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EISHOP WHO ATÉ Hls BOOTS:

VENTURES OF THE NEW CANADIAN FRÍMATE.

-The Right Rev Insane O. String- er, D.D. who has been elected Archbishop of Rupert's Land and Primate of the Anglican Church in

POLICE OF THE

THE CHRISTIE CASE:

HIGH SEAS

(Continued) from Paga L.)

We Need Cruisers,

Wo thus need a sufficiently numer-

ous fleet of cruisers to enable us Canada, has for long been popusto detach enough for hour larly known as the bishop who

suro

ate his boots.” On one of his peri-defenes of convoys while fenting än lone missionary journeys by dog adequate cruiser force for operation

Dr. Christis: Ya 16 was in MICE AS HOBBY FOR charge of a Japanese: Captain and

WOMEN.

FURTHER PROCEEDINGS was then between Amor and Won-

OVER ARMS DEAL:

chow, afterwards going to Singkong. about the time of Chinese New Year,

DEFENDANT'S EVIDENCE,

The compradors of the arms de partment of Messrs. Glathe & Witt gave evidence regarding the pric tios of endorsing huchge (permita) covering the importation of arms

"Proceeding, Mr. Christie said

ALBANS SHOW

FANCIES,

The zoology of the Apocrypha that Mr. Lee bad asked for the losen something of its glamour in arms to be delivered about the same the cold light of "The Great Fancy time na the schooner arrived, Houle Show held at St. Albans

last month.

Red, blue, and even lisa nuce, it bad told Mr Leo that the arms would be delivered I

Lif họ (Mr. Los) sedms, Tre abund natural history,

As such may responsibility for and as

viewed with compicts propriety and peace of 1 Pink mico alone should be

Fahad on snowshoes over his with the battle feet, while the fleet and ammunition into Ching at the 1. would take

team 2,000 miles diocese in the far north

action is pending.

in 1909, the Bishop, and his assist, | Porn

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ant found themselves on a lost Without repeating the arguments Court of the charge of obtaining the Lanshang Crossing appro regarded with suspicion. In gen

trail, with rations almost run out. The following entrice in the Bishop's diary record the story:

Sunday, October 17.—Travolled 15 miles. Mado supper of toasted rawhide sealskin boots (called muaklucks) Palotábla. Feel en couraged.

Monday, October 18-Travelled all"day. Ate pirous of my sealskin boot, boiled and toasted, for sup per. Used sole first. Set rabbit

knare....

Tuesday, October 19-No rabbit in anare. Breakfast and dinner of rawhido sole. Fine, but not en- ough. Also a tiny bit of ptarmigan each,

employed for arriving at the ideal design of our future cruisers, the principle of design being the same a is employed in designing the

further hearing in E. M. Police, the arms from three miles outside

money by false pretences which has mately whero Chinese territorial oral the more exotic the hue, of a been brought against Mr. James waters commenced. Mr. Lee had house the mere highly is it esteem- Chriatic.

agreed, said he would get a hucheo... boforo boarding the schooner. That that cannot boast of i

Mr. Christie is alleged to have

It is an ill-stocked “mousory

black and

ideal battleship, I will content my obtained about 328,000 from a My would be about the middle part of tan," & "blue Ditah," "fine

bolf

self by saying that the tonnage of oruisera should be the least that will adequately mount our ideal gun armaments and give the cruiser & pre-determined speed, a characteris tie which we need not consider in the battleship, in which high speed is of no importance whatever.

Rightly or wrongly, I arrive at the following conclusions about futuro oruisers."

- Wo need two classes-armoured Wednesday, October 20.-Brook-und- unarmoured the unarmoured fast from top of boot. Not as good cruisers supplanting torpedo-bost as the solca.

destroyers completely. The armour ed cruisers should be 12,000 tons, well protected, mounting six 9.21 guns, and having a speed of 23) Khola. The unarmoured cruisers should be 4.000 tons, mounting six tin, guns and häving a speed of 27 knots. Both classes, I need scarcely repeat, burn British coul

Thursday, October 21.--Boot soles And tops. Soup of small scrap of bacon and spoonful of flour. The last we had. Very tired. Hands sore. Tied up Mr. Johnson's fingers.

Se

Not long after they heard chil- drea's voiocs atid, saw houses a mile, away. They were saved, but Bishop Stringer's six-foot frame had been reduced by almost three-and-a-half

stone,

Some years later, when Bishop Stringer was serving at the front in ble Great War, chalked notices were posted outside Y.M.C.A. hats inviting the soldiers to come and | hear the bishop who ate his boota”, With becoming modesty the bishop passed the famous Incident of by saying he would not any much about the time he had to eat his boots lest it might make them dis satisfied with their ratións:

When ho grosseded to Canada's far north, about forty years ago after graduating at Toronto Uni- versity Bishop Stringer found the Eskivaus Without Britten inng ago and with little idea of civilita tion. He prepared an alphabet for them, gave them lessons and eventually translated the goimel in to the Eskimo tongue,

LOOKS SO TIRED!

