1939-05-18 — Page 14

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

Máy 18, 1939.

JUDGE IS INSULTED," ROCKING ALONG IS CALLS MAN TO COURT THE MODERN WAY

Letter Is Handed To Attorney-General

MR. Justico Humphreys

and' a 'middle-aged man figured in a dramatic sceno at the close of the bombs trial at the Old Balloy....

For a few minutes, the judge aat studying a letter written on blue notopaper, then turned to the police and said: "Is the writer of this letter here?" The man was brought into court.

Mr. Justice-Humphreys Is your name Angus John White?—It is

suppose you knew that I was trying this case?-I did not know. anything about ̈ ̈ ̈this case. I was

referring to the last ease.

I have sent for you because I want you to have an opportunity of doing something which may save you from imprisonment. If you like to tell me that you regret having written this grossly offensive letter to me about my publie duties and actions, I will see that no more need be said or done.

I am note

"GO AWAY!"

Mr. Justice Humphreys (sternly): Tell me if this is the letter that you wrote. That is the letter I wrote with regard to my opinion of you personally.

The man was about to say some- thing more when Mr. Justice Hum- phreys shouted, "Go away." White began speaking, again, and once more the Judge shouted, "Go away." Police closed on the man, and. struggling and shouting, he elected from the court.

Mr.

WOR

then

Justice Humphreys turned to Sir Donald Somervell, the Attorney-General, and said: "This letter was

received by me this morning. As you will see, it is grossly offensive, not only personal- ly but about any publle action In these. Irish cases. As the writer refuses to apologise, all I can do is to hand it to you so that you take such steps as you think right

The letter was thereupon honded down to the Attorney-General, who left the court with it.

with

Or the nine men charged conspiracy to cause explosions, two- Charles and Thomas McCarthy- were found Not guilty and dis- charged. Sentence on the remain- der was postponed.

Blood To Be Stored

London.

An appeal for 2,000 volunteers to give blood to be stored for transfusion in the event of war is being made by the Leeds Blood Transfusion Society. City hospitals are to provide facilities for storing the blood.

Nazis denied reports that Chancellor Hitler hid behind bullet-proof glass, at the launching of the Nazi battleship Ad- miral von Tirpitz, above, at Wilhelmshaven, asserting the glass was a wind protection. Later the police arrested five men who had planned to shoot him as he spoke.

"PRING-HEEL JACK," the 19th century terror, would have

welcomed a word with middle-aged Mr. W. Miller Metcalfe, from Dyserth, Flintshire.

"Mr. Metcalfe tan inventor. For 15 years he has studied the footmarks of the famous (including Arthur Newton, world record runner), and has reached the conclusion that the shoes of to-day are as outmoded in design as Stephenson's Rocket would be if it were compared with the Cheltenham Flier.

The ideal walking motion, he says, should be a matter of "jes rollin' along."

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"Cut out the double impact of For 160 yards of corridor, a des- heel and sole," explained Mr. Met- cent of seven fights of stairs, 300 calfe, "design the shoe so that the yards' walk round the office block, foot rocks gently over from heel to up all nino Alghts, down two, and too ima single, continuous move-again the corridor... he took five ment and half the labour of walking minutes and 33 seconds.

is saved.""m

When he began his investigallons the inventor used a sort of station- "ary""skato" with → Ave supporting

aprings and a steel underplate in- stead of wheels. Now, using other- wise ordinary shoes, he incorporates a single-plate spring beneath the arch and a cusbloned lice. The

Blind Trust

In Fuehrer

spring gives the "roll" and provides WORSHIP of Hitler is deliber-

forward impulse into the ing stride.

They are called "Prom-Aids."

OFFICE OBSTACLE RACE

"Try 'em," he said. "Run up the stairs, up and down the corridors, anywhere you like."

ately. fostered throughout Germany

The whole vast propaganda machino of the Third Reich is constantly impressing on the people that the Fuehrer is no The warren of city offices where mere mortal man, but an instru- Mr. Metcalfe demonstrates his shoes ment of Providence endowed has nine flights of stairs. It is full with many of the qualities of a

of unexpected hazards. Doors open-

ed as the demonstrator rattled past god.

nt

five mp.h. Solicitors stepped Field-Marshal forward and moved hack hurriedly, company directors scattered as he swung round corners and cannoned cff the walls,

A colleague timed him with a stop watch.

Americans Say War Would Draw In U.S.

Latest survey by the American Institute of Pub. fic Opinion shows that 57 per cent. of those who answered believe the United States will be drawn in if war starts in Europe.

In this new survey the Institute put three ques- tions:

Yes No

67 per cent. 43 per cent. Answering another ques tion, 62 per cent, thought Germany would start any war, 12 per cent. Italy; both together 20 per cent.

