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LORD GREY CASTIGATES MR: LLOYD GEORGE.

SPEECH ON CHINA CONDEMNED.

THE PRIVATE POLITICAL FUND

Mr. Lloyd George's equivocal methods in politics, have met with severe rebuke from opponents but nothing would be more scathing than

PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11th, 1927.

"THE WHISPERING GALLERY.""

SIR RENNELL RODD'S

· · REPUDIATION.

NO MATERIAL LENT TÓ PEARSON.

Evidence was recently given at Marlborough Street Police Court by Sir Rental Dodd, British Ambaa sador to Italy from 8 to 1910, during the hearing of the charge of

MYSTERY OF A BUDDHA

RELIC

...

VANISHED FROM LONDON AND REAPPEARS IN CEYLON.

5,000 MILES TRIP.

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We give the following story for what it is worth, Many who have had long experience of the East have heard of essentially similar incidents even if they have not experienced them.

That a relic af Buddha has travell-

the indictment, published below, by fraud arising from the publication ed 5,000 miles from England back to of the book "The Whispering Gallery: Leaves from a Diplomat's Ceylon without tangible assistance Dairy," which has been withdrawn is the belief of its owner, a young from circulation,

Ceylonese in London.

Viscount Grey, the most respected member of the Liberal party. The former Foreign Secretary whole heartedly condemns Mr. Lloyd George's mischievous speech on the China situation. The speech was ummarised by Reuter but its in portance justifies the following fuller account:-

A declaration that unity between the two sections of the Liberal Party was impossible was made" ty complimentary dinner to Mr. Vivian Viscount Grey of Fallodon, at Phillipps, who until recently was Chief Whip of the Liberal Party in

the House of Commons.

Lord Grey, who was loudly ches: ed, said: "There is no question whatever of leadership or of setting up an organised schism within the Party."

There is a perfect precedent fer the existing position as regards leadership. Lord Rosebery resigned the leadership when he was in the Lords and the Liberal Party in Op- position. Sir Willim Harcourt was then leader of the party in the House of Commons No question of leadership arose and so it is now. Lord Oxford's retirement. an exact parallel to that of Lord Rosebery, but the party has a right to know where we stand after Lord Oxford's retirement and the events of the summer.

It is suggested that advantage should be taken of Lord Oxford's retirement to say that we now make a fresh start and that the unity which was broken in the summer is now restored. It is impossible to say that, because it would not be

true.

Mr. Lloyd George's Fund. Three years have passed and there has not been unity, but it is not our fault. In the first place the nego tiatious about funds in 1924 showed tow unreal the unity, was.....

tences: with intent to defrand a

Mr. G. A do Loyzag of Ealing, W, whose home is at Colombo, Ceylon, told a press representative other relic of one of Buddha's dis- that he brought the relic, with an ciples over to England five years

ago.

Hesketh Pearson, described as a writer, aged 20, of Abbey Road, St. John's Wood, N.W., appeared on a charge of obtaining by false pre banker's cheque for fox from Mr. Allen L. W. Lane. Mr. Lane is a director of Messrs. John Lane the tiny golden casket, which in turn These rulica I always kept in a The Whispering Gallery, Bodley Head, Ltd, whơ published

was enclosed in an ivory casket, According to the statement at the and a handkerchief was wrapped the prosecuting solicitor; Pearson tied a cord around the handkerchief

rst hearing by Mr. Freke. Palmer, round both of them," he said.

"As an additional precaution I was alleged to have tricked the Publishers into publishing the book with a peculiar knot, so that by falsely pretending that it was could tell if it had been opened

The relic of Buddha, I need adapted from the diary of well- hardly say, was of inestimable known diplomatist.

took every precaution against its value to Buddhists, and I naturally) loss.

Mr. Lane has stated in evidence that after the contract was signed Pearson said the diarist was Sir Kennell Rodd.

Never Heard His Name," Sir Remnell Rodd, in his evidence, said in reply to Mr. Freke Palmer,

have no recollection of having met Hesketh Pearson,"

Mr. Freke Palmer: Or of having heard of his name before November 21st last-No.

"Well, the last time I saw the relic in question was in October lart. year, when I showed it to someone.

Returned to Casket,

there, and they are all prepared to Several of my friends were

swear that the relic was returned

safely to the casket and the whole wrapped in the handkerchief and Sir Bennell said he arrived in Then, in April Tast, on enter.

tied round.. Milan about midday on Novembering my room one day I felt that the oth, and arrived in London about atmosphere had changed in scrie midnight on November 31st.

subtle way.

Mr. Freke Palmer asked if he kept a diary, or a number of books in which he recorded important things.

in the air, and this puzzled me, but There seemed to be an emptiness I could not fathom it.

The caskets remained undis- turked until May, when I took them to a meeting in Holborn to display them

Sir Rennell said it was not quite correct to say it was a diary day by day, but he wrote down matters which appeared to him to be of in- terest from time to time.

On untying the knot and open- Have you ever lent these to Fearing the caskets, I discovered, to my that the relic of Serer. To the best of my Buddha, which was always placed knowledge they have never passed underneath the other, had vanished! out of my private keeping. One at been destroyed, because I had done least of them an earlier one-has

with it.

amazement,

Naturally this worried me could not help feeling that the relie exceedingly, but all the same I had in some

way gone back to Celen, its home.

Back in Ceylon. This conviction grew and grew, until at last I wrote to my people at Colombo to ask them if they had seen anything of in

They replied that they had abt;) but that it had been found in my niece's house. at Pasyala, twenty- seven miles from Colombo.

