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BINGLE OPPT 20 CENTS

22, 1933. 日六初月一十 $36.00 AN ANNUAL

DUNLOP

Fort

is unequalled by any other Tyre in the world

ROOSEVELT ORDERS U. S. SILVER PURCHASES

AT

O'DUFFY TO BE 64 CENTS

RELEASED

DETENTION HELD

ILLEGAL

DUBLIN, Doc. 21. GENERAL O'DUFFY WILL BE RELEASED IM- MEDIATELY BY ORDER OF THE JUDGE OF THE SUP. REME COURT, WHO

AFTER HEARING

THE

HABEAS

'CORPUS AP-

PLICATION, SAID HE

WAS SATISFIED

THAT

THE DETENTION

WAS

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WASHINGTON PROCLAMATION

SHARP RISE IN WORLD PRICE?

Washington, Dec. 21. President Roosevelt has ratified the London silver

SIMON ON agreement, and has also

AIMS OF GERMANY

IMPORTANT SPEECH ON EVE OF RECESS

ordered Government pur- chases of silver.

The London alvor agreement, It will be recalled, controls India's sales of silver and provides that the other signatory governments shall buy in an equivalent amount

of allver.

the

President Roosevelt made announcement in a proclamation, In which he says that under the elenr authority granted him in the last session of Congress, he has

HITLER'S PEACE, ratified the London Silver Agree

ASSURANCES

London, Dec. 21.

An important speech was made by the Foreign Secretary, Sir

ment which has already been put into effect by the Government of Judia.

MINTING PLAN.

The Proclamatiom, in accord-i John Simon, who delayed his deance with the Act of Congress, parture for his short Continental opens the United States Mints to holiday until this evening in order the coinage of standard silver which may take part in the discussion on dollars from silver

the foreign affairs which mainly oc- hereafter be produced in cupied the attention of the House United States and its possessione, of Commons before the House subject to the depositors of such this afternoon adjourned for silver surrendering to the Govern- ment one-half thereof as segnior- Christmas.

He remarked that there hadge and to cover all usual charge

and expenses,

been very prompt and vigorous |│· Dollars colned from one half of efforts from more capitals than such newly-minted silver will be one since Germany's withdrawal returned to the depositor and the from the Disarmament Conference. (one half surrendered to the Gov

One of the most important (ernment will be retained by the things that had happened was that Treasury-Reuter. Chancellor Hitler had been muk- ing some declarations by wireless! and other meane which, whatever we might think of their contents, were of very great moment to all

the world.

THE SARRE.

THOMAS AMENDMENT.

ilvor content of the dollar.

Fire trial partonalities. Above. Herr East Torgler, below, left, George Dimitroff and Blaglo! Popolt.

NORTH SEA FOG DISASTER

SWEDISH VESSEL SUNK

WOMAN AMONG THE

_VICTIMS

London, Dec. 21.

REICHSTAG FIRE VERDICT HINT

FOUR OF ACCUSED TO BE ACQUITTED

FATE OF BULGARIANS: COVERING A GOERING INDISCRETION

DRAMATIC TRIAL SCENE RECALLED

Berlin, Dec. 21.

Herr Hitler and General Goering, the Prussian State Premier, were to-day informed of the verdict of the Leipzig Supreme Court in the Reichstag fire trial, which is to be publicly announced on Saturday.

It is learned from a usually trustworthy source that the verdict will condemn Van der Lubbe to death and acquit the three Bulgarians on the grounds of lack of evidence,

Herr Ernst Torgler, the German Com- munist, whose demeanour during the trial has caused favourable comment both inside and out of Germany, will also be acquitted on the charge of incondiarism, but the Court will probably order him to be held for a new trial, with other Communists, on a charge of high

treason.

A sensational incident during the evidence of General Goering is furnishing a guarantee of safety for the Bulgarian accused.

Scene in the Reichstag fire trial. in the centre is Herr Kärwane, one of the most important prosecution Witam. The man in prison dress is Van der Lubbe, with his bead bowed and generally dejected.

