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punishment does not exist, con- victions aro for more easily obtained. There is a good deal to be said on both sides of the argument so far as the deterrent effecta of the death sentonce are concerned. On the one hand, it

DAY BY DAY

NEVER RICK A JOKE, EVEN THE LEAST OFFENSIVE IN ITB NATURE. AND THE MOST COMMON, WITH A WELL MED, AND POSSESSED OF SENSE TO COM-

contended that If capital PERSON WHO IS NOT punishment wero abolished, there|PREHEND IT.—La Bruyere, would be less hesitation in com- mitting murder; on the other, it Shanghai, le due here at 6 am, on The P. and O. 8.8. Kalyan, from

'D. B. WYNDHAM LEWIS probes

THE CASE OF THE WEDDING GUEST.

TT is a significant example of the the floor, and one verger was re- is argued that experience shows | Friday.

morality of the times-and moved to hospital, recommend this to the notice of As she entered and left the the fear of being hanged to be no

With allver up 3/16ths of athe Lambeth Conference that on church she saw the plaintiff Rum- real deterrent to the criminally-penny, the dollar rose 1/16th on Tuesday, July 1, the third day of below buttonholing Trubshaw in minded. Perhaps the strongest opening this morning.

English Inn.

pocket

Flo

ap-

the second Test match, when Eng-the street and holding him in con- case for abolition can be made

land was fighting for honour, nay.versation. The Queen's Dispensary has la-for very existence, a pair of young peared to be Rumbelow) out on the possibility under the sued in effective wall calendar lovers should be so frivolous and Mr. Jratice Bulger: To what ex- present system of innocent people bearing a coloured study of an old no cynically oblivous of common tealf-Fair pickled, I should say.

What was the defendant's condi- being went to the scaffold. for,

decency as to get married public-

tion?-fle seemed a bit dazed, like; ly in a London church. once the due process of the law

The plaintiff Rumbelow denied on Christmas and New Year great- I know, because I was there; a is carried out, there can be no Ings are now accepted by the Gov-ahame-faced wedding guest, avoid-oath that ho was drunk, and de-.

ernment Radio Office for transmising hostile

whon eyes; a silk-hatted clared that Trubshaw,

he had correction of the error after tsion via radio. Full particulars popinjay, with England, my coun- met the day before, had offered him has been revealed. The case of can be obtained on application, try ("Capten, art the sleepen there twenty florins to stop him (Traf

below?), in extremis, Hubba dis- Oscar Slater, who was pardoned

Mesars. Caldbeck, Macgregor missed, and doom, velling of the) at 2.15 next day and tell bini a long confidential story in the after first being sentenced to and Co., Ltd., are issuing to their gods, and ruin shaking the heavy street, so that he (Trubshaw) could death and later spending many

customers beautiful leather air. The head verger at St. Bonn-Rive the whole doings a miss." wallet advertising the erges, W. will witness that I was He (Rumbelow) agreed, and chose long years in prison, naturally

famous Johnny Walker whisky, for hot with remorse and aclf-loathing. from his repertoire a story about suggests Itself in this connexion. which they are agents.

an albatrose, In the vestry we exchanged

of Mr. Juatico Bulger: Cloan, I glance...... But let us talk

hope-Yes, melud. The opponents of capital punish-

A salesman of the Sun Company something else. ment content, with considerable reported to the police yesterday So strongly dock the

But long, take it?-Fairly, average melud. force and reason, that so long no that whilst he was changing money Englishman hold, with one of H. G. there is a possibility of a mist the Yip Long Bank, of 145. Wells's heroes, that whatever is in- Winglok Street, between 12.30 evenlent or disagreeable to the carriage of justice, the risk of p.m. and 2 p.m. some one atole English mind can be annihilated by sending an innocent man to death $100 in Chinese currency from a simply not thinking about it, that cient mariner

sent beside him.

apologise for teaching lightly whole story of the albatross, with here on one of the twelve funda- the moral tng with which it ends. Mr. Justica Bulger (shaking his Pleading guilty to a charge of mentals which the English would

head): Not a good.

Plaintif: Whodira mean, not so whole issue to 25 even higher tealing 14 empty wine jurs Trom rather not think about. I refer not the Wong Wo Lau distillery atto one of the enduring Verities (fort Cheung Shue Wan. yesterday, the moment) but to the position, at

Mr. Justice Bulger: Well, I mean its Chinese was sentenced to three wedding, of the Wedding Guest; weeks' imprisonment, by Mr. this rights, his disabilities, and his ters, at the Kowloon Magistracy redress, If tiny.

ought not to be taken.

