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No. 27,853

GRAVITY OF GERMAN CRISIS

FINANCIAL AID FOR GERMANY

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FRENCH RESERVATIONS.

NEED OF CREDIT RESTORATION

Paris, Yesterday.

BLISHED

1846

HONG KONG, MONDAY, JULY 20, 1931.

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. — The closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 111⁄2d.

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

ADOPTED DAUGHTER KIDNAPPING CASE AT "INSANITY”

AS ACCUSER.

Serious Charge Against Married Man.

QUERIES FOR THE JURY..

Before the Puisne Judge (Mr. Lindsell) Chan Ming, alias Ming Kee, was charged at the. Assizes to-day with rape, the complainant being a girl of 14. The offence was alleged to have taken place at Tsun Wan on the night of May 19| and 20,

THE ASSIZES.

Five Years Hard

Labour.

AN TSTUTE UNCLE,

Liu Yuk, a Woman,

And

VERDICT

FILIPINO AMOK NOT

RESPONSIBLE.

BUILT

FOR

THE

JOB/

Local Branch. Fedder Bldg. Tel, 24554.

INDIAN POLICE SERVICE..

Duke of York's Tribute.

DANGER AND COURAGE.

Pang Heung, a man, were sen- "HEARD VOICES" the Duke of York, an one of the

tenced to five years hard labour each at the Assizes this morning, on a joint charge of child, stealing on May 27. Pang Heung pleaded guilty, but the woman denied the offence, claiming that she had merely been paid by the man to carry the child.

The result of the two days' momentous French and German conversations was announced at 11 p.m. to-day in a communique,

On being asked to plead the stating that the French representatives, "realising the gravity of

accused replied: "Certainly not the German crisis, declared that under reserve of certain financial

guilty. It is a false accusation." guarantees and measures of political appeasement, they would be The case for the prosecution was

S. Whyte ready to discuss later the terms of financial co-operation in an inter-conducted by Mr. T.

Smith, Assistant Grown Solicitor, national framework."

whilst Mr. A. M. L. Soares

(in-

Mr. Somerset Fitzroy prose- The communique adds that the representatives of the two structed by Mr. A. E. Hall) was for

the defence.

cuted for the Crown, and, in Governments "emphasise the determination to create between them;

The following comprised the Jury: opening the case, said that the in all possible measure.conditions favourable to effective collabora- Mesars. E. Butler (Foreman), child, a boy four years old, was

Kwok Tsau, tion in political and economic domains and have agreed to asso. Chan Kwan-yuen,

G. W. Arnold, W. F. Ford, E, E. R, missed by his mother on the ciate their efforts so that credit and confidence might be restored Gesamtes, and H. S. Clippingdale, afternoon of the day in question. in an atmosphere of calm security."-Reuter.

Mr. Whyte Smith told the Jury He had been seen about 1 o'clock; that they were judges of fact only, but his mother, becoming an- and although the learned Judge would direct them on law, itxious; informed the Police about might help if he placed five pointe one hour later. before the Jury at the outset.

Elve Points.

"VERY

OPTIMISTIC

the

Rugby, Yesterday,

Exchequer, Mr. Philip Late to-night the Foreign Snowden.-British Wireless Ser- Secretary, Mr. Arthur Hender- vico."" son, returned to London from Paris and proceeded to Downing Street, where he saw the Prime Minister and discussed with him to-day's proceedings in Paris. Mr. Henderson travelled to Lon- don in the company of Mesura. Stimson ind Mellon, the American State Secretary, and Treasurer.

Was

Found in Kowloon.

An uncle of the child set out to (1) Whether the accused guilty of rape as defined by law search round Wanchal, but, see- (definition given) (2) Whether ing nothing, decided to go over there was attempted rape; (3)

wero

ac.

daughter.

case her

"JAPANESE PLOTTED TO KILL HIM."

THE NAUGHTY BOY OF THE ZOO.

He Has Wrecked Two Happy Homes.

IRATE HUSBANDS.

The devil, in the recognised

Chichlids.

