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| "idiculous that a hard-headed mer, strenuous in Industry and great in money-making, should be willing to sacrifice wealth, comfort, and life even, if it should come to that for the sake of preserving political freedon Yet history shows that the greatest wars have been waged for principles and that meu, as long as they retain their manhood, will suffer any loss rather than "part with things that
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Under the patronage of Lady May,s concett for the children of the garrison will be given no #8th inst
THE "DACRE CASTLE” WRECKED.
Jeanders Off Keelung.
Naws reached the Colony this morning
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1912
CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
A Light Calendar,
The September Criminal Sessions opeti» od this morning hotare the Chief Justice, Hon. Mr. W. Bees Davies. The calonder
CORRESPONDENCE.
POLICE COURT CASE.
1. (To the Editur of the 2! ChecA MEA
Dear Sir-m somewhat sup
A bank has brán estahl shed at Tek*, | of the wreck of the ma. Duorn Castle on was a light one, thera. being sight pri. At the sono in which your roport refers the
the president of which is Mr Seno Kin. a. lady 65 years of age. Her eldest son is the maging director, whilst her daughter in. law is auditor.
the coast of Farmona just off the port of sonors; six of them were charged with
A GLACE. BREVIKA.......
Keelung. It appears that the vessel was taking part-in armed robberies, one with loading from Yokohama and other ports kidnapping, and one with escaping from for New York and had to put into Keelung, | good- The Deutsche Levante Lina has bought Presumably bad weather intervened and the Rickmors Rice Mill Shipowner was unable to load her cargo at that capacity of 0.006 tone-the Helens croused Formon, entoring the coast South Rickmers and the Marin Rickmers.
from
anfortunate, currenco. La Court yester
day. When affairs, like this happen ik le little wonder that 10 women out of every 100 absolutely refuse to go to Coure, and consequently in as many cases the cul- prit guts off free which, to may the fast,
Chinese house boys are quite aware of this and consequently do just as they Pl
seem of small price to hucksters in the and Shipbuilding Company two steamers part. The typhoon, reported as, having ping from Victorin Gnol in 1911, and is not fair to the police. Naturally the
In that hav
Hi Lordship: How much had ho done
The Chief Warder: Four mths aut ninetron days.
The Attorney-General, in answer to biz Lordship, said prisoner was sentenced an April 1st, 1908, to one year's hard labour for stealing. In February, 1900, he was Following is the result of crushing The rousel is believed to be a total sent to eighteen months' hart labour for returning from banishment. On Septein. operations at Raul for the four wicks wreck. She is a stammer of 4,281 bober 24, 1010,, he got twelve months hard ending the h inst-Bukit Roman: stone gistered tonnage, built in 1908 by labour for returning again from banish crabed 3,08 tous, gold obtained 636 Crazy & Son, Midlesborough, Andment and three years hard labour for dances, average per tos 4.19 det. Bakit owned by the Lancashire Shipping Com- Malacca stane crushed 1,908 tons, gold pany of Liverpool.
Lam Sing was charged with feloniously
pleaded guilty.
The Attorney-General said prfacer public wart We suppose "nothing
of Focchow, no doubt influence the Cap was serving a sentence of three years will cure the Government of illusions
tain to steer for the epon, and experiene-hunt labour when he escaped. natural to men who habitually net on the assumption that everything and The typhoon of yesterday interrupteding the full effects of the storm the
the wires connecting Foochow City with vessel was driven on shore. everybody has a price. But to any he cable station at Sharp Peak and the On inquiry at the Office of Mesara Dod open-minded observer the Boynervice between those two points had to be well and Company, the local Agents, we celebrations in Ulster will not appeal conducted by boat, but rupaire were effected were courteously informed that they had in vain. It is impossible to believe this morning and normal communication received a telegram stating that the officers
was re-opened by 10 mm.