NEWFOUNDLAND DEBTS

ROYAL ASSENT TO NEW BILL

LOAN EXCHANGE OFFER

London, Dec. 21.

The Newfoundland Bill received the Royal Assent to-day and an offer is made to the holders of the various Newfoundland loan obliga- tions to change into new guaranteed' three par cent, stock, repayable in whole or in part at par on July 1, 1903 or, at the option of New- foundland, on or after July 1, 1943,

notico on three months'

being given.

The principal, interest and sinking fund. aro guaranteed by the British Treasury.

The Stock will have à sinking

SIR HENRY fund of one per cent, per annum

DICKENS DEAD

SUCCUMBS IN HOSPITAL

London, Dec. 21. Sir Henry Dickens, who was last Saturday knocked down by

on the total nominal amount desued, the first payment being made

not later than July 1, 1938.

Exchange will be on the basla of £100 of the now stock for every £100 of existing sterling bonds or stocks, or in the case of dollar bonds with the right to payment in sterling for overy £100 of nominal sterling equivalent al 4.86-2/3 dollars to the pound.

Application for exchange must be made not later than 81st July, 1934.

Excepting for lator-govern-- a motorcycle, died in hospital tomontal advances and securities

which are to be repaid, the chango offer applies to the whole day aged 84.

He was the sixth son of Charles' public debt of Newfoundland, Dickens, the famous novelist, and including those securities which had a brilliant career at the Bar ránk as trusten issues in Britain- before being raised to the Bench. British Wireless, He presided for fifteen years overį one of the Old Balloy Courts as Common Serjeant of London, re- tiring fifteen months ago.

Seven members of the LIVES THREATENED BY EXTREMISTS birth took place in what the

crew of the Swedish steamer

in the Upon their acquittal, (says the greatest country teuter) Dimitroff (who defended world?",

The President brilliant fashion),

Interposed imself in Popoff and Tanoff will be handed roughly, "Dimitroff, I forbid you ver to the Prussian political to make Communist propaganda police, who will be responsible for before this Court." their safety until they reach the German frontier,

The Proclamation mentions the Castor were drowned to-day Thomas amendment to the Re- covery Act, which authorises the when the ship was sunk in a President to devalue the gold or thick fog off Spurn Head.

The President says that his in- Tho tragedy occurred as the One declaration was of special (vestigations showed it to be neces- result of a collision between the Almost at the sary that the silver price should Castor, & small constal ship of intercat to Franco.

stabilised in samo time as Germany withdrew, be enhanced and.

named Kurd. Herr Hitler said, "It would be of order to assist in increasing and only 560 tons, and a Hull trawler The bows of the Kurd cut the first importance for the two stabilising domestic prices and to nations if Germany and France augment the purchasing power of

ban the the peoples of silver-using countries through the Swedish vessel, which could once and for all Use of force from their common and to protect the foreign com- sank almost immediately.

Boats were put out by the Brl- territorial Ilves. No

conflict merce of the United States against exists between the two countries the adverse effect of depreciated tish trawler, the sons in the Hitler and General Goering have

vicinity being searched, through so far as Germany is concerned, foreign currencies, once the Sarra is returned."

the fog, for some considerable expressed their determination to the country and for a very good reason.

TRIAL SCENE.

FOR FOUR YEARS.

This care is being taken in view of rumours that certain. Nazi extremiste proposed that the three Bulgarians should not be allowed to reach the frontier alive.

It is understood that both Herr

DIMITROFF EXPELLED. Dimitroff: Well, the Minister has been making Nazi propaganda. Dimitrol reposted his question, wherapon followed 'Goering's re markable outburst.

