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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 31, 1987.

ALL LEAVE CANCELLED IN THE

American Banker's Tragic Death

New York, To-day.

The death occurred yesterday of Mr. George F. Baker, the well known New York banker, who was operated on for peri- tonitis in mid-ocean last Wed- nesday while aboard his yacht the Viking, which is now Honolulu Reuter.

in

LEGAL DISPUTE BEFORE FULL COURT

APPEAL AGAINST C.J'S ORDER

the

al

KWANGTUNG ARMY

WE DO NOT WANT TO

SEE ANY

MORE ENCYCLICALS

FRICK DENIES NAZI HOSTILITY TO ORGANISED RELIGION

Weser-Ems, To-day.

SWATOW INCIDENT LATEST

-EFFORTS TOWARDS

SETTLEMENT

مد

Canton, To-day.

Mr. Chang Yuan-nam and Gen- eral Wu Men-hsin who have been investigating the Swatow inci- dent, returned to Canton on Satur-

It is stated that Mr. Philip K. C.

fairs for the two Kwangs, has in-

In Ling, to remain in Swatow so as to

Dr. Wilhelm Frick, German Minister of In-day. terior, at the Nationalist Socialist Party Regional Congress here said, "We are anything but hostile Tau, Commissioner of Foreign Af- to organised religion as we have proved again and structed his secretary, Mr. S. F. again in the years since we came into power. 1933 the Fuehrer took the greatest trouble assist the Swatow Mayor, to create a unified Protestant Church.

are

Mr. Huang Ping-fan, to settle the dis- pute with the Japanese Consul there.

Mr. Tyau is at the same time calling on Japanese Consul-general at Shameen, Mr. Nakamura, this to morning to request the latter take steps for withdrawal of the Japasese warships, pending the settlement of the case,

was

Whether the Chief Justice was

THE CHURCH PEOPLE WOULD NOT-ACCEPT THE PLAN, right in not taking into considera- tion the conduct of the defendants BUT ON THE CONTRARY SAY THAT WE ARE HOSTILE TO IT IS A FACT THAT HUNDREDS OF MIL when he granted an order to set THE CHURCH. aside the judgment given against LIONS OF MARKS ARE SPENT BY THE STATE FOR THE them twelve months previously, in CHURCH AND NOBODY PROPOSES TO CEASE DOING SO. an action in which plaintiff, hav-

"But we have now had enough short excerpts of the speech ing no case at all at the time when

A full report of the investiga- the writ was issued, obtained judg-pastoral letters and we do not available in Rome.

want to see any more pastoral

Chinese sent to the ment in chambers, and which

If careful study of the full text tion letters or encyclicals. defendants failed

Ishould reveal that the speech offer- Foreign Office yesterday, and it is d to contest,

"Catholic dignitaries are under an

Chung "though at liberty to do so, was the

obligation to see to it that decency ed any case for negotiations on the reported that Dr. Wang

Ger-hui, the Foreign Minister may send subject of a legal battle between

orevails in their ranks. What has differences at issue between ·

then the an official to Swatow to help in the Mr. Leo D'Almada, junior, and Mr been revealed in the last few weeks many and the Vatican, H. G. Sheldon at the Supreme Court about the state of affairs amoug

Vatican would, as always, be pre-negotiations.

General Yu-Han-mau; -Kwang-- this morning before Mr. Justice R. the Catholic clergy and in Catholic pared to take advantage thereof. E. Lindsell and Mr. Justice J. A monastaries is a monstrous dis-

At the same time, it is declared tung military chief, issued a de- Fraser, sitting in Full Court.

grace. "-Trans-Ocean.

in Vatican circles that the Vatican cree yesterday, that no officers of Route Army, are to be could not reprimand Cardinal Mun-the 4th.

before delen, of Chicago, since his speech granted leave of absence constituted no breach of his duties. the settlement of the Swatow dis- The speech delivered by Dr. Moreover, he had spoken rather as pute and the withdrawal of the Ja- Goebbels made a profound impres-an American citizen than sion upon clergical quarters, mainly Church dignitary.-Trans-Ocean. because they were not prepared for the utter frankness.

Mr. D'Almada, on behalf of the appellant, Mrs. Tso Yuk-Tong, urg- ed that the order to set aside the judgment, should not have been granted, on the grounds stated and that the Chief Justice also went wrong in that he made his decision without hearing the evidence.

