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LETTER TO PRESS CRITICISED

Protest by Counsel in Appeal Court.

ECHO OF VICTORIA GAP MURDER TRIAL

"Matter Open to Libel Action."

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1932.

VILLAGE ROAD MURDER

Edward Zimmern to Give Evidence.

AN IMPORTANT WITNESS

At the Central Magistracy at

2.30 p.m. to-day, the Village Road

STRIKING CRITICISM OF MODERN LIFE

Sense of Futility "Among Youth.

MINISTERS STRONG VIEWS

A striking criticism of modern Rev.

murder trial, in which Cheng life was made by the Kwok-yau (20), son of a wealthy James Reid, the new President Ipoh family, who is charged with of the National Council of the Strange comment on certain letters, the instigation of the murder of Evangelical Free Churches, at which had appeared in the Press George Fung on March 24, will the annual assembly of the Coun- following the trial of one of the ac enter upon its fifth bearing before cil at Blackpool. cused in the Victoria Gap murder Mr. Wynne-Jones,

"One symptom of our time is case, Cheung lu-wah, who was The cross-examination of the A sense of futility," he said. acquitted, was made by Mr. Somer- Shanghal amah, in the employ of "One comes upon it everywhere. set Fitzroy in Appeal Court this the murdered man and Miss Lai It is the real root of that lack morning.

Ming-fay, was concluded at the of enthusiasm about anything Counsel was continuing this last hearing, and it is expected worth while which is one of the argument, on behalf of Cheung Tze that the Crown will be calling an characteristics of modern youth. san and Choung Sau-fu, who were, important witness this afternoon, It pervades nearly all the best of.. at a subsequent trial, found guilty in the person of Edward Zimmern, our modern fiction like a miasma. of murder but sentence was post-Indicated as one of three men atill "Life is just froth and bubble," he said. "Many people have

poned on Mr. Fitzroy's submission held in custody by the Police. that there was no evidence to-go to the Jury, a point which the trial Judge had reserved,

"Outside Things."

Mr. R. E. Lindsell (Public Pro-drained the cup of material en- secutor) is conducting the enjoyment to the bottom and found. for the Crown, whilst the defence only the dregs of disillusionment. is in the hands of Mr. Geo. K. Galworthy's "White Monkey," Hall-Brutton.

with the rind of a sucked orange

Mr. Fitzroy referred to "outside things flaming before the Jury," and commented that it was all very well to tell the Jury not to take DARING "ROBBERY.

notice of what they heard outside the Court, but whefe there is such flaming outside things the greatest caution was necessary.

Mr. R. E. Lindsell, Assistant At- torney-General, said there had been only one letter in the Press.

"Murderers At Large"

1.

Prank By Young Indian Hooligans.

ONE BOY ARRESTED.

in his hand, is a sardonic pic- ture of irritated futility. Aldous Huxley's novels breathe the same air deeply tainted with moral decay."

"There is not a single figure in Mr. Priestley's 'Angel Pave- ment who ever seems to have heard of religion or who ever dreams that there might be a

Mr. Fitzroy said that the letter committed by three Indian youths The result is a tragic picture."

A daring daylight "robbery," principle of guidance in life which can free men from themselves. referred to murderers being allow yesterday afternoon at Chatham ed to be at large and commented Road railway bridge, was report- that the man, if not guilty of the ed to the police by the three vic- Mr. Reld, was in desperate spirit.

Economic Forces. The modern world, declared actual murder, was guilty as accessory before or after the fact. Upon investigation the

antims, all Chinese apprentices. ual poverty. Mechanisation had If this had been the case of a turned out to be more in the na-creative spirit, was suppressed. affair made it an impersonal place; the pire and it behoves

man with money, Mr. Fitzroy come ture of a boyish prank, than a Man was at the mercy of econo us to be pre-mented, an action for criminal pared for any eventuality.

libel could have been started at robbery with serious intentions, mie forces he could not control. "As regards the units here to once.

