1939-10-17 — Page 6

A THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 17, 1939.

NAVAL ACTION OFF NORWAY

Stockholm, To-day.

A warship was seen firing on three others off Nordfjord, according to the "Afton Bladet."

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One ship was hit and observers saw clouds of smoke ascending from it.

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Oslo, To-day. A report that a German warship has been sunk comes from fishermen, who' state that three British warships and a British plane attacked a German war- ship off the West coast of Norway on Saturday.

Shots were fired after which smoke rose from the water and the British ships sailed away. Reuter.

HITLER EFFORT TO BRING ROME AND MOSCOW INTO PEACE OFFENSIVE

London, To-day.

THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT is still at a loss re- garding its next move in view of the identical French and British reaction to Hitler's attempt to get "his" peace without yielding any of his plunder.

It is suggested in some quarters that he might try and get the Russian and Italian leaders into a conference, but tentative attempts in this direc- tion have been received coldly in Moscow and Rome:

LEAVE TO APPEAL REFUSED

LEAVE TO APPEAL AGAINST THE CONVICTION OF BAHADUR KHAN FOUND GUILTY, AT THE LAST SESSIONS, OF RAPE, AND SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS' HARD LABOUR, WAS REFUSED BY THE APPEALS COURTS, COMPRISING THE PUSINE JUDGE, MR. R. E. LINDSELL AND JUSTICE J. A. FRASER THIS MORNING.

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The appellant was represented Mr. Percy Chen, Instructed by Mr. C. A. S. Russ, while Mr. M. A. Abbott, Assistant Crown Counsel, was present for the Crown.

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The Reich is now trying to up the spirit of the people by porting the most fantastic and ficti- tious naval successes. At first, it reported that the Repulse had been torpedoed and "badly damaged and disabled." An hour later, the official agency said that this statement would have to be corrected; the Repulse had merely been attacked and tor- pedoed.

BERLIN ALL MUSSED UP

Berlin, To-day.

A medley of pleas, threats, hopes and fears are the keynote of the press of yesterday morn. Ing.

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The newspapers continue comment on Mr. Chamberlain's speech and suggest that Britain and France must make the next political move but with a funda- mental change in the views and aims of persons-Reuter,

ATHENIA'S OWNERS' GESTURE

NO CREDITS BY U.S. TO ALLIES

Washington, To-day. Administration leaders in the United States Senate have agreed to amend the clause repealing the arms embargo in the Neutrality Bill, so as to prohibit all credit to belligerent nations.

The clause whereby credit for 90 days was given has been deleted on the proposal of Senator Pittman.

This is expected to hasten adoption of the bill.

As a result of Senator Pittman's move, administration leaders count on gaining the support of a number of senators favouring the repeal of the arms embargo but desiring the "cash and carry" system for other exports which will be stricter than that in the. bill.

Meanwhile Mr. Bankhead, the Speaker of the House of Representa- tives, told the press conference that he was confident the House would

Reuter. pass the neutrality bill.

5 O'CLOCK TEA AT ALL HOURS

Paris, To-day.

The cafes and hotels of France are doing all they can to make the British soldier feel at home.

Enticing signs are displayed, such as "Home life cooking here" and "Five o'clock tea at all hours."

The hotels provide "hot Bátho, with or without soap." Some of the soldiers prefer to bring, thair own soap..

LONDON, TO-DAY. THE DONALDSON - ATLANTIC LINE, OWNERS OF THE İLL-FATED

The French and British combine in MR. JOSEPH KENNEDY, U.S. AM- the singing of popular songs," the ATHENIA, HAVE SENT £5,300 TO

AS A British favourite being "Hanging up with-BASSADOR TO LONDON,

CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE the washing on the Siegfried Line"

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Hitler, the THE and the French

Bachelor."-Reuter.

Needless to say, the whole story, which deserves to be put alongside "destruction" Nazi accounts of the of the Ark Royal, is absolutely out foundation. Reuter.

HITLER SENDS SPECIAL COURIER TO MOSCOW

COST OF TAKING AMERICAN SURVIVORS.

Nazi was sunk by a The Athenia U-boat just after war broke out. Out of the Athenia's 389 American passen- gers, 29 lost their lives.

also praised, the assistance given by the people of Galway and Glasgow, where survivors were landed, and the very highly, and British Government.-Reuter.

London, To-day. Hitler sent a

special courier to

Mr. Kennedy yesterday praised the Moscow during the week-end with a message for Stalin, reports from Ber-company's action

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The natura of Hitler's message โร not known, but these reports state

Mr. Chen said that the grounds for that Stalin's answer would have the application were that the cor-Important bearing on Hitler's plans. roboration of the prosecutrix's evi-

dende was ́ insufficient in law and practice, and that the verdict was against the weight of evidence.

After Mr. Chen had dwelt on the duties of a trial judge in directing a Jury, and the danger of convicting on uncorroborated evidence, Mr. Chen ́asked that he be allowed to open the

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London, To-day. The Lord Mayor's Red-Cross Fund has reached £400,000.-Reuter,

COLOSSAL BRITISH ACTIVITY IN

ARMS FACTORIES

London, To-day.

case as a whole, so that the Court jury directly not to convict when non- "COLOSSAL” IS THE only word to describe the ac-

after examining all the circumstances, corroborated evidence existed. might reverse the conviction.

CROWN REPLY

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Mr. Abbott said that no specific point had been brought up by Mr. Chen. The jury were warned against the danger of convicting without cor- roborative evidence. A Court would not interfere. If, after such warning, the Jury returned a conviction.

No useful purpose could be By the hearing of the appeal. Carri the evidence of the woman there w t-surgestion that she was guilty.

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APPEAL REFUSED

After further argument, Mr. Justice

Lindsell said the Court would refuse the leave to appeal; The court could not see where either ground for the application had been substantiated.

Corroborative evidence of the wo- man was not essential though, in fact, there was some evidence. The direc- flon of the trial judge-be the jury was simple and properly given. Reference made to the paucity of corrobora- in fact, that there was evi- the defendant was near

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tivity of Britain's armament works and warship building yards, a tour of which has just been completed by a Reuter representative.

one great steel works, where the world's latest equipment is working to produce all types of armament, 19,000 men and women are employ- ed and the works are functioning 24 hours a day and seven days a week.

Despite the long hours, the work- ers' spirit is excellent, and as a résult ❘ of their enthusiasm, efficiency has in-

creased and output risen.

One factory' zlohe now-haä-an

3 annual rate of consumption: of:

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NEW FLEET BUILDING

The research chief of one factòries; said, he was zonadu

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Another, big factory has developed fleet

thod of production of steel för ells which promises 1,000 per cent. increas