Last September a survey showed that 43 per cent. thought America would be drawn into war, and the new vote indicates that the previous result was not a fluke inspired by panic over the Czech crisis.

Do you believe there will Extent of Japanese

be war between any big European countries this

year?

Yes No

44 per cent.

56 per cent.

If there is such a war do you bellève the United States will be drawn in?

Occupation In China

London.

Goering recently

claimed Infallibility for the Fuchrer. During the birthday celebrations shops were ordered to put photo- graphs of Hitler in their windows with candles to light them at night and masses of flowers around them in the way devout Catholics dis- played sacred pictures during the great: Church festivals in pre-Nazi Germany,

WAR INEVITABLE?

A British business man was sur- prised to find a German colleague branching out in a new line which would entail an enormous loss of capital 1 war should break out.

"Aren't you rash to invest

money In that Ilne now with the danger of war so great?" he asked. "No," his companion

the Fuehrer,plied, "I have faith in

But in the foreign Press colony in Berlin-a body of men who between them know more of the probabilities thon any but the immediate "en- tourage of the Fuehrer himself- there is no such blind trust,

Apart from a very few German fanaties who belive that Hitler will achieve his full purpose once again without bloodshed, there is a wide- Minister whether he has received spread bellef in the inevitability of

A STATEMENT was made in die from His Majeety's Ambassador in war. House of Commons recently re- China any official statistics concern- garding the present extent of Japan-Ing the extent of Japanese, occupa- ese occupation in China:

ilon; the areas which are Mr. Parker

under nsked the Prime Japanese control; those in which the Chinese Government of Chungking Is still in control; and those where it has partial control?

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UNTIME TOO.

Mr. Butler: According to the latest official Chinese figures, the Chinese Government claimed to excrelse

The Burma Road

London.

A question was asked in the House

complete administrative control over of Commons recently regarding the $14 per cent. of the nine provinces present condition of the Burma- In which Japanese forces are present, Yunnan Road.. as compared with 74 per cent. under Japanese control, and. 31 per cent. partly under Chinese and partly under Japanese control.

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Kents To Take Their Crowns

THE Fold and silver, crowns

which were placed on the heads of the Duke and Duchess of Kent at the Greek Church ceremony of their marriage in 1934 will be taken to Australia when the Duke nasumes office as Governor-General in November,

These crowns are joined by a ribbon which must not be cut until the death of either the Duke or the Duchess.

In Australia the crowns will be placed in Government House, near holy ikons, which are in every Greek household.

Special services for the Duchess will be conducted at Government House by Archbishop Evange linidis, of the Greek Orthodox Church of Australia, and a choir of 12.

Mr. Parker asked the Under-Secre- tary of State for Burma whether ho has any report to make on the. Burma-Yunnan road; its condition and its availability for general traffic and heavy transport; its supply of petrol stations; and whether any pro- tection against aircraft has been made?

Licut-Colonel Muirhead: The Burma section of this road is now open to all vehicles not exceeding five lens gross weight. It is antl cipated that improvements now being made will keep it open for this traffic during the rains. An adequate sup ply of petrol is available at Lashio and at three other points between there and the frontier. No special protection against alreraft exists on the Burma section of the road.

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Miss China And Miss Japan Part Friends

TWO girls, one Japanese, the other Chinese, met in London recently for the foundation-stone ceremony of the Club- land Temple of Youth in Camberwell, S.E. They had never met before. They parted friends.

"...

Miss Rosa Kano,. 17-years-old Japanese, in à long-sleeved gay kimono, arrived with a Japanese Embassy official..

Miss Doria Sienfen Tan, 11-years-old Chinese, dimpled, and with ermine cloak over her national dress, arrived with her father, the Chinese Am-1------ bassador to Britain. A visit. In an instant they wero

friends. When they entered the recep- official ceremony, sat side by side. They walked together to the tion room, the 'sons and daugh- Each made a short speech-Rosa for tera of Ambassadors and Minisa happier world for us to grow up ters who were to take part in the in Doris for "Justice and reason ceremony were chatting happily instead of force and violence.". among them, 12-years-old.. Bobby Kennedy, son of the American Am- bassadors the

Doris and Rosa came face to face, Neither spoke. But Bobby Kennedy was the complete diplomat,

Afterwards they posed together for photographs

"I agree with at Miss Tan said. good friends in a few seconds, and Here in London and I can be at the other side of the world our peoples are fighting," Rosa wald.

Doris said, "Why do our countries

"I wonder, shall we all be hard to see her Majesty Queen Mary porfight? Miss Kano does not wish to form the opening on May 201" he harm me. It's the grown-tipe who halond. 19 o jedan 2012 make trouble"

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