. J. Mills (Foreman), G. W. Cooper, E. Lansdowne, T. F- Stanton, A. H. Roberts, Lou Kau, Wong Sun-mun.
Mr. M. J. Abbott, 'Assistant Grown Bolleitor, nid the accused's defence was that it was a case of mistaken identity in so far: as he was con- cerned.
Pou Yu-chu, the youth who was robbed, said accused was one of the
party and had tried to slent his writ
88th Birthday Celebration
Tributes To Dr. C. T. Wang's Mother
Dr. C. T. Wang's mother is cele brating her 8th birthday at Dr Wang's Kowloon Tong residence to- day.
Dr. Want was former Chinese Ambassador to the United States.
A large number of friends visited Mrs. Wang this morning to congratu-j late her, among them being the lion. Sir Shousen Chow, Sir Robert Ho Tung, the iloh, Mr. M. K. Lo, and Mr. Li Shu-kue, of the Hongkong Chinese community,
A number of high Chinese officials now residing in the Colony also visited Mrs. Wang to pay tribute, among them being Mr. Hau Shih- ying, Mr, Tu Yue-sen, General Wu Tch-chen, Mr. Wang Shao-lai, Mr. K. Yul, Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Chien Sing-tse, Mry and Mrs. K. 5. Liu, Admiral nodi Mrs. Chen Chale, Mr. and Mrs. Yih Tohtong. DE and Mrs Alfred Bee. | Mr. and Mrs. Zeh Teh-mal, Mr. and Mrs. Foo You-ling, Mr. and Mra, T. C. Lee, Mr and Mrs. K. C. Leo, Mr. and Mrs Tong Zal-ming, and many others.
Italian Cabinet
Meeting
*ROME," Jani. 23 (Reuter)Tho
watch, Later, at an identification Italian Cabinet met under Signor parade, he had no dificulty in plek-Mussolini yesterday and sat for thres ing him out as one of the robbers.
The hearing proceeding.
hours. A number of measures were | approved.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 LONDON, Jan. 22 (Reuter). (Reuter).-Lord Lothian, the -Exceptional precautions were British Ambassador, visited Mr. taken when the I.R.A. appeals Cordell Hull, the U.S. Secretary against the death sentences for of State, to-day to discuss parti- the Coventry bomb outrage were cularly the situation created by heard at the Old Bailey to-day tobacco Imports into Britain.
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There have rarely been such measures in the history of the Law Mr. Henry Wallace, Secretary of Courts. A strong police cordon was Agriculture, together with other Gov- thrown round the building, all the ernment oficials and private indivi- entrances were watched, and the duals, are urging the State Depart- courtyards were patrolled.
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