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STOLEN, CLOCK,{"

CHINESE PREACHER AS PROSECUTOR,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

U. S. MINISTER'S VISIT.

EXPECTED HERE THIS AFTERNOON.

Mr. John V. A. MacMurray, the United States Minister to Peking,

DEATH SENTENCES.

(Continued-From Page 1)

•Concluding, he said they must | Chan Lal-man, a Christian preá-

Ask themselves if the boy really cher, residing at No. 79, Sai Tan,

had identified the prisoner, a man appeared as complainant before is expected to arrive in the Cohe knew quite well, and if he kept Mr. J. H. B. Nihill, at the Kowloon tóny this afternoon from Amoy.) that information to himself for Magistracy tha morning, to pro- On enquiry at the American ten days while the piracy was be secute a licensed stall holder of Consulate General, we were inring discussed. Kowloon City on a charge of re-formed that Mr. MacMurray would second prisoner bogan, by remark- ceiving a dressing-room clock, remain in Hongkong for some days knowing the same to have been and that later he would proceeding that the case was a curious stolen or unlawfully obtained. to Manila, where he will meet Go one because there was a mystery not vernor General Wood. At present running through t Had the guilty, remarking that he had pur-no arrangements for functions injurymen noticed, he asked, that chased the clock.

The

defondant pleaded

connection with the Hongkong visit have been made, and these will depend entirely on the time which Mr. MacMurray may have at his disposal.

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Mr, Sheldon defending the

when the statements were being read, and when the alleged wife of the Arst prisoner was called,

Sergeant Kennedy stated that the complainant his wife" and child, retired at 1 am. on the 18th

now name was introduced, a man. inst, but Mr. Chan awoke again

named Shap Ng. That name he two hours later. He went to an- Mr. John Van Antwerp Mac. was going to call the mystery of other room to see the time and Marray was born at Schenectady, the fourth man. Mr. Dyer Ball, discovered that the clock had dis-N. Y., on October 6th, 1881. He is Prosecuting for the Crown, had appeared.

a B. A. and M. A. of Princeton told them nothing about this The following morning, the loss University and LL. B. of Columbia fourth man, although they ha was reported to the police and yes University. He was admitted to heard from statements that he terday afternoon, during enquiries the New York Bar in 1906, and in was alleged to have been engaged conducted by Chinese detectives, the following year he entered the in the piracy, and supposed to have the article was found at the de- diplomatic service, being appointed gone on the boat. It was not until' fondant's stall, which is immedi-Secretary to the Legation and Con- they came to the evidence of the ately behind the Police Station. sul General at Siam. From 1908 fishermen that they heard about The defendant informed the to 1911. Mr. MacMurray was this fourth man. He submitted Police that the alock had been left Second Secretary to the Embassy that there never were, in fact, four- with him as security for $1 worth at St. Petersburg, and in the lat-men, because the fishermen were of cakes and minerals which three ter year he was appointed clerk to too far away to, recognise people 'men had consumed. They promis-the Department of State, being on the boat.

ed to return the following day charged with the distribution of in- (Monday) but failed to do so. formation among the diplomatic It was further stated that, the missions. The same year, he was defendant was charged because of made Chief of the Division of Near his failure to make any enquiries Eastern Affairs, before accepting the clock, and to later report the matter to the police when the man had not re- turned on Monday. There was also the fact that the clock, was worth $3 or $10.

The defendant stated that he received the clock without any criminal intention. The man was a regular customer of his and he had no suspicions whatever.

The defendant was remanded until to-marrow for the magis- trate's decision.

NANCHANG FALLS.

(Continued from Pags 1)..

that he should not remain absent. from Canton too long, expressing a fear of treachery, on the part of some of those now staying behind. It is feared that Geperal Li Tsai- hain, now acting Commander-in- Chief in Canton may combine with General Liu Tso-lung, Tang Seng-chi, Chen Min-chu, and others who now have a united strength of more 70,000 men.