It is four o'clock and

Miss Smith has been at the typewriter all day. She looks so tired, that her employer hates to have to ask her to

do them, but there are forty identical letters to different firms that must go off that night. If only he had decided to install a GESTETNER, the whole job would not have taken her above quarter of an hour.

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Into the precise numbers of such chufers that we need I will not ehter. The necessary number is for the Naval Staff to decide, for the

ons know the number of convoys requiring escort and the number of cruisers needed for service with the tile feet while convoy work is simultaeously in operation. A considerable reserve is, of course, essential to allow for vessels under going reft, and for casualties.

Taking, however, the total ton nage of cruisers and destroyers that we have reserved the right to main-

Lao Ching-kiu, drill instructor to the Taishing (Kiangsu) Protection Corps, for 200 Germen rifles and so pistols, which were not delivered.

Mr. Christio later gave evidence in his own behalf.

The compradoro said that the huchao were usually stamped by a Chinese envoy abroad on the in- structions of the Government. T They must be produced when a

consign- ment of arms entered Chinese waters, The huchae in court bore the name of his firm, but his frm

Ansaated the business.

bad not

Mr. Christie's Evidence. Before calling Mr. Christie, Mr. Tycho Wing, defending. mado format submission to the Registrar that he had no chies to answer. The prosecution, Mr. Wing said, had not pointed to any definite false pretence and it was doubtful what the offence covered by the charge actually referred to. No evidence, he submitted, in support of any falsity had been adduced. There

Jandary before a second contract champagne," or a "proken ehcoo- was entered into. Conversations as late" Indeed, there is something. this time were carried on with the heraldic about this technical jar gon. Yet the colour question, how interpretation of Dâu, Mr. Lee'à |

ever wide its popular appeal, is but own interpreter. Mr. Leo had said für deep, for mice have a distress. on January 19 that he would sending and inconsiderate habit of

moulting off" over Mr. Van Hooven to Singkong, to

light, Tho expert oye delights in more lasting make delivery of the arms there,

beauties.

One of Vendors,

Mr. Wing: Who is this Mr. Van Hooven 1

Mr. Christie: One of the men from the schooner interested in the

goods one of the "vendors.

Mr. Van Hooven did hot go to. Singkong, Mr. Christie added, as the necessary huchao were not handed over to him by Mr. Lee.

Mr. Wing: Were those. buchao

handed to you..

ever

Mr. Christie: Never."

A long," rncy" body, a long “whippy" tail, large tulip-like ears, and prominent oyes-these are desirable. But, abore all, mouse must be docile. "Tricinblé," they call it in the fanity. No one can manipulate a mouse with

to un amokor aft agley. Such a beast on the show bench is only worth its in cat's ment.

The Judge's Art,

fancy mico calls. forth the artist in a man, causing

The judging

ing of fancy mico

Mr. Wing: You mean you never him to combine the airs and graces. had an opportunity of getting them, of a ballet master with temperament abroad, which was necessary before seems, affects the emotions as no chopped by the Chinelo envoy of a couturier. A fancy mouse, it the arms could be landed in China? other animal. To appraise it with

Mr. Christio: Never.

the eye of knowledge is to rhan- sodise, and speak in

in superlatives.

over, has its ritual of gesticulation, The business of judging, more

calling into play the art of the con-

The Captain of the schooner, Mr. without the buchas About Jan Christie said, refused to proceed uary 23 Mr. Leo had called on him,

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was no proof, also, Mr. Christie but he had never said the arms were juror. First the mouse is plucked had ever had any of the missing returning to the port of departure, from its cage by its tail. There- He had never told Mr. Lee where after it is laid upon the hand, the arms were. About the

breathed upon, and, if necessary,

money for himself things looked

Lain by 1835, we have a tonnage of much the other way about, in fact. 100,200 tons at our disposal for It was hardly possible that any future cruisers.

cruisers. Dividing this in

the propertion of 2:3 for armoured jury would convict on such evi and unarmoured ships, we thus get dence.

answer.

same

17 armoured cruisers and 74 un- The Registrar decided that there the arms arrived. It was wrong to

edcruisers. If so I fully was a case to armoured beliovo will soon be admitted, it is desirable to substitute cruisers for

at

Giving evidence. Mr. Christie

time it was arranged that Mr. Lae polished with the coat slave. Then, should go from Nantung to Lan- when the requisite passes have been chang Crossing for the purpose sta made about it, the creature is, dis- ted, a man named Tayler was also missed with a magnificent gesture. arranging to stay at Nantung until Breeding such mice is said to pay handsomely, and is recommended as say that on or about February 221" a hobby which should specially he had asked for $3,000 expense appeal to ladies."

