1935-10-28 — Page 3

HE ROCKED LONDON

HOW

HATRY

CONFESSED

“WE ARE ALL CRIMINALS"

CLARENCE HATRY, Napo, leon of Financo, juggler in millions, the man whose crash shook Britain as no failure has done since the bursting of the South Sea Bubble, possessed a quality dangerous to guardians of credit-per- sonality.

Hatry simply smiled and replied: "You don't know how popular my syndicates are in the City."

By sheer force of personality he mesmerised the banks and his victims.

That is what the Marquess of Winchester, one of the men who fell beneath the spell of Hatry's personality, has to say of him in his memoira, "Statesmen, Finan- ciers and Felons," published in France.

The chapter devoted to Claren- ce Hatry is the most remarkable in Lord Winchester's book, for ho Imew the financier better than most men, and he tells with dramatic simplicity of the days when, one, upon another, Hatry's enterprises were crashing to ruin.

"My name has been brought into unwolcome prominence through my association as chairman of cer- Lain campanien formed by Clarence Hntry," he writes,

"I have been blamed by many for not safeguarding their in- terests. Some have even gone so far as to accuse me of responsiblli-i ty for the Irregularities', as Hatry termed his duplication of Corpora- tion stock and other issues.

"It is difficult to delect 'dis- honesty In the individual until his; actions have brought the' measure of his guilt to the surface.

THE

HONGKONG

WEDDING. BELLS FOR SALLY

TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1935.

MUSSOLINI'S PASSPORT

Wedding rites are just around the corner for Norman Foster and Sally Blaine, flm personalitiča, who will marry within a few days. Foster Is the former husband of Claudette Colbert,

Bride Navigator On 12,000 Mile Flight

ONE SUITCASE, SOME CHOCOLATE....... AND NO PARACHUTES

Batavia, Oct. 22.

[RS. EDITH LITTLEJOHN, pretty twenty-five-year-

Mold brunette, has never been out of her native England.

"Hatry possessed a personality which mesmerised the banks. But a fortnight ago she stepped into the cockpit of a red confess he exercised the same in-monoplane beside the man she married two months ago, fluence over me. I believed in him and set off to Australia, 12,000 miles away. up to the end."

Might Have Been

difficult to characterise the reali Hatry. He frankly confesses that ho has never been able to decide whether he was "Intentionally” bari.

SAYS. "I WOULD

DO IT AGAIN” ·

HAS BEEN

IN LONDON FOR 4 YEARS

NOW A HISTORIC DOCUMENT

MU

Finchingfield

(Essex), Oct. 15, TUSSOLINI'S -Italian passport has for nearly four years been in the possession of Mr. A. J. A. Symons, the English blogra- pher. Recently he told the strange story of how he came to add it to his collec- tion of unusual books, prints and documents,

or

"For three years I used to meet Maundy Gregory two three times a week," he said. "I was writing a biography of ¡Corvo, the Italian statesman and writer. Gregory was very in- terested in Corvo. He called on me and was anxious to help me in my task.

"Naturally, after that, we saw a lot of each other. One day at lunch he pulled an en- velope out of his 'pocket and put it on the table.

***I will give you fifty guesses, and you will not guess what is in this envelope, he said. His face was a mask of suppressed enjoyment. · Ha laved springing surprises on people.

い

Obviously, I would not have gitessed in 600 guesses. So ho pulled out this passport and show." fed it to me.

"Neither then nor later did he tell me how he had come by it, though frequently I tried to work the conversation in that way.

Conditions

"The passport itself in straight- forward enough, but that it should not be in Mussolini's possession is strange.

"He knew I had a weakness for

it me, and I think the conditions

HIS PASSPORT

NEL] Blato = Bull of deall best care.

The passport and the man.

Scottish Clan Rejects Girl As Chief

him if ever he asked for it. lle were that I should return it to ENGLISHMAN ELECTED

has never done so."

Glasgow, Oct, 10.

The claimant avaa Miss Catriona the Maclean, daughter of the Hon.

They married in Southampton, The passport was issued in THE claims of a 10-years-old But Lord Winchester Ands it. GANGSTER WIDOW day, then returned to Southampoostert in Russin and Fiume ruled by the clan- the Macleans flew to London for a brief holi- Milan in 1921. It entitled Musso- girl for chieftainship of a lui travel anywhere in the Scottish clan have been over- ton to prepare for their thirteen-He is described as a journalist. of Ardgour. day flight,

Within two months it had been "My wife had never been in vised for Hungary, France, Poland,

Czecho-Slovakia, Austria, airplane before she met me, Kingdom of the Croats, Serba, and Mr. Maclean of Ardgour-and-of- but I have never known a more Slovenes, and Spain. The frontier the late chief by whose death the naturally gifted airwoman," Mr. W. Berry Littlejohn, lateatampings show him to have visit-courtesy title became vacant. of the R.A.F. and the Austra-ed only Austria, lian Air Force, said when the young couple arrived here to. day, after completing the major portion of their flight.

"In trying to adjust the scales," he writes, "I am inclined to think that his brain was honeycombed with crevasses into which un- pleasant facts were allowed to slip, and there ho permitted them to remain in the hope that the glacier would

never reveal its screts.

"It seems to me sad that a man) of such brilliant ability should have made such a disastrous end- ing to what might have been a great career."

Lord Winchester's description of how he learned of the collapse of the Hatry companies makes dra- matic reading,

Hatry, returning from. last operation in Paris, sent a messen- ger to Lord Winchester, asking him to meet him at an unknown 'destination.

The messenger took Lord Win- chester to a room in the Charing Cross Hotel, where he found Hatry with some of hla lieutenants,

Hatry did not beat about the bush.

"We have sent for you to tell you that we are all criminals,” he said.

