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ACADEMIE

FRANCAISE

ANNIVERSARY

German Literary Heads Invited

EXHIBITION PROVIDES SURVEY

OF 300 YEARS

-CHINA MAIL - SPECIAL

Paris. To-day,

The celebrations on the oc- casion of the completion of the third century of the existence of the Academie Francaise, which is also the 50th anniversary of Victor Hugo's death, will be at- tended at the invitation of the Rector of the Sorbonne by the President of the German Aca-1 demy of Literature. Hanns Jobst, the President of the Reich Chamber of Literature, Hans Friedrich Blanck, and Pro- fessor Cartius of Bonn Univer- sity.

The German delegation will del given a reception by the French] Academy to-day, when it is under- stood that Herr Blanck will make á plea for Franco-German friend-j ship.

The celebration of the 300th | anniversary began yesterday with, a Mass in the Sorbonne Chapel.; following which President Lebrun received the foreign guests and the diplomatic corps.

An Exhibition

In the afternoon an exhibition

The late Lt Col T. E. Law. rence, the "Lawrence of Arabia.” went all through the world war without injury, to be eventually killed when his motorcycle collid- ed with a child on a bicycle on an English country road.

was opened in the National Gal- CROSSWORD PUZZLE -lery, where books, manuscripts and

curios provide a survey of the his- tory of the Academy as well as the works of its most famous mem-

·bers.

That the Academy feels itself impervious to criticism is testified

COMPETITION

Two Ladies Win Prizes

*BY ONE LETTER.

by the defiant display, in a special? THREE CONTESTANTS LOSE section of the exhibition, of al pamphlets and other attacks made against the Academie Francaise or

its dictionary in the course of the

300

years

Trans-Ocean Service.

MARCEL CAFE

THEFT

Crossword

Miss Kathleen Wong.

334 Nathan Road. ·

First Floor,

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1935

CRIMINAL SESSIONS

Five Accused Plead Guilty

CONCUBINE STABBING

CASE ENDS

Te-

The Pleasant Husband

By Marjorie Bowen

-

THE lover felt uncomfortable; or unpleasant about any of it, all The Criminal Sessions held be

Tot all the perfume of would be a matter of fast trains, fore His Honour "the" Chief Jus-oleander -and myrtle could good hotels, plenty of pocket, tice. Sir Athol MacGregor, in the sweeten his sense of moral money and an assured future- Supreme Court this morning, nausea-

surely an ideal elopement. were one of the shortest on

And yet there was nothing| What then was the matter? card. There were five cases in wrong, at least with the settting: Perhaps Olivia's romantic notion. all, and in each case the accused the Italian night, the mountains, that he should come for her like pleaded guilty."

the sea, the pinewood, the scented this in the evening, meet him by A charge of robbery by two or stillness, the moon rising behind a the little gate and slip through the more was brought against two bar of dark purple clouds the quiet fields to catch the Genós en- men. Tam Lin-fong and Kong Ho, woman waiting for him. ..

press... of course he ought to

a plea of guilty being entered by "Just like a stage set," he have liked it, as Olivia had plan- both men. In view of the com-thought and knew that that was ned It, and it certainly was very parative youth of the former, he the last thing that ought to have suitable

was sentenced to three years occurred to him.

hard labour, but his partner in He looked at the dark villa and crime received three and a half

[years" hard labour..

leant against the little gate,

ing to reason himself into a better crime, mood. .

The victims ́ of" the which had been committed at No.

0

Whatever was wrong "must be

TO-MORROW'S STORT

To-morrow's story will be "Maps And by Strawson Fletcher.

1 Cornwall Road, Kowloon Tong with himself; there was nothing on May 12 were three women.įthe matter with the situation; he Chan Kit-mni, Hom Mo-yang and was in love with Olivia and she Tsof Tuet-wah, who were relier-was going to run away with him, ing to find consolation there; but He glanced up at the moon hop- ed of property to the value of leave her stupid, indifferent, the moon looked very conventional, $581, of which only $350 had tyrannical husband, who though like a worn-out stage property. been recovered

of nothing but his collection of

"It's the twentieth century, Concubine Case

shells. and really enjoy. for the muttered the lid, "that is what is The sequel to the concrbine first time, all those good thing wrong. One oughtn't to do these stabbing case was reached in the that should have been her herit-things now...there is something Criminal Sessions this morning]age.!

silly....about it."" when Wong Tai pleaded guilty to He, the lower, had money; it

That was it, something sily; wounding with intent Yu Sze-mul would all be done very well in-what in the name of Heaven hat and had sentence of five years deed: there need be nothing sordid induced him to come to this parti hard labour passed upon him.