The nuptials were duly celebrat-

Described by their chief guest,

form of a serpent, has wrecked Empire's most famous Services, two happy London homes. the Indian Police held their an Four joyous and beautiful lovers, nual banquet at the Trocadero, all dressed in green and blue, with close bands of ebony tint, decided London,

at the Zoo to spilt into paira, get "Danger is a part of your day's married, and start housekeeping. work and courage is a part of They were two brothers, the your equipment," said H.R.H., pay-Chanchitos, and the ladles were ing a warm tribute to the Force's second cousins. They all belonged 'Gracious Bilas, the Filipino unfailing gallantry and devotion to that exquisite fish family, the who Inced a charge of murder to India. aboard the steamship Empress

The Duke commented on the of Canada, on the high seas between Honolulu and Yoko smallness of the Force in relationed, and Mr. and Mre. Ben Chichild hama, on June 6 last, was to the size of the population of and Mr. and Mrs. Tom set to work found "Insane" by the jury at India, which was significant of the making fish nests for the laying the Assizes this morning.

law-abiding tradition of the Indian and hatching of their young.

Home-Making. The Chief Justice accordingly peasantry generally, the disciplino

They dug deep in the sand, nosed ordered that he should be de-of the rank and Ale of the police, tained in safe custody in the and the leadership of their officere, ont arm embankments, excavated The Duke thought that the Force under the rock, and by-and-by had Mental Hospital until His Majesty's pleasure be known. might well feel proud of these constructed a home per pair..

Prisoner did not plead in an-qualities of leadership, loyalty swer to the charge, and Mr. and discipline, and particularly of Ben and Mrs. Tom to lay the eggs Sheldon, who appeared on his the reputation of the rank and file and for Ben and Tom to fan them behalf, on assignment by the for freedom from" the influence of with their fins, thus aerating them, and fight any venturesome fish that Crown, informed His Lordship communal differences. that be formally approved of He said that nobody understood might cross the doorstep.

Then, a jury being empanelled to try better than the Force that they squirming, came the fiend. the issue as to whether the were public servants. man was sane or not.

murder

All that was left was for Mrs.

creeping, sneaking,

The Chichlids had never seep

Foul Work.

Benny Bay viewed this terror

The

Mre. Ben and Mrs. Tom ara in

FAIR TO SHOWERY.

weather Today's

report from the Royal Observatory states:

"You are the inheritors of fine such a brute before. He was the Cheerful Impression. ・・・

Results of Observation. traditions, which you have observampbiums, a anlamander from Washington, Yesterday. Whether or not the girl's evidence to the Railway Station at Kow-

Mr. Somerset Fitzroy, for the led most manfully," he added. America, with thick fleshy lips, and The optimistic opinion that of resistance would satisfy them loon. He arrived there at about Crown, said in addressing the "The prestige of the service andmastiness written all over him. the London Conference will that she did not ennsent; (4) Whe- 8.45 p.m., as he knew there was jury, In this case you are em-its reputation for impartiality are surcced in salving Germany in ther with or without consent the express leaving for Canton panelled to try whether accused valuable assets, which the. India her financial difficulties was accused had knowledge of an un-

with alarm. So did-Tommy Lad, telephoned from Paris to married girl under the age of 16, not long after. After looking is sane or not, he has been charg-of the future will inherit.

was ed with murder, but he

"Whatever changes time may

"Out him?" cried Benny Boy. Washington to-night by Mr. which constituted an offence in law; round the station he eventually placed under medical observation bring, the Indian Police, strong in

Together they rushed at the amı H. L. Stimson from Castle, and (6) Whether the accused was came across the woman prisoner, immediately upon his arrival their record of service and leader- The latter immediately tele-guilty of Indecent assault.

who was carrying the child slung here, being taken directly to the ship can face the future with the phiums. That villain burrowed in the sand, and further spoiled one Speaking to the Press just be- phoned to President Hoover, at Mr. Whyte-Smith said that in on her back in the customary Mental Hospital from the Em-high confidence that comes from a

of the nesta But he left his tail fore he left Paris, Mr. Henderson

his Summer camp at Rapidan. April the accused acquired the girl Chinese fashion. He at once. ac press of Canada,

sense of duty nobly fulfilled.".

exposed. said that he felt very optimistic The message has created the from her mother an an adopted cused her of theft of the child. "There he was regularly ob

Two rate. husbands seized on as to the outcome of the London most cheerful. impression in daughter, paying $100 for

her. This she denied, claiming that served by the doctors, and after

that tail They ragged it and Conference, which opens to-mor- Washington official circles. The girl went to live at the

somebody had engaged her for the necessary period they both row evening and which he ex- Reuter's American Service. cused's house on April 14. The pected would last only a

family comprised the accused, his the purpose. Upon request, she decided that he was insane. He case, but is definitely provided for jagged it; cut, scallops in it.

