1936-06-24 — Page 19

THE HONGKONG · TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1936.

STORY BEHIND "DUM-DUM" BULLETS

HOW "COLONEL

LOPEZ" WAS

UNMASKED

NEW STORY ABOUT RIFLES FOR

THE CHACO ́WAR

By a London Representative

FEW men have listened to such an amazing and frank confession as that made to newspapers by Mr. Honry Lawrenco, variety actor, of Spring- field Avenue, Merton Park, S.W., the man respon- sible for the great dum-dum bullet scandal.

The interview appeared exclusively in the London News Chronicle recently.

In a broken voice Lawrence admitted that there was no such person as Colonel Lopez or Mezler. "I am Law:] rence, Lopez and Mezler," he declared dramatically "Three in a tense voice through a half-opened door. personalities-but only one man," he added, flinging his arms wide to accentuate his words.

Revealed in the dull fight from a nearby street lamp Lawrener, who had come from his bed, stood at the half-opened door clad in his night attire.

His histrione capabilities be used to the fall.

"Hugh, hush," he kept repeating, Klancing over my shoulder into the deserted street as if afraid of the night or what the night might hand, In spite of the alppiness in the air beads of perspiration stand upon his brow. I told him we had unearthed his secrets, but he blastered that we

truck. WIONK were entirely on the

"You are quite wrong, quite wrong." be kept anying, but I knew that he had been definitely identified as the mysterious Colonel Lopez.

AND

A

the London Workers' Committes, a

very seditiou revolutionary body, a manuscript, urging violence and, arm- ing, and ad he wanted a quarter of a million leaflets printed at his own expense if Watson would get them printed and tell him the name of the

printer.

Watson was to have 150 for him

self, but immediately Lawrence left he threw the manuscript away.

Crack Japanese

PERFECT

Moves to Mainland

ponring thousands of Nipponese troupa into Here is the start of the Japanese Acry' activity that in North China and Manchuria-the final review of the crack First Division by its commander, leut. Gen. First Division junior officers Kawara, as it left its Tokin headquarters for the Asiatic matnlund.

engineered the coup in February in which several high government officials were killed or wounded.

NOTHING BUT THE

TRUTH!

San Francisco, June 21.

RADIO BROADCAST

TURNING the sights of the News-O-Scope toward the East there

appears some consternation visible in Minneapolis where: Jazz Recital for Two Pianos

From Studio O. V. Ölson lost both his legs when struck by an automobile at a downtown intersection. He gathered them up, asked horrified spec- that her husband wax formly a metalors to assist him to the curb, where he strapped them back on. He lost his real legs three years ago, and has worn artificial anes since!

Lawrence's

wife

me foll

employ of one of the most fainous of British armament firms.

I have been married to Henry Lawrence for 20 years," she said whea

at their home in Springfield j Avenue, Merton Park. She is n young woman, blonde, grey eyed, full of charm and-o-day-full of weariness,

"I have not slept for four nights," she told me. It has been frightful. Now my husband has gone away in rest,

WOUNDED IN BOER WAR "It has always been a patriot. H was born in Australia but went lo South Africa at an early age. He war a mining engineer. Always rendy for any sort of adventure, he took part in the Jameson Raid. He was im-

Lord Decies Married In

Paris

COME people are careless and some care less. When Detroit Polico encountered Floyd Richardson on the street one dark night he was wearing nothing but his hat, an puzzlet expression. In court the julgo re marked "It's a bit early for nudists," arui put Floyd wway for 30 days.

THRUST

PARKY hectic cross-examination-point and counterpoint, thrust and parry, unknown followed his fear of the future haunting him all the time.

"I cannot speak, 1 cannot speak," he moaned, wringing his hands while a woman's shrill voice in the darkness on the stairs behind him arged: "Tell them the authorities have swarn you prisoned for a time as a result, but to-day to Mrs. Lehr, widow- ¿ beuskquarters are located.

to

secrecy." previous activities of Mr. Lawrence broke down his reserve

Joined the British farees awarded two medals,

Paris, June 15.

LORD DECIES was married

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1. Abendlied (Evensong) (Schu- City police were recently henri to

nimbia. A brazen robber made off manu): 2 Air (arranged on "Air on with a new hot water unit in the 4th String") (Bach): 3. Romance

Pub Enfety building, where their (Debussy):4. Les Cloches (Debussy).