Suspicion on the part of Gen-

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His Lordship said he had it in his notes that the boy had in evidence said he had seen a fourth man on the boat, but did not re-

It was in 1913 that Mr. Maecognise him. Murray's association with the Far East commenced, for he was then appointed Secretary to the Legn

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eral Chang's friends towards Gen-tion at Peking, a post which he held eral Li and others has been caused until November, 1917, when he was by the ineffective check to the en-made Counsellor of the Embassy at Here he remained until trance of "anti-Red" literature Tokyo, into Cunton and vicinity. The June, 1918, when he was assigned manifesto against General Chang on special duty in charge of the

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PRISONER SHIELDED,

Continuing, Mr. Sheldon referred to the evidence given by the al- leged wife of the first prisoner, who said the second prisoner was not, there at all. He remarked on her conduct in the box, saying she appeared to be frightened, but she was quite conclusive on the point that the second man was not there at all. This woman had every motive to try and shield the first prisoner, who had been a husband to her for ten years, but she could have ho motive for shielding the second man. He put it to the jury that the identification evidence of the two fishermen was absolutely worthless. The only evidence they had was that the meri were two hundred yards from the spot, and he pubát to them that it was, ludicrous to suggest that they could recognise people on the boat from that distance.

CRUCIAL POINT.

He said that the case for the Crown really rested on the point of identification. If a man was picked out at an identification parade, it would be conclusive evidence against the prisoner, but

if they considered the combination

of circumstances surrounding the recognising of the prisoners at the time of the alleged piracy, it

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tang Right Wing, or "anti-Red" section, in Shanghai, has found rapid circulation in Canton.

· PRESS. OPINION.

South concerning

the same year, he was re-assigned to the Embassy at Tokyo, and in 1919 he was appointed Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs at

evidence.

UNRELIABLE WITNESS.

FA

BRITAIN'S PRE-EMINENT

POSITION. ·

Rugby, Sept. 22. The annual report of Lloyds re-

the Permanent Court of Inter-gister, covering the year ending national Justice, to study the July, states that of the world's American reservations, now › re,

at Home shows an increase of 13 per cent. The British Empire as a whole owns more than half of

the State Department. In 1921, Mr. T. Addie, addressing the ports that the Arst four reserva total projected tonnage, no leas Mr. MacMurray was appointed ex-jury on behalf of the third man, tions should be accepted and like-than 6 per cent. or, 744,080 tons Chinese Press opinion in the pert assistant on Pacific ind. Far said the boy had good reason to wise the fifth,, subject to certain is to be built in Great Britain and the present Eastern Affairs to the American remember all that happened as he conditions. It points out that the Ireland, and 32 per cent, or 345,- internal conflicts in China, Commissioners who sat on the In- was one of those on the pirated application of some of the reserva-380 tons, abroad. Although there generally concede that Marshal ternational Conference on the boat, but he failed to identify the tions would entail the conclusion is a falling off in the world's total, Wu Pei-fu is out of the picture Limitation of Armaments at Wash-third man. He submitted the of agreements between America as compared with last year, the for the time being; that he, mayington; and in 1922 he was third prisoner, but did not re- and other signatories to the percentage of amount to be bullt come back to Wachang only upon observer for the American Govern-cognise him. One fisherman was Protocol.--Reuter. the decision of General Sunment at the Chinese-Japanese meet supposed to have recognised him, Chuan-fung to defend his five pro-ing held for the settlement of the but he put it to the jury that up- vinces; and that the success of Shantung question.

