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LEOPOLD

_THE___HONGKONG TELEGRAPH – FRIDAY, MAY 8,—1936.-

HARRIS, THE FIRE-RAISER

OWES HIS LIFE TO PRISON

"SERMON ON HE WAS TAKEN

THE MOUNT" THERE

GERMANISED

BISHOP MUELLER'S NAZI TRANSLATION

Berlin, April 27.

The Nazis now have their own Germanised "Sermon on the Mount." It hns just been published by the former Reichs Bishop Mueller, Nazi head of the German Evangelical Church.

In his foreword he writes: "For

the

Mount.'"

"A DYING MAN".

Fit And Well Again, He Is Hoping To Have His

Sentence

Reduced

THE fourteen years' penal servitude sentence imposed on Leopold Harris for fire-raising has saved his life. He went into prison almost a dying man-ho is now fit and well.

The great physical and mental Innocent man who has been made a you, my comrades of the Third Reich, changes which have come over victim, and does not mix with tho I have Germanised, not translated, the 'Sermon on

Harris since his sentence in 1933 other prisoners whom he regards as

view. In Bishop Mucher's yersion all re-were told to me by a who who criminals, while he is not-in his own ferences to, and all terms taken came in close contact withhim from, the Old Testament are studious- at Maidstone gaol, where he is ly avoided, Words such and "peaceful" have been placed serving his sentence.

"manly" terms, ata entire- ly new passages have been inserted. The following is a comparison of the English Authorised Version and that

by more.

of the Bishop: ENGLISH AUTHOR ISED VERION-

Batthew 5, 4. Bluedi

thy

its "meck"

HOP MUELLER'S |

VERSION

2+ auffering

My informant is now living with his wife and daughters in a London suburb, and wishes to remain anony mous, but the authenticity of his story

unquestionable.

DRASTIC

Iman,"

he

he

"Harris is now & how filesianid. After the trini he was broken

fully he will and in benlth and spirit, and when the strength never to entered Maidstone was suffering from Peronne discourage). pernicious anaemia.

that mourn for Qing bansa shall be comfurted,

Item in wh "He was brought under the care

Geral научет

they In all timea in a grown! Inherit the earth, comple

что причине рот

,

the

The will the prison doctor,

of

who prescribed

ta feer

A succeed in the world. drantic treatment I know that one are Besed are three aromaker for what keep peace part of the treatment was

9.-firme

they shall be in their cantpatriots, him for several weeks with nothing

the children at Good, Tin Col'n will,

Matthew 5, versos 22 onwards, where the Sermon deals, inter alia, with the law "Thou shalt not kiil," and reconciliation with adversaries. is rendered by Bishop

Mueller as

follows:

muat know that murder is the result of envy and intral, le who indulges in with things in ilty. But who from auch wentimenta review and persecutes Jaka compatriata berantes inereringly pality, mel fan who enters to destroy him mernity or merace him destroys the nation's unity and bremen kulity of the several punish Just betere find and D.

A single set of mandewhip is letter

but raterity and strictness

The

M

of prison life were the chief allies of very thorough ScotH doctor. Leopold Harris is now a 99 per cent. At man. Prison, in fact, has done something which specialista tried to do for him for years, and folled in spite of enormous expense.

While Leopold Harris la in excel- lent health in prison, his wifle. Mrs. Florence Harria, is ill in bed at her auburban home.

Her health was undermined by the worry and suspenso of the trial, and she is now recovering from a serious lout of influenza.

Miss Harris her daughter, said to mo: "Mother is not well enough to see anybody. She just wants to be left in peace. I cannot tell you any- thing about my father, but I know!

very good lienith," that he is

The General

They Couldn't

Retire

MAJOR-GENERAL Sir Allis-

ton Champion Toker dial

last month at his Bedford home,

"He said to me, I owe my life tonged 92. William Charles Crocker-if it were not for him I should be under the turf now. That remark shows baw things

philosophically he is taking

En Attending church, 77am ginople v.

