1939-06-26 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 26, 1989.

DEGRADING SEARCH OF A BRITISH COUPLE

LADY STRIPPED ALMOST NAKED BEFORE PUBLIC

Tientsin, To-day.

A British lady of German birth, it has just been re- vealed, was subjected to a degrading search at the hands of the Japanese when she was expos- ed to the public view practically naked.

The lady, Mrs. Finlay, and her husband, Mr. D. Fin- lay, were proceeding to the Country Club, of which Mrs. Finlay is manageress, outside the British Concession.

After queuing up in the search hut on the Japanese side of the barriers, the couple were ordered to strip.

AGED POACHER

BATTLES POLICE

PARIS, TO-DAY.

IN

A POACHERS' TRAGEDY WHICH TWO LIVES WERE LOST OCCURRED AT THE VILLAGE OF DONEY, NEAR AUXERRE, 180 KILOMETRES SOUTH-EAST OF PARIS, ON SATURDAY.

A notorious poacher, a 76-year old peasant by the name of Abel Lecol, who is the father of five children, was called to the gendar-

merie station for examination.

When he did not appear, two gendarmes were sent to his home, but they were received-by- -shots, which killed one of them.

This they did, until Mr. Finlay was clad only in a singlet and his wife in a small under-garment. Both were exposed to the view of any onlooker.

A Japanese sentry was an in- terested spectator of the stripping of Mrs. Finlay, which was carried out by a Chinese female searcher. -Reuter.

CHURCH THREAT TO I.R.A.

SPRING CLEANING BUCKINGHAM_PALACE.-Buckingham Palace is undergoing a "spring clean,” and many workmen are busy there. Photo shows an angle shot showing a Guard marching past workmen painting the railings in front of the Palace.

AMAZING ADVENTURE

OF GAME

KENYA

WARDEN

LONDON, TO-DAY. MR. GEORGE ADAMSON, AN ASSISTANT GAME WAR- London, To-day. DEN IN KENYA, IS IN HOSPITAL IN NAIROBI WITH Members of the Irish Republican ADVENTURE WHEN HE WAS SEVERELY MAULED BY A SERIOUS INJURIES RECEIVED IN AN EXTRAORDINARY Army are threatened with ex-

LIONESS, SAYS THE "DAILY TELEGRAPH.” communication by Cardinal Hinsley,

A few hours after being maul- | the Catholic Archbishop of West-ed, when nearly delirious with minster.

pain, he shot dead an elephant which he heard moving outside his tent.

Lecol fired incessantly from his attic on the gendarmes, who re- ceived reinforcements so that final- ly 30 participated in a siege last-activities of the IRA. ing for three hours.

After another gendarme had been seriously wounded, it was decided to use tear gas bombs while at the

fired same time volleys were

at Lecol, who was hit by a bullet and taken to the Auxerre Hospital in a dying condition.-Trans-Ocean.

DEATH SENTENCES FOR CHINESE COMMUNISTS

Tokyo, To-day.

The Cardinal, who heads the Catholic Church in the British Isles, made a statement yesterday on the Church's attitude towards the

and nounced that the excommunication of "all members of all secret or- against the ganizations directed State" was being contemplated.

expe-

He did so left-handed, clinging to his tent-pole for support. Mr. Adamson was on an an-

dition in the Samburu reserve, endeavouring to track down pride of man-eating lions which had been giving the natives trou- ble.

The Archbishop's threat is given much attention since it is assumed that in view of the pious Catholi- cism of the Irish, it may not be without an effect on the future ac- Irish Republican tivities of the.

Army-Trans-Ocean.

GREEK ROYALTY FOR ITALY

Athens, To-day.

The Crown Prince and Crown Princess

Sentences ranging from death to Princess of Greece and five years imprisonment have been Katharina have left for Corfu,

passed in Manchukuo on 1.14 Chin-

ese Communists arrested in March last year, according to an official announcement in Hsingking.

The Communists were tried by the Harbin High Court, and 10 were sentenced to death and seven to life imprisonment.

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When he encountered the lioness his rifle jammed as the animal charged him and the weapon was knocked out of his grasp. The lioness then seized and maul- ed him, but left him before in- flicting fatal injuries.

He managed to return to his camp for the night, and as he was lying alone in his tent he heard the elephant moving outside.

Staggering to his feet, he shot the animal.-Our Own Correspon- dent.

where they will meet King George FORMER GOVERNOR

II.

From Corfu, the Greek Royal MARRYING AGAIN

a large.

Family, accompanied by suite, will leave for Italy to attend the marriage of Princess Irens of Greece, sister of the King, to the Duke of Spoleto, cousin of the King of Italy.Trans-Ocean.

They were accused of disturb The" communique concludes by ing peace and order in accord-stating that today Soviet-Mongo- ance with instructions issued by lian troops have occupied all points the seventh Convention of the along the Manchukuo frontier east Comintern in 1985. — Reuter. of Khalkingol River. — Reuter

BALKAN PACT DENIED

Bucharest, To-day. The report that the Rumanian Foreign Minister, M. Gafencu, is preparing a new Balkan defence bact, is denied in semi-official quarters.

It is stated that the aims and results of M. Gafencu's recent visits to Ankara and Athens were clearly and completely set forth in communiques issued at that time.—Reuter.

GERMANY'S EASTERN FORTIFICATION

Danzig, To-day.

The first detailed map of the German eastern fortifications has

· London, To-day. been published by the

paper "Dan- Sir Frank Athelstane Swetten-ziger Vorposten." ham, former Governor of the Straits Settlements, is marrying to-day at Caxton Hall, London, Mrs. Newil Guthrie, widow of an Irish Guards' officer who was killed in the war, according to the “Dally Mail."

Sir Frank Swettenham was cently divorced from his first

Reuter.

The map shows that the entire frontier of East Prussia up to Memel in the extreme north of the province is protected by a chain of fortifications and that a second sim- re-ilar chain of fortifications is con- wife.structed in the centre of the pro-

vince Trans-Ocean.