and crew were sile, but that no further that these practical, commonsense
particulars, were to band. - inen are indulging in idle threats when they declare their fixed resolve not to submit to the government of an Irish Purliament dominated by a permanent Nationalist majority. The Govern ment may, for platform purposes, express an artless surprise that its precious safeguards are apprised at MEMO FOR TO-DAY. p.m.-Allan Wilkie Co. at That their exact value by those who know, Royal, City Hall
as we can never know, the quality of t'he enemy under whose heel they are invited to place themselves. But be- Ween now and nest October Ministers will be well advised to take a graver and more practical view of Ulster's attitude. Any miscalculation of that factor may be pregnant with disaster fr Lister, for Ireland, and the Unit-ponse to receive
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Interport Aquatic Sports at V.RC
*Day.
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Public Gardens,
General Memorands.
FRIDAY, Sept. 20:-
Interport Aquatic Sports at YR.C.ded Kingdom. But in the long run i
Day.
will also plunge the Radical party into complete and irremediable ruin. The men of Ulster have thus far
SATURDAY, Sept. 21:
Non-Dougla Stevnship Co. Meetin
tained 129 ounces, average per tou 1.29
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The British Minister at Bangkok has
ARMED ROBBERS.
been commanded by King George to com- Chan Tam Sui, Li Fang, Leung Tsoi, monicate His Majesty's sincere thanks to PunTai and Fung San Fat were indicted the Straits, Hongkong, and Siamese bors for committing a rubbery with violence at Chinese British subjects; Northern Indiana dwelling house on August 1st. Leung Indian Mohammedans; the Sikh com- charged on several counts with receiving | and Stora fading Hindus and Southern Tsoi Pan Tai and Fung San Fat wire also munity: Burmese and Shan British sub- some of the proceeds of the robbery, wel, jets; and inlay British subjects, for knowing them to have beet stolen their loyal messages of congratulation on Prioners pleaded not guilty to some of the the occasion of the anniversary of his
charges, and admitted others. birthday, which it gave His Majesty much
forceny.
I did not wish to go to Court, but wan prossed to do so by the policy, and I must say I was treated with every con sideration by all oficials until I. spposed before the Magistrate. .:'
It is quits possible that my remark, Yes! I told you before, was; nob in accordance with the rules of Court but it was a "reply made in ignorance of these rules, and not with any intention diarespost. I was more than surprised when told Not fo-aprak to him in the way, and I aldar under the circum-
Jos nos expest to be spoken bo kờ that faner, hay retortens justified. One
His Lordship asked how the prisonerven by a Magistrate, at esesped.
The Chief Warder said prisoner escaped through a window in the corridor of the prison by forsing the bars open.
Prisoner asked for mercy as he had
admitted everything. He was sentenced to trire months imprisonment, the sentence to follow the one he was under going when he escaped.
A KIDNAPPED.
Surely allowances should be made for omen who fortunately do not appest in Court avery day, and cannot be ex- pected to reply in the orthodox manner.
It is a well-known fact that European
Ho Check was charged with detaining sence which is our due. on September 1st, by force and against seven years. He pleaded guilty. his will, the child of one Lau Pui, aged
women in Hongkong are treated by the Chinese with far less respect than in my
Faru not a suffragette, by any means, ther place in China, - and still look for the respect and indul-
Yours faithfully, *
M. GAINS.. Hongkong, 18th September. P.S.-I shall to obliged it you will
•
A SHAVIAN PLAY, "CANDIDA "
On the
Mr George Bernard Shaw's well-knows
9 p.m.Variety Concert at Mcgin shown an admirable self-restraint /Swiss Mill Company, died on the 10th innt, and when he was charged he practically | dotrelive asked the accused what he was play entitled “ Caudida ” was produced by.
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SUNDAY, Sept. 99:--
a.m.-Excursion to Macao. MaxPay, Sept. 23:-
K.O.T. L. È. Aquatic Sports.
TUESDAY, Sept. 24:--
K.O.Y.L.I. Aquatic Sports.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 25:-
11a.m.-Drawing of Debentures
Hongkong Club.
