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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 9, 1939.

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CONGRESS ON NEUTRALITY

New York, To-day.

President Roosevelt was highly critical of the ac- tion of Congress in passing neutrality legisla- tion at the first press conference (held yester- day) since Congress adjourned.

The President declared that the Congressmen who voted against revising the neutrality law, if they were wrong, tied his hands.

He had practically no power to make an American

effort to prevent any outbreak of war.

APPEAL AGAINST HEAVY SENTENCE

That was, he said, "a pretty serious responsibility."

The solid Republican minority, he went on, and from twenty to twenty-five per cent. of the. Demo- crats in Congress had, in effect, made a large wager with the na- tion on neutrality that there would be no war until sufficiently long after their return to Washington in January for them to take care of things.

An appeal against the sen tence imposed by the Puisne Judge, Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell,

They had also wagered that pri- at the June Session,- of three years hard labour on Chong vate industry and business would Chang-kwai, who pleaded guilty take up the slack caused by the to possession of two revolvers dropping of one million works pro- and 16 rounds of ammunition at gress administration workers this 328, Main Street on May 5 was year and by the closing down next heard by the Chief Justice, Sir year of the Public Works Act pro- Atholl MacGregor and Mr. Jus-gramme which would have provid- ed two million workers with jobs. tice J. A. Fraser to-day.

He added that if the coalition Appellant was represented by lost its neutrality wager, it might Mr. Leo d'Almada, Jr, in affect a billion and a half human structed by Mr. F. H. Loseby, Mr.

J. B. Prentiss was for the Crown. beings.-Reuter.

Mr. d'Almada gaid the appeal

was against the sentence. Defen- dant had pleaded guilty to the charge, and in consequence the

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notes of the trial judge were brief. REGULATIONS

From the outset defendant...`had given his occupation as a tailor.

Messrs. Butterfield and Swire In the lower court, Inspector Rus-were cautioned by Mr. R. Edwards sell had stated that when he visited this morning when summoned for the premises in the company of failing to supply a list of arrivals Sergeant Matthews, the revolver and on the 8.8. Hupeh on July 21, ammunition were found in a hat

Sub-Inspector H. E. Langley said stand wrapped in newspaper on the the list was supplied only after a outside, and ip a blue and white second request had been made by check handkerchief..

the Registration Office.

Defendant had stated that they did not belong to him but had been were fined

Messrs. Thoresen and Company not supplying the

left by a French sailor, who had Registration with a list of

ordered $110 worth of clothing but passengers who departed on board had only paid $40 and had left the the s.8. Hai Hing on June 28. goods to be redeemed when the sai lor came back.

This

NO RECORD

This story was not

for possession of weapons in good working order, had been increased

the trial judge accepted by lately and that might have been the

it was stated that the judge remarked, before passing sentence, that "he was more likely to be a gunman than a tailor."

Defendant had no police record and there was no reason to suspect that he was keeping the pistols for an illegal purpose.

trial judge's reason for the heavy sentences

Furthermore, the revolvers

said to have been left as seen

for $70; how would defendant hope to realise the security?

As regards the story of the French sailor, it was possible that the Trial judge, thought I don't believe the story of the Fre gai- sen-Ilor and I must presume that you

Mr. d'Almada mentioned -other, cases where fines and lighter

were imposed.

hoped

In this case, he * considered sentence manifestly excessive ticularly as

Instru

had been

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