7.40 p.m. Russian Music. His Dreamy Waltz (arr. Schwarta):

brain trusters.

•

But a particular reference to some when the Boer War broke out be of Mr. Henry Symes Lehr, at the y New York Felix Frankfurter: one Waltz of the lost Love (Schwartz); and was Mairie of the Seventh District of President Roosevelt's original vocal-Chave Souris-The Knife

was Paris. "During the campaign he

recently told the Grinder's Daughter": Down the wounded and fell from his horse,

Lawyer's Club, the only way to rend Mother Volga: Pas D'Espagne Waitz; They drove up together in a the Congressional Record was "to Volga--Waltz which rolled on him and broke several

The ceremony ribs. The injuries he received then car.

was per- take a good Scotch highball so your have made him a sick man all his hfe formed by the Mayor, M.sense of humour. will overeame any

sense of anger.". and he is only slowly recovering from | Barthelemy, former French Consul at Southampton and Chicago, who thanked Lord and

"I have been with the authorities all the afternoon," he whispered, his handa moving dramatically buckward and forwards "They have accepted my explanation and the matter is at an end."

Hin confcasion once started, poured out in a torrent as if he was pleased to relieve himself of an irksome burden.

MARITAL MISHAPS

serious operation two years ago. "WROTE TO GOVERNMENT" "He learned a great deal about wen- pons when he was in the employ of

M' a big firms of armament manufacturers Lady Decies for their generosity MRS. BETTY GOOD KEMP, 19, of

to the poor of the Seventh Dis-with paint is sufficient

Bellaire, thinks being sprayed

"What I did in connection within this country. the dum-dum

he said, "was "Hu paid two visits to South Amer-trict. done aut "or" “patriolic motiven low for a mining firm, learnime

from

and

not

Cain or greed.

Spanish there. It is the only foreign

The authorities know now, and time language he speaks.

From the Mairie the couple drove to Lady Decies' house in the will reveal that I am the most "We have never dad any money.

Two years ago we opened a shop in Rue des Saints Peres, where the patriotic man in the country."

"FRANK CONFESSION" Bournemouth, but we lost what money cure of the parish conducted # Under his white nightshirt his

we put into it.

All through this episode of the religious ceremony in the anlon, chest swelled visibly,

The idea of obtaining dum-dam dum-dum ballets my husband worked which had been transformed ints bullets was to compare them within the closest conjunction with the

a chapel for the occasion. others which had been obtained in Italian Embassy, who employed him. He acted under their instructions, order to reveal that those found in Abyssinia were You British manu- facture," he declared.

Asked if there was likely to be any further action, Mr. Lawrence said, in effect, that he land minde a frank con- fession and the matter had ended.

"I was handed back my passport after I had told all 1 knew, and surely this would never have occurred if the authorities had intended arresting

me."

grounds for divorce. She recited in her petition that when the walked into her lus land's garage, he turned the paint spray on her full force and knocked her down. Anyway it was nice clean paint,

Atrong

8 p.nl. Time, Weather and An- nouncements.

8.03 p.m. From the Studio.

A Recital by G. F. d'Aquino (Tenor) accompanied by E. Gualdi.

8.20 p.m. The London Piano Accordeon Band.

enough to warrant a clean start Ore. though the grounds

p.m.

The White Cliffs of Dover: The Cubalera (Cuben hythe Dance); Campus Moon: There'll never be an other you; Where the Mountains meet the sea; Remembrance

8.10 Song Memories. Welsh Memories; Vive la Coin- Another lady, in Knoxville, wanted pagnie; When Johnny comes march- divorcement for a different uning home: There is a Tavern in the Much different. Mrs. Myrtle Weigand town; Oh Hush thee, my bable. charged that her spouse, J. B. 2 p.nt.

Daventry News Bulletin Weigand, hadn't taken a bath since and Amouncements.

9.20 p.m. From the Studio. some time back in 1916" The judro

were

A Pianoforte Recital, by Harry 9.10 p.m. The Mills Brothers and The Boswell Slsters, Lendon produces this one: British

1. Sleepy Head feminists are heatedly indignant at Brothers; 2 Why don't you practing

suggestion recently inade to law what you preach

The Boswell that' women automobilo Sisters; 3. Lazy Bones, Nagnenki.... makers

The Mills Brothers: 4. St. Louis drivers be compelled to display u large red letter "W" on the front and Blues; Travin' all Alone.... The rear of their cars. A similar law Boswell Sisters. already compels student drivers to

10 p.m. Big Ben: From the Studio. carry the fed letter "L", for Learner, An Interlude on two pianos by on their cars. Nu provision has been Doreen Ma and Horatio Ozorlu with

vocal refrain by Doreen Ma. made for back seat drivers.