Jcalar spot and wait for this parti leilar woman?

The victim of the affray, Yu Sze-mui, at a former hearing stated that the man who had stabbed her had been procured to do so to prevent her returning to America.. Her wounds were so

serious that she had been” oblig-

ed to remain in hospital for five

weeks.

Totes:

Forged Banknotes

THE NAVAL TALKS

(Continued from Page 1)

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Of course he was in love--but well, there was something silly about it.

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It is reported from Rome that the Italian reply expresses the he thought. "Cleopatra's suicide *I expect it is the newspapers,*:

opinion that the German proposals and the Romeo and Juliet affair should be considered in conjunc-would have been just cheap and tion with the Washington Treaty, sordid reported in the Press .... The prizes in the

not independently of it, and de-the world's got over that sort of Puzzle run

Lee Ngai-yan was sentenced to clares that Italy is prepared to thing, as schoolboys get over the in conjunction with three years hard labour after he participate in a of its existence.the screening to-morrow of "De had pleaded guilty to having including France, if one is convened ought not to have asked me and If.

conference. measles and the mumps ... Olivia sirable" at the Alhambra Thea his possession four $50 forged Since the Anglo-German agres ought not to have come.” tre have been won by

Hong Kong and Shanghai bank-ment makes German

Besides, she was late; he heard The forgeries were particular-Britain, it is assumed by unofficial the neighbouring village, it would

struction dependent upon that of the clock strike from the church of to put her lantern out.

He stepped towards the waver- ly clever and could hardly be dis-observers in London that Britain mean a brisk walk to the railway ing circle of light that showed up tinguished from genuine carren-must have assured Germany that station and the lanes were heavy the waxy cluster of blossoms and cy. In his own defence the sci France embarks on naval

ex-walking- cuseć said that as it was

the long grey green leaves of the first offence, His Lordship might respondingly in order to allow tiously and peered through the

He pushed open the gate in-loeanders, see fit to give him a light sea Germany to increase Renter.. Three entrants whose solutions tence, and that when he came out than Road, were brought before were drawn out of the bat before he would endeavour to reform Mr. E L.Wynne Jones at the those of the second and Kowloon Magistracy this morn-prize-winners had one ing on charges of stealing stores wrong. having. filled in the from the cafe, and were senten-for 23 across by "Potence in-again- ced to six weeks' hard labour stead of "Potency," their efforts each.

thus being automatically dis- The defendants" were Wong qualified. Wan, 32 years old, and Leung

Baker And Assistant Gaoled

A baker and assistant baker

of the Marcel Cafe, No. 70-Na-

Miss C. Savard-Remedios, C/o Madame S. Leite, Gloucester Building,

Mr. N. Francis, G.P.O. No. 799

his pansion Britain will increase cor-

third his ways. In addition he would letter do his best to see that the public

clue was

not robbed in this

#

WAY

Jewel Thieves Sentence of three years hard labour was passed on each

of

ja charge of having robbed

one

They were

CHILLY FRENCH REPLY REPORTED

"Is that you, Creed?" asked a gloom for a glimpse of Olivia. cheerful masculine voice.

Tiresome of her to be late; hel The lover stood still, curbing a was sure that she was "dressing childish desire to take to his heels: the part-a white dress, a cloak, and

then the light discovered,

ja case of jewels .... he was sure engulfed him, displayed him from It is believed that the note of it; his sense of the touch of head to foot and delivered him to points out that the increase

in ridicule

the whole over

thing the gaze of Olivia's husband.

