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FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1926.

LEAGUE FIASCO;

(Continued from Page 1) League at Gonova on "September 1st-Reuter.

WASHINGTON BURPRISED.

BREACH OF PROMISE.

A OASE OF "REVOLTING. HYPOCRISY.""

Three times married, and now" aged 56, James. Tott, of Wood- berry Down, Finsbury Park, was Washington, March 18. Reports that the League of recently ordered to pay £900 Nations may ask the representadamages for breach of promise.

"A story of revolting hypocrisy tives of the Washington Govern-

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ment to explain the American re- and deception-one of the worst servations to the ratification of the cases ever pluced before the World Court, has caused a 'great court." was the description of the surprise in the State Department. action given by Mr. J. D. Caswell, Mr. Kellogg has stated that the counsel for Miss Alma Grant, & Government is dealing directly with typist, of Highbury-grove, Lon- the 48 members of the Court re-don, in the King's Bench Division. garding the acceptance of its re- Towards the end of the hearing servations, which, it is understood, Mr. Justice Horridge asked Tott: are approved by several Govern."Are you a deeply religious man?" ments. Mr. Kellogy, declined to "I was at one time," was the reply. indicate his action if the League' Miss Grant's counsel, Mr. J. D. persisted in attempting to deal Caswell, said, the couple met in with the matter. Router's Ameri1820, when Miss, Grant was 84, can Service,

Both were employed by the same drm, Miss Grant as head typist at £3 158, a week and Tott as chief accountant.

RUSSIA STILL BANS SWITZERLAND,

Geneva, March 18. M. Chieherin has informed tha

Tott began his attentions by Secretary General of the League leaving love-letters on her type- that Russia is prepared to partici- pate in the meeting of the Prepara- tory Committee of the Economic

At that time, said Mr. Caswell, Conference on April 24, if the he was not only a married mum venue is not in Switzerland-whose wife was living, but was

Reuter.

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GERMAN DELEGATES UPHELD.

Berlin, March 18. The Cabinet Council' unanimously approved of the tude of the German delegates „Geneva.-Reuter.

writer.

Meeting at Work.

the father of two other children. He said he was a widower,

One night in the street, after has they had been for a walk, Mr. atti-Tott proposed and Miss Grant;

to accepted him.

London, March 18. The House of Commons debate) on Geneva has been fixed for Tuos- day next, March 28.---Reuter.

COUNCIL MEETING CONCLUDES.

Geneva, March 18. The session of the League Council concluded after fixing May 17 as the date of the meeting of the Preparatory Committee to con sider disarmament, on which the AN AGREEMENT SIGNED. Argentina and Chile have been

invited to sit as additional mem bere,—Reuter,

HOURS OF

LABOUR:

London March 18: The Labour conference on the eight hours day now meeting in London and. attended by the Labour Ministers of Britain," Franco, Germany, Italy and Belgium have signed an agree- ment at the Labour Ministry. Reuter...

HELP FOR CHARITIES.

THE M. C. L. ALLOCATIONS.

CHINA'S REPLY.

Tott, who had been a Salvation' Army officer, wrote on April 21:~| Well, my loved one, this is my day, and, I will add, yours, too. The day I breathed life:1 entered this world as part of the Divine Will and purpose of His * Kingdom,

From my first breath I have been tending to thee. Your life came; we have grown up, walk- ed in life and through it all these years, and now come to the starting point of a joint life with one purpose-His Glory.

I will explain this great thought another time. This, dear, is a new day to me, take you, dear Alma, right into my life. Tott promised, to marry the girl but DETAILS OF PEKING"NOTE: the following Christmas,

later changed the date to January "Secret" Divorce.

Peking, March 18.

The official translation of the

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Alma Rubens

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Power's ultimatum shows that the Grant's father, the girl left home Foreign Ministry's reply to the Following a discovery by Miss THEATRE latter portion, referring to the Jody and went to live in a room in

of a memorandum by the fo- Seven Sisters-road, N. reign naval forces at Tientsin, giv- The marriage was again post- We are informed that the Com-Upon examination of the contents that he was a married man, but ing a time-limit, reads as follows:--poned, and later Tott told the girl mittee of the Hongkong Women's

of this communication it appears promised to get a "secret divorce." Guild and Ministering Children' that the naval forces at Tientsin League has allocated the proceeds thereby assumed an attitude which born, said counsel, the woman's After Miss Grant's baby was

for 1925-26 as follows;

the Chinese Government considers plight became pitiable. Tott did beyond the scope of the Protocol.not send money with any regulari- The Chinese Government cannotty, and she was in a state of recognise this as an equitable

labsolute starvation..