There are others who lift the

plane, änd

contend that

CA capital banishment essence based rits the barbaric

klea of revenge that it in this morning, reality legalised murder," Just

as the death penalty *THI Win

all friends please accept this acknow- ledgrcent of their kind sympathy T

.......

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

THURSDAY, DEC. 18, 1910.

has long

since been abolished for

Do you belong to any clubs P— No. melnd.

At his Lordship's request the an- then recited the

good?

to

Here, apparently, the Court ad- journed for luncheon, to reassemble un hour later, when the Judge took There is a lending lawsuit on the his seat and reopened the proceed-

Here the manuscript of the evid- ence shows a hiatus, to resume with he finding of the Court. The de- endant Trubshaw was ordered to

An application was made before subject, the case of Rumbelow v. ings. Mr. Butters, l Kowloon this Trubaliaw (K.B. 1498, SS. Bulger. Mr. Justice Bulger (to plaintif"); wheep-morning. Toy a date for hearing, J.). In this case the plaintiff Rum-Do you know the one about the stealing and such trivial offences, and a new charge was preferred below, described as a mariner, en man at the conversazione with the against Li Sau, charged with hay-deavoured to recover damages for

prize Pekiness! so do these opponents DI the

for Ing stolen $4 from his master, slander, twenty gold florina systers believe that we shall come Chu Kwok at 16, Prince Edward services rendered and costs.. in course of time to louk back Road on December 10. The new It appeared that as the defendant with feelings

charge was of having administer-Trubshaw was about to attend a #11 shame and

was stopped out- jed noxious matter (caustic sola) wedding he horror on Bus imposition of the to his master with intent to in-side the church by Rumbelow, ay all costs, and the papers were

venerable bearded figure

sent to the Public Prosecutor death penalty for any

offence jure or annoy. Mr. Butters fixed (4

with glittering eyes, and forced This has over since been regarded the bearing for Monday, Public opinion, how-

listen to a long story as a test case: that is to any, the ballad metre about an albatross; in wedding guest held in law to THE DEATH SENTENCE] ever, moves slowly in these mut-

consequence of which Trubshaw under contract to the bridal

parties: The idea of the Select Com- many, involving the return of the was unable to be present at the that is, he binds himself absolutely mittee which has just reported Saar territory to Germany im-ceremony and returned home, in male persone lo produce himself

Trabshaw's case wa that the Public opinion will probably be is that an experiment be made mediately, French approval of an

with a view to testing the effects Austro-German union, the raising ancient mariner was (a) drunk and obstat, at any ceremony or festivity (b) practitioner of hypnosis. whatsoever ordained, established. of Germany's military status to Rumbelow's case was that Trub-confirmed, contrived, or imposed at of abolition. This plan strikes us

that of France, French assistance shaw had hired him secretly in the free will of both bridal parties as being o worthy of a trial.

In the Vistula problem, and order to have an excuse for missing regardant and amortised. In any event, no great hurt enn

Which seems (Coke, Commentary

sharply divided over the main re- commendation of the Select Com- mitter on Capital Punishment, that the death penalty ho abolished for experimental period of Ave years in vases tried by

Courts in time of peace, As to the penalty to be substituted, it is proposed that it be that which is at present attached tu re- prieved murderers, and should be administered in the same way na

now. In the event of these TC- commendations not being accepted by Parliament, the Committee has made a number of conditional recommendations, one of which is that the rule on the subject of insanity by revised so AS to alow a wider scope for medical consideration, and to limit the area of criminal responsibility in the case of the mentally, defective. Another suggestion in that the Royal prerogative should be much more largely exercised, and this should be authorised by means of a resolution in the House of Commone.

whatsoever,

ters.

be done by its adoption, since

convicted murderers would no

longer be a menace to society, inasmuch as they would be per- manently lodged in gaol. With the knowledge thus ruined over a period of five years, it should be possible to determine the pros and cons of the issue much more satisfactorily than enn be done as conditions are at present.

iu

Poinenre

to

in

corpore et carne intactis, and nihil

the wedding.

I translate a portion of evidence 1222 Littleton's Tenurce; Lenkt, from the law-French.of the period. Principles of the Laws of Contract)

Mr. Justice Bulger: What sort of a bit. lough.

