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CONTINENTAL

LETTER

TWENTY SUPER-HONEST

FRENCHMEN

OBITUARY

MR. C. P. ROSS

The many Friende of Mr. Ç. P. Ross of the B.I. dept., Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co.. will regret to ́EXCITEMENT ÎN BELGRADE of his death which-occurred on December 17 while on his way to London from Marseiller.

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The Commander-in-Chief. Ad- miral Sir Howard Kelly, K.C.B.. C.M.G., M.Y.O., will reviews battalion and Howitzer Battery, The late Mr. Rosa. left Hong Kong for Home about two months somposed of over 1,000 Seamon and ngo, but had to be put ashore in Marines from the Fleet, ant 10.30 course, Singapore owing to ill-health.am. to-day at the

Happy Valley. He resumed his voyage shortly

After being inspected the Naval afterwards on the as, Corfu, and was met at Marseilles by his wife. Forces, under the command of He passed away, while en route to Captain T. B. Drew, H.N. (H.M.S. Kent), will march past the salut London the next day.

ing base, Admiral Sir Howard Kelly taking the solute.

CHICAGO METHODS 200-

YEARS AGO

Paris, December 21-Twenty French citizons from various parts of the country, have, it became known today, addressed to the American Embassy postal money orders for twelve francs a piece. THE BAD. OLD DAYS They were apparently prompted by. articles recently published in the Prees, calculating that France's war- debt to the United States anotinted to 19 franes pèr head of the popula tion, and these enthusiasts, in order to show their disapproval of the Chamber's action in refusing to pay the December debt.instalment, wanted to do their best to counter- act this decision!" The United States Embassy, however; sent the money back with a covering letter, warmly thanking the senders for this evidence of interest in the maintenance of friendly relations between France and the United States.

15,000 PRISONERS

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SMUGGLERS

"Gangsters" and "bootleggers" of the modern American pattern are not really a recent production; graft" among the forces of law and order is no new discovery; the fear that "crook" plays will eor courage the erin.inal tendencies of the young is not merely of modern conception. These are some of the Conclusions to be reached from a perumal of The History of the Bow Street Runners," by Gilbert Armitage, (Wishart and Co. 12.

Berlin, December 21.-At noon to day the prison gates were opened to the first batch of the approxi mately 15,000 political offenders whood. will benefit from the sweeping amnesty passed by the Reichstag last week, endorsed yesterday by the Federal Council and promulgat ed to-day by President von Hinden burg.

not).

The book is a well-authenticated record of the first attempts by the early magistrates, with the support of private people, to maintain law and order, and to stamp out foot- Meanwhile the chief wardens of pads, highwaymen, gambling and all German prisons and peniten in houses and other evils. The tiaries report an increasing restless-period covered is $799 to 1980 and ness amongst their political charges the advent of the first real police who last night were informed of the force is described. final passage of the amnesty bill and spent & sleepless night. Prepara tions for their release were taken in hand immediately it is expected that by Friday at the latest the inst of the 15,000 will have been re- 'stored to freedom.

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The Tev. E. C. H. Tribbeck gratefully acknowledges, on behalf of the Committee of the Sailors' & Solliers Home, the following. donations to the Extension Fund: The Hon. Mr. Edwin Taylor... 850 Mrs. J. R. Wood ... Mr. T. H. R. Shaw......... Corp. J. Redmond, R.A.0.C... "Anonymous

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On behalf of the Committee of the SPCA, the Hon. Treasurer gratefully acknowledges that in respouse to the recent Annual In a description of souggling Appeal, a sum of II.K.84,306,75 methods the author writes: "There (dollars four thousand three hun-

be dred and sixty-six and is a certain resemblance to observed between the character and seventy-fivo) has been collected. methods of the smugglers.and those As all suma have already been of the modern American bootleg acknowledged by the individual ger." He describes the armed collectors, a detailed list of sub fighting men who guarded the scribers has been prepared, and is contraband (the counterpart of the available for inspection at the American gunman), the protection | Scoretary's Office. from rivals of their own areas by Moscow, December 21-A confer-smuggling gangs; and many other ence on the Second Five-Year Plan points of similarity.

