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REGBY, Feb.

MUST DEFEND ORIGINAL AUTHOR'S IMPRESSIONS OF MARKED BY SERIOUS RIOTS

POLICY

(THROUGH ROUTER'S AGENCY.]

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Last year in view of the finan eial crisis a special appeal was He dolared that these Powers made by the Chancellor of the win are hesitating to affirm the Exchequer for prompt payment of num-recognition of Manchukuo are this tax.

shirk the respon: attempting to Large.

await collectionsibility they reempted under the during the next two mouths under Ascombly resolution of March 11, this heading,

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·BY ARTHUR DAVIES,

A Profitable Trade

ANOTHER HAYLEY MORRISS CASE

time to review the last twelve

Cardie ja

Cretreated, I

No further details wern and there was no mention as number of ensualties,

admission of liability the result of that step the plaintiff It seeme the existing decisions money must be deemed thereupon become the propert the plaintiff, die deky,

IN GERMANY

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY)) :

BERLIN, Feb. 1.

(Special Al-Mail Service) London, January 17.2

MESSAOR: From London, January 18-Mr. Comp- NANEING, Feb. 1.

The Coveniunt of the League pi

states that for the fou to atou Mackenzie, the author, was THE work night of Hitler's

WAN -Chancellorship THE League has come

marked Nations forins part of the Treaty

LONDON, Jap. I. DULING the month of January

in five days the Chinese att incorar tax payments totalled stage where it must bravely fined £100 at the Old Bailey yester

Criticism of a point of legal pro-"| Chiumenkow early on £34,618,000 and the total income and fearlessly put into operation day for a breach of the Official with serious disorders throughout of Versailles with was signed on

Germany, when clashes between January 10, 1990. So the Leagus cedure in actions where money is For a time the Chinese the taxes so far received in the pre-the great principles which the Secrets Act.","

Nazis and Communists occurred at He was also ordered to pay a sent financial year is £12,719,000. | Comicil and Assembly have

sary of its birth, an appropriate anticipation of damages, was pass-on, but after two and a l IL represents

of various occasions enunciated, and sum, not exceeding £100 towards the Berlin, Crefeld, Moers, Pforgheim, is now celebrating the 13th anniver-paid into court by a defendant in eil to surround the Japanese, #1 deerase

and Hamburg. €29,299,000 as compared with "the on, which the Ingin itself was costs of the prosecution.

ed yesterday by Mr. Justice Me of severe fighting the The greater part of the trial took

months of its life..

He was giving judgment in the returns at the corresponding date founded to defend and uphold,"

Heavy clouds hung over the in- of last year.

said the Foreign Minister, Mr. Laplace in secret. Mr. Mackenzie was

One Communist was killed and

ternational sky throughout 1832, and King's Bench Division on a point Wen Kan, when interviewed to-day, allowed to be sented in the dock.

It was alleged that in a book en- several injured at. Velbert. titled (ireck Memories. Mr. Mac.

In the Rhineland, rioting occur their shadows have undoubtedly arising from the libel suit brought bad a depressing effect upon League by Mr. Hayley Eustace Morriss kenzie published information which red at Dusseldorf and Coblenz, activities. First and blackost of all of Fippingford Park, Nutley, Sus he had obtained, is an officer at where Nazia policed the streets in

While many Com has been the World Economic crisis sex, against Meesra. Baines and Co., tached during the war to the "In

some towns. telligence Staff.

munist newspapers are forbidden with its many ramifications and proprietors of the "Leeds Mercury," consequences. Only one aspect His lordship said that the argu- "Fatiguing Business,” and have been confiscated for ad-need here he mentioned. The pro-ments in the case arose in respect "It certainly has been a new ex vocating a general strike, an at perience for me, but I cannot shy it tempt to organise, a general strike blem of Reparations was tackled at of libet published in December, has been a plonsant one; very much

in the Anchan coni-hields has failed. Lausanne byn Conference outside 1995, and in regard to which the the League between the creditor defendanta paid into Court a total the reverse, in fact," said Mr.

Reichstag May be Dissolved,

and debtor countries. A provisional sum of £523 with an admission of BERLIN, Feb. 1. Compton Mackenzie to a Press re presentative after he had, quitted That there is a possibility that settlement was reached and the liability. In July, 1938, Mr. Mor the sombra precincts of the Old the Reichstag may be dissolved be League was asked to prepare the riss gave notice that he had taken the plaintiff shall return to the det enee, It has set about this work ceaded with the action in the hope took out of court. I regret that Bailey. It is very fatiguing for it is convened, perhaps even way for a World Economic Confer that money out of Court, and prefendants any part of the 1525 he with as much energy as possible, of obtaining from the jury a larger my powers are not wider in much. business even when one is privileged tonight or to-morrow, has been to sit in the dock.

opened up by the news that the

It is proper to state that the "I have learned one thing at Centre Party and Bavarians are but has been hampered by two consum. The lary, however, awarded a case as the present least as a result.