Mr. Sheldon, appeared on behalf of the respondents the Luk. Hoi Tung Company, Limited.

The case arose out of an action,

in which the appellant sued the de- fendants for $8,678.83. on a deben- ture ́ ́deed, which she claimed was payable on demand.

CHURCH RECEPTION

Berlin, To-day.

very

as

AUSTRIAN ACTION

Vienna, To-day.

apanese warships. Our Own Cor-

respondent.

Decree For Actress

The Hon. Mrs. David Tennant

Dr. Goebbels warned that, "under certain circumstances, even

German newspapers, containing high ecclesiastical personalities the text of the speech by Dr. Goeb- would have to appear in court to bels, replying to Cardinal Munde-Hermione Baddeley, the actress— answer certain questions on oath." len, of Chicago, have been banned of Marlborough Gate Cottage, Elm- mews, Lancaster-gate, was granted from sale throughout Austria. believe

a decree nisi, with costs, by Mr.. The German Ambassador, Herr Justice Bucknill in the Divorce von Papen, is understood to have Court because of the adultery of protested against the Austrian Gov- her husband. The suit was not de- ernment's measures. Trans-Ocean.fended.

Non-ecclesiastical circles that this may mean that the State is in possession of proof that high church dignitaries have been aware The defendants were presented of delinquencies among the clergy. with letters of demand on various

At all events, it is thought that dates in February 1936. The writ the Catholic church will probably was issued in March and judgment reply to the Minister's speech per was given on defendants failing to haps in the form of a declaration appear. Three months later, de- depicting from the Catholic stand- fendants were again notified of point why the development of re- money due on the judgment debt, lations between the Vatican and and were warned in October, 1936, the State in the last few years has

wa

COST OF NERVES TO INDUSTRY

10,000,000 Weeks A Year

that wider proceedings would be approached a state similar to the Ten million weeks a year are lost

taken if they failed to pay..........

The couple were married April, 1928.

in

Mrs, Tennant's case was that her married life was unhappy, and that on more than one occasion hér hús- band made an admission regarding another woman.

After a quarrel more than a year ago, husband and wife separated. Last May he stayed at a London hotel with Phyllis Vernon,

“Kulturkampf.” (The struggle of to industry from nervous illness. the German Government against This statement was made by Mr. The defendants ignored all let-the Roman Pope influencing inter- R. S. Hudson, Parliamentary Se-bation back before him in court ters and warnings and on Februaryior..... German affairs)!-Trans-cretary to the Ministry of Health, after psycho-therapic treatment at at the annual luncheon of the Ta- the clinic. About 55 per cent. vistock Clinic, the Institute of Medi-were permanently relieved cal Psychology,

Lord Hollenden,

TEXT OF SPEECH NOT YET RECEIVED

9, 1987, filed a petition for winding Ocean. up the firm. Nine days later they applied for the judgment to be set aside, on the ground that, at the time the writ was issued, plaintiff had no claim to the money. In fact the debenture deed was not payable on demand. The Chief Jus- tice granted the application.”

A

later.

written judgment will be given

Six railway officials regarded as responsible for an accident in which six people were killed on a Moscow subur- ban line are to be placed on trial..

need for finan- of the institute, said that the clinic, cial support. The clinic, hê said, in which 24,000 hours of medical had a mortgage of $44,650 and a time are given each year, is trying bank overdraft of 524,850. Against to unravel the knots of nervous these amounts was the value of the troubles.

Store-street site, for which a hand- some offer was recently received and refused. The loss on the year's work was £2.162.

Dr. J. R. Rees, medical director [er, emphasised the hon. treasur-

Berlin, To-day. Vatican circles take a very re- served attitude towards the broadcast speech by the Propa-

"The only kind of radical treat ganda Minister, Dr. Goebbels, A dealing with the trials of priests ment," he added, "is to try to do and members of religious orders, to get at the root of the trouble and something comparable to surgery,

the "Berliner Tageblatt" learns clean it up. "

from Rome.

The clinic was planning to ap- peal to industry to provide it with A. London magistrate, said Dr. funds for rebuilding and mainten- This attitude is believed to be due Rees, had told him that he had ance in return for a service avail-

the fact that at present Only never had a single patient on pro-able for industrial employees.