When Lord Winchester naked him to explain Intry replied:

"We have been guilty of certain irregularities in regard to the issue of Corporation stocic of Wakefield, Swindon and Gloucester, and we have made a statement to Sir Gilbert Garnsey, who is seeing. the banks to see if they will save the position."

While they were talking a pro- minent financier was shown into the room and Hatry left Lord Win- chester with the others for a few minutes.

“Midsummer Madness" When he returned, after wishing his visitor. good-night, he turned to Lord Winchester and said: "A wonderful man that. I have just told him that I havo robbed him of the shirt on his back, and he never snid a word.".

Lord Winchester tells the story of his associations. with Hatry in detall from the beginning, and ho relates one incident when, learn- ing that Hatry proposed to raiso $800,000 for a new syndicate, ho told the Ananelor that it was im possible.

"You will never get it," he de cinred.

Actually Hatry received, in re

New York, Oct. 12. Nine months' imprison. ment has left the blonde Mrs. Helen Gillis, widow of "Babyface" Nelson (Lester Gillis), chief lieutenant of gangster John Dillinger, in Heroic mood.

"If I had my life to live over again I would do just as I did," she said to-day, as she left goal after serving her sentence for harbouring her "public enemy" husband.

She added: "I would stick to my husband at any time, in any place, mo matter what he did."

Dillinger and Nelson lost their lives within four months of each other in grim battles last year. Mrs. Gillis then became known as America's "Public Enemy No. 1."

ponse, £1,558,302. Staall wonderi that Lord Winchester writes:

"little-understood the pitch to which confidence in Hntry had risen in the City at that time.

As a matter of fact confidence in Hatry was so high that only n week before his crash one of the London banks issued the following reference concerning him:

"She has been an excellent navigator. She can read a map from the air perfectly,

Mr. William Maclean, secretary

The passport was valid for one year, but before it was of the Clan Maclean, said here nine months old it had become to-day: "We do not admit the an historic document. Mugelnim of Mies Maclean. We have solini had by then made his followed Celtic tradition and elect- famous march on Rome, and ed our chieftain from the nearest his need of such trifles as pass- male heir. ports ceased.

"I have often wondered how

"He is Lieutenant Commander Mr. Littlejohn said he has so Maundy Gregory obtained this England, a second cousin once re- H. H. Maclean. now living in far had few anxieties about the passport, but, apparently, I shall moved from the late chief, light. He had previously been over half the route as a pilot of an R.A.F. flying boat from Basra to Melbourne.

Storm Worrics

never know," Mr. Symons re- marked.

"If we adopted a girl as our

J. Maundy Gregory, mystery man, chieftain the position would be Arst cane into the public eyo early Judicrous. In ancient days the in 1833. Was then sent to prison for position of a chieftain was to lead two months under laws affecting sale

of honours. At that time a man of his clan in battle and to advise his great wealth, giver of lavish parties, clansmen.

adjudicated bankrupt. Now on the traced Lieut-Commander Maclean maker of magnificent gifts, was later " was only recently that we

"I was rather worried over the early part of the route over Contral Europe, because there Continent. are usually to be severe storms there at this time of year," he said, "and I have had no perience of Continental flying. But we got through without any trouble..

ex-

Littlejohn and his bride de. cided to travel across Europe to Vienna, since conditions in Italy made them afraid that they might meet with some difficulties if they were

to

. take the more usual route

through Rome.

After crossing Europe, the weather was ideal, for October and April are the best months in which to undertake the trip to Australia."

to his home in England."

Naval C.O.s To Solve Family Troubles

BY ORDER OF THE ADMIRALTY

THE Lords of the Admiralty have been thinking hard re-

cently about sailors, their wives and their families. Do- mestic troubles and difficulties sometimes arise often when the husbands are serving abroad.

"Well-known City financier, at present engaged in big steel combine, backed by first-class people, and we think he should be good for his engagements." Lord Winchester's first impres- band. slons of Hatry were that he was an example of an alert business brain

was who alarmed when and Chatham. having an unusually quick percep- Littlejohn decided not to take tion of any proposition, a marvel-parachutes. lous gift for sifting the intricacies Mr. Littlejohn said: of a balance-sheet, a power of put "I have been flying for nino ting his case with a charity of ex-years, and I have never needed pression rarely found apart from one yet." legal training, coupled with an up-

In future help will be at hand. Admiralty Fleet Orders issued recently announce that Welfare Neither the dangers of Europe and Marriage Allowance sections nod the perils of the air have shaken are to be set up in the naval bar- Mrs. Littlejohn's faith in her hus-racks at each of the three home

ports-Portsmouth, Devonport, F

Nor

parent frankness which amounted the final stage from here to He explained that by making to a charm of manner.

Wyndham, in Northern Australia,

"I have often tried hard to find the fight over the Timor Soa will excuses for Hatry on the grounds be considerably reduced. that 'Genius is akin to madness,"

The Littlejohns travel light he writes, "but Hatry was not mad. They are carrying one small sult- "He had, however, the supreme case and a few packets of chocolate: quality of dangerous optimism,

They expect to reach Wyndham coupled with inordinato concolt." on Monday.

"Without Dolay"

terests of naval ratings and their This is to be done "In the in-

families.". This la what the order says:---

oven

ance.

of men who desire advice or assist-

and "The commanders-in-chief the commodares of the home porta have been empowered to do. cide upon the action to be taken in | certaiâ matters connected with the payment of marriage allowance, which have hitherto been dealt with only at the Admiralty,"

This system, apart from sav. ing"time, it is believed, will on- sure that, wherever possible, domestic difficulties will be dealt with by officers after an investigation into the circums- tances.

"AB

greater measure of itssistanco can

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