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GRESSON STREET MURDER. (Continued from page 8.)

Did you attempt to DIRECTORY Mr Alabaster:

pick up a firearm on the box AND CHRONICLE Prisoner : No

1918.

THE

FOR

Did you handle any firearm that day

No

The Attorney General: You say I spector O'Sullivan struck your, brother, COREA, Ng Ming, with a stick?-Prisoner, Yes,

CHINA, JAPAN INDO CHINA, SIAM, ETRAITS SETTLEMENTS, HALAY STATES, NETHERLANDS INDIA, PHILIP. PINES, BORNEO, Erc.

OLIVER CROMWELL

INTERESTING LECTURE BY THE MASTER OF BALLIOL

In the course of a lecture on Oliver

nor were they there to express their A CHINA PEACE CONFERENCE feelinge on what happened; if they did,

AN APPEAL BY FOREIGN they might find very very difficult to

CHAMBERS. restrain them. They were there for

Another step was taken yesterday (says different purpose to perform a public duty, to see that no man was forejudged the MC Daily News on March 15th), in Cromwell, the Master of Balliol (Mr. to see that no man suffered for the crime the movement started some time ago by A. L. Smith) sal toes as well as friends of another and that no man was convicted Mr. E. 8. Little, in favour of convening admitted that Cromwell was a great man

A mero humdrum country life up to 40 except on the clearest possible and most peace conference at Shanghai

As is already known, it was last week suddenly changed to the career of a man unimpeachable evidence which the Crown could place before them, and, for that that the heads of the various Chinese of action, and within four years tho

commercial organizations in Shanghai, middle-aged famer, became the foremost. What for I cannot say. I don't

reason, the Attorney-General, when he how do I know?

man in England, both in the field and at know;

opened his case, asked them to forget together with a group of other infucn- From wantoaness, I suppose -How do anything that they might have heard tials, held a meeting at Mr. Little's the council board. Dealing exhaustively know? I cannot Bay.

outside, and to view it in the calm light office, at which it was decided, in view of with the details of Cromwell's wonderful of reason, and he was quite sure they the chaotic state in which China had got, career, the lecturer drew attention to the would do so. This was a charge of mur. that it was time for the commercial deep religious feeling, the dep sense of der and when it was opened it was bodies to take some definite action. The justice, and the business-like insight of gested to them that them was some following day a big meeting was held at Cromwell revealed by the early records, Did he spring to the box? No, evidence that the hand of the prisoner the Chinese Chamber of Commerce rooms and then emphasised the chief points in Did you tell the Magistrate when you caused the wound in the back of In in North Szechuen Road, at which it was his action during the first civil war gave evidence at the Police Court: Ng Spector Bullivan. That part of the agreed that, inasmuch in foreign in (1641646) as being hie, personal nativity Ming sprang to the box "I did not the Crown has had to abandon, he terests were equally involved, the foreign and example, his clear-sightedness, and my that,

y

muse there was no proof to suggest commercial bodies should be asked to join his unshrinking thoroughness. In his that the prisoner armed with

in representing to Peking career as a political and party leader he the Chinese i revolver hadshot Inspector O'Sul

that it was incumbent upon the powers showed greatness of a higher kind, if less obvious and less imposing than as L The Crown her brought a by a DESCRIPTION, carefully revised eseb I said: "The Inspector struck at different charge altogether and this that be in the northern capital to put general. For in politics, even more thâu;-

a definite stop to civil warfare-in other in war, the supremo quality was rapid was that although there was no evidence words, Chinese and foreign commercial insight. Some of them might feel that Str. Cromwell looked upon too narrow, too that the prisoner's hand caused a wound

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Ng Ming us a matter of fact, moved towards the box where the revolvers were-He was sitting on the edge of the bed.

How is it that the Mugistrate took it down I don't know. This is what

Ming; then his friend fired a shot, upon which Ng Ming went near the box

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This is what you said: "The Inspec- for struck Ng Ming. The third man Firms the Directory gives the CLASSIFIED who was sitting on the bed, put his hand LISTS of TRADES and PROFESSIONS at into the box and fred a shot. He hit the larger Commercial Contres Sun Tai in the band, then Ng Ming sprang to the box to take possession of ALPHABETICAL LIST of RESIDENTS it-The whole of that statement in the Far East contains the names of over wrong.

