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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 5th, 1928.

NAVAL COURT "MARTIAL.

COMMANDER DANIEL

* GUILTY.”

(THROUGH. ÄLUTER'S AGENCY.}

GIBRALTAR, April 3rd. Commander H. M. Daniel wai found guilty by the court-martial of all the charges against him in

connection with the incidents on |board Rear Admiral Collard's Rag.

ship, H.M.S. Royal Onk.

Speech For The Defence. Mr. Day Kimball, in vigorous speech for the defence, declared that if the court-martial recorded a verdict of guilty, the belief now prevalent in the junior ranks of the Royal Navy that complaint meant punishment, would be strengthened.

Captain T. F. Calvert, comman der of H.M.S, Frobisher, who pro- secuted, made an impressive speech in contention that the charges had been proved

Guilty.

LANCASHIRE COT- THE NANKING SETTLE

TON TRADE.

ITS ONLY SALVATION,

MENT.

(Continued from Page 7.)

A New Epoch.

The Second additional Note from

INTEREST IN THE COMBINE. General Hwang Fu expresses the

(TERODOK REUTER'S AGENCY.)

Lospos, April 3rd.j A further attempt is being made by the Cotton-Spinners and Manu- facturers to secure the e-aperation of the operatives in the movement to reduca production costs.

The Federation of Master Cotton, Spinners Associations and the Manufacturers Associations have invited representatives of the cot ton trade unions to a conference to be held after Easter.

The nature of the proposals have not been stated but wages will be considered and the employers will stress the importance of 48-hours of effective production, this refer ring to the fact that some part of the present working week is spent in cleaning machinery and so on. ⠀

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Textile Corporation. Under the scheme promoted by the Cotton Yarn Association for the proposed combine of the mills in the American section of the indus Lancashire Textile Corporation try, the combine will be called the Limited."

The Court deliberated for 63 minutes before announcing that they had found Commander Danielleast 2,000,000 spindles is required The support of the owners of at guilty of all the charges.

will be considered. before formation of the combine

hope that a new epoch will begin in the diplomatic relations between China and the United States and suggests that further steps may be taken for the revision of existing treaties and the readjustment of outstanding questions on the basis of equality and mutual respect for territorial sovereignty,

Mr. MacMurray in eply saya that although the question of treaty revision can scarcely be considered germane to that of amends to the American Government and its na tionals for the Nanking, Incident the American, Minister is not averse to setting forth what he had already made known in that regard in the course of his conversation with General Hwang Fu last month.

Traditional Friendship.

It. is annecessary to recall, says Mr. MacMurray, traditions!

China. It is manifest alike from friendship between America and

pursued by the American Govern- the course of action consistently

ment and from Mr. Kellogg's state- Mr. J. J. Tattersall, presiding at meeting of the Association to-day.ment of policy on January 27th, said that i mills, representing 1927. After half-an-hour, they returned in their balance sheets.

5,700,000 spindles had already sen

'That the United States Govern- and the President announced that

This did not necessarily mean mant and people are in full sym- Commander Daniel would be dis- that they had joined the scheme.pathy with the desire of the Chinese missed from his ship, H.M.S. but indicated that they were in- Cormorant, and be severely fe-terested in it. primanded.

Alter the verdict had been de livered, Commander Daniel's past record was read, and the Court re-a adjourned to consider the punish

mrat.

Remains On Half Pay. H.M.S. Cormorant is the sloop to which Commander Daniel was appointed after he left H.MS. Royal Oak."

Rear-Admiral Bernard · Collard was not present in Court, when the sentence was read.

Working Capital. Three banks holding 75 per cent. of the cotton trade are prepared t receive applications from mill giving favourable consideration to the proposals.

He did not doubt that buyers all over the world would trade with the Corporation if formed.

To-day's sentence does not mean Mr. Tattersall also stated that diamissal from the Service. Combe had no fears as regards the mander Daniel will remain on half- pay until it pleases the Lords of the Admiralty to appoint him to an- other ship or post.

In Good Faith..

RUGBY, April 3rd. In his concluding speech, the as- rused's legal "Friend" maintain- ed that Commander Daniel'e actions had been performed in good faith, and that even if he were thought guilty ofa technical offence, he had been actuated by his concern for the morale of ship.