He was ap-der the circumstances he could not that would be piracy. They must the tonnage classed in Lloyds Re- Sun depends 011 effective re- pointed United States Minister to have done so. He described the remember that it was not only a gister at the end of June of this inforcementä from Marshal Chang China in the early part of 1925... alleged wife of the first prisoner robbery at sea which was alleged, year, 5,495 ships, with a total Tec-lin. Many doubt the final Mr. MacMurray acted as editor as an unreliable witness, as she but that, with intent to murder, tonnage of 15,157,000 tons, belong viétory of General Chang Kai-of two volumes published in 1021 had contradicted her evidence they used violence in connection to either Home or Dominion own- shek, the Kuomintang Chief, who dealing with Treaties and Agree given at the Magistracy, and also with the robbery. Unless they ers. Ships owned by other coun they say, has made the same error ments With and Concerning China the evidence which she had given could find that each one of the tries have a tonnage of 14,015,000 The tonnage of ships in. us many other Chinese militarists from the year 1894 to 1910. in chief. No doubt she wanted prisoners either used violence tona,

to shield the first prisoner but with intent to murder; or assisted Home ownership, amounts to 18,- that only made, her less reliable. other persona in using that viol) 894,000 tons.

The only credible witness the ence, then they must find that the Crown had was the boy, and he Crown ease was not proved. had said he did not recognise the His Lordship then proceeded to UNIVERSAL STANDARD NOT third prisoner. He submitted that review the evidence, after which

COTTON STAPLES.

PRACTICABLE.

London, Sept. 22.

DEATH SENTENCES. The jury returned a verdict of "guilty against all three prisoners, and his Lordship passed sentence of death..

by taking "into their fold com- "manders who are ready to sell

themselves to others at a price.

General Chang Kai-shek hus how left the command of Hanyang in the hands of Liu Tso-lang, the General who sold Wu Pei-fu and

the Crown had not proved its ease the jury retired. surrendered to the "Reds"-at the

beyond all reasonable doubt, and most critical moment. He has

there was nothing to connect, the also given the control of the Hunan-Hupeh situation to General. Represcatatives of British and third prisoner with the crime ex Tang Song-chi, the alvisional Continental Cotton Exchanges cept the ovidence of a very unreli- commander who has mutinied have passed a resolution opposingable witness, one who had other against General Chao Heng-ti, the the suggestion of the United motives' than to speak the truth. Tupan of Hupan..

States Department of Agriculture He suggested the prisoner's state- for, the adoption of universal ments did not amount to a confos- standards of cotton staple, as it is sion, and that there was no case considered that the suggestion is on which to convict. impracticable and will not help the cotton trade. It is hoped that the Department of Agriculture will consider the matter as finally disposed of, and not raise the question at future conferences

35 AEROPLANES DESTROYED.

FLORIDA HURRICANE

DAMAGE.

Mobile; Sept. 22. Thirty-five aeroplanes at the Pensacola Naval Station are in-

Reuter.

cluded in the destruction of the The Rev. T. H. Consgrave has Florida hurricane, Each machino been appointed Provost and Vice cost forty-five thousand dollars Chancellor of Trinity College, gold-Router's American Service. Toronto.

¡~ ^, CAPITAL CHARGE.

During the year under review, the world's construction of ves- sels in, which oil engines were in- stalled was 113, aggregating 601,- 427 tons, gross. Forty-six of these, totalling 221,429 tons, were built in this country and the re-

ander abroad.

The Report mentions that the year included the early months of the coal stoppage, but that the full In releasing the jury until Mon effect of the stoppage will not be day, his Lordship thanked them for shown until the complete returns current the patient attention they had are made up for the given to the case, and expressed twelve months. British Wireless. his agreement with the verdict, Bay- ing he took his share of the res- ponsibility.

Speaking to the boy, who saved himself after being thrown out af the pirated boat by swimming for four hours, and who was a witness

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Emir Faisal, second son, of Ibn Jury that each prisoner was guilty for the prosecution, his Lordship Saud, King of the Bedjne and of the charge laid against commended him for the manner in Sultan of Nejd, in arriving in Lon- him, and if there was any reason which he had given his evidence. don to-morrow on an unofficial able doubt, then the Crown had not which had materially assisted the visit to England. The British succeeded, and the proper verdict administration of justice. He had Consul at Jeddah is accompany- would be an acquittal.

without which the prisoners would to hira during his visit. British If robbery at sea only was al displayed great presence of mind, ing the Emir and will be attached leged against the prisoners, then

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