1938-12-16 — Page 17

Friday

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 16, 1938,

FAREWELL

Dancing Girls Will SPANISH

Tell of Lives at Night Club

WOMAN ON

ON TRIAL

FOR MURDER

FEZ.

Moulay Hassen, wizened, tired, woman owner of a. night club, has come to trial for murder.

Orgies at her club, with dancing girls, drugs and incense, have been mentioned.

Children, playing under a tree in Fez, knocked a box over and a hand was revealed. The police found in the box the re- mains of a woman.

Moulay Hassen's servant, Mohammed Ali, who told the police that "When Moulay Hassen looks at me I am frightened," de- clared that the murdered girl had been kidnapped in Fez and taken to Moulay Hassen's house, but refused to play the part assigned to her, in spite of threats and torture.

He said he helped Moulay Hassen to strangle the girl.

In Mohammed's room were j found a knife, an axe, scent, and bloodstains.

In a concealed room with no light were four girls and a boy, "lving skeletons," the heaviest weighing less than 5st.

They snid they had been lured to the house by Moulay Hassen, who met them in the streets of Meknes, They were imprisoned, beaten and starved.

They had seen, they sald, Moulay Hassen and Mohummed strangle the Kirl, as they watched through a crack in n door.

News of the discoveries spread through Fez like wlidare and the troops had to be called to prevent the lynching of Moulay Hassen,

The official responsible for visiting houses where a death had occurred told the police that he had taken three or four bodies from Moulay Hassen's house.

The poller discovered that there had been 15 women in the house from time to time between Novem ber, 1925, and November, 1936, and only five could be accounted for.

Mohammed, the, servant, fold of one whom he had fatten out in a car and had given polsoned bread to eat. Her body was left in a ditch, he udded.

TWO YEARS' SEARCH The home at Fez was closed by the authorities, but. the woman opened others. In 1930 the police. found the body of a young girl near a house she ran at Meknes.

1,000 FAMILIES

FOR CANADA

M.P. PLANS £10,000,000 SETTLEMENT SCHEME

SAVING BRITAIN MILLIONS

ON UNEMPLOYMENT

A remarkable scheme to restart the

flow of settlers to the Dominions and colonies has been prepared by Bri- | gadier-General Sir Henry Page Croft, M.P., and Mr. R. S. Dalgleish, who this year went to British Columbia to Investigate the possibilities of com- munity settlements for British immi- grants.

UFS

Disbanding of the International Brigade that has been fighting for Loyalist Spain was preceded by a last parade somewhere behind the Ebro front, Farewell ceremonies were extensive, with speeches by leaders of the Loyalist forces. Here is Premier Juan Negrin bidding the men good-bye, from a tree-shaded platform.

Verdict For Newspaper In Libel Claim

They suggest in their report, that an Empire Development Company be formed "with a view to developing and selling such areas within the conclusion of the second year of the British

British settler's occupation. Dominions and

Colonial Empire as appear to present

the most favourable opportunities for has for many years voted £3,000,000 It is pointed out that Parliament the Investment of British capital, and to assist migration and settlement subject to the concurrence and good schemes, and that, owing to will of the Governments concerned."

Inilure to take advantage of this sum, the amount was last year cut down to

£1,500,000,

the Prime Minister and the Cabinet.

The report has been presented to

The company, it is proposed, would be a private corporation, responsible

uf

the

The report suggests that this, or a great rum, might usefully be employ-

purposes of the scheme.

CUTTING UNEMPLOYMENT

A verdict for the defendants was given in an action in the High Court, Dublin, In which Mr. William N. Willis, restaurant proprietor. Mountjoy Square, Dublin, and prometer of an all- in wrestling contest, claimed damages against the Irish Press. Limited, Dublin, for an alleged

bcl.

The Jury, after an absence of halt; an hour, found in favour of the de- Judgment fendant newspaper, and was entered for the "Irish Press" with costs,

to Its shareholders, but it would be ed over the next seven ysars for the the object of the Government to ussist in schemes of which they approve.

Mr. Wills, who was promoter of an all-in wrestling contest in Dublin CASHI GRANTS PROPOSED

The carrying out of the experiment between

Padro Paddy Casey and This assistance would take the form is estimated to effect a saving of un- Pelionen, alleged that the newspaper

cash grants under the

withdrawing Empire employment benefit of approximately had libelled him by

£15,000,000 in 20 years, while Settlement Act, or credit

statement a the and apologising for found under the Trade Facilities Act. Are than

total cost will amount to not more published in the issue of December presentative of the Treasury would which will be repaid, and could be in an interview to the effect that the £10,000,000, a great part of 1. 1937, as having been made by him!

