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THE BACKGROUND) OF DISARMAMENT (JI)

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limitation. The Preparatory Com mission adopted the rule of hudge- tary limitation, Unless the Dienr mament Conference, revises this

FAMILY OF SIX WIPED OUT.

CHASTLY MURDER ON

FRENCH FARM.

Paris-A young fürmer at- Moi- rax, near Agen, in the Lot-et-Gh-

nition of the commission, Germany roune Department, in alleged to has said she will not, sign a dis- I have confered to the brutal murder armament tresty.

of six members, of his family...

The farm where the crime woa

committed is in an isolated; spot,

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1932.

JUDGMENT FOR AN ADMIRAL.

WOMAN'S LIBEL SUIT FAILS.

·SIR JAMES-STARTIN, IN

THE BOX.

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RE-WOTD

submitted that:

vileged and no evidence of The admiral, he said, had charge of the parish, Mrs. Wardman was g pariabionor. and at an interview" with him sho gave him certain in- formation,

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Admiral Sir James Startin said

Judgment with obsta was given

he was 70, and for fifty years was in loft Rat- for Admiral Sir James Starbin, the Navy. When the

rector lo Linley Hall

linhope he was asked to take charge Castle, Bishop's

allo.and become a lay reader. He took Shropshire. "in the notion

brought services, visited the parishioners, and continually gave advice to Mara. Wardman. He did these duties with the approval of the Bishop and Rural Dean.

It was intimated that the admiral would not ask for costs,

3. Budgetary limitation. In ad- dition to limiting expenditures on land and naval" armaments, the draft convention provides for limi and was occupied by, Mo... Dieu- god Joel and sland tation of total annual expenditure fait, her mother and brother, hor against him at Shropshire, Assizes on land, son and air forces. The

aon Pierre, and his wife and ta United States has modified its.. ob- |* jections to budgetary limitation, children," yet upon the United Staton and A neighbour, who had seen none "Germany primarily rests the doci of them for some days aalled in the police. All the members of the fa. mily, with the exception of Pierre Dieulefait, were found dead?

alan whether the world is to have

armament limitation by the direct er budgetary method.

U.S. Contention,

They had been variously killed by blows frond an axe or a knife, or

hot. Police inquiries led to the arrest of Pierre Doulofait, and he

A

new sector had been appointed recently and he continued to visit Ratlinhope! Mr. Wardman wis

Plaintiff "was Mrs. Phyllis Cecil Eustaca, a member of a well-known Shropshire family. She complained of the terms of a letter she received from Mrs. Wardman, postmistress organist of the church. In July a Ratlinhope, which, it was alle-Mra Wardman sought an interview god, had been distated to her by with him, and his wife took her

the defendant.

Resuming her evidence, Mrs. Rus

to him while he was in his car at Rallinhope.

Navul limitation. The direct method of limitation read into the draft convention is very largely that agreed upon at the London Naval Conference. The United is reported to have made a full con.tpce said that during an interview **I Want Your Advics.” Statos insists that the problem of fession.

with the admiral on July 19 ho gave Mrs. Wirdman said to him, naval armaments was settled by

According to this, after having her the impression that other peo-want to ask your advice." She add- the Washington and London trea- tics, and should not be reopened be sought to establish an alibi byple and not himself were responsised that plaintiff had gone to church. fore 1983, when another conference visiting a friend at Clairac, someble for the alleged slanderous state- is due to be held. The task of the miles away, he returned secretly toments, present conference, she holds is to the farm in the night and com- fit the nonsignatories së far as possible into the framework of the milled the shartly crime. After a London treaty. The British Gov- short talk with his wife he fatched ernment, however, has made it known that it will press at Genova for the abolition or the eventual

A epuversation she had with Mrs. Wardman was mentioned to him, and she (Mrs. Eustace) was very

a hatchet and struck her several indignant, and said to him,

times on the head. Then, getting a knife from the kitchen, he went to

elimination of Capital ship: If the United States resists discus his grandmother's room and told sion, she will place herself in shaher ho had a cold. While she was position of being the lone defender

making him a hot drink he stabbeil of these fonting fortresses,

her.

Italy's insistence on navel parity, with France wilf, arise to trouble

His uncle awoke,

whereupon

the assembled delegates. The pro-Dieulefait stabbed him, but seeing blem of navies is far from settled.

him move took down a struck him on the head. Efter

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gun and

5. Air Armaments. The stand ard of limitation adopted in the wards shot his mother and his case of airplanes is first, the num- ber, and secondly, the total horse- daughter aged nine and stabbed the power. The limitation does not ap- ['baby,' ply to the aggregate of war mate- rial in resorve. The German Gov-

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have seen Mrs. Wardman and she says that you dictated a letter to her and had sent word to the effect that I was a bad woman."

and had sat in the chanes and that, Miss Wright bad objected to her sitting there. His view, which ha expressed to Mra Wardman, was that Miss Wright could not prevent plaintiff going to church, and that she, ought to be allowed to go there. Miss Wright was what might be called the leading resident at Rat- linhope, living in the vicarage. Plaintif described

"bad

Next day he saw the rector and woman' as one who lived on ill-Miss Wright about the church in- gotten gains or money the obtained cident, and subsequently Mrs. from me. The admiral, she said, Wardman. He told her it had been denied that he had spoken words represented to him. that, if Mrs. with the meaning alleged.