Negotiations about funds... dis On September 10th, when Pear closed the extraordinary, and uncx- 300 is supposed to have seen you, pected desire on the part of Mr. were you cruising off Naples --I Lolyd George not to have a full was living at a villa near Naples, rumber of Liberal candidates in the but I may have been at nea. feld and how much delay there was

No. Telephone Talks.“ ja getting funds even to place an

Dio, November 19th or inadequate number of Liberal can, didates. This created at headquary other day, telephone to Pearson ters fecling that there was no

with regard to the articles which real unity and that Mr. Lloyd Pppeared in The Daily Maut

could not possibly telephone, as I George had different views about the management and future of the

was out cruising. Liberal Party from the rest of us.

At the beginning of this year the party was seriously disunited over a land campaign Enanced by Mfr. Lloyd George's fund. Again it was not Lord Oxford and his friends who were responsible for that disunion. Mr. Lloyd George and the Generaler telephoned to him. He know has a prychical significance,"

Strike. Finally when the great crisis of the general strike came we were suddenly confronted by a letter from Mr. Lloyd George saying in effect that be so strongly disap- proved of what Lord Oxford, and some others of us had said. about the strike that he declined to meet u. We regarded that as intended to be a definite separation.

The impression produced upon us was that Mr. Lloyd George looked upon the general strike as certain to lead to a great political upheaval aad that be regarded Lord Orford and others of us as political "asso- eintea that were. no longer. deair- able.

Did Pearson, on November 19th or at any date, bring you a list of questions, and did you give him re-“ plies 1-It was impossible.

Sir Reynell said he had never telephoned to Pearson, and, to the best of his knowledge, Peurson had

How it came there T.eannot say,. but I have often heard of similar cases without having any actual' ex- perience of one myself.

My mother used to tell me of relics that returned to their homes by no human agency, but I should like to hear if anybody has had a similar experience, or if the event

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nothing about a typewritten state- went which he was supposed to have: given to Pearson. He did not tell Pearson to instruct the publishers THE CEREMONY OF THE tc_withdraw publication of the book.

You have looked at the book and could point to a certain number of things which could not possibly have happened-A very large number. (Laughter.)

Mr. Mead (the magistrate): "Did you ever furnish any material to Pearson for the purpose of publica tion 1-Never

In reply to Mr. Walter Frampton (defending), Sir Bennell denied many of the statements in the book.

4250

Ofer for the Book.

The hearing was adjourned and bail: was renewed....

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SENTRY'S CHALLENGE. The historic ceremony of the keys Tower of London, and millions of was recently broadcast from, the people all over England were able to follow by ear and in imagination a time-honoured ritual that has been carried out unchanged at the same time and the same place nightly

Tower for the night is a difficult without a break since 1495.

The ceremony of locking up the

and his escort as they march one to broadcast, for the warder round from gate to gate cover an area of 500 yards.

Even though listeners-in could not see the head warder, in his scarlet cloak and Tudor bonnet, or his arm ed escort and lantern bearer, they could appreciate the picturesque- ness of the ceremony.

Mr. Allen Lane, recalled and We feel it impossible to keep cross-examined, said that his firm know that, if we said the past dif- stantial profit out of the book Mr. step with Mr. Lloyd George, and we thought they would make a sub ferences bad disappeared and we Carr-Gomm was not of the same were ready to fall out of step within opinion as the other directors. He very short time, only it is not we, agreed that be suggested paying but he, who changes step.

on account of royalties and It is not a wholesome thing for that the only offer of money that party headquarters to be depen was made came from him. dant upon a fand supplied by one person. It is a new thing, unprece dented in the politics of this coun try that one, man should be in possession of an enormous fundati. his own disposal for political pur- poses. It is the Liberal Party to- day, but it may be the Conserva Live Party to-morrow, or the Labour Party some other day who may be agitated about the matter, or the fudd can be used for an entirely A double tragedy was recently new policy initiated by the person added to the growing list in South who controls it. This is a very dis Africa of fatalities due to lions fol- turbing element, not merely in the lowing raid by a len on a cattle Liberal Party, but in the politics of krasi near Beira not far from Johan-whose talk explained the ceremony, this country altogether.

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FIERCE STRUGGLE IN THE BUSHL

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As the trump of marching wen echoed along the corridora, chal lenges were given and answered, and locks turned groaningly.

Whose Keys?

After the locking up the warder and bis escort returned to the Bloody Tower" one of the saddest and most historie spots in this realm of England," said Mr. Trevor Clark

H

Halt Who goes there?" came

"The Keys.. "Whose keys".

As far as I am concerned I should Carlos Sobral, a noted Portuguese the challenge from the sentry. not feel confidence in a headquar hunter, set out with a number of ters organization which is depen natives to hunt the beast, which dent for its Anancial support upon they located in the bush. Sobral

King George'a kɩyd”!- one person. So far it has brought formed the natives in a circle in Fast, King George's keys. All'a blight, and not blessing, to the order to drive the lion out, but the well. Liberal Party, for it has destryed animal circumvented them and God preserve

King

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sprung at Bobtal from behind before cried the head warder, as he return- And with one further thing I am ac was able to shoobed the keys to the custody of the already out of step. I think theThere was a fierce struggle, in officer of the guard, and after an speech made by Me. Lloyd George which the lion, Sobral, and one echoing Amen from the escort a tboat China will be detrimental to native were involved, ending in the band played "Rule, Britannia" and British interests and make a settle lion's escape, leaving the native the National Anthem ment in China more difficult. Bri- dead and Sobral terribly mauled. tish policy and British reputation Another hunter," who arrived on are already being most unfairly re- the scene, assisted Bobral to a presented in China, and that any motor car, which, despite his id leading man in public life in this juries, he insisted on driving fifteen country should make a speech to miles to the nearest settlement, add to this impression abroad is, I where he collapsed. He died abort tbiak, most unfortunate

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