MR. CHAMBERLAIN

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 83, 5 October 1938, Page 14

MR. CHAMBERLAIN

CANADIAN TRIBUTE

(Received October 5, 2 p.m.)

OTTAWA, October 4.

"Mr. Chamberlain saved civilisation," asserted the Minister of Justice (Mr. E. A. Lapointe), who has returned from Geneva. "Knowing as we do what the war would have meant, Mr. Chamberlain deserves the gratitude of everyone."

on the road which would indicate the point of impact. He asked Canon Malcolm if he could indicate the point, and he said, "I could not say, as it would be guessing." He asked the defendant what his speed was, and he replied that he could not say, as it would be guessing. Witness then asked him if he had been travelling fast or slowly, and he said he did not remember. He then asked him how far the cyclist was from him when he first saw him, and he said, "When I first saw B him he was right on me." Constable Sinclair produced a statement which he had taken from the defendant. It was bright sunshine when he visited the scene. The Canon said he had shifted his car after the impact to clear the intersection for other traffic. At the scene of the accident ' c asked the defendant which way the cyclist had proceeded, and he at first said that the cyclist had come down Kelburn Parade in a northerly direction at a terrific speed. He later said that he .did not know if the cyclist # had been proceeding up Salamanca' Road in a northerly direction or down Kelburn Parade in a northerly direction.

Canon Malcolm was upset at the scene of the accident, said witness to Mr. Stephenson. He knew the Victoria College drive. It would have been possible for a cyclist to come from there.

This was the last police witness, and Mr. Stephenson submitted that the only fact against his client was that the collision took place on the wrong side of the road. This was explained in the defendant's statement, where he said that in order to avoid the cyclist he decided that he would have to make a definite turn to the right.

When his Worship indicated that *he intended sending the case on to the Supreme Court, Mr. Stephenson said he would not call evidence 'at that stage.

Bail was allowed in the accused's own recognisance.