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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1932.

JAPAN'S HERO THE CREATOR OF THE DARTMOOR

WARRIORS

"OLD BILL"

IN HONGKONG

MUTINY

TOKYO PLANS FOR BRUCE BAIRNSFATHER TWENTY-ONE

S'HAI LEADERS

(Special to "Telegraph")

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CONVICTIONS

Mr.

(Reuter's Special Servics). HUNTING "COPY"

London, May 12,

trial of Tokyo, May 13.

Captain Bruce Bairnsfather. The long-drawn-out When General Shirakawa, the "old Contemptible," and noted thirty convicts charged in con- commander-in-Chief of the Japan war cartoonist, is in Hongkong. nexion with the Dartmoor Prison eas forces in Shanghai. General He arrived this morning by the mutiny ended this evening, whon,

after a summing-up by Uyeda, the commander of the N.Y.K. Hner Suwa Maru, en route

Division, and Ninth

Admiral to England. During his stay here Justice Finlay lasting six hours, Nomura, naval

commander-in he la bually collecting material for the jury retired for two and a

bor

half hours to consider their i now book, which will chief, return to Japan, they will his

vordicts, be received as conquering heroes, published on October 1.

Just as Dickens created Mr.

Twentyone of the convicts were Although it is not expected that they will have recovered sufficient- Micawber and Rudyard Kipling found guilty of malicious damago, to recommended ly from the Injuries received in the Sergeant Mulvaney, so Captain

leniency, while eight of the others Hongkow Park bomb outrage to re- Bairnsfather created "Old Bill" some being turn to Tokyo before the middle of whose philosophic outlook on life were found not guilty.

the hoctie dayn June, plans are already under way during

of

in the Japanese capital to accord 1914-18 endeared him to millions them one of the most rousing home-all over the world. Bruce Bairns father, with his famous "Fras comings in Japanese history.

from France," turned

It is reported that the Minister ments for War, General Araki, will go to Ujina to welcome them personal- ly and will escort them to Tokyo, where they will be greeted by a personal representative of the Em-" peror and will immediately be driven in State to the Imperial Palace.

After an audience of the Mikado, they will be his guests at luncheon. -Reuter.

BANDIT RAID ON

POST OFFICE

INDIAN LEADER TO

HANG

Faridpur, May 12.

BRITISH STOCKS FIRM UP

The case of the other man was adjourned until to-morrow, when ir. Justice Finlay will deliver sentence.

Buccess, and. out considerable when the war started, thought I was anished with it for good. But in the trenches 1 used to do odd sketches, and, somehow or the other, one of these got into one of the papera. They wrote for more, but it wasn't until my "Well, if yer knows a better 'ole, go to it!' was published that the cartoons

began to go over with a wham. I used to sketch on anything I could -rough bits of paper, and even the walls of our dug-outs.

Old Bill wasn't based on any particular character, but combined many of the types in the early davk of the

invented war. 1 'Bill' first, then came 'Berl' and 'AIL'

tragedy into laughter, and all who

Capt. Bairnsfather is a regular in made the acquaintance of Ola

to newspapera contributor Bill, the characteristic Tommy of Amerien, where all his material is the early days of the war, became syndicated.. Ile in now returning to his home in Surrey where he before six months will spend going back to the States.

MRS. BAIRNSFATHER. Mrs. Bairnsfather, who is accom-

A special tribunal to-day pasa-ls friend for life.

upon of death aentence

Captain Bairnsfather, in an ins Manoranjan Bhattacharya, one terview with a representative of thla morning, Telegraph of the five bandits arrested in con- the nexion with the armed robbery said that this was the first time at Madaripur Post Office in March he had visited the Orient, and he panying her husband on the pre- in the course of which one man found it most fascinating. During sent tour, is a charming woman. was stabbed to death.

his short stay in Shanghai heShe is quite enthusiastic about the and considers Hongkong Suren Dranathkar, his accom visited Chapel and found it quite East,

here plice, was sentenced to transporta- reminiscent of the Western Front. magnificent. "Everything tlon and the remaining three to "It brought back old memories." sceme to be on such grand seale,"

for ahe said with a laugh, and I felt she said. rigorous Imprisonment

is eagerly Mrs. Bairnsfather period of seven years.-Reuter.

the urge to pull out my pen and paper and start drawing Old Bill looking forward to the trip to England. "It ia home for us," she again."

NEW BOOK.

said simply, "and as apon as we Captain Bairnsfather is on his land we are going straight down present tour in order to complete to our little place in Surrey. Our book for his American two children are there waiting for publishers. The book will be en-us. titled "Balrisfather in the Orient"

with the and will deal humorous aspects of his tour. "It will contain over a hundred draw. ings, and 20,000 words, so I'm flat London, May 12. Following to-day's reduction in out on the job," he remarked.

Captain Bairnafather told the the bank rate to two and a half

the stock markets story of how "Old Bill' came into per eent.,

They are both eager to visit out- generally closed with

good existance.

"Before the war, I often used to fof-the-way spots in Hongkong and tone.

firm, feel the urge for sketching," he intend spending a portion of this British funds left

cent. said. "and attended art schools afternoon at the markets. with War Loun five per quoted at 101.11/16-British Wire- wherever I could. I sold one or Suwa Maru will resume its voyage

two pictures here and there, with- to Europe at 10 nm. to-morrow.

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ANOTHER BRITISH

APPEAL

London, May 12. Sir,-The article published in The urgent need for further yesterday's issue of your paper refunds to cope with the aftermath share of the Chinese flood devastation of garding Stamp Duties on transactions calls for some com-last year, is stressed in the course of a new appent issued by the re- The letter from the Government cently-formed China Flood Relief In regard to the matter merely re- Committee. ferred to the Ordinance on the sub ject. It did not refer to the im- position of a new duty as the arti- cle in your paper would lead one to belleve.

It la possible that the wording

The object is to raise funds to assist in the splendid work of Sir John Hope Simpson, the chairman of the China National Flood Relief Commission.

The Committee is controlled by of the Ordinance which has been a large and influential general direc- in existence for some years, is torate, with the patronage of the ambiguous and the Government's Archbishops of Canterbury and letter was obviously prompted by York, the Archibishop of Weat- a desire to remove any ambiguity minster, the Lord Mayor of Lon- so that no doubts may arise in don, the President of the Free Dr. Alfred future regarding its construction. Church Council, and

To say that Ice House Street does Sze, the Chinese Minister In' Lon- not understand the letter is a rather don-Reuter.

sweeping statement inasmuch as it. implica a lack of ordinary intelli- gence in all the brokers. Most of the other statements ascribed to a "prominent" broker reveal lack of knowledge of his subject.

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