"I thought I heard you," said the German feet to 35 per cent. of deepened; he hoped they would not

the British. will create a grave look fools in the train; he wished that person, pleasantly, "but I was inental neighbours, and will up-suitably dressed. problem for Germany's con-that be had told her to come not quite sure the waves, make

such z zoise.” set the equilibrium established by i When she still delayed, he began "Just going past-back to the

AMIR SAUD VISITS BRITAIN

Government Guest For Two Weeks

TO BE RECEIVED BY HIS MAJESTY

London, To-day. The Amir Saud, eldest süre heir to the kingdom of Saudí in viving son of King Ibn Sand and Arabia, arrived in London Jee- The three pairs of Dress Cir three men who pleaded guilty to Ho, 27 years old. The former cle tickets offered as prizes in¦]

terday and was formally wel was charged with stealing à jar the competition by the manageo Lap on May 30 of various arthe Washington Treaty. In this to wonder if he could not send her hotel after a ramble," said Creed Secretary, Sir Samuel Hoare.

comed on behalf of the Foreign of preserved cherries, a tin ofment of the Alhambra Theatre ticles of jewellery. carnation cream and 10 fresh have been forwarded to the lucky Li San-fat, Li Kam Tsui and Levent France could not submit back when she did come really steadily--"thought I heard some- Although the visit is private, eggs, while Leung was charged | prize-winners.

to limitation and would have to they ought to think it over longer, one in your garden, so stepped Amir Sand will be the guest of resume liberty of action as re-far better turn in-nów and sleep in

His Majesty's Government for the gards warship construction. on it... that Genoa train was "Never mind about all that,” in- first two weeks of his stay, which atrociously uncomfortable. the terrupted the other, "come into will extend over four or five It is also believed that he note spring night was cool and induced the house.”

weeks, and a programme has been stresses the interdepence of to sleep-be even yawned.

He held his little storm lautern, I prepared for his entertainment The note concludes by hoping land, sea and air armaments, A light flickered among the leaving the bushes, and in they during the period of official hos- that the present balance will not admitted by the Disarmament oleander bushes; that was rather glow of it stood, picked out from pitality. be brusquely upset by accelerated] Conference, and recalls the de-rash of her and really the moon the background of the dark masses building in Germany, which her claration of December 11. 1932 was quite strong. like limelights of the villa and the dark outline of will be received by H. M. the It is expected that the Amir powerful industrial capacity will subordinating the German rehe stepped inside the gate in his the house. render possible-Reuter

with stealing five fresh eggs.

Inspector Stimson, of the is printed below:

Water Police Station, stated that both defendants жете arrested on suspicion in the shop and when searched the various *Y- ticies were found concealed their clothing. Wong had the eggs in his hat, while Leung had his eggs in his girdle.

Kam.

The solution of the Crossword

(Continued from Previous Col) armament to the organisation of collective security...

in

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LOCAL RAINFALL

Thunderstorm Produces 1.95 Inches

Hong Kong was visited by an- other thunderstorm this morning, though not of the severity of those of the week-end. During its continuance a rainfall of 0.42

ADOBE WERE M EST PI EVA I E ON DESIRABLE A TRK

BAR LY OB1 RA IE TALON L POTENCY

SILK SMUGGLING ·

A big smuggling organisation,

of an inch was recorded, be said to be operated by Japanese, tween 6.30 and 7.20-a771...

W25 raided near Tangku East The rainfall for the 24 hours month, says the Shumpão. ́ended at 10 am to-day, was 1.95} The police found 246 bales of

inches, making the total for the artificial silk valued at 360,000 but { year to date 26-16 inches, za only a fisherman, who said: be wis against an average of 2201 there to keep a lookout for the inches.

police, was taken into custody.

Thousands Watch End Of

First Reich Navy Week'

Kiel, Today-The first German 16 kilometres distant from Kiel, "Nary Week which has been could be seen clearly outlined attended by tens of thousands of against the nocturnal sky by huge

searchlights.

visitors from all parts of the In white magnesium light the Reich, was concluded on Sunday by words Unstained honour, bold de vyrotechnic display in fence" could be distinguished in shining letters on warships "an-

which will take chored in Kiel harbour, while

sailing salutes nouncing the conclusion

Vtional: “Kiel of

INTERDEPENDENCE/

28

(Cont. at Foot of Preceding CoL) eagerness to meet her and tell her (Continued on Page 10.)

King in formal audience and will attend the third Court on June 25 British Wireless Service.

"FLYING HOTEL” DISASTER

(Continued from Page 1)

sequence of extremely adverse weather conditions, making flying very difficult, the pilots became exhausted and, lost complete con- trol over the machine.Trans- Oce Service

The Oniver was the famous "Flying Hotel" which piloted by Parmentier and Moll, came second to Scott and Black's Comet in the London to Melbournë Air Race The plane was engaged on

a special Christinas fight to the Dutch East Indies at the time of the disaster.

LONDON TO AFRICA AND BACK

from

to

of the

fter the

the huge