A letter from Mr. Edwin S. which will come into operation' on Even in their affection for slang Cunningham, US Consul-General January 1, opened here to-day with the former President of the Thirdin describing the implements and and Senior Consul. has notified the Internationalo Bakharin in the processes their calling the old Municipal Council of Shanghai British smugglers had much that the following members of the ommon with their modern Ame Consular Body have been elected as GERMANY'S UNEMPLOYED |ican cousins.

Judges of the Court of Consuls for Edwin S. the year 1933:—Mr. Berlin, December 21.-The num Civic "Graft " in Seaports. Cunningham, Sir John Brenan, ber of unemployed, registered by

K.C.M.G., and Mr. I. Ishii. Mr. the state as recipients of the dole, Instructions issued to Bow Street E, A. Long will continue as secre- bus risen again and stands now, ac-

officers who were sent to the Kent tary of the Court, his address cording to the official returns just coast to apprehend smugglers show remaining enre of the American published, at about 5,600,000 or that local authorities in seaport Consulate-General. nearly 249,000 more than on Decem-towns were not free from "graft.” ber 1, at that date the number being The instructions read:" 8,358,000,

sure that you do not apply to ope of the magistrates of the Cinque ports, lest the object you have in view be thwarted by the party giv ing information to the persons ac cused; but go before some of the magistrates of the county who are I believe, most of them honourable

chair.

Though this alarming increase of German unemployment is generally regarded in part conditional on the fluctuations of the seasoft, the rapid growth of these numbers, hall million during the past six weeks, justifies the most alarming appre- bensions.

BEAUTIFUL BOLSHEVIK

PUNISHED Constantinople, December 21-A German woman named Fraulein Wilda was sentenced here to-day by the Criminal Court, to four years' imprisonment on the charge of having disseminated, Bolshevint propaganda. 10 other defendants, several of whom belong to prominent Turkish families, received prison Bentonces ranging from three, to seven years.

Fraulein Wilda, who is a striking- ly beautiful woman, appeared as a dancer in the fashionable bars and clubs of Constantinople where, so it is alleged, she tried to make con- verts for the Communist enuse.

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At this time the fame of the Bow Street runners was such that they were in frequent demand 31 over the country and neted

As the "Scotland Yard CL.D." of their time...

Another example to show that. "there's nothing new under the sun" is given in an account of the attempt of Sir John Fielding, a Bow Street Magistrate, to prevent the production by Garrick of "The Beggar's Opera,”--

The ground of the objection to Day's famous play was "that it has never been performed on the stage without creating an addi- tional number of real thieves,!! Fielding's colleagues,though they had never had experience of the dangers to juvenile murality afford-

Belgrade, December 21-That red by the cinematograph, agreed lations between Yugoslavia and

with him unanimously, and a mes

Italy have lately become strained age was despatched to Garrick almost to the danger-point, became requesting him to cancel the pro-

duction." evident in the course of today's debate in the Yugoslav Sonate on Garrick, however, did not accedo the Italian note protesting against to the request, although a wag of the recant anti-Italian demonstra- the period suggested that the dif tion in Zadar and Belgrade ficulties might be overcome if the The Senate passed a resolution, play were amended so that the vil- requesting the Government to take lain MacHeath: might be banged a firm stand in guarding Yugo agrocable to the dark opmplexion slavia's sovereign rights against. of his "crimes. any encroachments by a foreign and Power,20

The Foreign Minister's speech just a month ago with a view of was wildly acclaimed by the House revising the existu and in the course of the ensuing treaty between dobáte several. Benators tried to were concluded to day outdo each other in fiery speeches sult was the drawing up of K supple- denouncing Italy #policy as: Agmentary agredient-which-ina at Yugoslavia's humiliation submitted immediately to both

It is expected that this will cause | governmente for, appro further anti-Italian demonstr tions throughout the country and

ly in Dalmatia where sentiments have been

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