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feel that he was too presumptuous in his view of the interposition of God, in the affairs of the world. That he erred with many good men it was true, but still ho erred. Was he wholly tree from author besetting sin of men who had to combine

ligious ides with the facts, often the harsh and sordid facts of practical life3 What was the dark side of great move- ments like the medieval friars, like the later Jesuit order, or like this attempt of the Independents to govern on principles of Godliness? It was casuistry; that justifying the deadly dangerous doctrine of the end Puritan, too often lost hiruself. As the Roman Catholic had lost himself,

Hörein

the

in.

the history of morals, as of fore in

extremes met

ery of Halt & with others to make an attack on the

Accordingly a delegation from the police and acting in concert with the Chinese chamber waited on Mr. Little with he armed himself for their assistane, and the request that he would use his good in the course of what happened afterwards offices in bringing the matter to the various foreign chambers. On March 11th Inspector O'Sullivan was killed by one ar Little communicated with the British, of the party The Crown must prove to American, French, Italian, and Japanese them beyond a shadow of reasonable doubt Chambers of Commerce and with the that the prisoner did act in concert with (British) China Association and the On March 13th the other three men and that he did rush American Association. forward to take out a frearm. If the and 14th the several chambers named, Crown failed to convince them on those with the exception of the Japanese, sent three facts beyond all shadow of doubt telegrams to their respective Ministers at His Lordship would tell them that it Peking, the two Associations following would be their duty to acquit the prisoner sait yesterday They would have to believe the story told Japanese Chamber, while oot join by Bun Tai in al its essential

identical telegrams to Peking, replied: particularly the parite essential detaile ing the others in what were practically

Again, he said, in treating the vexed the rushing forward to take out a fire that it was in complete sympathy with arm, and could they, in a murder case, give the proposal, but hardly thought it noces question of toleration, we ought condidly. a verdict adverse to the prisoner on suol unsatisfactory evidence as that of Sun sary to repeat representations already to admit that Cromwell's principles were Was the statement made at the Police Tai who stands alone it the matter made and that the matter would be placed better than his practice, and that the Court read out to yon Yes, it was, and Sun Tai wae contardicted not only by before the Consul-General. It may be ideal he set out with was one to which by, the other Police only a coincidence that the Tokio telegram he failed to live up when he came to the I said it was correct and I signed it.

the prisoner, but witness, Lo

Lo Hoi, who was in a very much published yesterday reporting that Japan actus! perplexities of government. It had already served advice on China to might be said that those perplexities and Now you told me that the whole of that better position to judge what happened bring about the stoppage of internal dificulties explained and caused his

without confusion than Sun Tai bocauÍSO portion is wrong? Well, 1 am not Lo Hoi was dither unwounded, or if struggles, was dated March 12th, the day action. But the real point of interest was responsible for mistakes which have been wounded only slightly so, and he said following Mr. Little's communication to that he saw, all put in words better than

quite clearly that the man who rushed the Japanese Chamber here.

most men of his day, the true grounds of made.

forward

the box containing the are The telegrams despatched by the religious liberty, You are responsible for signing it-arms was not the prisoner but the fourth various foreign bodies called the atten- To him (the lecturer), Cromwell seemed. Woys an essentially English Will you please read the statement over man who entered from outside the cubicle, tion of the respective Ministers to the in many

and was therefore either the man found distressing disorders, now prevailing character. His practicality and his in the kitchen or the man who got away many sections of China and the extent to limitations, bis combination of com

Mr Alabastien-dent with the the which both Chinese, and foreign trade in promise and inflexibility, one had tried a stick. The third mag, who was bitting crepancies in the evidence and pointed terests are damaged that the Ministers to illustrate. It would be interesting to but how curiously the evidence of Lo might reasonably find it within their show, also, his passionati and impetuous erents together with the Texts of all the on the bed, put his hand into a box and Hoi agreed with that of the prisoner province to bring pressure to bear on the side, mentioned more than once by him- most important. Tresties concluded with the fired a shot. He hit Bun Tal in the hand. Concluding Mr. Alabaster said he had Chinese Government to bring about a self, and that deep tenderness, for suffer countries of Eastern Asis, the various Ng Ming then spri

sprang on to the box/20 doubt the jure would give the pri pouco conference in Shanghai, in which ing which a close observer noticed in him,

soner the same consideration

as they matter the Ministers could be assured of and which had been marked in some of Customs Tarifle, Trude Regulations, Chant and took pussession of it. The Inspector would one of their own countrymen the support of the foreign commercial in the greatest soldiers. But there were bere of Commerce, Stales of Commissions did the same Bun Tai let go the hold