H
7 p.m. Entries else for last Gymkhana 5pdFRoGixtion Football League
Meeting,
Nowa reached Manila last week that Mr. J. B. Picton, for many years Oriental presentative of the Nestle and Anglo- while on the voyage from Australia to Indin, en route to England. Mr. Picton spent some time in Hongkong last year. When he went to Manila some months ago he was admitte i to the Philippine general hospital, where he spent three months suffering with typhoid fever. His cas was one of the most critical ever known at the institution, but when he left it he was
well on the rond to racovery.
གཏཱི་ཏྠཾ་
With regard to the rumour that wo published in yesterday's issue concerning
They are preparing themselves for the gravest crisis they have faced since the Stuart days with a culin fortitudewi ich has perhaps misled public opinion in Great Britain as to the, real dangers of the situation. But this corposure has something deadly in it. It is part of the chameter of a race which, by i the constant necessity for seli-defence, bus preserved, to a degree unknown in England and Scotland, the stub, the closing down of the Green Island born spirit of the seventeenth century Count Works we learn to-day that work bas temporarily been suspended till a Non-China Sugar Relining Co. Extra-Puritan. It is not safe to infer from
erdinary General Meeting. 7.34 p n-Full Moon
the present reign of order in Ulster that the talk of resistance in the last resort empty and nieaningless bon - brat. The Government proposes to fore the people of Ulster to submit to a yoke they detest and have every renson to dread. It purposes to set up in Dublin a tyranny of a kind un- known in any part of the British
THURSDAY, Sept. 26:--
7.44 p.m.-Partial Eclipse of the Moon.
SATURDAY Sept. 28:-
9.15 p. 1-Performance at Theatre Royal'
in aid of Cathedral Organ Fund. Opening Night Bijou Scenic Theatre, MONDAY, September 30:
Entries close for China Mail Harbour
Raze.
WEDNESDAY, October 2:-
Swimming Race across the Harbour for Prizes presented by the China Mail. SATURDAY, October 5-
The Attorney-General informed the The Attorney General informed the jury Court that prismer was seen by a detec-publish this letter. that the house which was robbed was its on board a boat coming from Canton occupied by several families, and several with a little child. The man had, un people had articles stolen. The first luggage and the detective thought the prisoner was identified by two witnesses cirrustances were peculiar.. who saw, him at the scene of the robbery, arrival of the boat at Hongkong the
man pre the Allan Wilko Company in the Theatre admitted that he was there. He stated doing with the child. The that he went to the house, but did not varicated and then ran away, but the Royal last night. Thorgh "G. B. S. L enter it. The evid are against the second detective, with the assistance of another very well-known, his plays, unfortunately, man, caught him. The accused then ad- are not. A brief summary of the play man was that he was identified by one person as having been at the house, mitted that he had kidnapped the child will therefore not be inappropriate before Frisoner number thres was also identified The child's mother and father were pre-reference is made to the performance. by two of the occupiers, and, in addition, erit, and said that they did notCandida" is a play of temperament pair of trousers and a jacket stolen from know the netused, and gave him no per rather than of action, and it is the gradual the place were found in his possession. mission to take away the child. Prisoner lifting of the veil that conceal the varying Prisoner number four was, as the jury must have enticed the child from Canton mentalities of the characters not only from
on the day he was arrested: would see, a small-boy.----
His lordship: Do you know anything about prisoner's age: he looks very young
Mr. King, Assistant Superintendent of Police, said he thought prisoner was
His Lordship They have put him down as 19.
a
Assistant Superintendent King said the prisoner's aga was 17.
The Attorney General, continuing, said supply of Limestone is received
for the charges against this prisoner and the Baiphong. We haar also that the Canton remaining one were quite different from Government contemplate erecting works the others. Prisoner four was seen carry for the manufactura of coment foring an umbrella stolen from the house, and Heungsban limestone, amalgamation of the Green 'sland Cement Co. Ltd. and the Socicte des Ciments Portland Artificiels de l'Indo-Chine, of Haiphong, has, it is understood. been
abandoned.