A statement that the "robbers" night, all will be of the greatest

That made it difficult for people Higher Standard,

were armed with two knives and'

to believe in God in the Chris- use should such an unfortunate

The Chief Justice inquired if Mr. an iron bar has since been proved tian sense. thing happen as

Fitzroy was suggesting that the fet untrue. war. We have tor, assuming it ought not to have

Report to Police.

"Ordinary people," he said, are thousands and thousands of armed appeared; might affect the minds of

It appears that the apprentices, should I? Or why shouldn't I?'

asking: "Why be good?

Why Of the many

or-men in England, but we all know the Jury If they read it, and that S King-mel (19), Chan Fu-chim The whole idea of authority im and varied

that there are no means of getting evidence was required.

therefore a higher standard of (18), and Chan Wah (16) were in posed from without is abhorrent ganisations and societies in the)

Conversation with the Indian boys, to some minds; even duty, which Colony the Hong Kong Volunteer them here in time and we must rely

Mr. Fitzroy replied that he was and after some altercation the was noble in its homespun garb Forces are one of the most in. on the British population to come not suggesting that, but he thought Chinese youths bolted, leaving to our forefathers, wears to many their belongings, 54 cents and in our time not the godhead's- value to theto our assistance."

The Chief Justice said that he French coin with the Indians. most benignant grace," but the over-stressed. The G.0.0, without any alarmist merely wanted to discover the re- They later made a report at Hung cold look of a stone idol,"

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greater care was required.

Colony cannot be There is a measure of apathy on speech has quietly, but forcibly, lative points, and asked if Counsel Hom Police Station to the effect the part of a large section of the demonstrated a fact which is not the Jury was required..

considered that stronger warning of community in their attitude to the sufficiently recognised. The Volun- Volunteers, and it is pleasing to teers, after all, sacrifice much time

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that they had been robbed:

One of the Indian boys, aged 16 years has been arrested and the The other two boys are Abdul two brothers, and have not yet been caught.

Scrutiny. Needed. Fitzroy replied, that the money recovered... most careful scrutiny.

Behind the revolt against the was a craving for life, for some. Christian ethic, he said, there self-fulfilment, however vaguely the Christian religion, and its glimpsed, which people imagined

note the enthusiasm of the mem-and labour in a purely honorary matter was one which called for Razeed (14) and Niap Med (19) ethics alike denied.

POSTAL STRIKE,

CONTINUES.

Pagan Offensive.

"Home life," said Mr. Reid, "is breaking down beneath the strain of the new freedom. Commerce is slowing down be Cause we have not the moral qualities, let alone the economic: vision, to control the earth for the needs of humanity.

bors themselves. A highly suc-fashion, and are actuated by motives His Lordship said that he could cessful function Wad held which include a sincere endeavour not see that the latter altered the last night on the ocession to assist in. safe-guarding the amount of evidence required. of the inaugural dinner of the Colony. Public support is dismitted that it added to the distor- Mr.. Fitzroy agreed, but sub- newly-formed units, the

Anti-appointing, and the apathy of Botion of the case. Aircraft Light Automatic Corps, many citizens is inexplicable in view This closed the incident. the Army Service Cadre and the of recent happening in the Far

Cercumstantial Evidence.

Péking, Yesterday, Anzac Corps. These three units East. Much of it is no doubt due to evidence given, for the Crown at the effective, in Peking, Tientsin and

Mr. Fitzroy dealt fully with the

The strike continues, completely contribute much to the strength ignorance of conditions and a blind trial, and then proceeded to define elsewhere in North China. Peking national life for want of the "The stresses of our inter- and efficiency of the Forces and are faith "that things would turn out the circumstantial evidence. especially valuable in that they at-all right somehow,"

postal authorities have formed a unifying spirit," he said, "are The value of Such evidence, he argued, must committee of 19 to handle the situa- threatening disaster. And when tract many new recruits at a time an efficient Volunteer Force was the subject of the charge.