The Attorney-General, Consular and Court Fees, Hongkong Stain of my collar; I was then wounded in the said that it seemed true that the man had terests. As in all probability, should the other points less on the surface, which Duties, Postal Guide, Signal Codes, Chinese chest. Sun Lai ran away and I run common design of resisting the Police diplomats decide to net on the lines sug could not he mmitted. One was a certain Festivals, Tabice of Money, Weights and scenad. Is that sorrect -Yet if they did come. This we supported by gestod, they would first here to submit Inarticulatenets. Not that his speeches Quite correct-Yes, I am not a pre the fact that there was an attack on the the question to the Foreign Offices in the and letters were nearly so involved and judiced person and will

a single Peking Government, it may be same time rather that they had none of the clearness Ming

to the bed! How can shot,

of murder before any definite result comes out of the which came often from a certain gift of anyone spring to the bed, I should like The whole question came

speech, and sometimes from shallowness to know Is it not strange f

jury believed the story of the detec According to Mr. Little, the country of feeling. There was, also, in certain How do you explain: The Inspector th

tive Sun Tai that prisoner took a revolver is ripe for mediation. He as assur rough humour, which he took to be the did

the same Well Ng Ming was from the black box. It seemed very ancos from people in authority in the outlet of feelings pent up by English on the bed; the Inspector was strange that prisoner, who had lived with South that if Feking consents to a neace reserve, and partly the expression of a The Directories and Descripticas are of standing rear him. The Inspector struck his brother, should not have known what conference the South will send properly certain rough, almost course, indivi

Kemp) did not constituted delegates

duality, amounting often to eccentricity the Inspector over him.

think the jury had been

and mere rudeness, that appeared even Ng Ming is your brother ?--Yes.

evidence of prisoner. At the identifies Shanghai are holding meetings daily, set to foreigners to be the leading trait He had on a European cont

tion Bun Tai quickly picked out the deepatching telegrams to sister guilds in in the English race. Then there was a Dark blue-Yea

prisoner. He also picked out another all provinces, with a view to causing a certain crudity and simplicity of religious He wo#

who, he said, was like one of the general and country wide flow of tele belief that, no doubt, some would feel robbers. The man was sot, but it was grams to the capital, of a nature cal with him, became more intelligible by its quite

man was like a robber. oulated to prove the earnestness of the reappearance in a similar form in a man

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him with a stick, and Ng Ming fell, with was in the box He helped by the Meanwhile the many

There

is

cont?--Yes.

-Yes; that morning--

man with him who

You heard in the evidence that Your possible the

guilda in'

brother had four brearms I heard, but taken Terrett had marchant class in desiring a definite

who

Later he denied

revolver subsohada Tal was corroborated in his story

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Englishmen, General Gordon, Further, he had an extraordinary power of rising to the occasion Cromwell was a very typical Englishman in many ways. The love of home life, the shrinking from publicity, the unconsciousness of his own powers were not these familiar to us in the English character 1 No man, wo were told, was a hero to his valet. But Crom.

up his master's character by saving- “Never greater soul dwelt in a house of clay."

O'Sullivan fall settlement of China's internal settlement I did not know he had any said

You also heard that the man

he had said it, say of China's internal differences. Chambers escaped had four, irearms Yasing that Inspector Terrett must have of commerce in all provinces are likewise

You also heard that the man who was been mistaken. Well, it was quite pos- taking joint steps. wounded in the kitchen, taken to Hossible for a mistake to have been made. pital, and

that a revolver was found on the stairs These three men and yourself were the shortly after prisoner had fallen down

