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JAPAN AND RUSSIA.

STRONG PROTEST SENT TO SOVIETS

Tokyo, August 173 The Japaneso Government is fodging a strong protest with the Soviet against the latter's confisca tion of two Japanese fishing vessels pn May 7, and Imprisoning and shiro off North Scotland in warfining the captains, on the grounds- time, recently proceeded to of ponching within the twelve-mile

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Resenting a sardonie remark

London, August 17. made by the onging room store- The Journalist Frank Power, keeper during the evening meal on who has for some months been ex board the Empress of Anto, the pleiting a story in a Randay news deck storekeeper is alleged to have paper of Lord Kitchengt state assaulted the former, causing inciter the torpedoing of the Hamo slons to his face and breaking his apectacles. On the vessel's return from Manila, the engine room storekeeper, H. J. Harper, issued a the bodies of LTD.

summons against the deck store keeper. Frank Outred, for assault, the case being heard at the Row Ipon Magistracy yesterday.

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The complainant in evidence said that he went to the dining room at about G.15 p.m. on August 10, whilst the Asin was still lying alongside the Kowloon wharf. He sat down for his supper at the same table as the defendant and thu boatswain,

During the course of the meal, the boatswain asked the witness to pass the butter. Witness sitting. on the left of the boatswain with the defendant sested between the two, held the butter dish in front of Outred and asked him to pass it to the boatswain. After holding it in front of the defendant for some seconds, without the latter shaw ing any signs of obliging the boulswain, witness reached across; the defendant's part of the table, and pushed the dish along.

Not a Pig Sty.

After thus pushing the butter to the boatswain the latter asked he had intended throwing the dish to him. Witness, then said that' the defendant had refused to pass t, to which the defendant repiled that he did not see the thing and it was not a pig sty that they were In but a dining room. Witness retorted that "I cannot help it it pige have come in, and then Outred got up and struck him several blows in the face, breaking one lens of his spectacles,

With the assistance of the steward, witness was able to leave the dining room and make a re port to the staff captain,

Cross-examining witness, the der fendant said that with reference to the remark about pigs, he mere ly said "Do you fancy we are all pigs here," and the complainant had replied that it apparently ap pears so,"

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unveral

mem-

bers of the Hampshire Crow' vere washed ashore and buried, and returned with a cage anclosing coin which he asserted had been exhumed and contained the Field Marahal's remains,

The authorities, who had pre lously scouted the story as the result of inquiries in Norway, then.. seized the case and ordered an Inquest, which resulted in the dia- coypty that the coffin was apparent

now and had never contained. any remains-Reuter."

MR. KELLOGG TO RETIRE.

MR. HOUGHTON · LIKELY TO SUCCEED.

Quoting precedents, the Japanes profest demands the release of the vessels, reimbursement of the fines, and compensation for the loss dao. to the arbitrary Soviet action, with a pledge against a repetition.

It is reported that the Foreign' Office is prepared to retaliate if the demands be ignored. Router.

SALT GABELLE.

A NEW APPOINTMENT.

Peking, Aug. 17.4

Mr. F. Hussey Freke, formerly of the Haiho Conservancy at Tien- tsin, signed a contract on Sunday evening ns Associate Chief in- spector of the Salt Gabelle, assumed office on Monday morn- ing-Router.

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"New York, Aug. 27. According to a Washington.cor

Seventy-three motor hccident respondent of the New York

cases were treated at Coventry World, close friends of Mr. Hospital during the week-end, in- Kellogg state he has already, including one fatal case. formed President Coolidge that he wishes to return to the practice of law, and will resign when Con- Kreas is reconvened.

The correspondent adds that, hist successor has already beon, chaser, and "naturally Mr. Houghton will, step into the vacant secretaryship." -Reuter's American Service.

of him. "After he had looked up he passed the remark about pigs, and when the complainant replied he told him to "eut it cut," "He push "ed the complainant's chuir and

the latter fell to the floor.

In reply to the complainant, wit nose said that he had no recollec- tion of saying that "I did dot see the thing."..

His Worship: But you might have said it?

Witness: I am very doubtful. Complainant: Did you not say that this was not a pig sty?No.

Witness further denied the assaul

ig

The defendant suggested to wit- ness that his injuries were suffer- ed through his falling from 18 chair as the results of a slight push from him(defendant), but the wited by the complainant, witness

ness was persistent in his allega tion that he was severely as saulted.

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Answering another question ask.

said that he had had only one bottle of beer before supper but none during the meal.

Legally Guilty,

D. H. Vittory, boatswain, was

P. H. D. Ham, ship's carpenter, said that he was in the dining. room having his supper at a table some three feet from-the complain-then called by the defendant. He ant and the defendant. Witness said that on asking for the butter corroborated the complainant's the complainant threw it long the story of the incident. He said that table. Witness reprimanded him the butter seemed to have slipped for his actions. Witness gave, fur- from his hands as he pushed it ther corroborativa evidence. plong to the boatswald.

N. F. Fraser, master-at-arms, said he saw the complainant Dirty Language.

"throwing" the butter across the Witness heard some very dirty table. There were some remarks language "used and the boatswain passed about pigs. After the com turning to him asked, "he is a plainant was knocked down by s Stiend of yours what about It push from the defendant, he (com There was some remark about pigs, plainant) left the room. Prior to but witness was unable to catch his departure there was no lewd what was said." The defen-language used, but after he had dant then got up and struck the gone the carpenter and the defen- complainant three or four succes-dant began to swear at each other. sive blows. Witness added that At the conclusion of the evid- there had been. some bad feelingence for the defence, his Worship between the two parties. - said that he found the complainant fell to the floor and suffered the his injuries to his face and also broken glasses, Legally the de... fendant was guilty of assault, but he would not take the usual course and bind him over. The defen- dant would pay for the glasses, tho price of which was assessed at $8.

J. S. Davidson and F. Devin, purser's messengers, said they saw two or three blows struck and the complainant-fell-backwada,

The defendant went into the box and said that he was engaged with his meal and had failed to notice, the butter being passed in front

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