BRITISH CHARITIES · Hongkong Cots at M.C.L.

Home, Ottershaw .......£ 200 Trafalgar Home for Orphans,

Portsmouth

Merchant Service Guild Fund

E Widays

Soldiers' Daughterst

& Orphans

125

.125.

Royal

Home, Hampsted

126

Orphan Homes of Scotland 125

Officers' Families Fund

100

Evelina Hospital for Child-

ren Southwark

100

Children's Ward of the

London Hospital

50

OT

Shaftesbury Homes, Are-

50 thasa Training Ship ... Waifs and Strays Society 50

Total

£1,050 $8,322.

2.76

LOCAL CHARITIES Italian Convent Hospital..$

Nethersole Hospital

Ying Wa Girls' School

C. M. S. Day Schous

Village School Fund

C. M. S. Victoria Home &

Orphanage

C. M. S. Blind liome,

Kowloon

Fairlea

School

St. Joseph's Ilome for the

Aged Poor

Hongkong

Snciety

Benevolent

Protestant Alma-houses,

Kowloon Tong

Total

Grand Total

means.

A friend named Mr. Bailey wast "The competent Chinese military so amazed at her condition that he authorities have been authorised to went to see her father and begged take proper measures regarding him to take her back, but he the different clauses in the said refused,

communication, at the same time Eventually the child was adopt- requesting Your Excellency to ed, and Miss Grant, who had communicate with the Ministers previously earned £3. 158. a week, Having naval forces at Tientsin, became a kitchen maid at a public to the end that they, from their house at 178. a week. Later she side, immediately authorise their obtained a situation as a house- naval officers at. Tientsin to enter keeper at 22s. 6d. a week. into relations with the local Chi- Miss Grant said she had never nese military authorities in order been engaged to anyone, before she 300.00 to find proper ways and means for knew Tott. "I never had a sweet- 1,000.00 the maintenance of communications heart before," she added. 1,000.00 to the sea. It is essential that no Answering counsel, she remark- 500.00 recourse should be had to extreme ed, pathetically, "I wanted to (too hasty) methods in view of the make quite sure he was the good 1,000,00 existing friendship between China man he auid he was. I told him 1,000.00 and the countries concerned. I was terrified at the thought of

100.00 Reuter,

his being a married man or any- thing else unpleasant."

200,00

400.00

500.00

EXCHANGE RATES.

400:00

Tott had never said he was a "grass widower." - She did not know what the phrase meant.

Mr. Justice Horridge: A grass .$ 8,100.00 To-day's exchange rates are as widower is a gentleman who is $15,222.70 follow:

The Committee desires to take this opportunity of thanking all those members and other friends of the Guild and League who, working under great difficulties, have contributed to the success of this year's effort, with the happy and unlooked-for result that it has not been necessary to reduce the amount of any one of the dona tions usually made.

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temporarily separated from his wife, and is put out to grass like

a horse. (Laughter),

Tott, who was too deaf to hear questions from the witness-box, was allowed to give his evidence from the body of the court.

His first wife, he said, commit- ted suicido 15 years aftor their marriage. He had told her that The had committed misconduct with a waitress. When she heard of this ahe worried and fretted. Way to Truth.

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action. I did not love her.

How do you explain the letter The Judge: Tell us why you in which you talk of""His Glory"?: married her.

I suppose you mean the glory of what might God? Yes, that and

Questioned about a statement which had been made by his sister, Tott said "She is not accountable for some of har actions."

Tolt: I wanted to get to know certain truths about my brother and a young lady, and I could only get to know by marrying this lady. (Laughter.)

Mr. Caswell; And she died?----

Mr, Caswell:. Was there also a Yes.

young lady of Woolwich? Yes, What happened to her husband? there was, I was engaged to hot, I do not know. I did not see but not when I was married. him until after the funeral.

Mr. Caswell: That was one of Tott said that when he married the intervals. Grant, Resolute, Kalyan, Amakusa was a candidate before the his present wife he did not intend Maru, Porthos, Helenan, Kidder Examination Board in subjects i to live with her.

pore, Hakota Mari Odra Marn, A and C. for Army promotion, at Mr. Caswell Then why did Hongpeng and City to Valencia v Aldershot on February 10. you marry her? It was a family

Mr. Justice Horridge: You are, I suppose! ~

The Jury returned their verdict without leaving the box. *

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