be incompatible with anything but tion and have instructed the work we think of what is needed we when many are needed. The A.S.C. clearly demonstrated in Shanghai were capable of any other solution and not disturb peace and order. merely brains or skill, but men If it ers to remain quietly in their homes come back to this, that it is not can scarcely be termed unit as it during the recent outbreak when then it was no good and should not. The strikers have issued man- and quality of life. One of the was formed in 1926. Its qualifica- the Volunteers proved Invaluable in eb loft to the Jury, as terrible con- festors giving their reasons for the first essentials of our age is de... tion to last night's dinner rested in assisting the Regulars in picketing,

sequences might ensue.

strike, which are the same as at liverance from the deadly lure of Brutal Attack

Shanghal... AN the fact that it has recently been or-guarding property and lives, and

a secular prosperity. Dealing with the Crown'ovidence

It is understood that the Central "If the Church is to fulfil her ganized and 90 per cent. of its per- generally doing a soldier's job. The at the trial Mr. Fitzroy said that Government has instructed Chang tasks," he added, "it will mean sonnel are new. The Anzacs are Force is extremely well-organized the deceased youth arrived at the end the strike and his headquarters of a new freedom must be allow there had been nothing to show how Hsueh-liang to do his utmost to a new willingness. The breath less than a month old but "the baby in Shanghai, the comprehensive scene of the murder; whether he have ordered subordinates to take ed to blow through our methods unit" promises to develop into one scheme in operation including an went there alone or with somebody precautions, but it is believed that of work and worship. In most of the strongest branches.

establishment of a Russian Company else

if the, strikers remain orderly, the congregations a good deal of dy The fact that the youth had been authorities will not make arresting may need to be done a Those who scoff at the existence which is paid in full-time. It is brutally attacked, Mr. Fitzroy said, or otherwise interfere. A number good deal of scrapping of tradi- not suggested that Hong Kong and the knife stuck into his of Chinese business men seem tions that have outlived reality. of a Volunteer Force and are should move to such an extreme, but stomach after death, pointed to sympathetic to the strikers-Bett-"The pagan offensive in which sceptical of the need for any sup-it would be very welcome if some of personal animosity as the motive ter. plementary force to the Regulars the public enthusiasm and support been committed in revenge.

and suggested that the murder had stationed here may well heed the

he added, "must force us into the The whole circumstances of the

JUNK CAPSIZES IN SQUALL Poverty, may compel us to Maria Sever be our difficulties, let us re drastic reorganisation, Whate crime was compatible only with a quarrel batween

Chan Tong, master of cargo junk fuse to give way to the spirit of ed how emergencies might arise: Apart from the usefulness of the someone who brutally attacked him. No. 2343, V reports that at 10:15

the youth aIEŠ

defeat" His warning possesses a signi Force as a unit in the Colony's Da-

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a.m., yesterday, whilet sailing from ficance to every resident in the fence, the Force offers a profitable There was no evidence that the

the seawall, with a mixed cargo for | Colony and that part of H.E.A speech sphere of activity to all young men. Youth had been decoyed and taken the sa. Mau Sang, a sudden squall

Through sport and training there there was no evidence that the two into the waters occurring in the Colony for the week. which illustrates the point is re-

to the scene of the murder and occupants, four men, and himself. The roturn of notifiable diseases. capsized, his craft, throwing the

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crult keeps it, while the Army dla prisoners he represented bad ever cipline Improves his character. been away from that portion of the yards from Blake Pier, and No. 14 small-yoz, two Cases

The mishap occurred about 180 ending May 21, showa, nixe cases of "The tendency often is to ask These phases of Volunteer life are town in the vicinity of the Empress Police Launch cruising in the 'diphtheria and anteri what we are going to defend our-recognised in Britain and the Further there was no vicinity picked up, the meno cases of meningitis and one case selves against. You all know Dominions where Territorials and form the conclusion that either of evidence, direct or circumstantial, to

remarks of the G.O.C., Major-Gen-sten to the Shanghal Volunteers eral Sandilands, who clearly explain-were shown here...

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