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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 1, 1940

ITALY RECOGNISING WANG?

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

Rome, To-day...

The Italian Press announces, with evident satisfaction, the In- auguration of Wang Ching-wel's puppet government In Nanking, hinting that Italy will grant ear- ly recognition.

Several papers' publish Wàng's appeal to Rome for co-opera- tion "In the long and difficult task of reconstruction" which confronts him----Havas.

WEYGAND IN

PARIS!

Paris, To-day. General Weygand, Commander-in- Chief of French Forces In the Middle East, conferred on Saturday night with M. Reynaud, the Premier.

MURDER TRIAL: NO WEAPON

AT THE SUPREME COURT THIS MORNING, LAM CHENG-HING STOOD TRIAL FOR MURDER 'OF LAM HING, IN GILLIES AVENUE ON JANUARY 20, BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR ATHOLL MAC- GREGOR, AND A JURY COMPOSED OF MESŚRS. T. J. BEATTIE, W. C. OGLEY, F. E. SILVA, J. N. WONG, J. E. ROCHA, P. L. L. BIAN, AND LEUNG SHUI-WING.

counsel, Mr. J. P. Murphy, crown assisted by Inspector Whant, appear- ed for the prosecution, while accused was represented by Mr. H. Somerset Fitzroy, instructed by Mr. Alfred Hon. Mr. Murphy said accused lived at No. 8 Gillies Avenue, Hung Hom. He rented part of the floor for a bean sprout stall and lived at the address. Deceased and his wife were on friendly terms with accused. They lived at No. 71, ML Tau-wei Road, just opposite.

The murder is alleged to have arisen out of a trivial quarrel over the ownership of the stall and stock-in- trade.

Early in January, accused, un- able to pay his rent, arranged with Tang Lee and his wife, to take over the stall on payment of the overdue It was not known that he was in rent. A few days later accused told Paris until the ́announcement was Tang that he had seen Lam Hing who made atter the meeting, which tookĮ wanted to take the stall over. Tsang place after a conference of the War agreed to give up the stall if he was Council lasting for three hours.

refunded the amount he had paid. Router.

Lam Hing and his wife took over the stall on January 24 and the wife, opened up understanding that she was to run the stall on behalf of her hus- band.

DAUTRY HAS A PRIVATE WIRE TO LONDON

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and they were to remain there for 12 days. Sometimes the duty lasts more than 12 days, Two hundred yards from this outpost were the German Hines. But all was quiet on

this day.

Accused helped her on the first day but after that did not assist nor op- pose her.

On January 29, about 7 p.m., de- ceased's wife closed the stall and drew water for the bean sprouts. At about 8 p.m.,

she saw her husband, accused and others near the stall. A quarrel arose over ownership of the stall and two earthenware jars. Blows were struck but no-one was able to

The soldiers were cleaning out their dug-say that they saw a knife used. Ac- out. The mud in the trench contrasted with the pure white- snow which surrounded everything in the wood.

I asked the officer-in-charge if he found the time dragging, particularly at night.

He nodded, and then said: "But we don't mind. We are at war. Watch must be kept."

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He did not add: "We must win this war at all costs," but I knew that was in his mind, for I could see the determined glint in his blue eyes.

His was the spirit that I met everywhere in France. I saw it in the tired eyes of the cruiser commander, who, toasted the battle of the Altmark, and in the bearing of the women who keep French farms as tidy as their houses, now that their men have gone to war for a ́second time.

NEW IRAK CABINET

Bagdad, To-day.

The Irak Cabinet has resigned.'

Reuter.

cused was seen, running out of the floor chased by Lam Hing but after running about 50 paces Lam Hing col- lapsed and died shortly after. Evi- dence would be given that at no time did they come into contact with each other during the chase.

Deceased was later found to have 14 stab wounds, The Crown case was that they must have been inflicted by accused.

No weapon was found. The case is proceeding.

DEFENCE REGULATION

IGNORED

Tam Chuen, 48, travelling trader, was fined $20 by Mr. R. Edwards this morning, when charged with breach of the Defence Regulations.

Defendant was found with 12 let- ters at the Tung On Wharf when

A new Cabinet has been formed searched, for the purpose of convey- under Rashud all Gailini, with Nurling them out of the Colony other Sald, as his Foreign Minister.-Reuter. than through the Post..

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