The fourth charge against Kelly was that he had failed to account for money, pistol and ammunition and opium taken at House 7, Lane 183 Taku Road. Kelly alleged that there had been no pistol or ammunition found in the house. The man ar-
(rested had stated that a pistol and {ammunition had been found because a detective had told him that a paper parcel contained these articles. In this case the Chinese alleged to have been blackmailed did not give evidence in the District Court where the case was heard.
Mr. Reeks:—Kelly, had you found a pistol and ammunition, would you have been guilty of a serious offence?
should have been guilty of a serious crime against the police force, 1 should have been guilty of a criminal offence. They asked me no questions about the pistol but searchet my drawers before it was ever mentioned. The only serious charge against me is having seized a pistol and ammunition. If I had seized it and had failed to return it I could have been charged with larceny. There were no proceedings against me. There was certainly no ammunition and pistol in that house.
Kelly then stated thet during the questioning of a Chinese lawyer in connection with the charges, Mr. Robertson had called the man a liar and had threatened to have him removed from the Court lawyers' roll by using his influence with Mr. Bryan. Mr. Robertson had also accused wits of having concocted a story by collaborating with Chinese detectives. Petitioner had also questioned Mr. Verhovsky, who had not been seen until a fortnight later by Mr. Robert-his memory for facts which "Agents" in Shanghai Moscow, Oct, 24.
American agents were today accused in a special dispatch from Shanghai published by the "Izvestia." Government organ, of having hi dered improvement of relations between the Soviet Union and the Japanese.
"Americans are convinced that better Soviet-Japanese relations might strengthen Japan which would contravene American interests," the uispatch from Shanghai said.
Another dispatch, from New York, and published by the "Pravda," Communist Party organ. charged American munition manufacturers with plotting for a long and "serious" war-—United Press.
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