Prisoner was the only man, except the four men in the houso? According

evidence

really there

who had not a revolver Accord ORDERS ISSUED BY MI, 1. C. JESEIN, D‚HP. well's servant, Maidstone, could only sum police, it is so, but

der had a prisoner n revolver were only three

in the room, and The other three had 18 to Bunat he had none when he not notice three, fo

was shot out in the street, he have

Just As a matter of fact

a revolver was thrown it down somewhere. It was indeed found on the yours?--No

staircase-I don't know. Very likely that he had thrown it down Was not that

Sun Tay was invented, When you got wounded in the chest then he ran down the staira. If the

story of

conscious did thes

not think fronted any pain I felt a slighty or unconscious story of

at the time (Laughter.) it would hting & resim, st one of the irritation

Prisoner *** You came down the states!—Yes.

actually pointing a AB matter of fact, the revolver found Police Instead of that, the evidence is on the staircase had two shots discharged that Sun Tai only saw him getting and those two show. were fired by you revolver out of the bor He (the At Really, it is not 30% Comedy (torney-General) did not wish to press the Lordship: Can you explain the case unduly because he thought it was of the revolvere in the box?...... a case where the feelings of the jury might pretence of

I did not know

they

them away were

Justice in

summing up, The Atorney-General Most extra said that in a British Court of Justice a ordinary You were living in the house

was always given a fair trial, and yet you were unaware of the pre 30 years experience in crimi-i

nal law he

he might say he had never heard

there are WITH The Chief

Aus

sence of the box or the contents of 2010 case mora: fairly conducted. The At

B

I did not know of it.

The Attorney-General (to the jury) torney-General had not strained Cambodge. I think one of you

Sartrak.

Brauky

North Borneo,

Pérák:

Negri Sembilan.

the defence bullets I have got it here. counsel for

had addressed Bee one of the hunttal nemen wanted to point: On the other side by 2n

Lordship - You clearly indicated them with great yesterday that you would not suggest that against the prisoner rester

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JAPAN'S AMBITIOUS STEEL PROJECTS.

MKERENSKI AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS INFLUENCE.

The brief spell during which M-

Kereneki completely dominated his coun- trymen is one of the most interesting episodes of the Russian Revolution. The following curious story is taken from the volume which M. Claude Anet has writ ten under the title Through the Rus- sian Revolation (Hutchinson)

After visiting a division, he arrived at the cantonment of a regiment of soldiers, behind the Amour The regiment was under arms, but the ranks of the soldiers bristled with banners, on which one read

All men are brothers, "j" We will fight until the inál victory--over the We will not love the boargeois trenches any more.

know where Largoed UP these bullets of prisoner, might be true. If the in Japan proper. Manchuria and Chosen 30

Kenetski turned pale. He advanced

the prisoner shot Inspector O'Sullivan the story of the Chinese detec

According to the investigations of the The Attorney-General: What I meant story of Sun Tai was unfortunately, Mining Baron of the Department of hy hindself in front of the regiment, and was that the revolver found on the stairs uncorroborated. Those who could have Agriculture and Commerce the stimated giving free rein to his indignation, was not the prisoner

soxers helped were unfortunately dead. The yield of pig iron, steel and steel material, shouted to the soldiers Away with dimonouring the Rus The Attorney-General

picked up

did not believe the story of Bun for the year 1917 and the following dixian army It cannot admit cowards such as you to its raaks, Away with you F Inspector Sim

Tal, even though prisoner was prevent years is no follows →→

But I do not Go back to your homes. they gave a Inspector Bim; I found them in the they should manit oubicle. One is nickel-plated ballet verdict of guilty, he asked t

asked them to be

answer for the way your wives will re ceive you, jutchfork in hand.” addressing the jury The jurs reized, and, after a quarter aquarter said none of them could fail of an hour aliberation brought in a

Guilty happens which took place at No 6 The prisoner was discharged, but subse Grewson Street on the 22nd of January quently, e-arrested on: a marte of murder last. No net of theirs could bring back at Xaurati on December 2ind. N the dead to life and no act of theirs. The jury were exempted from further could compensate the living for their lose, serviço for one year.

and

ES UNITS AS

Morror at the dreadful uUDANIMOUS - verdict of

are two leaden obes PPE ME Are in theat

to

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The soldier did not flinch. Would a bullet come from their ranks and stretch before them the man who was matching kindel against them 3:

Then there was, as it were, an undula tion in the motionles, racks of the soldiers, and suddenly they fell on their knees,"