Programnic.

There was barely sufficient space in Before he took the job on he wrote a the room for the cure, the bride and letter to the British Government tell-

them what he was doing and say bridegroom, and the half-dozen guests. apart. ing in that if he found the Italians were working against Britain he would let the Government know.

Lord Decies, who served with dis- tinction in the Boer War and Great War, is 60. Je was a wklower, his first wife being Miss Vivien Gould, a daughter of Mr. Jay Gould, the American tinencier, and he has one son and two daughters.

"FOOLED BY OTHERS" "The Italian Embassy told him that what he was doing would have no and effecta on Britain, and it was only on that condition that he took the job]

Mrs. Lehr was formedy Miss Elian When I suggested that he might be on,

The Italians let him down. They buth Whartoh Drexel, daughter of held for high treason he laughed nervously at the thought. He did not have not paid him a penny except, of Philadelphia banker.

his expenses. He has been deny that in 1818 he was concerned in course: "

Mrs: Lehr has been married twice political activities in London which

Her first husband was had far-reaching consequences,

Its trouble is that he is too previously. Replying to a hint that he might truating. Time and again he has Mr. John Vinton Dahlgren. Her have been the wonn who brought uver been fooled by other people. Perhaps second lesson."

husband

Wilx

Mr.

the Zinoviev leiter, he said, I have this time he will have learned his Lehr, one of the leaders of New York

society some years age-Reuter. never seen Mr. MacDonald except on the pictures."

He concluded: "I have made to you a frank confession on the whole posi- Lion, and the authorities at the War Office whom I saw to-day are satisfied with my explanation."

Dawn was fast approaching when I left Mr. Lawrence. 1s AWAH song echoed still in my ears as he softly closed the door. One man-but three personalities.

LIFE OF ADVENTURE

I am able to reveal that the inter- view which Lawrence had early this

year with Rate and Company of

German Claims To Have

Caused Explosion In

H.M.S. Hampshire

Rome, June 21.

A CLAIM to have caused the explosion on H.M.S. Hampshire which resulted in the death of Lord Kit-

Birmingham, nt which Lawrence, as chener is made by a German named Ernst Karl, in to-day's

Loper, purchased the sample .dum-

dum bullets was not his first meatine Messagero, a Rome newspaper.

with Mr. Rawlings, the managing] director,

L

The assumption has always been that the vessel was sunk by a German mine. Similar stories of action by enemy spies have been revived t various fimos since the war...

Karl is said to have told the story to the Bordighera,corres- "Towards the end of the Choco pondent of the newspaper while he was on holiday there, with War he came to see me for the frat his wife and four childron. ime," Mr. Itawlings said yesterday,

war Later came the news of the sinking "At the outbreak of the "He stated that he was concerned

Lord of the cruiser and Lord Kitchener's Germany realised. that with the purchase of a number of Kitchener was its biggest enemy death-Ulled Press. rifles in connection with the war, "At a later date be called a second and would have to be eliminated Hime, but this occasion he did not says Karl., "I accepted the task.

He adds that he came to Eng- scem to want anything and said it wan just a friendly visit."

land und finally made Lord Kit chener's acquaintance through the latter's love for old furniture.

LEAVING FOR RUSSIA "On the eve of my departure for was one of the contributory causes of Paris in 1016 to be present at an the Boer War.

He first became known in London auction, ho toki me to come back an

Atlantic City, June 18. In. 1018, llo made a point of joining Boon as possible, us ho was leaving

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a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. on the Hampshire." politicians.

He given his Abilities at noro Karl continued that he had two 250,000 LEAFLETS In September.' 1018, Lawrence agents go aboard the cruiser before than £1,800,000 and his assets at ap- brought to WF. Watson, president of it sailed and place bombs on board.proximately £400,000,"

Born in Australia in 1800; Lawrence led an adventurous life in the Domin ions and took part in the famous Jameson Rald in South Africa, which

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1.40 p.m. A Recital or swags."

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"Starlight,” – Number Pight, The Niwi and Ansarnesments. Greenwich Tons. Bignal at 3.15 p.m.

Transmission 2

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