"In my opinion, sata 317, Jus defendants have made no app You know one unwilling to cooperate with the siderations. In the first place thero him one farthing only.

has been us yet no clear indication often reads in the report of a mur-Hitler Cabinet,

with respect to the amout der or other serious trial that the Hitler, it is understood, is of the intended scope of the Cou-tice McCardie, they were amply tion to me to amend their tab

tuous sum as damages.” -

in by them. To apply after. in what is going on, and the im- both of the Reichstag and the economic battle, which the nations Mr. Morriss and been asked if would indeed be to apply atőr prisoner appears to be uninterested strongly in favour of dissolution ference. In the waiter of the warranted in fixing that contemp

aro still waging against each other, he would return to the defendanta stage in the proceeding Prussian Diet.

there are few signs that they enter the differenes between the farthing cord before me standa The Cabinet moets to-night and tain any desire or intention to and the £325, but he had refused mission of liability by

large their vision from the economic is expected to decide whether t

nationalism, which at present does to do so. Hence arose the point dants to the extent of dissolve the Reichstag..

as to the power and the duty of

must here point out Hitler and von Papen saw. Pres. duty for a policy everywhere to the Court to order the return of seems to be a curious: resulte

that wide outlook upon World von Hindenburg this morning when, Welfare which alone can form a the money if the Court had power decisions I have cited. according to newspapers, they re

apparently is to destroy satisfactory basis for international to do so. qurated authority to dissolve in co-operation. Secondly, in Decem Actions for Defamation. stance the power of the

allow a defendant to ame view of the Centre Party withhold.

once a plaintiff has ing their support.

money out of Court

Customis revenus has risen by: 027,318,000 up to date, the total being £138,514,000.

According to Surtax receipts, Intest returns are, down on last

year.

If any Power desired to leave the door open for moognition of Manchukue in the future it would be atttempting to destroy the validity not only of this resolu- On the other hand Post Office in but the Covenant and the profits at £11,000,000 re

only Keller Pact alse. However, China £100,000 short of the budget estiis convinced that all Powers con- Forned would strongly condemn inate. so that it seems likely to

thap unlawful organisation which be exceeded,

As Japan's instrument of serves territorial aggrandisement."

The tatal revenue received last werk was £23,204,959, while expro- diture amounted to. £19.877.004 and the floating debt, was reduced by £14,055,500.

DEBATE ON HOUSING BILL

AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN'S

SUGGESTIONS

[ITISH WIRELESS · KERVICE. ]

Rucax, Jan. 31.

DRAFTING COMMITTEE

WORK COMPLETED

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

pression is gained that the sectised person is callous. It is not callous noss; it is fatigue.

"When one is in the dock one has a consciousness of always vary ing foci. The centre, of attention is always changing: one second it is one's counsel; the next it shifts to the judge; then to prosecuting counsel, after that to the witness.. GENEVA, Feb, 1. THE work of the Drafting Combox-always changing.

Kindness of Police... mittee on the Sino-Japanese

"My other main impression ? dispute has been completed, except! That's easy; the uniform kindness for the recommendations, which will be left to the meeting of the Com.and courtesy of the police of ali

ranks which I saw was not confin the

ed to me. That humaneness is a SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN,mittee of Ninetem later in

whose intervention in, the do. week.

very bright relief in an atmosphere. hate on the Housing Bill during the last session, created a great impression on the members of all parties, presided to-day at a Con- ference of representatives of hous ing organisations to discuss pro. posals for the setting up of a While confirming that Japan was Statutory Public Utility organianprovoked, the Committee declines Lion, which should work through to endorse her operations as legiti. local subsidiaries for the developmate self-defence pointing out that rent af an effective houring policy. the plea of self-defence does not The air of the suggestion, details release a country from its obliga of which have been worked out in tions under Article 11. of the retcot months by a Conferences of" |

Covenant. all sides of the building industry, brought together by the efforts of

that is inherently and inevitably grey and depressing,"

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BERLIN, Feb. 1.

