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ARMS CASE CONTINUES

After further evidence had been heard by Mr G. T. Lowry at Central Magistracy yesterday, the "cuse in which Henry Chon, 37, broker, charged with obtaining $12,500 and $2,000 by false pretences from Wong Bar of the Hongkong Sporting Arms Company, was adjourned until De- cember 23.

Mr W. A. Mackinlaý appeared for the prosecution while Mr F. L. Zim- mern appeared for Choo.

The prosecution alleges that Chua, In a transaction with complainant's firm and the Central Trust of China fuvolving 100 aircraft machine-guns valued at $100,003, had received sums of money amounting to $12,500 and $2,000 which should have been handed over to the Central Trust of China but in fact had not."

It was also alleged by the prosecu- Uon that, following enquiries, it was disclosed that the Central Trust had neither demanded nor received the money paid to Choa, who at first admitted retaining the monry but later denied it, saying the money had been paid over.

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Chung-ho rald he

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present at most of the negotiations, and ques- tioned by Mr Zimmern, said he did not at any time see complainant hand money over to defendant. Hie odd- ed that complainant had told him (Li) that he had alven defendant $2,000 to be paid to the Central Trust as part of their commission. Li sald he had been informed by complain- ant that the contract related to the buying of machine-guns. Apart from that he did not know anything about the transaction.

Mr Henry Lin, sub-manager of the purchasing department of the Central Trust of China, said he had naked complainant to quote his terms for 100 aircraft machine-guna as he was under the Impression that complain- ant's frin were the South China

of

agents for Colt Arms Company United States. On July 15, the can- tract was signed with a condition that the contract was subject to con- firmation by the Chungking Govern ment. The following day instruc- tions were received from Chungking to suspend the contract owing to the

closure of the Burma Road, Some

time in November the contract was destroyed.

Witness added

that throughout

the negotiations he was under the Im- pression that defendant was a part-

ner in complanant's firm.'

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Sinclair Says

Disgracing

Goering Is His Uniform

SIR ARCHIBALD SINCLAIR, Secretary for Air, said recently that if the R.A.F. were to divert its forces from military objectives to reply in kind to the Ger- man air attacks upon civilians London would be betrayed.

December 20, 1940.

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Sir Archibald, who was speaking at a luncheon in London of the National Defence Public Interest Committee, announced that in air fighting generally since August 8 we had lost 621 in the Western Command girls are machines and the Germans 1,867. Our losses in air crews were fewer than 600; the Germaning men in kine-theodolite losses amounted to about 4,000.

"Goering," he said, "is bringing disgrace upon his uniform cruel and harassing and more difficult job with these

These girls are doing a very good Instruments," the and upon the service which he commands by launching that to deal with. Is it an insoluble officer-in-charge aald. service in savage and indiscriminate attacks upon the civilian problem? Not at all-we are mak- population of this country and upon our King and Queen.

Ing progress. "Unable to destroy our Air Force, 20,000 or 25,000 feet, unloading "The German atmes will find or to sink our Navy, he tries to their bombs almicssly and indis-that their reception here in increas reach behind the backs of our night- criminately; they came down much ingly warm, as indeed they have ing forces to break the spirit of our lower and directed their bombs with already found over London, and I workers and to terrorise London.

"He ought to know, and he will naval.

deadly aim at the centres of German am able to look forward to a time

and air power. soon learn, that against the assaults

military

when the pleasure of night bombing "Some people say that we ought over Britain and of blowing of tyranny the people of London to repay the Germans in kind for pieces a number of humble London ever stand steadfast and unshaken, their attacks upon our civilians, homes will cease to be attractive to

Sir Archibald said.

Field-Marshal Goering and his aerial minions."

"Wretched Man"

"Tint wretched man is only seal- "The truth is that it would be a Ing. his own doom, for he is binding betrayal of the suffering people of the whole nation together in a corn- London to divert any of our re- man loyalty to their King and *ources from

burces from milltary objectives. Queen, who share the sufferings and

we split our bombs In- the dangers of their people, and indiscriminately on the houses of the

GRAND DUCHESS OF LUXEMBURG

flerco determination, not only to German civilians how would that defend our shores, but to reach out protect

The Grand Duchess of Luxemburg our own? That slogging arrived in London from Lisbon re- and destroy the nests of criminals match might go

on for

months, cently and was met by M. Classen, irr Berlin and Rome who keep merely spreading misery in both the Duchy's consul in London, who

said that her visit was unofficial.

| Europe in misery and choo9,"

Striking Deep

Our own bombera, Sir Archibald

said, were striking deep Into Ger-}

countries.

Warm Reception

When German troops invaded the Duchy on May 10 she escaped with her husband, Prince Felix, and their six children into France. When

Sir Archibald said that recent air many and Italy, or smashing up the battles by day have shown that we ships and barges collected in the are well-almost miraculously-pro- France collapsed they went to Spain ports of France and the Low Cotin- tected against attack. tries for the invasion of Britalu. They did not cruise about

and later to Portugal, I was report- "Bombing by night is less dangered in July that Prince Felix and the atous because less accurate,, but it is children had left for America.

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