** be permanent director on the board of the company, the chairman used for the development of further match had been arranged in advance of which would be approved by the

seillements.

so that one or other of the contestants Prime Minister.

would win.

A search started that lasted two years. Three bodies hidden in the walls of Hassen's

house; It is declared;

were

Some of the dancing girls who had been kept prisoners in her house will appear da witnesses at the trial.

KEPT ALIVE BY SILVER TUBE

IN MAN'S THROAT FOR 36 YEARS

fited in his throats

facilities

The plaintiff stated in evidence that he had told Peltonen to let Casey win, but that as Peltonen would not

As an alternative, the sponsors of Experimental settlements would the scheme are of opinion that, as far be proceeded immediately with us capital expenditure is involved, such experiment to cover 10,000 the scheme could be curried out by agree, he had to "doublecross" him so carefully selected settlers, their sebenture issue, the financing of the that Casey's undefeated record would wives and families.

company by public issue being ut such a rate of interest as to enable remain intact. sellers to make repayments without undue burden.

Witnesses on behalf of Mr. Willis stated

that all-in wresting matches were pre-arranged,

it was denied that

For the defenced of were bel-

In view of the promise of whole beurted co-operation of the Govern- ment of British Columbia and the offer of free land by the Premier of be asked to contribute only suficient the words

In this ease the Government would that Province, immediate steps, it is stated, should be taken to accept that to pay for transport, two years' werk tous or defumatory of Mr. Willis, and offer and to prepare for the early allowance, and an allowance for train-it was pleaded that the occasion of advent of settlers."

ing.

the publication was privileged.

Mr. Justice O'Byrne ruled that the occasion was privileged.

QUICK RECOVERY AFTER ILLNESS

24 OPERATIONS BEFORE HE WAS SIXTEEN

There is a man living in London

"Whichever alternative is adopt- who has been kept alive for 30 years nary sum, not exceeding £10,000,000, investment is sound from the point:

The report stresses that a prelimfed it is added, "we believe that the by breathing through a silver tube adequate to settle 10,000 settlers, of view of Great Britain, and an Im- should be allocated by the Britishi This amazing feat was revealed as seription under the Trade Foellites where sitmliar schemes are adopted." Government, or raised by public sub-se boon to the Dominion of Canında, ог any other. Dominion a result of stories published re- cently concerning young boys who

The report also points out

"Sant'

Very often B period of con- could not be fitted with gas masks All lands, houses, form buildings, under the proposed scheme there valescence is much more critical because they had to breathe through machinery, and livestock, would re- would be community halls, schools than the actual Illness that preceded their silver tubes:

main the property of the company and churches, co-operativo

it. Your whole body is left in a until the settler has paid off his in-munity stores tube in debtedness to it. Fixed charges of extreme loneliness of the past, which have no strength to combat any and transport. The tale of complete exhaustion. You interest and sinking fund, sprend often had trugle resuits, need no renewed attacks. over twenty-three years, if necessary, longer be dreaded in planned com- would become payable us from the munity settlements.

The man who has had a

his throat for 30 years 15

Mr. William Sisley, 39, of North Kentplace, Woolwich, S. E.

In a letter Mr. Sisley says that ut the age of three he was taken to the London Hospital with an infected windpipe, was operated on, and the silver tube inscried'in his throat.

"Before I was 10 years of age," he adds, "I had had 24 operations. After 36 years I still have to breathe through my tube,"

Mr. C. W. Jally, of Blake-avenue, Barking, runa Mr. Sisley very close In the length of time he has had a tube.

"Mine was first inserted

in my

throat when I was 14," he unys, "and

I shall be 47 next February.

"I used to wear a collar

and tic

and play football, and I have been

in the same job for 23 years."

FATHER OF SEVEN

· Mr. Jolly is the father of seven children.

Perhaps the most astonishing re- cord of all, however, is that of 03-1 year-old Mrs. Willcox, of Harvey- road, Leytonstone, who has had a tube for 25 years, attends to her- self and has never had medical assistance except on one occasion, when the tube broke in her "throat, dan

any

"By clever, medical science," Mr. E. M. Willems, her son, said the bro- ken portion was removed from her lùng find: avec alnces, hans energy would shame many a young woman."

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