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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 30, 1939

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AIRCRAFT SAFETY PLANS "HANDED TO

TO GERMANY”

CRUISER RUMOURS:

OFFICIAL

DENIALS

Device Offered To Governments

Plans of an invention which, it was claimed, would make flying absolutely safe, and were stated to be now in the hands of the German Government, were mentioned in the High Court, Dublin, when

H. M. S. LIVERPOOL, ONE OF the inventor sought an injunction. BRITAIN'S LATEST CRUISERS, WHICH WAS COMPLETED ONLY

COME A "MYSTERY SHIP" ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE.

Bhe

sailed from Liverpool

on January 10 for the East Indies

station, and arrived at Malta on January 20,

HE MARCHED TO

"TIPPERARY"

Signor Gayda — “Mussolini's mouthpiece"stalked angrily out

of a Warsaw night club when the Long Way to Tipperary." orchestra played "It's a Long,

Other Italians, diplomats ac- companying Gayda during Count Ciano's visit to Poland, also refus- ed to listen to the wartime British

He alleged that the respondent, with whom he song, and walked out after Gayda.

"Long live England!" the night' club crowd gleefully shouted after them. A fight started and one man was arrested.

been found possible to procure a

LAST YEAR, HAS ALREADY BE- claimed he was in partnership, was a member of the German colony in Dublin, and had handed all the papers to the German Minister, and that when questioned about this the respondent asked him to keep quiet "as it could be regarded as espionage." purchaser at any price. He denied The application was made by Mr. Charles negotiations with Lord Nuffield's Campbell, K.C., on behalf of John Daniel Hamilton, representatives. a fitter, of Lower Mount-street, Dublin.

Three days later she was due to leave, but did not owing to engine trouble.

Repairs to her turbines were com-

menced, but the days lengthened in

to weeks, without any sign that the new cruiser was ready to proceed

on her voyage.

A number of rumours spread through Malta, one of which was that the engine trouble was due to sabotage.

It was even alleged, though never confirmed, that sand had been

found in parts of the machinery.

It is now expected that the Liver

pool will undergo trials and it is suggested that she may return to home waters:

NO STATEMENT

that he had obstructed or hampered

At Mr. Hamilton's request he made an appointment with the 'Ger- man Minister. It was Mr. Hamil

He sought an injunction against Į He asked Mr. Hamilton to des-ton who insisted on handing over Stephen Held, a. merchant, of Sun- troy all papers and letters he had the plans, and assured the Minister bury-gardens, Dartry-road, Dublin, had from him, arrangements of any that there was nothing wrong in his pending the trial of an action res-kind were ever discaused between inspecting the plans. training Mr. Held from delivering to them.

Mr. James Costelloe, for Mr. Held any person without his consent any

The affidavit alleged that Mr. said: "If the invention was valu- plan, specification, or other docu-Held was still engaged in negotia-able, would plaintiff have written ment relating to a patent of an air-tions regarding the patent. craft safety landing apparatus, or

attempting to negotiate the sale of the patent without Mr. Hamilton's consent."

EFFORTS TO SELL INVENTION

2

Mr. Held, in a replying affidavit denied that the terms of the agree- ment were as stated by Mr. Hamil-

ton.

on Nov. 16 to the Duke of Wind- "as a token of loyalty and devo- sor offering it to him for nothing,

tion," and asking him to offer it to the people of Britain "as your gift to the nation?".

Mr. Hamilton, in his affidavit, stated that he completed his inven- tion of a safety landing apparatus in February, 1938. At he had not No official statement has been is the money to commercialise. it, he in spite of every effort it had not costs." sued and the, Admiralty disclaims entered into an oral agreement with all knowledge of sabotage or any Mr. Held, whereby the expenses untoward incidents that might have would be paid by Mr. Held, and the led to the cancelling of the Liver-profits from the sale of the inven- pool's voyage to the East Indies. tion divided equally between them.

Engine trouble on new ships, it was pointed out, is not infrequent. The rumours, however, that some- thing more than this is responsible for the troubles of the new cruiser, still persist in' Malta.

Mr. Justice Johnson said there were no grounds for the applica- Mr. Held's affidavit continued that tion, which would be dismissed with

NEGOTIATIONS FELL

THROUGH

“As a result of discussions which Mr. Hamilton had in England with The Liverpool, which was laid representatives of Viscount Nuffield, down in 1935, represents the fast he believed that there were reason- word in cruiser building. She is able prospects of selling the patent 9,300 tons, mounting 12 6in. guns în England; but the negotiations and eight 4in. anti-aircraft guns. were obstructed by Mr. Held, and Her armament is heavy, her speed nothing resulted from them. 30 knots.

"HANDS OFF AFRICA" RESOLUTION

All Cession Opposed

About the end of November, 1988, Mr. Held and Mr. Hamilton had a conversation with the German Minister to Eire.

On Dec. 14 Mr. Hamilton met Mr. Held by appointment, and when he asked Mr. Held what had happened about the German Minister, Mr. Held said he gave him the papers- meaning the plans and specifica- tions on the day that the Minister left for England.

A resolution requesting the British Government to oppose the

Mr. Held further stated, accord- the cession of any African territory ing to the affidavit, that the Minis- whatever to the Nazi or Fascist Powter told him that he handed all the ers, was unanimously passed at the papers over to the Ambassador in London, and that they were now "Hands off Africa" Conference a all in Berlin. Bulawayo,

Major Cavendish-Bentinck

Mr. Hamilton asked Mr. Held de-what authority he had to part with clared that Mr. Chamberlain's state-the papers to the German Minister, ment in 1937 that the colonial ques-and Mr. Held said: tion required much extensive study

was not at all reassuring.

"Before anything happens I say

It is not a war implement, but merely a field and

we have the right of consultation were advice, and if Nuf-

other Governments

to buy it, what harm

and to have a say in the doings on is there in giving a present to the this continent," he said,

German Government secretly and

Major Cavendish-Bentinck added still selling to the others?” that he believed that he could build

Mr. Hamilton accused Mr. Held up a movement, that neither the In-of deceiving him, and told him that perial Government nor the world he would not be a party to such &

could ignore.Router.

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