The foul work of the black-hearta few

Ground for Hope. days. The principal event in

wife, the complainant, and the took the uncle to a carriage on has been detained in the Mental by the law. When a man is charged

or any other ed salamander had been completed, the train, and there pointed out a Hospital up to the present time, with Paris, Yesterday.

wife's seven-year-old Paris to-day was the meeting of Shortly after midnight. Dr.

man. They were then both ar- The crime alleged being one of crime the defence may set out however; Chichlid-villas, International representatives "at | Curtius issued a

They all slopt in one bed. statement On the night of May 19, after rested, and taken to the Water murder, it is necessary that the that he was insane at the time the Aquarium, Regent's Park, is in the Ministry of the Interior, at- to the German correspondents

Police Station, where a ticket to jury should be empanelled to de-act was committed. If the jury ruins. tended by the following delegatos and, it is understood, assured the complainant had gone to bed Canton was found on the woman, cide as to his sanity, the main finds that such was the case, then present in Paris on their way to them that the German negotia accused was alleged to have inter- and two bus tickets in the points being whether he has the prisoner may be ordered to be despair. They refuse to lay agga London: Messrs. Mellon, Stim-

fered with her and she cried, child's clothes. tors could not make any con-

As regards the sufficient intellect to follow detained at His Majesty's pleasure. in a broken-up home. 6071, and Edge, Mr. Henderson, crete promises, to the French, whereupon he desisted and she bus tickets, a bus conductor the course of the trial, That is not so in this case.) Lord Tyrrell, Doctors Bruening but left everything in suspense went to sleep. During the night would be called to, give evidence to make replies to the charge, to What you. (the jury) are trying and Curtius, Signor Grundi and

for the London Conference, she woke up and found

as to having sold them to the two challenge the jurors, and compre here is not whether this man was in disorder. The Signor Manzoni, Messrs. Hymans

He added that although little clothes Francqui and Dhestroy, and the progress had been made to accused again interfered with her prisoners on a bus coming from hend the details of the evidence insane at the time the crime was Shamshuipo that afternoon. «A give he doctors are both of the committed, but whother he is now Japanese Ambassador in Paris.

out but the accused': wards a definite solution, of the She called

Blamed the Man!

opinion that he is not in a posi-so insane as to be not fit to think or A communique subsequently

Depressions are shown over any of these stand trial. You have to find whe problems, the atmosphere of seized her by the

When charged, the woman tion tog understand issued stated that the French goodwill which had been accused's wife helped to pin, the said: "Pang Haung promised to things.

ther the prisoner is of sufficientTongking to the E. of N. Japan Intellect to comprehend the pro and to the North of Korea.. Premier, M. Laval, who presided created gave ground for hope. girl down.

"Very Confused."

Forecast:8.W."or variable and who was accompanied by Ministers in London,

On the morning of the 21st, the give me $10 and asked me to

carry the boy on my back to the Dr. Newton, the first witness, then ceedings, make Messrs. Flandin,

winds; moderate to light; fair Poncet and

Lendon. Yesterday. girl succeeded in alpping out of the train." However, the fact re-told the Court that prisoner had and understand details of the evi-

to showery. Berthelot, thanked the delegates Mr. Henderson, Mr. Stimson house and went to the house (in for responding to his invitation and Mr. Mellon arrived in Lon-Tsun Wan) of the go-between who mained that she had a ticket to been under his observation since dence. If you are satisfied he has not such sufficient intellect then Canton when searched imme-the day of his arrival, June 12. of a joint conversation on the don at 11 p.m. to-day from Paris had arranged for her sale to the diately after arrest.

Mr. Fitzroy: And what are the your. verdict will be one of insanity. conditions on which the London and were welcomed at Victoria by

Evidence was then taken from results of your observations?—He

Quick Verdiet. Conference would begin..

Mr. Ramsay MacDonald and the

Slipped Out of House.

the boy's father and mother, is in a very confused condition of The go-between told the girl's after which the uncle confirmed mind. He sits staring in front

"The medical evidence has not Crisis. Explained,

French Ambassador before a

mother of what had happened, and counsel's statement...

been challenged or contradicted in He explained to them the ge crowd.

of him for hours on end, and practi- conversations of the last few Mr. Henderson immediately the latter went to the accused's

Evidence was then taken as to cally never speaks unless spoken to. any way, and you should have no daya and, in particular, those left for Downing Street to re- house to take the girl to the Police the sale of the railway and bus His replies when questioned are at difficulty in finding that prisoner is

our ol which had taken place between Port to Mr. MacDonald the result Station. The girl came

stand his trial." the French and German Minis of his conversations in Paris the house, but accused's wife inter- tickets, which closed the case for times quite irrelevant, and have no insane and not in a fit condition to

the prosecution.

bearing on the questions at all. On Prisoner's Story,

The jury returned their verdict ters. He recalled the terms of preparatory to a special Cabinet cepted her. The mother went alone

one occasion I naked him how long without leaving the stand, and His Asked by his Lordship if she he had been in the hospital, and he Lordship pronounced judgment as the French suggestion."

meeting in the morning to draft to the Police...

