1936-09-07 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1936.

"I Shall Never Forget The Terrible Things I Saw". EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH LADY REFUGEE FROM SPAIN MRS. MANELO NIETO New Life For The Old RADIO TELLS OF ESCAPE

Hongkong City Hall WITH TWO CHILDREN “THEY THREATENED ME WITH DEATH: I DRESSED IN THE POOREST RAGS I COULD FIND AND FLED WITH MY KIDDIES”

PETROL SOAKED FUNERAL PYRES

IN STREETS

"Telograph" Staff Reporter

I HAVE JUST INTERVIEWED THE FIRST WOMAN REFUGEE TO ARRIVE IN HONGKONG FROM STRICKEN SPAIN.

CHATER PORCELAIN COLLECTION ON EXHIBITION: NEW LIBRARY THE remains of the old City Hall, the ramshackle building next to the new Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Buliding, lu to have a new lease of life.

Its vaults, constructed two years ago to guard the ballion of the Hongkong and Shanghat Bank, no longer hold gold or silver.

But they contain treasure, nominally vužved at $100,000 that is almost as priceless.

Standing guard day and night; Indians are keeping ali, Intruders from the old building while it is being renovated, for in the vaults is the porcelain of the famous Chater Collection.

When the renovations are complete, this porcelaka collection will be on view to the public of Hongkong in a special "museuw" section in oque corner of the building.

The remainder of the old city hail, Colony by the late Sir Paul Chater will be used as a Public Library and have in turn been bequeathed by the reading room, replacing the one that Hongkong Government to various became non-existent when the Hong-charitable organisations,

These household effects are con- kong and Shanghal Banking Cor- poration occupied the building. sidered worthless from a collection

A new

inventory of the catire point of view, and are not to be Chater collection of oil paintings, confused with the Chater Collection. porcelain, silver, etc., is to be under-which is being strictly kept in toto against the day when a suitable will be available for its building taken in the near future,

exhibition to the general public.

In the meantime, portions of the household effects bequeathed to the

She is Mrs. Manelo Nieto, wife of the Private Secre- UNUSUAL VERDICT

tary to Mr. Manuel Quezon, President of the Philippine Islands

Mrs, Nieto, accompanied by her two children--one a girl of 14 and the other a boy of 8-arrived in Hongkong by the P. & O. liner Ranpura.

She is returning to her husband in Manila after the most terrifying experience in her life.

The Red Terror in Madrid has indelibly stamped itself upon her memory.

IN MURDER TRIAL

Mother Guilty, But Death

Sentence Avoided

"NOT guilty of murder but guilty of the act charged for which she was not responsible in law" was the unusual verdict by an Old Bailey jury recently.

"I shall never forget the terrible things I saw be-

Brenda Itale (24), of Tewin Hill, Welwyn, was charged with fore I was able to make my escape," she told me.

bodies with petrol and then set them the murder of her three-weeks-old boy and the jury made their Mrs.

Nicto's escupe reit almost like a light. It was the only way to pre-decision without leaving the box. Mrs. Hale was ordered to be Madrid

vent diseases. But it was a terrible) detained during the King's pleasure. story of thei Baroness Orczy

sight. French revolution.

from

"I was on holiday in Madrid when the revolution broke out." she told me.

"For two or three days before hand here had been an air of

News uneasiness in the city. "papers---appeared as usual, but they made no mention of impend ing civil war. Still, everybly sensed that something terrible! was about to happen.

"Then, early on the morning of July 18, my children and I were of ritle- the sound awakened by fire.

It drew nearer and nearer. Suddenly a bullet crashed through children screamed.

"In one pyre I counted twelve. bodles. They were burnt to ashes. "Rifle and machine-gun fire con- tinued day and night, the rebels Bring "At last I could stand it no longer. on the led from the housetops.

my two children I dressed myself at

I could find in the in the pinrest rags f

Servants deserted

quarters, and late! one night fled with my children to the house of a friend.