An eye for an ex and a tooth forth how,"

to live with your compatriote in such

·

HELPING THE POLICE

DOUG, LADY ASHLEY ON HONEYMOON

MR. AND MRS. DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS AND TIMOTHY BLACK

Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and his recent bride, Lady Sylvia Ashley, are pletured as they departed from the Croydon airport following their return to England from Paris where they were married. Timothy Michael Black, Lady Ashley's nephew, is sented on her lap. This is the first picture of the couple since their marriage.

New Ray in Sun's Halo

Paris, Apr. 20, " A HITHERTO unknown ray has been discovered in the luminous circle which surrounds the sun.

He was probably the oldest general in the Indian Army, and was on the active list for the whole time. He could not be re- fired. Sir Alliston entried out a survey of in a the Chludwin district in Burma in 1888 to 1887.

Another scientific authority said: **This ray--or It may even be

a

now light on the s series of rays-can be described as

"The rays are of vital interest to humanity. It is by studying the spectrum of the sun and noting the

various colour bands that emanate

われ

This is the claim made to-day by M. Esclangon, the scientist, from its surface that we can estimate

report which he submitted to its effect on vegetable life, and that is only human. I tell yn it in Inter Mr. William Charles Crocker in the

the French Aendemy of Scientists on human beings who seek cares by sun the observations of M. Hernard Lydt, bathing." manner that re agree with ons anther The City solicitor who, arting on behalf

For that he received from the Com- "M. Lyt has been analysing the During the past two days three uktional community is a bich and sacre of the leading insurance companies,

wered. which was responsible for rounding up the inf. Lord Roberts, the sun's light at the observatory on the distinct haloes have been observed honour that he could never be retired Pic du Midi, during the past year around the moon by French astrono- fire-raiser and his gang,

Harris looks forward to exercise from the active list, but he was on M. Esclangan states. "His apparatus mers. The outer one was broad and MUELLER: time, and says that he is all the better retirement "for practical purposes" divides the halo of the sun into the sea-green in colour.

bands of the spectrum, each of which But way unto you; * If thy compile he

When 72 he became nn. unders a different colour. theo in the face his for not being able to drink or smoke during the past 10 years. excitement. It is net "The betterment of his general

"While examining a red band, M. Always thr Forset health has made an already brilliantgraduate at Cambridge to take a

Lyot came across this new ray." thing to hit him back mind more brilliant, and he is doing degree in Oriental languages,

treemure to which ye must make naeslfiem."

Finally comes reads:

AUTHORISED

VERSION1

"Love FOUT wmumiem,

ble them that enese

y

de good to them

that hale you.' and

pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute yo."

-Reuter.

BISHOP

immediately. It

more aniy tu pre

valuable work in helping the police

nerve a superior calm, to put an end to the activities of other

The thy contrade will incendiaries. probably be ashamed

of himmelf.

BURIED. IN WRONG GRAVE

London, April 20. As she entered Porchester vill age churchyard this week, Mrs. Burgess noticed that the grave of

ago, had been opened.

"Harris is confidently hoping that the assistance he has given will be borne in mind when he his petitions for a reduction of

spalence.

He is basing all his hopes on that pelilinn,

"He is doing his utmost to make

Amends. Every now and again Mr. Crocker and Superintendent Yandeli, of Scotland Yard, visit him to talk about various things.

CAPTAIN MILES

King's Cup

Air Race

Carried Lady's Handbag ROYAL

Old Sailor A

JOHN IVAN CAIN, an old, weather-beaten sailor, who claims to be the last living survivor of the Titanic wreck in 1912, thinks quite a proper thing for a man to carry a lady's handbag.

it

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INTEREST

IN AVIATION

He himself nonchalantly carrying "Yes," replied the little sailor man. one-in-Pitt-street-Sydney, one-day I bought them,-but-I-don't-know-

London, May-1. revently, when Detective-Sergeant where, and I have lost the receipts.

aviation enthusiasts British Milgate huiled him and expressed a her husband, who died 28 years "Harrix looks forward to their certain amount of curiosity at the his custody which might be suspected of King Edward VIII in flying to Charged with having had goods in are counting on the avid interest visits. Ile has developed n great spectacle. She found that one of her affection for Crocker and admitș "Where did you get that bag? he to have been stolen, Caln mid: neighbours who died recently at that he was, braten 'fair and equnre' asked.

