THE BILLING FARCE.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 June 1918, Page 5

THE BILLING FARCE.

MORE THEATRICAL DISPLAY. Received Judo 4, 8.5 p.m. London, June 3. At the Billing trial, evidence was con-! eluded. Witnesses included Grein, who defended the play's moral aspects. Mrs. Stuart, recalled, adhered to her statements respecting the existence of the contents of the German black book with 47,000 names. She stated that sho believed Lord Primrose and Baron Rothschild, now dead, knew the book existed. Though the atmosphere of the trial was cooler, there were several heated passages. Billing threatened to thrash Mr. Hume Williams, the prosecuting counsel, who said Billing had lied. • Billing, during his address, declared that the judge had bullied Lord Alfred Douglas.

The judge threatened to expel him from court for contempt. Mrs. Stuart said she knew how Loud Primrose and Baron Rothschild ware murdered. Her own life was threatened. An unknown person telephoned her that if she re-entered the witness box ih» would be Bhot from the gallery. Mr. Justice Darling offered to clear the gallery. Mrs. Stuart stated that she told the story about the black book to Mr Hume Williams in 1918. He declined to inters est himself, because it involved selfsacrifice, in view of the number of prominent persons concerned. The book i» now in Berlin, but she coold not explain how it arrived there.—Press Associate)]},