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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1938.

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STORY OF MYSTERY SHIPMENT OF ARMAMENTS

3 Men On Trial At Bow Street

LONDON, Nov. 15.

FURTHER DETAILS in the queer story of plans to ship a cargo of guns and ammunition to Hongkong, and the ultimate shipping of a cargo of old tyres and bricks which were seized at Marseilles, were unfolded at the Bow Street Police Court before Sir Rollo Graham-Campbell. | Dennis Corrigan, of Park lane, changed it by deed poil to Michael Frederick Willing, a Dutch sub- Dennis Corrigan. jert, and James Oll Herbert At the Old Bailey in 1030 he was Wiling are charged with having sentenced to five years' penal servi

conversion of conspired with Chou Tin-shu and tude for fraudulent another unknown to cheat Theo- property amounting to £20,000. dore Laffitte of £7,250,

Corrigan has already been aned £500 for making a false Custoins declaration.

On the resumption of the case this morning, questions were asked about "Chinese man of mystery and his relationship to Generalissimo Chiang Kal-shek and Dr. II. H. Kung.

Under cross-examination by Mr. Hesselberg, counsel for the Willings, Laditte denied the suggestion that instead of being a member of a well- known French armament firm it was beiter to describe him as middle man or intermediary in selling arms between arms.

Latte declared he had Д baif share in a Society making arms for the French Government,

Since he came out of prison be had lived in affluent style. He described himself as an agent, on commission, for the sale of munitions,

£3,000 PAID BACK

Mr. J. D. Cassels, K.C., defending, said it was Mr. Chou's idea that a trap should be made to see whether! to there goods, when they got

or Marseilles, were sent to Spain whether they would go on to China.

If the cargo had gone to China it coult have been arranged that the actual ammunition and guns could fellow.

Corrigan had pald back just £5,000 out of his own pocket, and total sum he had received was £95.

HAD NO PASSPORT

Mr. Hesselberg described Chou Tin-shu as "this Chintse man of mystery and asked Lafite whether he had been told that Chou was a

Mr. J. D. Cassels, K.C., renewing! brother-in-law of the Chinese Pre- the application for bail on behalf of mier, Dr. H. H. Kung.

Corrigan later in the day, said that "Both Frederick and James Will- there was no likelihood of Corrigan ing told me Chou was related to leaving the country, or even of his Chiang Kai-shek and Dr. II. II. being able to leave. Kung," Lafitte replied. Lamite added that he was also told that Chou was the head of the Chinese Armament Purchasing Cou

mission.

MET IN EMBASSIES met Chou in the Chinese Enibassy in both Paris and London, and at both Embassics he was with out his hat and cuat," Lafitte con- tinued.

FOR

H.K.

KING CAROL AND PRINCE MICHAEL

Guns Roar Salute For

King of Rumania

LONDON, Nov. 15.

A ROYAL SALUTE from batteries at Dover Castle heralded the arrival this afternoon of His Majesty's destroyer, Sikh, with King Carol and Crown Prince Michael on board.

As soon as the destroyer had moor-

It was also announced at a meet- ing of the L.C.C. to-day that King Carol had conferred upon the chair- man, Mr. E. G. Culpin, the rank of Grand Omeer In the order of the Crown of Rumania-British Wireless and Reuter.

He possessed no passport, and his residence in Britain was essential for his business. It was also important that he should be in a position fully to instruct his solicitors.

Bail of £2,000 could be offered by

two surelles. eliber опе or

The managing director of a well-known firm of publishers in the City was

Owing to the dense fog, the Sikh KING HONOURS ROYAL GUESTS

London, Nov. 15, prepared to stand in £2,000.

The charge concerned persons reached Dover nearly an hour behind

The King has conferred the who were

in France. The fourth schedule.

Knighthood of the Garter on King Carol of Rumania, and the Grand Chou, he continued, had permits man, necured of being concerned with purporting to be permits for the the nileged conspiracy, named Choued, the Duke of Kent went aboard, Commander of the Victorian Order importation of arms to China.

Tin-shu, was In America, and was

ter. The Duke extended a welcome The witness added that he did not likely to be the subject of extradi-companied by the Rumanian Minis on Crown Prince Michack. make enquiries about Chou at either tion proceedings.

There would be a very prolonged to King Carol on behalf of himself Embassy because he believed in and

preliminary investigation. and it and the King. nad confidence in Willing.

King Carol and Prince Michael ar- Asiced what made h.m suspicious Corrigan were refused ball it would regarding the costs of "munitions" at almost amount to denial to him ofrived at Victoria 40 minutes Inter be- Marseilles, Lafitte said that the opportunity properly to prepare his cause of the fog, and was greeted by

King George. weight of the cartridges appeared defence.

As King Carol stepped from the

PARIS REACTIONS incurrect and the cases which were

royal train, he amazed the watching supposed to contain the guns weighed

Paris, Nov. 13. uniform, only two kilos.