MANIFESTO, OF THANKS

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY)

of the

"The question," continued Mr Justice McCardie, is one of prae- tical Importance in view many actions for defamation which are brought before the Courts, and in view also of the fact that cer- tain persons at the present time fitable trade in actions for defema-

ber last fell the blow that the United States of America declared its intransigence upon the war debts question and consequently even the Laussune Settlement is shakeb: The Conference is none the less to be held and possibly, if it achieves BERLIN, Jan. 31nothing else, it will bring a spot on a considerable and prn

light to bear upon the hard fats present evils. In 1927 B World Conference of economic experts, high tariff walls as a major cause called by the League, pointed to the

HERR HITLER, the new Chan

the causes of the

tion brought against newspaper proprietors and others

It would seem to be the moral

**Having regard to the deddisione I, do not feel able to direct that

I may also point out that parently a plaintiff, ho fendant has paid in wit mission of liability, may tax

on the morning of the day a the money at any time, not trial, but even when the te actually taking place, and be that the case is going against? "Regard must be had to given by any experiensed numerous illustrations which ca tioner to show the hardsh defendants in defamation

of thanks to all Nazi comrades, veller, has issued a manifesto

and also to President Hindenbur men and women, for their loyalty, for his great-hearted resolve to name me Chancellor."

He concludes in these words: May the Almighty hot withhold.ternational trads is directly ascribing the Court from making any reason of the existing

The Drafting Committee finds that the Chinese boycott was a

What about the future of provocntiar until September 18,

'Greek Memories ? Will it be re 1933, after which it was more or less justifiable as a reprisal to anti-issued with the offending passages

expunged?" he was asked, Japanese military acts.

Afr. Mackenzie replied that he was unable to make any observa tions on this aspect at this stage, and preferred to express his grhti- tude to Sir Ian Hamilton and Ad. His blessing on the re-establish miral Sells for coming forward atment of a Gerinan Empire of hon much personal inconvenience to our freedom and social peace." testify to his loyalty and efficiency.

"Sir Ian," said Mr. Mackenzie, travelled, from Dunblane througli

The recognition of Manchukuo mendations stage in reached.

Eir Raymond Unwin, President of will not be decided until the recon- the night and travelled back "to-

the Royal Institute of British Architects, is to take the question of housing out of politics,

Changes of Government policy, it is pointed out, both in the demanda on the building industry and in the terms of subsidies, have often had injurious effect on, a steady housing 'progress.

CHEMICAL WARFARE

(BRITISH WIRELESS" BERVICE.]

RUGBY, Jan. 31. SPEAKING in the Bureau of the

Disarmament Conference yes. terday on chemical warfare, the British delegate, Captain Anthony Eden, said: "If chemical weapons were ever employed in a future war, their affect would be infinite. ly more terrible than in the Great, Wor."

A country attacked in this way could not be prevented from re- prisals, and to uphold the right of reprisal was the best way to prevent the aggressor from using chemical weapons.

RAIL AND ROAD TRANSPORT

REPORT OF ROYAL COMMISSION

[DEITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

SIR F. LINDLEY VISITS COUNT UCHIDA

(THROTON DEUTER'S' AGENCYJ'

TOKYO, Feb. 1. SIR Francis Lindley this after. noon visited Count Uchida at the Foreign Office and inquired! regarding the Japanese Govern ment's final attitude to the league. Count Uchida showed him a copy the of the instructions cabled to Japanese delegation this morning.

BRITAIN'S CHANCE IN

CHINA

(THROUGH REUTER'E AGENCY.]

night, and Admiral Sells postponed his departure for Portugal on my account I am deeply grateful to them," and, of course, to the coun; gel and solicitors who neted for me.

Total Costs £5,000? ~

It would not be proper for me to corument on the ethics of the CABO, whether I shall do so later remains to be decided. I am very tired and shall shortly return to the Hebrides to rest and to work..............

"Thank goodness it's all over," concluded Mr. Mackenzie fervently. Since last October this business has occupied all my thoughts to the exclusion of other things. Now I can get to work again.

Mr. Mackenzie declined to give an estimate of the total costs which the case will involve, but sin in timate friend of his later suggested between £4,000 and £5,000 as a not extravagant guess;

it

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On January Quentin Allison Ashby Macfadyen, Cadet Oheer in the Hong Kong Colonial Service, was married in Chelson to Jean. Greig, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. John Buchanan, Fulwood,

HARRIS IS DEAD Preston

HERO OF "THREE MEN IN "

A BOAT"

cadet in

duty of Mr. Mirriss to retum to 3505, Mr. Morrisa's counsel did the defendants the balance of the of the dimsteen already then pend. not dispute that, but relied on the ing and recommended their scaling existing state of the law as preclud down, The subsequent ruin of in

Buch order. able to the failure of Governments. How, then, does the matter to accept that advice. Even worse stand as a matter of low? To they have poured more of the medigin with it a clear that if the cine that is poisoning industry into plaintiff, instead of taking out the the veins of the Body International money before the trial, had allow- Will they now at length learn thed it to remain. in Court until the industry and trade are world-wide trial, the judge would have power and that no nation can afford for to direct that the whole of the £325 its own sake to live unto itsel! except one farthing, should be re- Blonė 1

paid to the defendants....

