Edmonton, Mar. 22. Returns so far available in the Alberta provincial elections, show that the Socialist Party is far from having a repetition of the walkover which put its chief apostle, Mr. William Aberhart, into power five years ago. So far the party has won seven of the possible 57 seats, and the Independent Coalition has won six.—Reuter.
Young was bound over to be of good behaviour for three years.
Mr. Young, a well-known American journalist in the Far East, was alleged to have circulated "slanderous" news News Service head office in the United States and- to newspapers and magazines in Japan, some 38 "extremely slanderous news operating in various parts of China":
Spreading "fabrications and rumours," regarding the action of Japanese forces in China, among many Japanese and foreigners at the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, and elsewhere, between January 6 and January 19.
The trial was held in camera.
The judge, it was afterwards announced, "justified the leniency of his course on the ground that Mr. Young was born in the United States, where freedom of speech is enjoyed, to the fulL"—Reuter.
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