"Don't put me in gnol-I am an old make this year's King's Cup Air the age of 91 had been buried in by ʼn more clever man,

"My sister bought it for me, theilor. I am the sole living survivor Race the greatest in, the. 15

years

if.

"Harris is in the same gaol as Cap-man replied and male to move on. of the Titanic which was wrecked in of the ovent's history. "It was-revealed that the old tanin Miles, the salvage chief whe But the sergeant persanded him to years penal go to the Central Police Station,

King George, although recognizing Indy's grandson, knowing that she was sentenced to four

That was the evidence heard when the commercial bonefits of aviation, whore a search unearthed a bottle of Cain was fined £3, with the alternative was wary of speed contests and al- her servitude for conspiring with him.

"They see each other at exercise perfume and a lady's dress clip from of six days' imprisonment. the sometimes, but never get near enough Cain's pockets.

though he gave royal sponsorship to the to talk.

the King's Cup Race during his reign "Miles still keeps up the pose of anly.

ho had little enthusiasm for the affair, The 1936 Cup Races, bringing out the latest and fastest design of Bri- lah aid foreign airplano manufac- tures, will be held July 10 and 11 at Hatfield airdrome. King Edward 15 expected to attend the features event, a 350-mile race in which planes will on estimated performanco

wished to be burig with husband, bad searched graveyard, and picked on wrong grave..

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Prison Plot For Biggest Break Nipped

mpal Aero Club, sponsors of

The

San Francisco, May 1. the races, said the King's interest in

A former San Quentin convict aviation and the lead which he gave has asserted that a whole plot for to privato airplane ownership and the use of air transport while he was staging the nation's most violent Prince of Wales should encourage and wholesale prison break exists manufacturers to take greater in- within the Marin country prison terest this year, walls and awaits only a favour. able opportunity for execution.

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In past years most aircraft manu- facturers have paid only cursory nt- tention to

to the

races, despite the fact that it is billed as the most important The man, Don Castle, former shop window" ovent for the British Sacramento newspaperman, said aircraft and noro-engine industries. written plans for the break are fused in other years to permit Royal The Air Ministry, which lins re secreted somewhere within the Air Force machines to participate, prison. Details of the plot, he may have a number of entries this claimed, call for the blowing up year

of prison administration build-races are entered by wealthy sports- Many of the finest planes-Im.tho ings and one cell block, housing men. 1,500 prisoners, with dynamite The R.A.F. engines of high horse stolen from the stone quarry under competitive conditions, it is power could be given gruelling testa and other high explosives.

pointed out, and speeds up to 300

Ingredients for manufacture of miles an hour could be flown. nitro-glycerine and ammonal

Aircraft entered in this year'a races available to many convicts, ho anid, tions for the elimination tests. The

will be divided into three classifica writing in the San Francisco

first class will includo single-engine Chronicle. He also said numerous planes powered by engines not ex- prison-made rovolvera and other weapons aro cached throughout the maximum permissible revolutions per eceding 150 horsepower at the prison, most populous in the world, minute.

He charged that prison "gangsters" The Bocond division.will includo numbering about 2,000 hardoned single-engine craft with no restric criminals, maintain a constant reigations regarding power. of torror over the remaining 4.000

In the third division will be multi- inmates.

Cantle, during his 17 months Im-power.

ongined planes with no restrictions on prisonment in the penitentiary was The elimination tests will bo over a editor of the prison monthly magazine, 1,240 mile courso covering most of The Bulletin, and once was filing Great Britain and Northern Ireland. clerk for Warden James B. Holohan. Last year the course was 053 miles. Castlo went to prison on a check Fifty per cent, of the starters in each charge involving $10.-United Press.

class will compote in the final race.

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