About the same time, the accused wished to say anything, the had not the sligateat idea. The German Chancellor gave a the agende for the conference.

Mr. Henderson in a statement also went to the Palica, and at the woman stated: "What elec more meals he has to be watched and con brief outline of the economic and

Empanelled for the jury were inancial crisis in Germany and stated that the decision to post. Station counter charges were mado, can I say to the Court than that tinually reminded to go on eat. C. M. Soares (foreman), indicated certain financial repone the visit to Berlin was very the mother accusing him of I was asked by this man (point log. He seems incapable of con A. V. Barros, V. R. Gordon, A. A. difficult but no other course was serious offence and he accusing the ing to second prisoner) to carry centrating on the subject sufficient-doe Remedios, W. V. Field, H. A Mr. Stimson, Mr. Henderson, possible. He hoped soon to make girl's mother of "llying the white the child for him? I say this ty long

Gregory, and Ching Hi-kwong. Signor Grandi, Messrs. Hymans A visit and emphasised the im- pigeon" (which meant that she was kidnapping has nothing to do when questionsd

"When questioned about In and the Japanese Ambassador portance of a Franco-German trying to get the girl back after with me. I was only asked by also spoke and all gave their re- understanding as the fullest piece selling her to him for $100)

that their Govern- of preparatory work for the Lon- ments would examine with the don Conference.Reuter.

medies.

assurances

Earlier News.

accused.

throat and

*

At

stated.

this man to carry the child for cidents aboard the Empress of The girl coroborated the major him. I am entirely at your Canada," witness continued, "he portion of Mr.Whyte-Smith's Lordship's mercy. I plead to gives accounts which are practi- greatest care and sympathy any

statement. Throughout the time your Lordship not to deal with cally unintelligable, seeming to mix Rugby, Saturday, she lived at the accused's house, the me severely, because, in fact, I up facts with Ideas." ** steps which could be taken to

Although any indications that latter always slept between her and did not take this child in the Brat Doc he suffer from delustuns ——

Listening to Voices." help Germany, whose difficulties

place. I had nothing to do in the were of concern to the whole of France is prepared to co- bis wife European economy, m

operate in giving financial as Replying to Mr. Scares, the girl matter. It was simply that That is difficult to say, but I am All expressed satisfaction, at sistance to Germany in the greed that it was exactly five was poor and wanted to earn the rather Inclind to think so. He the Franco-German conversa present crisis are cordially wel weeks after her adoption that the money that he promised me" appears to listen to voices, and tions. There was common agree comed here, the British Fress offencer occurred. She was very His Lordship then summed up, when asked if he can hear them, he ment that the London Conference continues rather dubious as to the surprised because hitherto he had and after a brief retirement, the replies No, not now. He has been would be strictly limited to the efficiency of the French proposal always behaved toward her as a jury returned a verdict of quiet since his admission. In my

Guilty

opinion he is a case of confusional question of economy and the fin- for a $500,000,000 guaranteed loan adopted father.

A Serious Crime, insanity ancial crisis of Germany, One peper Bays: "Apart al The case is proceeding.

M. Laval expressed the hope together from political conditions

Tür

risoners, his You have already certified him an that the conversations which there are certain broad economie

them that being Insane-Y would take place between the facts to be remembered. The pre- French and German Ministers sent orisis is due almost entirely later wou

the task of to the loss of confidence the

part of Germany's ability to

Cont

mitments

ADMIRAL EGERTON. Lor

erved in Harwick Force

During the War.

crime

prived

and it

partici

Chines

tious exam

week

ling o; rarents of the child,

up the family,

ould be capable

a proper defence,

Rainfall.

Rainfall for 24 hours end- ed at 10 a.m. to-day, 0.02 inch. Total since January 1-45.02 inches against an average of 46.60 inches deficit inches."

. : '' ' .

Temperature,

1.58

Tha temperature at certain specified centres this morning

at 8 o'clock was

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