"The police who are in charge of crowds by his romantic

The political significance of King Laffitte agreed, when the substitu- this ense know this application Is which made him the most colourful tlan was discovered, that Frederick being made," said Mr. Cassels. "I do royal figure to arrive in London for Carol's visit to England la given an aside notice in the press, the view Willing and rushed around to see him, not known whether they are support-many years

Rumanio's -expressed -- that He wore ne dark blue and gold bring and was terribly upset. Willing ing or opposing the application. declared that he and his son were "If they are oppposing, I would uniform of an officer of the Rumanian western boundary is bound to be Innocent, and the revelation regard-venture to say that the granting of navy, and over it was a magnificent raised during the talks.

The newspaper, Le Republique ing the substitution had come as bat is a matter for you. If they white silk coat, with the order of

until oppose, it is equivalent to the police St. Michael the Brave the highest says that the reply King Carol takes back with him may have decisive having almost the

for future of the King George was in a Field-Mar- consequences Mr. Cassels also mentioned that the shal's uniform, with a white cocked Balkans generally.

Figaro obscrves that Berlin's Mr. B. M. Stephenson, prosecuting Colchester in a very substantial post-guest and introduced him and Prince being examined there until King

second surely mentioned "lived in hat, and large grey overcoat.

He warmly welcomed the royal economie offers to Bucharest are not

terrible shock to them.

The case Was adjourned

POLICE OPPOSITION

November 22. Sir Rollo refused a tail to a man on Power of granting order of the Rumanlan chivalry,

renewed application for bail for Corrigan.

tion

but a settle-

said the false declaration was made out by a man named Clements, a Det. Insp. Stevens said he must Michael to a distinguished gathering Carol returns. The economie ques-

on the platform, including Mr. tion is thus

uppermost clerk

a firm of shipping agents, oppose ball at that stage. There was

ment ultimately depends on political The value was shown as £0,250, always the possibility that Corrigan Neville Chamberlain. the final destination being Hongkong might leave the country. Although fog to Buckingham Palace in an open ment must dre'de either still to be Before proceeding into the murky questions, and the British Govern- Although the declaration was made he might not have a passport, there

State landau, King Carol inspected interested in Central Europe, or de- by Clements, he did so because Corri-were ways and means, gun had caused him to make it.

Also there might be intimidation a guard of honour of the 1st. Batt. thee to abandon the last independent

Coldstream Guards.-Reuter.

State to German influence, Reuter of-witnesses. He was not suggesting that there had been or would be, but "The goods," said Mr. Stephen- there might be. son, "turned out to be old motor-i The officer handed a document to

Rollo, magistrate. Sir

after car tyres and parts of a Wesleyan the church from North London which examining it, snid: "In this case, at

"USELESS JUNK"

Findi been pulled down--uselessj this stage, it is not possible to grant

funk.

**It was not worth anything like £9,000, and as for the country of final destination, I do not know it--

only goed."

as far as Marsellles, where

It was stopped in March last with

The story

meeting between Corrigan and Mr. Chou Tin-shu, who was apparently a Vizitor la England who had access to the Chinese Embassy

The Chinese Embassy had no know-i ledge of the business.

There was to be П tale by Corrigan

bail."

Rubber Market Buoyant

London, Nov. 15. After a fairly sharp fall in values following the announcement of the

of arms and aromunition to go to the quota for the first quarter in 1939, prices were raised to 50 per cent. on in Chine

was discussed at several the London rubber market to-doy, matter

much Corrigan's flat, and later and the market displayed

Gleadier Appearance

nee as the liquidation

war in Ch

The

Interviews

a policy was issued by an insurance:

company covering 500,000 cartridges subsided, and some buying appeared.

The opinion was expressed and 5 cases of machine-gun ports.

dealers some of the leading rubber When Corrigan saw the polley he that the committee, having in the past said machine guns and cartridges adopted an over-optimistic view of were not being shipped, and that it the Amercan eatmates, certainly made a very thorough investigation into the position before deciding on increasing the quota.

Under these circumstancOS, they consider that the statistical position

was

hardware."

EMBASSY PAPER

Corrigan spoke of Willing as being] hla nomineo,

On March 30, Willing met Corrigan may be, regarded as very sound, and and Chou in Willing's office, and he an appreciable recovery from the pre- received from them an invoice on sent prices may confidently be ax- Chinese Embassy notepaper,

it related to 800,000 cartridges and

50 cases containing anti-tank guns.

Willing pald Corrigan £5,250.

pected-Reuter.

When the cases were opened at TRADE PACTS TO BE Marseilles they were found to contain SIGNED TO-MORROW

rubbish.

Willing was placed under some sort

London, Nov. 15. of open arrest and it cost him £1,000

The · Anglo-American hafore he could regain his freedom.

and the Detective-Inspector Allen, of the Canadian trade agreements will be Special Branch, Scotland Yard, zaldi signed in Washington on November Corrigan's

was orginally 17, according to well-informed circles ......................................) Edward Cassidy, and he in London. Reuter

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