Eustace remained as a lodger, sho

Divorco, Decree.

might lose her position as organiuk, and Mrs Wardmen said, "I am going to ask Mr. Eustace not to

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In the second divorce a decree was made in her favour and men

During his interrogation by the tien was made of her misconduct return, and I am going to do it

with a Mr. Thomas.

ernment has pointed out that under police he seemed perfectly calm mid the draft convention countries are even cynical. When asked to state left free to increase their stocks of the motive for such a massacre, he airerlift not yet assembled, and to is said to have replied, "What arrange their air armaments As

they please, without exceeding the would you? All these people were fixed limits: This is a serious against me, and so I suppressed defect which the British attempted them." to remedy by proposing limitation

of air material by expenditure.

This proposal, however, was voted down.

Political Problems.

a. Political iemes As diffcult

As the technical questions of armin. mepts are, they fade into insigni- |

The decree now."

was in November, 1930, and the in- Mrs. Wardman wrote a letter cident with. Mr. Thomas occurred which she read out, and which stat- two years before, Since that lucied, "I am asking you not to re- dent no act of misconduct had been turn over." He objected to the committed by her.

word "ever,”” and said, “ Why may

The Hop. Sir Reginald Coventry she never return" He did not see (for defendant): Did Capt. Eus-the letter, but he suggested adding. tion of air, land and sea armaments

tace take proceedings against you "I have been good to you, and in one conference. The habits of for divorce-Yes, as a counter-now you be good to me.""

centuries cannot be thrown off in a single conference,

action.

$3

A Miracle.

ficance when compared with the Should the nations in. Geneva political problems which will face reach a mere limitation agreement,

Counsel: Why did the letter hove Mrs. Musson, who gave evidence your name at the beginning When she wrote out the letter I said, "You oo the previous day, was now cross-had better let me take the onus." examined, and said that she went

on the Sunday with Mrs. Eustace to see the admiral on leaving the

the General Conference. The ques-and thus stabilize armaments at church. He said he took full ree-

pence, the problem presented by

The admiral said that he did not dictate the latter. Speaking gen- erally, he approved of it.

As far as he could remember, he.

tion of the revision of treaties of even a high level, they will have ponsibility for advising Mra. Ward did not say he would call a meet Soviet Russia, the Franco Italian Performed a miracle. For, while man to write to Mrs. Eustace. She ing of the people who had accused quarrel over naval equality which for many, especially Germany, the certain the admiral said "Iher. He did say that if the lady had been maligned he would take dictated the letter.”

Sir Reginald Coventry: Did not care she was vindicated. He ac

is tied up with Italian colonial degree of reduction is the chief.crí-

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ambitions in North Africa, and terion of success, this is less itapor- the admirat give you to understand cepted full responsibility for the.

France's insistence on security, are

some of the imponderables which ant at the stage than the univer are likely to arise and add to the sality that would be attained in the

that the information was gained at

already existing difficulties. These limitation agreement. The aim of liked Mrs. Eustace, but she said,

limiting armaments is to contri-"I dare not keep you here." bute to the prevention of war. The

Sir Cecil Thursby. "

will have to be resolved before'. a treaty for any definite reduction and limitation of armaments is signed!

lettart

Mrs. Winifred Sarah Wardman an interview he had with Mrs.

lodge at her house she knew all Wardman 1-No. Mrs. Wardman said when Mrs. Eustace want to

about her, and she had said, "I do my utmost, to restrain hef mad- nose. She meant that Mra Eus

he had been through the divorce court twice, and had been ordered out of the country by her friends. The admiral did not dictate the letter, P

first dnd essential task, therefore,

Dia Mi

The spade-work of the Prepare would seem to be the stabilization Did Mrs. Eustace tell you that hor uncle, Sir Cecil Thursby, had

The questions submitted to the jury and their replies were:

"tory Commission has been of ineatiof existing armaments. That task said that Admiral Startin was a mable value. However disappoint achieved, the process of reducing kindly man 1. ing some of the methods adopted by the commission may bo, the fact

the process of reducing the stabili- Witness snid she heard something remains that disarmament plans red levels becomes the second task.to that effect. Have been carried to a binge un- In the nature of thinge, disar- Mr. Robert Dixon Musson, af known before in the history of the moment must be a continuous pro- Teckleton, said he heard scraps of

Were the words of which Mrs. world. Through this commission's oese. Disarmament, as Secretary conversation between Admiral Star-Eustace complained spoken about work the world has been apprised Stimson has declared, is a goal to in. and Mrs. Eustaco and heard her by Admiral Standin Yor of the national attitudes, which the be reached by successive, steps, by him say he would bring the people If "Yea," were they spoken in nations now meeting in Geneve will frequent revision and improvement, together. He said that if their the bonafide belief that they were strike. This in itaulf is an achieve Human affairs are not Mafic, but statements were not correct. "I am true?—Yes. mont. If it took a decade for the are moving, and, we believe, im entirely with you," He (witness) Were they spoken maliciously farm three largest naval powers to reach proving.

For that reason did not hear him say Mrs. Ward No. a tarra limitation agreement, it is we feel that the sound and obvious was the person who gave him Wher downpart None. not to be expected that some fifty-fourse is to reach such agreements the information.

For Mra: "Eustace: Mr. W. G. four nations will reach a complete as many be possible now, with the The judge said he understood that Earengey, KC for Sir James agreement on limitation and reduc-| knowledge that they are open to Admiral Startin took responsibility Startin, the Hon. Bir Reginald

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