Women exhibitors were certainly money, but he had asked Mr. Leo for the balance (84750) of the in the majority at the St. Albans purchase money. Mr. Lee said that show, which, the promoters claim, he could raise only $3,000. On was the largest of its kind ever, held March 18 or 17 ho had told Mr. Lee, in England. Among the exhibitors.

arma would be delivered if Mr. 1830, through a Mr. Shoong He

proper huchao. That as far as understood that. Mr. Lee wanted to sw was not done. Mr. Leo had on reaching their homes again, will

aircraft carriers, we already have said that ho had been living in our disposal, 135,000 tons of air North Soochow Rond and was can- craft carrier tonnage which, in the cerned in the businese carried on same proportion of 2:3, will give us 18 Bowhill & Co., now closed down. 5 additional armoured cruisers and He had got into touch with Mr

the

was Lady Jean HDonnell. Some of the mice shown were worth as

20 additional tourmoured cruisers Leo about the end of December Lee sent a man to Amoy Which a £100, and some of thom,

à total

of 118 cruisers.

In 1938.

•He

miles

subsequently been

ntly been told that the have travelled more than 1,000 arms would be delivered on the re ease of the man Taylor from

buy arms and ammunition. had had no, available arms or ab On the present basis of agree

munition to dispose of at that time. ment, but by substituting the French total

The arms he had talked about with anage system of RADAN 1o come from Anti Taiahinin the payment of th limitation for our "category" -sys- tem in the craiser, destroyer and aircraft carrier categories" could thus have bad in 1938

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fighting fleet of the following ships:

Battleships

Armoured crisera

(Mounting 138 9.2in. guns.). Unarmoured cruisers

(Mounting 564 bin guns)

Be against a fleet of

Battleships

Armoured cruisers Unarmoured cruisere (including many Destroyers

(Approximately.) Aircraft carriers

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Afr. Lee were.

balance of the purchase price, and the provision of a proper huchao.

"Halesking" Tayler,

ports, where he had various con. nections Mr. Leo.hid said that he had a buchno, but it was for Mesira Glathe & Witt. He had

Mr. Wing: What is this busi- suggested to Mr. Lee that the hucho might be transferred to ness you talk about releasing Tay. Bowhill & Co. That was done. Hert had never told Mr. Leb that any.

Mr. Chtistic: Tayler had gone

LIMITATION OF HEROIN,

EVENTUAL ELIMINATION.

PROPOSED,

Geneva, May 29.-The League of Nations conference on the manu facture of drags to-day heard

arms were in China. In discussing with the interpreter Dau to Nanseneral declarations from several price and delivery, he had told tung to await the arrival of the countries. Dr. Schulte, an. Aus- him that the arms were at a ship there. When the ship did not, trían delegate, urged the forbid 15 He bad enough arms then to arrive at Nantung Dau and Mrding of manufacture of herain, sntisty, both of two agreements Lce took Tayler to Taishing and He declared this drug was the 50 which he intidh with Mr. Lee, had him detained there, Ho was most dangerous socially and from About January 3, 1931, My, detained antil, Apřil 27 from about the medical point of view the least Christie continued, the first of two the Chinese New Year, Mt. Mau necessary. He submitted a resolu- contracts was drawn up with Mt the magistrate at Taishing, detain- tion which provides for the reduc

tion of manufacture of heroin to Leo for the ale of arms. It wased him as far as I know. draws up in duplicate. His copy

Use of Money,

*

It is not suggested that this crui-

Relating the circumstances lead sero and, the destruction of all ner fleet would necessarily be ade was at Helsingforde $28,000 linding up to his arrest, Mr. Christie seized heroin.

That

economia complexities are quate for the securing of our trade then been paid by Mr. Lee.. denied that he had been in his oco involved in drug mahufacture. throughout the world, but it would

Lon April 23. The meeting which limitation was shown by Jugo assuredly be better equipped for the

Mr Leo Isaid took place on April

Slavian delegates of objecting to the purposs titan will be our 1838 fleet, Mr. Wing: What did you do with 23, when Mr. Lee said he was clean draft convention's quota system bo- if, ca acemia unlikely, the 21 now that $28,000? Coming up his office, in reality took

(may cause it would probably unduly in- cruisers to give us our quota of Bo Mr. Christie: I paid for ben place of April 27. It had then been

on that ofūze the interesté of Jugo-Slavia, an. are completed $7

zine, petrol, oil, and the shipping arranged that there would be a trip

producer of raw opium Bwite. Strange or it may sound, such a and other expenses connected with to Wonchon afterwards changed to.zerland, manufacturing country. Strange

Foochow Mr. Les was naked for favoured the quota method. fleet would have been incomparably a motor schooner for the arms." cheaper because our latest destroy-The Registrar: The whole of $500 for travelling expenses but ore little bits of Haft, cost nek £400,000 apices, and on our aircraft carriers tens of millions have been expended

arrying the armatsi

Belgian delegates announced that produced only $40

He had been

2 Belgilius? | beboma 3 manufae- Arrested at Mt. Lee's hotel when

fraudaturing schooner he went there to join Mr. Lee for antors

the proposed trip to Foochow [needa."

blishing & drug domestic