Trubshaw: Oh, the usual crush,

military alliance on equal terma, Curiously enough, the attack on the scheme was left, to Adolf Hitler, the German Fascist leader. a wedding? He demanded in the first place that all such suggestions should my lord. come through the French Govern- Mr. Justice Bulger: You wished

to be ment, pointed out that the only know. justification for a Franco-German military alliance would be an aggressive design against a third Tower, and that such an alliance

present! Yes, sort uf. YouTHESE WOMEN

You missed the reception tạo?— Oh, yes. Ruther

Well, that was something, was it Rot?-Oh. pin.

MOTORISTS.

You get away with it like that NE of the most controversia! would be contrary to the League and you have the effrontery to treat ON of Nations Covenant and the our benefactor in this manner--to-day is: "What does that lady

subjects in motoring circles

Kellogg Pact,

reply. It is something of (No res named Mrs. II. Smith driver in front of us wish to convey

^ a paradox to find Nazi Hitler #

by the signal she has just given said she was a British matron and undertaking the part of champion is present at the wedding cereus?"

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of the League and the Pact and mony, during which she took part Well, there is no definite answer of European tranquillity. It in n cha'r-fight at the back of the merely exemplifles the extreme church with several other indies de-to that important question. It may ie one of a hundred things. In- caution with which the issues sirous of seeing the bride. Seven deed, it often is.

ladies were slightly injured, five others fell in a swooning heap to

A Franco-German Entente.

Numerous ill-considered nt. tempts have been made of late to bolster the iden of a Franco German entente and the net re-

been

must be approached. antagonise sult has possible supporters. The subject takes on a new interest, however, great when the advocate is a French patriot, M. Poincare, In a paper prepared for the opening of the Institute of Germanic Studies in Paris, which he could The abolition of capital punish-ret personally read because of ment has niton been arged in his sudden illness, M. England. In his day, Jeremy denied any French endeavour to Benthum was a strong opponent retain a monopoly of European civilisation, and expressed the of the death sentence. He held hope that the Institute would that "the prodigal fary" Involved promote intellectural co-operation in capital punishment reveals an between the two countries and Imbecility of soul which sees in thus prepare for a real entente. the destruction of the convict There cannot, of course, be any the most convenient way of usoful rapprochement that is not securing that he shall no longer based upon a common desire for peace, though, an Accord which be an object of concern to society. would have for its object d He contested the deterrent theory. Franco-German hegemony. of on the ground that most criminals Europe would be highly desirable, fear death less than want or Too often understandings between humiliation, and certainly less nations are extolled without re-. than they would life imprison-gard to their foundations. No entente which would imply the ment. Opinions will differ

alightuat measure of opponition these submissions, although it is to other nations could be con noteworthy that such countries ne sidered for a moment. The time Italy, Switzerland, Holland, Nor in past when moves for setting up way and Portugal have long since now equilibriums in Europe can be contemplated with anything abolished the denth Kontence. The statistics issued by these but the greatest diatrust. It is just as well therefore that the countries in regard to murders recent, campaign of M. Gustave are, navertheless, not regarded as | Herve, a noted French writer, conclusivo, because experience has collapsed. He proposed an. has shown that where capital alliance between Franco and Gor-

on

"You sir, there's something about nature this time of year that's mighty touching."

For example, let us suppose that a lady driver whom we will call X, because she is such an unknown quantity, has put out her right hand in a sweeping geature. The usual supposition then is that this X has made up her mind to turn to the right.

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We experienced old rond hoge do not set a great deal of store by that, though. We know that this X lady of infinite gesture. She may be about to turn to the right, of course. It is far more probable, however, that she is just indicat- Ing the beauties of the hedgerow to a friend or holding out her hand to feel if it has stopped raining.

It is for this reason that I have

Coded my "Lady Drivers Signal

This code gives every pos sible meaning to evory possible womanly signal, and thus nothing remains for motorista to do but to decido just which meaning, if any, was intended. They may then pass with comparative impunity or, bet-. ler still romain well in the rear until the Indy driver is safely out of the way.

LANE-NORCOTTS SIGNAL

GODE OR LADIES 'AND SAFETY FIRST.

What a Lady Driver means when

she raises her right arm.

11 am about to stop.

2 Look! There's an aeroplano

up there!

་ འ

I'va

got an awful pain in this

arm. I bellovo Ita-choumat fom.

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4 I always serve in this way,

Hike Tliden.

6 Hullo Thera's Harry!

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