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INVOLVES ROYAL FAMILY
BUT WRIGHT'S BOAST MAY NOT
SAVE HIM.

ChaiI Of Prosecuting Committee
come a Delicate Matter, but Share
holders Hoping the Case VIII be sined
TO the BOttom-Lctters Witch Ray be
in the Hands of Our PoIice-QuestiOn
of Extradt4ion.
London, March 16-John Flower,
chairman of the shareholders commit
tee, which instigated the prosecution Of
Whitaker Wright, the director of the
London and Globe Finance Corporation,
who was arrested yesterday on his ar
rival at New York from Cherbourg,
says:
Il see Wright is quoted as saying he
had powerful protector in an exalted
quarter. That statement is not new to
us. 1t is the keynote of the whole case.
Prior to the failure of the London and
Globe, certain persons maintain,
Wright had in his possession letters
from leading members of the English
royal family showing they We're mixed
up in his transactions. We have no
documentary proof of this. Wright
himself is probably the only man in
the world who could prove it. If he
has such letters they ought now to be
in the possession of the New York po-
lice, as we suppose they searched his
effects; and Wright is not likely to let
such powerful weapon of defence out
of his personal keeping.
within a few weeks the chief issue
in the Wright case will be the question
of the completely or otherwise Of the
most exalted personages in the Empire
in Wrights financial and other
schemes. We do not anticipate any
difficulty in obtaining his extradition,
but if what Wright's friends maintain
turns out to be true, his genuine prose-
cution will become an extremely deli
cate matter. We believe, however, that
the lawyers at present engaged will
sift the matter to the bottom regardless
of any considerations"
Referring to the interview with
Wright published in the New York Her
aid to-day, Mr. Flower said:
,I quite sympathize with Wright
when he says the failure of the London
and Globe was due to the treachery of
others. There is no doubt of that. But
it must be remembered that for three
months prior to the failure, which
Wright says was directly due to treach-
cry, the London and Globe had not a
cent in it's locker, yet it was doing over
half million pounds sterling in specu-
lation at every settlement. The gov
ernment's decision that the directors as
a body could not be proceeded against
does not prevent Wright, as the prime
factor in the rotten conditions which
existed before the failure, being made
to take the responsibility"
Attorney General Finley, in the
House of Commons this afternoon said
the Crown would pay the cost of the
extradition of Wright, and the payment
by the Crown of the whole expenses of
the proceedings would be considered;
but his prosecution would be left in the
bands of the official receiver Of the
London and Globe Corporation.
The London lawyers of Mr.. Wright
held a conference this afternoon with
Samuel Untermyer, of New York law
firm. who is here. and has has fire..
quently represented Wright's interests
in America. The following statement
was subsequently made to the Associ.
ated Press by the lawyers:
while Mr.. Wright is undoubtedly
anxious to return to England face the
charges, the question of the advisable.
ity of his doing so must be decided by
his legal advisors We hold there is g
doubt in view Of the attorney generals
declaration if Mr.. Wright's extraditior
would not be a breach of the treaty
All the circumstances combine to preju.
dice fair trial at the present stage
We regard the reports that Mr.. Wright
is holding letters showing the compile.
ity of royalty in his transactions as be.
ing merely an invention of his enemies
circulated for the purpose of inf1uenc'
ing public opinion
Miss Browne, Wright's niece, live6
with Mr.. and Mrs. Wright for a long
time. She left Mrs. Wright on March
and went direct to Havre.