AMERICA.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 26, 30 June 1909, Page 6

AMERICA.

Canada and Imperial Defence. Mr L. P. Brodeur (Canadian Minister for Marine), replying to a deputation at Montreal, said there had been three proposals in regard to the part Canada should take in the scheme of Imperial de-i fence. One was that Canada might offer two Dreadnoughts, another that she might contribute an annual round sum towards the upkeep of the Navy, and the third that there should be established a Canadian naval militia. The last-named was the one most favoured by the Canadian Government, and the Opposition supported it. He added that if only one dry dock was built, Quebec would be the best location. The Chinatown Crime, Chong Sing, a cousin of Lee Ong, the Chinese who is alleged to have murdered Miss Elsie Sigel, the missionary to Chinatown, has been arrested. He has confessed that he witnessed the strangling of Miss Sigel, and that he helped to rope the trunk in which her body was subsequently placed. American Police Mtehods. The police, who are investigating the murder of Miss Elsie Sigel, the missioner to Chinatown, who was murdered and placed in a trunk for removal, kept the suspect Chong Sing awake for thirty, hours, during the whole of which time he was subjected to a sharp cross-examina-tion as to his knowledge of the crime.

At the end of this cross-examinatioM Chong Sing confessed that he saw See

O»K kill Mias Sigel. He also admitted that he lent the murderer ISO.

The police contend that the money was lent for the purpose of enabling >See Ong ■to escape.