A Hungry Population. Those who regard economics" as the determining factor in all the world's movements for good or ill may be inclined to class the trouble in Manchuria as a secondary event. It is true that in the search for the ultimate reasons of the Japanese aggression there will be found the problem of hungry population demanding scope for expansion and exploitation. And, of course, the urgs has been intensified by the World Crisis, for the Far East has been hit by it even more severely than Europe or the U.8.A. Any way, it is the secondary event which interests those who believe.in the new world-order that is em bodied in the Covenant of the Lea gue. Japan is a permanent member of the Council of the League and Mr. Macfadyen, who is the only bas always hitherto been regarded as a loyal supporter of its ideals, som of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred, NT is all the greater blow that it Macfadyen of Hong Kong, is a

should be Japan, who, in September popular young visa in the Colony 1931, took the opportunity of Earon He was appointed a January 1999 and in April 1900 and the U.S.A. being deeply con- became Assistant Superintendent of corned in their own troubles lo Imports and Exports In January throw over her solemn pledges and 1031 he was appointed Assistant embark on a policy of military ad- venture ending in the virtual annex- Secretary for Chinese Affairs,

Mr. Macfadyen, senior, wanation of a Chinese province as large formerly a District Magistrate in as Germany and France taken South Africa, and was a long time together. The alarm of the smaller private secretary to Cecil. Rhodes nations may be well understood: Mr. Macfadyen san. Joctures on History, may say that, if the League In that sense Harris is not dead law at the University and was for had auted more strongly at the When Jerome excavated him from time the editor of the South start, the whole plot might have the character of his friend, Sidney China Sunday Star, Mrs. Mas been sipped in the bud. We how Feron, he came to stay, because fadyen is well known locally not ever are concemed here with 1932. The attempt by Japan in January English fiction will never be with painter

and February to extend the pro out a Harris' of some kind or

cess of force to Shanghai was actu another, any more than it will ever lover, a keen river man, and fond ally extinguished by a League be without a Sherlock Holmes or a of singing in an xoruciating Assembly that was in dead earnest, "my dear Watson. It is case, voice in all these things resou The League Tytton Report has of "Harris is dead long live bling" Harris. Harris P

made, clear the whole of the facts - 4 No one knew what Herris was about Manchuria. It is perfectly with all the mishaps. It was al the first two lines of the

Harris was the man who met saying when he did his best with impartial, showing up the wrongs ways Harris who fell in the river: Lord's song in Pinn

done by China to Japan as faith- Harris who is a fisherman, caught the impression that he was singing

fully the wrongs done by Japan the old boots after prolonged fines the judge's

ing and the League. At the

zgls ir still, sing with the

who sat Jury

The death at Hampton Hill, Middlesez, of Mr. Sidney Herry Feron, the original of Harris' in Jerome E. Jerome's "Three Men in a Boat," was announced on Dec. 31st

LONDON, Jan. 31. DR. H. K. RUNG, the envoy of the Industrial Mission to Karope nad America, was received this morning by the Prime Minis ter, Mr. Rauniay MacDonald, and Inter entertained to luncheon by representatives of the Department of Overseas Trade at the Eavoying book it was Harris. He was *Hotel,

the first of the great silly asses

So dear old Harris is dead! If anyone was the hero of that rollick

In the evening, the Mission) ao of Action companied by Mr. Que Tai Chi and Colonel Tchau, left for Manchester to inspect industrial undertakings, The party will return to London to mornow

Intervieweil by Reuter, Dr. Kung declared that the Nationalin Gov ernment wanted to develop Chine not only for the Chinese, but for the world. Nanking favoured no "Closed Door policy.

Ruday, Jan. 31. THE question of road and rail

transport, and the consider tion of a policy in regard to the proposals of the Royal Comanssion, presided over by Sir Arthur Saiter, is understood to have been before the sub-committee of the Cabinet to day. The action of Japan in ruining There is a wide sprend feeling her own markets in China by that the decisions on the problema aggression, said Dr. Kung, Bar arising from the development of Britain great chance to recapture road competition with the railways the marketa, which Japan had wo cannot be further delayed without from ber.,...

His Lordship's Regret, In the action now betere, me the plaintiff in fact took out of court long before the trial the sum paid in by the defendants with an (Continued on next columns

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