'

"Because of my rags the Reda let me go by without questioning. but my heart was in my mouth every

I had to wear time I passed one, red cockade in my dress.

AMERICAN GUARD "My friends immediately municated with the American Em

Com-

statement which we have heard ex- pressed to-day by Lord Dawson that from the point of view of medical

infant mor statistics on the subject

This verdict followed an important ruling given by Mr. Justice Humphreys, who said to the jury:

"If you return the verdict which I think you will return, that this woman was not responsible for her actions, that relleves me from the necessity of having to sentence aftality, there is classed as mortality of person who you may think ought newly-born children the deaths of all not to be sentenced for any offence those that take place within a month

of birt nee, in law, she has committed no offence, but has done an act for which she was not responsible by reason of her Insanity."

"Tuller words; newly-barn-for- statistics of mortality, from the medi- cal point of view, means four weeks. uther that Lord Dawson does not disapprove of that and that if you LORD DAWSON'S EVIDENCE

mus buve some time fixed for a child When, previously, another mother being newly-born and some date was found guilty but insane in con when it ceases to be newly-born, tour nection with the death of her child weeks is a reasonable time, having re- Justlee Humphreys sald head to the number of illness which

from." Mr. Insane," unfortunate.

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From Z. B. W. or a wavelength of 355 metres (845 kilocycles):

HENRY HEATH

HATS

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MEN

5-8 p.m. European Programme. 5-7 p.m.

in A Relay of the Dance Orchestra from the Hongkong Hotel. Roof Garden.

7

p.m. Vocal Gems.

Songs of Good Cheer (arr. Byng), Mariana (Wallace).

7.17 p.m. The Russian Vaga- bonds.

Sleep my Baby; Moscow; Ballet, Prelude Shay; From Suprise to Sun- set; Beautiful Moon; Along Petrograd Road; Bake no Bread: An Old Waltz; A Storm; The Gate; Festival Dance.

7.30

p.m. Three Songs Gracie Fields.

by

the

1. You and the Night and Music; 2. My Lucky Day; 3. When Cupid Calis.

7.10 p.m. From the Studio, Hawaiion Selections by "The Waikiki Trip."

Programme.

1. Moon over Miami; 2. Ruse of Honolulu; 3. Elcu Mimiki: 4. Paaunu Waltz; 5. My Honolulu Hula Girl.

8 pm. Local: Time Signal, Wen- ther Report and announcements.

8.03 p.m. A Relay from the Tal Ping Theatre (Chinese).

11 p.m. Close Down. 8.05.11 p.m.

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"Syphony in D Minor"

8,05 p.m. (Cesar Franck).

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8.45 p.m. A Relay from London. "Monologue in Melody". Syncopated by Patrick pianoforte music Rossborough.

9 p.m. News and Announcements. 0.20 p.m. ""Some of my Songs" by Mubel Wayne.

9,30

p.m. The

Municipal Orchestra.

Bournemouth

Intermezzo Pizzichto (Strings) (Birch); Crocus Time-Serenade for Strings (de in Riviere); Carlsbad Doll Dance (Pleter);

Dance Oriental (White);

Raindrops Pizzicatl for Strings (de la Riviere); A Fairy Dallet (White),

9.60 p.m. Three Songs by Walter Glynne (Tenor).

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1. Wait for you ("Evensong"); 3. A ("Evensong"); Tralee Dream of Paradise.

10 p.m.

Big Ben from London. Dance Muste und Variety Items. "Piano Solo An Evening with you,--

Moore;

Fox-Trots Every- body's swingin' it now; Ev'ry time I look at you; Organ Solos-Popular Harold Ramsey: Blues-- Melodies, The Scene Changes; Fox-Trot-Got to Dance my way to heaven; Song- Twilight on the Trail, Wilfrid Thomas (Haritone); Waltz-Sweetheart let's grow old together: Blues-When the Songs-Lights Out: These foolish things, Greta Keller; Fox-Trot-You; A Pretty girl is like a Melody; Accordeon Sotor In u Little Gypsy Tea Room: Lulu's Fox-Trol-At the Cafe Continental; Back in Town, George Scott Wood:

Waltz-Stars in my eyes.

