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'ATHERLEY CASE,

A DICTATOR FOR GREECE.

COMPRADORE'S EVIDENCE. THE PREMIER'S SENSATIONAL

The Athorley caso was continu- od at the Criminal Sessiorix yesterday afternoon.

ANNOUNCEMENT.'

Athens, Jan. 4. Chau King-yan, the compradore The announcement by the to Mesars. Getz Brothers was call-Premier, Gonoral Pangulon, that ed. Ho, produced, his agreement he is assuming entire responsibl with the firm. He said he became lity for tho country, was compradore to the firm in Hong-made at a banquet by officers of kong in 1921. Under the various the republican guard and evoked paragraphs of his agreement mem-

demonstrations of enthusiasm, bors of the compradore's staff which were renewed by the guard wero to be regarded as employees during a parade in the streets in of the company. His responsibility the evening, M. Pangalos sald As compradore' was to collect all that what he was preparing outstanding accounts and debts was based solely on the armed due to the firm. He was bound forces. to hand over all monies eo col lected to the company. When called upon he was bound to pro- duge all his books, both English and Chinese.

Pangulos has been Premier sinee June when he organised a coup d'etat in the army, and com polled the resignation of the Michalscopulas Government. He was largely instrumental in the events leading to the deposition of King George IT in 1923 and the establishment of a republic. presided over the court martial in 1922 which ordered the execu tion of ex-Premier three other ex-Ministers on the Gounaris and

charge of responsibility for the overwhelming defeat of Greeks by the Turks in Asia Minor. There has been much

He

Mrs Atherley became manager in 1922. Questioned A3 to the method of collecting montes due, witness said he was given invoices and promissory notes by the mana ger and thus knew what to collect. Up to March, 1924, he paid into the bank for the firm all monies he received.

The procedare then altered, he being instructed by pri- soner that he was to hold all monies collected and pay to the manager. Witness passed en this speculation recently regarding| Instruction to his staff.

the possibility of the return the ex-King to the throne.

English or Chinese. Cross-examined, witness was ask-Reuter. ed why he did not give his évidence in English. He said it was not good enough. Counsel said he understood witness spoke very good English. Witness ad- mitted that he carried on business discussions with the prisoner in

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that language. But his letters had been corrected by the prisoner. He added that he was a Chinese and thought it best to give his evidence in Chinese.

His Lordship: Does that mean because you are Chinese or be- cause your English is not good enough?

Witness replied that he thought he had not enough English,

Further replying to Mr. Zeitlyn, he said under his contract he had to be responsible for contracts with the firm, and to guarantee them,

Contracts He Guaranteed. Mr. Zeltyn: The charges.in this case arise out of contracta which you have, guaranteed?-I don't know exactly whether they arise from contracts which guaranteed.

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Well, let us take them specifi- cally. Did you guarantee the Sui Yick contract and the Bluebird, Wing On, Chan Yuen, Kwong Wah. Po Wo and Tak Tai contracts 2- Yes.

Then these charges do arise out of contracts which you guaranteed. You would see about the money for these contracta?-Yes, I am

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Did you keep the paying in book?—Yes.

company's

Each payment into the bank was. to that extent a discharge of your indebtedness to the company under the contracts which you guarante- ed?—Yes.

Witness denied.that the counter- foil portion of the bank paying in boske were kept by him in hist office.

This

represents the dis. charge of your liabilities und you seriously say that it was not kept by you? It is the property of the company. I have another book in which is entered the amounts paid in, which discharge my liability.

Further questioned, witness said he had turned down" contracts by refusing to guarantee them. He did so because he was not satisfied that the credit of the companies In question was good.

The case was adjourned at this stage until this morning.

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