The Prosecutor on the other band, maintained, that Commander Danied had included in the letter terms which were subversive of dis- cipline and contravened the King's Regulations, and further bad pub- licly read such passages in the

ward-room

Past Incidents.

The method followed by Com mander Daniel, said the prosecutor, was highly improper, and might have biassed the Witnesses at the Malta court of inquiry.

He criticised accused's action in raking up past incidents, declaring that the Navy rule was that con- plaints must be dealt with imme diately, and not allowed to remain dormant unt' dragged in sub- sequently,

Buch procedure was coocatial to maintenance of justice,

NEW WEST AFRICAN

HARBOUR.

OPENED BY MR. THOMAS.

(TEBOUGH REUTER'S 'AGENCY.] (

SEKONDI, April 4th. The ex-Colonial Minister, Mr. J. H. Thomas, has opened the new Takoradi Harbour on the. Gold Coast. The harbour covers 200 acres and cost £4,000,000.

VISCOUNT'S MOTOR CRASH,

finance. The working capital was obtainable in many ways.

All Lanenshire knew, he declared, that, amalgamation was its only salvation.

WOMAN INSPIRER OF EX-BURGLARS.

FORTY CROOKS TAUGHT TO RUN STRAIGHT.

FAITH."

people to develop a sound national life of their own and to realise

their aspirations for sovereignty as far as possible unrestricted by” coligations of exceptions!

character.

An

Opportunity For Revision,

** That in view of this, the American Government entertains the hope that the remedying of the conditions which necessitated the incorporation of such provisions in earlier_treaties may from time to time aftord opprtunities for the re- vision-in due form and by mutual' consent of such treaty stipulations as may have become unnecessary or inappropriate."

To that end the American Gov. ernment looks forward to the hope that there may be developed an administration so far representa tive of the Chinese people and so ** BOUNDLESS

fam exercising, real authority as to be capable of assuring the actual There is in the East End of Lon fulfilment in good faith of any don a little band of men who form obligations such as China would the League of the Straight Road, have of necessity, for its part, to They have nearly all been impri- undertake incidentally to the de- sonedsually for theft, many once sired readjustment of treaty rela

tion." worked together as shop-breakers

WOLAN

Their inspiration is a whose boundless faith a humán nature has worked wonders,

She is Miss Marjorie Evan- Thomas, a visionary with a prac tical turn of mind, who described to a Daily Express" representative the aims of the league and the romance of its beginnings.

An Exclusive Bet. "During the "war," said Miss Evan-Thomas, "mes an ex- burglar, who had done well in the Army after being released from ing. He introduced me to his Dartmoor for the purpose of serv friends, and in this way I was given the freedom of an exclusive set.

When a man comes out of pri- on he may have anything in his mond from murder to a monastery," continued Miss Evan Thomas.. There are always a handful who banger to run straight. The League of the Straight Read gives these

men their chance."

"The organisation is run by the men themselves. They choose and vouch for all candidates, who must be under twenty-seven years of age. A terms of probation “must be served before full membership, and it takes character and determina

tion to quahly.

"You cannot say to a man' Be

BERIOUS" CONDITION.

good and live on air, sard Miss {BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

Evan-Thomas. "Employment is the first necessity Employers have RUGBY, April 3rd. helped splendidly, and their help Atelegram from Belleville-sur- has been amply justified. Only Scone states that the condition of once in seven years has a member Viscount Trematon, the eldest son of the league let bis employer "dowa,

of the Earl of Athlone, and nephew Another Chance. of Queen Mary, who is in hospital there suffering from severe injuries sustained in a tragic car accident on the Paris-Lyons road, had taken a turn for the worste

GERMAN ·INDUSTRIAL

UNRESTE

STRIKE OF METAL WORKERS.

(THROUGH REUTER"S AGENCY.}"

BERLIN, April örd. Twenty thousand Saxon metal- workers have downed tools bring: | ing a large number of workshops to a standstill.

"I have here a letter from a lad serving a sentence for a jewel theft, he continued," he will be released in May, and the men have decided to readmit him to the league and give him another chance. Usually a conviction means expul sion for But, this boy and tried so hard. At eight he had to. fend for himself, and at sixteen he was an accomplished crook, N

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