11 p.m. Close Down,

the window of our bedroom. My bassy, which sent a car, tying the thought the phrase "guilty, but children suffer and sometimes die Swallows Nest Again; :

"Then there was a perfect fusilade of bullets. They smashed pur win- daws, ricochetted with high-pitched stone wall outside pings off the or buried themselves in the plaster of the walls inside.

1 PRAYED "My children and I lay down on the floor, and I prayed that the flying bullets would not find a target in the bodies of my little ones.

"The Reds in the plazza outside were deliberately firing at my home, suspecting, as I found out from them Jater, that there were mentolk, inside who had fired on them.

"About an hour later they broke In the front door, and waving their rifles and revolvers, threatened me) with death it I did not Immediate-i ly open all the windows and switch on all the Belts, day

and

night. This was to prevent sulping from the buildings.

of

Stars and Stripes, to collect me. On

It suggested that a person was the journey from my friend's house to the American Embassy the car guilty of murder, but !! did not mean Lord Dawson of Penn (presi- was guarded by American marines that. It was an equittal.

Royal College and we were not molested.

Over a hundred Americans were dent of the herded in the Embassy, but after Physicians), giving evidence for the eight days we had to evacuate the defence, said he thought that at the building, because the rebels brought time Mrs. Hale committed the net puerperal artillery into action, and made the she was suffering from

insanity and did not know what she nearby Post Office their target.

"The American Ambassador ar-was doing.

Mr. Hatehlson (defending): How ranged for a special train-the lust to

us to long would you say it would take for Mutrid--lo leave Valencia. We reached there without a woman to recover from the con- further Incident, were taken aboard ditions of childbirth? I should say

cases longer. the U.S.S. Quincy, and were taken to not less than three weeks, in many Morseilles.

"From there I municate with my husband.

convey

was able to com-

LOST ALL

SHOCK FROM CHILDBIRTH

Lord Dawson said that the term "newly-born" had never been defined and it was not defined in the Act of

"I lost all my possessions in Madrid. My Jewellery, clothing Parliament. everything is gone. But I have my twa bables safe and sound, and that is all that matters.

again."

"When we study the mortality of the early period after birth, we are accustomed to ix a month," he added. "I dared not venture outside for

"I believed the Ministry of Health in "Soon, I will be with my husband their statutes have also adopted a days. From my window I could see dozens of bodies in the streets below.

month." BURNT IN STREETS

Mrs. Nieto left Hongkong for Dr. Charles Harold Medlock and Government Manila by the Dollar liner President that Mr. Hale suffered from depres- "Each morning the

the Jackson. to sprinkle

sion three weeks after the birth of sent

mun around

her Brst child. Her condition was bordering on puerperal insanilyas the result of shock from childbirth. puerperal insanity ufter the birth of the second, child.

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Smokes and Drinks All He Wants

Dancing

Made Fittest Man

Him

SERGE LIFAR, famous dancer and one of the world's fittest

men, keeps healthy by-eating, drinking, and smoking as much as he wants.

Lifar, who for 15 years has been engaged. In ballet dancing-

.

This was the third case to come before Mr. Justice Humphreys in two days of mothers charged in connec tion with the deaths of their children.

MURDER ATTEMPT | DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES

EX-SHANGHAI MAN HELD IN U.S.

Norwalk, Conn., Sept. 6. Mr. Harry E. Byram, 70-year-old millonare, and former president of the Chicago-Burlington-Quincy and Chicago-Milwaukee-St. Paul rail- roads, is in Norwalk Hospital re- covering from a superficial platol wound In the head. Police say the shooting occurred at Mr. Byram's Westport estate.

