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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 2, 1988.

CHINESE EMBASSY AND CORRIGAN ARMS CASE Reluctant To Send Witnesses To The Trial

Foreign Office Official Gives Evidence

London, To-day.

The Chinese Embassy was mentioned at the resum- ed hearing at Bow Street police court before Sir Rollo Graham-Campbell yesterday of the famous Corrigan arms case.

The accused are:

•

Dennis Michael Corrigan, 46, agent, of Park Lane,

Frederick Willing, 50, Dutch subject, and metal merchant,

of Bloomsbury, and

James Oll Herbert Willing, 24, metal merchant, of Dorset

House.

with having They are charged

and conspired with Chou Tin-shu

others unknown to defraud M.

Theodore Laffitte, manager

well-known firm of

agents, of £7,250.

of a Paris arms

There are further charges

obtaining £7.250

of

from M. Laffitte

by false pretences and of attempt ing to obtain £4,000..

SECRET TREATY WITH PORTUGAL?

London, To-day.

The Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, will be asked in the

House of Commons in the course of

The case hinges round shipment to-day's session, whether he is in to China of packets ostensibly con- a position..to give details about à taining arms and ammunition for secret treaty allegedly concluded the Chinese armies, but which turn-between Britain and Portugal, and ed out to be old stones and wood appertaining to the inviolability of shavings.

Portugal and its colonies.

SHIPPERS' BELIEF

the At yesterday's proceedings representative of a firm of shipping agents was recalled.

He stated his firm thought they were dealing with the Chinese Em- bassy and "would have to obey their commands.'

""

Mr. Percy Munday, a Foreign Office official, said that the name of Chou Tin-shu had never been sub- mitted to the Foreign Office as an official of the Chinese Embassy.

".

PLEADED PRIVILEGE?

Mr. E. Clayton, for the prosecu- tion, said he was not calling evid- ence from the Chinese Embassy.

Mr. C. G. L. Du Cann, for the defence: "I suppose they pleaded privilege so as not to come here

till.

and tell us about Shu."

Mr. Clayton did not reply. The case was adjourned Dec. 9, and the magistrate again refused bail for Corrigan. Reuter.

BELGIUM'S BREAK WITH BARCELONA

Barcelona, To-day.

The question, it is understood, is to be submitted by a member of the Labour Party.-Trans-Ocean.

SPEEDSTER

SIGN OF THE TIMES. With the approach of winter, English schools are taking to winter sports. Here is, a cheerful young lady at the Glamorgan County School, Hengoed, South Wales, anxious not to be late for the first lacrosse practice.

CHAMBER TO GERMANY TAKES

MEET

Paris, To-day: BALLOON

Miss M. A. Whitham, of No. 10, Shek O Bungalow, was fined $5 by

M. Daladier has announced his Mr. R. A. D. Forrest at the Central Magistracy this morning, for intention of convening the Cham- Trans- on ber for 8th December. speeding in Hennessy Road, November 21.

Ocean.

Federal Cabinet In Prague Completed

Prague, To-day.

The new Czecho-Slovak Federal Cabinet, formed by Rudolf Beran, the former Agrarian leader, to succeed the Sirovy Cabinet, was announced last evening.

BARRAGE TIP

Berlin, To-day.

.Following the example set by England, balloon barrages have now been introduced in Germany.

It is announced that the first barrage has been established around the gigantic Leuna Works at Halle, to which their sixteen immense chimneys would offer a particularly favourable objective for enemy air-

men.

..

According to reliable information the efficiency of this barrage was proved during an attacking manoeuvre recently carried by several bombing squadrons which showed conclusively that the Leuna Works would be adequately protect- The Leuna Works are mainly

ed in the event of war.

General Sirovy remains in the Cabinet as Minister for National Defence, while M. Sidor, leader of the Slovak Government Party, becomes Deputy

concerned with production of nitro- Prime Minister in the Federal Cabinet.

gen and with hydrogenation of coal. M. Chvalkovsky remains Foreign

President, Dr. Benes, and no mem--Trans-Ocean. Minister and Dr. Kalfus Finance ber of the former Social Democra- Minister.

tic Party still belongs to the Slovak under-secretaries will be Cabinet. The Spanish Government has re-appointed in the Foreign, Deferice called its Ambassador in Brussels and Finance Ministries, while non- In political circles here, it is ex- in view of the Belgian Government's party experts will be appointed

as pected that the newly-formed announcement that it is relinquish-ministers for Bohemia, Moravia and Cabinet will get to work very ing membership of the non-inter-Silesia. vention committee and is appointing The Slovak Government is un- The choice of the Minister for a representative to Gen. Franco's changed except for a new Minister Justice and the Minister for Home In order to facilitate closer co- government,

of Justice, and the Ministry for Affairs has not yet been made as operation between England and the It is understood that the Belgian Sub-Carpathian Russia Is also the State President reserved the Empire, it is planned to erect 32 Government has also decided to unchanged. Reuter,

right of final decision. The well- broadcasting stations in British co- recall the Belgian charge d'affaires

known Czech shoe manufacturer, lonial possessions. at Barcelona in reply to the Spanish

Bata, will probably be Minister for Total costs are estimated at one Government's action-Router.- No adherent of the former State Labour Trans-Ocean.

million pounds,-

·NO BENES ADHERENT

IN NEW CABINET

quickly.

RADIO STATIONS IN EMPIRE

London, To-day.