Dimitroll sought to put a fur ther question, but was allenced by

another Dr. Bungor, the President of the Court, and as he pleaded Goering Communist

suddenly shouted in time before they gave up all hope see the Bulgarians safely out of

The British Government had been concerning themselves very The proclamation will remain in

the real force until December 31, 1937, un- | BERITERANDENBORTRETTENSE ERRETES ATRAK actively with what was purpose of those declarations. lean rencaled or modified. Thoy had made

.plain it

The President, after referring to

CHINA ORDERS 4 that in making such laquiries India's ratification of the silver under- they wero

expressing agreement, said that he not

NEW SHIPS approval of some of the pro-atood that other nations were can- He said he posals which had been thrown cerned about the Act. out or indiented, But it did ap-believed that adherence would that it certainly achieve stability in the price of pear to them was their duty to do their utmost silver and permit the law of supply to clarify the situation and to and demand to govern.--Reuter. find out what really was behind

It.

FORMAL PROPOSALS.

Inquiries had, in fact, been very:

PRESIDENT'S PLAN.

Later.

President Roosevelt has ordered

actively conducted and the British the United States Mints to coln Ambassador in Berlin was asked to come London and. see the Gov half the annual production of twenty-four million ounces for tho'

ernment.

It appeared that on the political benefit of the producers, the other side of the technical questions of armamenta, Chancellor Hitler had half to be kept in the Treasury.

made propositions which wores reserve.

certainly intended to be format The White House has estimated proposals and that the informa that this will give a price of 04/2 tion published that he was sugeonts an ounce, or half the legal gesting non-aggressive pacta bo- tween Germany and her neigh-price, and considerably above the

market price. bours was justified.

As Government understood it. The coinage is subject to the the proposals under that head producers' desire. did not confine themselves to ona If fully exorcised, it will mean particular neighbour, but wore the coinage of $18,000,000 in silver put forward for consideration by dollars-Router. all 'Germany's' neighbours.

LEAGUE OBLIGATIONS.

In dealing with the matter, the flovernment had been very care ful to Indicate that they had not

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Placed in Glasgow and Wallsond

London, Dec. 21. The Chinese National Government has placed or- ders for two new vessels with Swan, Hunter, Wig- ham and Richardson, of Wallsend, and two others with Barclay and Curle, of Glasgow.

The vessels will be of be tween six and eight thou- sand tons each.-Router.

of rescuing the seven missing

Tho

Included members of the Castor's crew,

missing stewardess.

The Kurd reached Hull later in the day, carrying savon survivors of the disaster on board, British Viraless.

Residents returning by the Emnrem

Sir Richard and Lady Needham of Canada to-day included Mr. and

TO. Monaghan, Mr. E. are among the Intest Arrivals at Honte, Mr. T Both Mr. 9.Repulse Day Hotel, where they will Willamson, Miss Y Capell; and spend the Christmas and New Year

Tholidays..

Mr. H. J. Pearce,

It is pointed out that General Goering would almost certainly be blamed abroad for any untoward incident in consequence of his heated remark. to Dimitroff in the course of the trial."

What he said has been intr- preted in slightly different fashion by different reporters, but the generally agreed English translation fe: "Walt till

Wo

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of

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Sir Charles was the eighth of] Dickens's ten children and his

novelist called his "Copperfield | year." He was educated at the FIRST IN STOCKHOLM old Wimbledon School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. While he was still a boy, a visitor to Gada Hill

London, Dec. 21. records having seen "the Gada Hill

Two young Engush aremtects, Gazette being printed on a small Mesars. Erith and Hulme, aged hand-press by Master Henry about 20, were placed first in we Dickens, its accomplisher editor." great international competition

for roplanning the centre Stockholm.·

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LEGAL CAREER.

of

The Committee have divided At Cambridge, he took his B. A. and was 29th Wrangler in the the award of £3,000 between tward Mathematical Tripos of 1872. Heltwo Englishmen and two other then read law and was called to competitors who

oloso to the Bar in the Inner Temple in them,

For over 40 years he was many parts of the world, and an occupied in a general practice in international jury-British. Wire

1878,

at

camo

There was a large entry from

London and on circuit, in the less. course of which ho hold different times the Recorderships of Deal and Maidstone. He was made a K. C. in 1892. In 1917 he was appointed Common Serjeant of the City of London, that is to say, one of the judges of the Con- trai Criminal Court. A knighte hood was conferred on him in 1922.