While Mr. Earl Jegoe, Public Pro- secutor, was preparing to serve a warrant on Don Burdlek for assault with intent to murder, Burdick was Brought to the hospital In serious condition, suffering from a fractured skull after the car which he was driving smashed against a stone wall. Questioned at the hospital, Burdick told

the police that a territte family She was again in a condition of broke out on Friday in the Mr. Byram's estnie over plan

to marry Mrs. Evans, who is many years his junior on Saturday. Mr. Byram, Burdick alleged flourish- ed a revolver, which exploded while he was attempting to wrest it away. The marriage would have been Mr. Byrum's fourth,

HINT TO PARLIAMENT

.

Mr. Justice Humphreys sald that he would tell the jury that as a matter of law he held for the purpose of the pose that the child was not newly born within the moaning of the statute.

Summing up, the judge said that he was bound by a decision of the Court of Criminal Appeal in 1827 on the question of the period relating to in- fanticide.

1 venture to express a hope," the

Mrs. Evans is reported to be at Mr. Byram's bedaltie,

Arrest Expected

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Transmission 1

(G.S.D., G.S.B.)

1.15 m.m. Die Bes. Variety,

131 p.m. A Short Rzeltal by Carmen H

(Violoncello),

2.10 p.m. "Down to the Sea "La Bhip

Sen Harrenta, (7)1 Smoke on the Dommer."

1.5 1.1 1.55

The BBC Empire Orchestra. m. The News and Annvotimcemetika. Greenwich Time Signal at 4 p.

Transmission 2

(0.9.C., G.,)

p.m.

7.10 p.m.

Ben. Operatle Arias, [System.""

7.30 p.m. The Whitby Municipal Orchestra, 1.1% pa.

Brown Bally,”

4,48 pm. "Monolague in Malody."

Greenwich Tims Slenal at 4 pm. Sp.kl. The News and Announcements, 9.10 p.m. Author Ballabary and

Orchestre.

Transmission 3

(0.8.0, 0.8F, QBIL)

Bla

10 p.m. Tian, "Stepping it Out" 10.31 pm. A Reelial af Hebridean Songs, 10.45 b.. Eleading.

11 p.m. The Teveral Colllery Band. 11.46 p.m. "Round and About. 11.55 pm. The Noww and, Announcements. Greenwich Time Signal at 11 am. 12.10 m. Medredett's Balalaika Orchestra.

The State Police said they hoped fortune from his wife. to make an arrest in 24 hours, but Burdick is in a most critical con- declined to say whom they were godlton. Police bellove he attempted ing to arrest, although one officer to commit suicide. stated the case could be broken up Burdick was formerly prominent

'uny, time.

in social circles. In Shanghai, where

which would impose a severe test on the strongest athlete--said Judge went on, "that Parliament may at Burdick was ordered to be he was the "star" customers' man

he adopts no Spartan routine to keep his muscles in condition.

Later

In the near future be disposed to put a short section into the Act of Par- held on a $100,000 bond on a Swan, Culbertson and of diem ted murder, and a change

I keep it and supple with a certain amount of exercise and inment saying what is the definition work," he said.

I do not, find cigarettes are bad for me. I sat and drink exactly what I. please.

dance a certain amount every day, and this keeps my

muscles well disciplined.

"I am in London, on a pleasure

{trip," beʻanid, "but I hope to remain

of a newly-born child.

DEFINING "NEWLY-BORN"

"If Parliament were disposed to do

and dance at Covent Garden, possibly that I can imagine nothing whick

in my new-anodern ballet 'Icar "would ossist them more than the

with Masis. Stunt bankern and was placed at his · bedside. The brokers for, several years. He had charge against him is that he enters

ed Mr. Eyram's bedroom tempted to kill him.

ping been in the Shanghal Interport and at polo team

Mr. Byram is also well-known in It is alleged that Burdick, feared the Far East due to his frequent the marriage would take the Byram visits-United Press,"

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