1937-07-24 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIE, JULY

MINISTER DEMANDS TO

OF

KNOW SOURCE OF DARTMOOR ALLEGATIONS

at

in

Replying to Mr. D. N. Pritt, K.Ç., about treatment of prisoners Dartmoor, the Home Secretary, the House of Commons, asked his questioner for the name of the per-

tion that he had been attacked by a prison officer.

LORD NUFFIELD STILL GIVING

added to his

AMERICAN WOMAN IN

DRUG CASE

Taken from Hankow to Shanghai in the custody of Mr. Edward L. Faupel, U. S. Marshal, Mrs. Mar-

Lord Nuffield has many benefactions a gift of £146,581 to the Birmingham Hos- pitals' Central Appeal Fund, to de- "The suggestion that the prisoner fray the entire cost of the Nurses' subsequently became insane owing Home and

and College of Nursing at the to his treatment in prison is equal-new hospitals" centre. son responsible for what he de-ly unfounded, but he is still unfit This is Lord Nuffield's second garet Florence Evers, 48, Amer- scribed as "a baseless story."

to leave Broadmoor Asylum. He is contribution to the Appeal Fund,ican, is facing charges of having Mr. Pritt had asked whether the suffering from delusional insanity." to which he gave £52,000 in 1932. smuggled narcotics from Peiping system of “knocking" waking pri- Of "Knocking." Sir Samuel Hoare The amount required for the first to Anyang, Hönan, by train on soners every quarter of an hour said: "There is no foundation what-

portion during the night as a punishment ever for the suggestion that such a scheme is £1,000,000.

of the Hospitals Centre July 5 and 6.

The woman was arrested by the ——was still in operation at Dart-system. exists, or has recently exist-{„ Of this £800,000 has already Chinese

e authorities on July 6, and, ed at Dartmoor or any other prison. been subscribed by the public, leav after having been held for investi- "I am sure you will agree," he ing £200,000 to be obtained by the gation for five days, was turned service, the author said, "that, in faimess to the prison Lord Mayor's appeal. Lord Nuf-over to the American authorities. of this story field's gift will be allocated to this Shortly after her arrival in Shang- should not remain anonymous."

appeal, which means that approxi-hai in the s.. Yulin, bail of U.S. mately £54,000 remains to be raised, $10,000 was fixed for her.

This gift by Lord Nuffield brings According to the Chinese offi- the total of the major benefactions cials, occupants or to well over £8,000,000.

moor, was still insane.

Alleged Attack

He also wanted to know whether this prisoner had a crippled arm "as a result of an attack upon him by a prison officer at Dartmoor."

All these allegations were

as untrue by the Home

scribed Secretary.

-

de-

the Kuang

BRITAIN TO where

His written reply was: “I pre- HAVE A

sume the case referred to is that of

a - prisoner named A. H. Jackson,

RENO?

who in april of last year sustained R

a deep cut on his right forearm from broken glass.

*Find The Author!"

"The circumstances were fully investigated at the time by the Board of Visitors, whose inquiry showed that there was -no foundation for the sugges-

BRITAIN'S FAST NEW BATTLESHIPS

The description of the five new battleships of the King George V. class, by Sir Thomas Inskip, Minis- ter for Co-ordination of Defence, in a speech in London "as the best protected" vessels of this type yet built, is fully borne out by unofficial but reliable detalls of the class.

Danger that Guernsey, Channel Islands, would become a British Reno-a place to which non-re- sidents could go for easy divorce→→ is foreseen in the report of the State's Divorce Committee.

does not include his numerous charitable gifts of less than £10,000

ca

she stayed, became suspicious of her baggage and the Chinese Police were notified. On examination, two of her three bags were found to contain narcotics. In one bag were

Robles Not Going six packages of heroin, each weigh-

To England

London, To-day.

ing 25 ounces, and in another were 10 packages of narcotics.

Mrs. Evers was said to have told the police that the two bags be- A denial by Senor Gil Robles, longed to one of her Chinese the Spanish Fascist leader, that he students named Cheng Chia-shun.

"

While recommending reforms, the been commissioned by General When she left Peiping for Anyang Committee wishes to prevent the Franco to visit London and confer for medical treatment, Cheng ap- island becoming a resort for non-

with British Government leaders on proached her and left the two bags residents seeking divorces. It there-recognition of the nationalists, is in her compartment. fore asks for domicile, plus 1,500 Published in yesterday's newspa

The American woman said she days' residence, during the seven pers.

was born in San Francisco and Senor Robles declared that the came years preceeding divorce action.

ne to Shanghai nine years ago "Collusion” Fear

reports concerning his intended as a-private English teacher. Her Two members of the Committee Visit to England were not in keep (hushand died fourteen years ago. refused to sign the report because ing with the facts.--Trans-Ocean,

In 1932, she left for Peiping, the proposals "would lower respect

where she stayed at No. 2 Yang Yi in public morals," and lead to col-sume at least a part of his audiences for marriage and result in a decline bealth

The Pope, if the improvement in his Hutung, giving English lessons to continues, will shortly re-Chinese students. She left Peiping Jusion.

of newly-married-couples.

for Anyang on July 5.

They are the Dean of Guernsey, the Rev. A. W. G. Giffard, and one. Rector. They have issued a minority

report.

The majority report approves as grounds for divorce, misconduct, They are designed to withstand

persistent the heaviest punishment by gunfire, three years, habitual drunkenness, cruelty, desertion for

air bombs, and underwater attack,

respondent's imprisonment for not only without sinking, but with more than fifteen years, commuted out serious loss of fighting effi-death sentence, incurable insanity, ciency. To this end an entirely unnatural offences. new system of protection has been evolved, based largely on. actual ex- periment, including tests made by the Admiralty in collaboration with the Royal Air Force.

It is understood that side and deck armour, bomb-proof control

R.A.F. MAY TRY FOR

stations, and anti-torpedo and mint MORE RECORDS

the Air

defence account for at least 40 per It is understood that cent. of the total displacement of Ministry is considering the pos- 35,000 tons. Hitherto the greatest sibility of attacking more world re- proportion of weight devoted to cords. This follows the feat of protection in a British ship was Fit.-Lt. M. J. Adam, R.A.F., who 94 per cent. in the battle-cruiser regained the world altitude récord Hood.

for Britain by flying to a height of 53,937 feet.

The King George V. is to have a speed of 30 knots, as compared with the 25 knots of the Queen Elizabeth class, hitherto our fastest battle ships.

Two more records at least are within Britain's grasp. By using types of 'planes-now being supplied to the Air Force, the land aero- Although stress has been laid on plane speed record of 352 miles an their unique defensive powers, they hour, now held by the United are designed primarily for-of-States, could be beaten.

The long fensive *tactics. Their great distance record of 5,656 miles, speed will endow them with the measured as a straight line, now mobility of battle-cruisers, while held by France, could also be raised, thanks to their extremely strong The seaplane record of 4441⁄2. protection they will be able to miles an hour is held by Italy. Great engage an enemy at the most effec- Britain was the first country to put tive range of their big guns.

it up above 400 miles an hour.

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