VICEROY GOING

ON LEAVE

ex-

"Take frenzy, crook away."

Polleomon caught hold Dimitroff, who protested loudly, and began, to pull him out, while Dr. Bunger hastened to pronounce sontence of expulsion."

SIR G. STANLEY TO As Dimitroff was taken out Goering screamed after him:

ACT FOR HIM ` You wait till we get you out of

London, Dec. 21. the power of this Court.

BANK SMASH RECALLED.

The Secretary of State for OTHER VERSIONS.

Among the many cases of public India-In-Council has granted short interest with which Sir Henry was leavo, un privato affairs, not Dimitroff (saya the Tempa get you out of the power of this port) then asked Goering a num- associated during his long career ceeding four months, to the Viceroy

WAB ber of questions, including some the Charing Cross Bank of India, Lord Willingdon, who will Court!"

The King has boon" pleased to The remark was made at the extremely embarrassing ones. He smash in 1911, when he was one proceed to England next May end of a wordy battle with Dimiz asked, for instance, why the police, of the counsel for the defence approve the appointment of Sir Georgo Stanley, Governor of troff in which General Goering got who were under the orders of By the failure of the bank, heavy the worst of the tussle and loat Gooring, had ordered the press losses were incurred and thou Madras, to act as Viceroy and Governor General during Lord his tempor in a manner which to publish the news on the day sands of persons were affected.

The liabilities were put at £2,830, Willingdon's abence. Drition, must be unique in the annals of following the Reichstag fire that a

Communist membership card had 701 and the assets at only £1,181,- Wireless. courts of justico...

been found on Van der Lubbe,

thon S[v¢t this had been proved Nazi extremists rose in their to be untrue. Dimitroff also wish- the police had ed to know why sents and cheered at the unfor not pursued their Inquiry at gettable spectacin.

Honningsdorf, the Berlin suburb Htorally where Van der Lubbe had been General Goering dancing with rage and shaking Moon on the eve of the fire. He both fists wildly at Dimitrof, while a frenzied stream of abuse was surprised that Herr Gooring poured from ble lips. The should have immediately given a Bulgarian merely stood Ironically different turn to the police Inquiry,

Goering EMBARRASSED, smiling, as Goering screamed:

REMARKABLE SPECTACLE.

WAK

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PARTY

Sir Henry always took the koonest interest in everything con nected with his father, from whom ROYAL CHRISTMAS he inherited a keon senso of humour and a wide sympathy, tra gava many public rondings from bnok Diekons's works. When a

BANDRINGIIAM character of the great novelist, ho appeared in 1928 attacking the FAMILY REUNION AT

father.Router and Special.

Landon, Des, #1 made a spirited defenen of his

“The King and Queen to-day lift I don't care about Russia. What

The witness, obviously ont- Aboard the a. President Garfield, Buckinghant nincs for Bandring. ham, where they will spend the I care about is foreign Communist criminals who came to Germany barransed by those questions, bound for Alexandria to attend the Christman

turned to the accused and up Univerani Postal Congress, la a Ohly Princess Filisabeth and Principe and set the Ralchsing on fro

the braided him violently. He was ness delegation comprising the Ton. Dimitroff had nakeds: "IN

Commi

F. Carelli, Mr. D. Metazn, and Duchess of York travelled Minister aware that these people mad with anger as he yelled "Husna Nal-phy, Dr. Hoang Ten-yue, Margaret, children of the 17 ko ho calls criminals are rulers of have not come lire to be nooused. Art, Mot Cing and Mr. Ilan olyan: with them-British Wication.. iono-sixth of the world, of Russia, ~(Continued on-Page-0;).