The Archive · 1940

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"Why does the American Consulate promise that no copper bars will Teave the godown during the Siio-Japanese conflict? Would an. enemy government." went on Mr. Widler, "give contraband to a neutral security when the enemy government had sw much teal tender notes and dock a government, as rich as the National Government was in 195 ive copper coins ax seeurit a firm like the American Tra Company"

"The seve! will be conv and documentary evidence ts produced to prove that all the copper coins and bars in the godowns of the American storage company and other godowns in Shanghai are the property of the Chungking Govern a Sellett 108 ay Pre coa a Mee ord aloe Sin th a that copper coins perty, will expose hin the a very clever lawyer Matersent ended, Incident Over Sailor Seuled Shangha), Oct. 11 The settlement of the incident which an American sailor and s01 mes were involved munications is reported, prevented the Agent for Accordin Widler claimed im ty from arrest declaring that he was the agent for a certain power. "He is an old resident of China and it will be Fe Hed first came into the limelight when he whole a book entitled "Six months prisoner of the On October 7, 1940. Admiral Hart gecvived a fetter' frum Major General Eilura, 1J.A., la which the latter. re-torving to the red in the Bank of Comin Building on September 28, expressed his regrets f stable conduct" of the Japanese hat occasion and offered responsible oflcer make a direct He fiyared conspicuously in the apology to the Capt Augusta, In his reply to Get October 9, "Admiral I eral stated that charged money through the bullet proof vests. The care considerable interest at the time and in view of the General's express regrets, the additional direct might well be omitted, Widler was charged inthe Swiss Consular court here with being accomplice.

'A declared arch-enemy of Chi generals following his tial and prisonment in Chungking he was next hheatd of in connection with the kidnapping of 4 Chinese general here 'a considerable ransom. He was implicated by" a Greek: accompli whose fal and sentence in the local rime annals of the Settle foreigners were participa Chinese kidnapping hed a sensational eli the Greek was given a long imprisonment. "His subsea peals for release om the AIL health were rejected by the court

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