The
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Prisoner was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, and fifteen strokes of the birch.
RAEVERY WITH VIOLENCE,
one Another but from themselves that provides the progress wad climax necessary to drame. The Rev. James Morell, parson of socialist convictions, strong and confident in his own opinions and beliefs, of which not the least strong is belief in him- His Lordship said the Court could not take cognisance that prisoner's taking the sell, introduces late his family circles youth, child from Canton, but it could notice the Eugene Marchinks, the son of peat, fact that he was found in Britisis ter-ho, alarmed at his son's deviation from ritory possessed of another man's child. bis type, is striving to starve him inta hi proposed the real charge against bira was of being in It was a serious offence and his duty on conception of the fitues of things. persuasion of stolen property. There was was to put & sty to this sort of thing, Marchbanke, whose scheme of life and to actual evidence that he was present at and to me, so far as possible, ilist people thought differs not only from that of his the robbery. Number five was also found were not deprived of the custody of their own milieu but equally so from that:
of Morell, is a poet with all a woman's intuitiveness, with all a poet's instinctive carrying stolen articles, including pawa own children. tickets. The robbery was one of those Case of which one heard so much at the
divination of the truth; compound of physical cowardice and intellectunt Ied Cheylesmore. in presenting present time. A gang of armed men cut-r-
courge, a strange, why, slight effeminate Empire--a tyrauny tainted at once awards to 500 children who gained distinced the house, terrified the inhabitants,
A young man named Lam Tei was youth in short the direct antithesis of charged with comunitting a robbery with Morell Candida, Morell's wife, a woman with all the up-to-date vice of Tam.tion in the Paris Musical Faatival, describe held up the whole place, and took what many and all the antique bigotry of when he was at a small private school,
ed how he won two prizes as a small boy, they wanted.
The case was proceeding when we went violence at the house of Lan Tok and endowed with largeness of mind and diguity Leung Sam, inarried women, in Lower of character, beloved by both, becomas to press.
Lascar Row, on the morning of May 6,asconsciously the storm centre of their seventeenth-century Papism. Aad alho said, he carried off the prize for Greek
and stealing money and goods to the their temperamental antipathies, and in because Mr Asquith, who has thrice because he was the only boy studying that
value of $200 He pleaded not guilty. the conflict the essential weakness of ancient language. His father once pro- advocated and twice depounced Hone mised him a gold watch if he could play
The following were sworn on the jury Morell's strength, the strength of Marche Rule, is in the painful position of an entire page of music without missing a
George William Gegg (foreman), Gumel- sindo J. Sequeira. Eduardo Jose de Silva having to rely on eighty Irish votes, note. Acting on the advice of his teacher,
aureiro, Percy Richard Glendinning, Is it unreasonable that men, who Save the King'
ho wrote out very large a few bars of a God
Harry Ram, Alexander Colborne Little that they filled the
and John Rodger. ⠀⠀ still look on politics as something page. Be had worn the gold watch are nobler than a squalid bargaining force.
ULSTER IN EARNEST.
votes and places, should oppose to the implementing of this iniquitous THE Protestant (in more senses than compact the spirit their forefathers one) Province of Ulster has of late showed at Derry, at Aghrim, and at been so much more prominent than the Boyne? It is dangerous, we
Fifth Gymphana Meeting.
9 pm. Smoking Concert at Masenic
Club, Kowloor.
The Ching
HONGLONG, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18, 1919
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Staff Ser, enot Major F. Lake, Army Pay Corps, is under orders to return to England by the transport Rohills in
vice in the Colony. He will be relieved by Staff Sergeant Major E. M. Foster from Aldersbot
THE BIJOU THEATRE.
bank's weaknese, are brought into eridance. It is that real weakness that Candida divining allows to decide her choice; and Marchbenks, quit of the desire for hap
usaal before the public us an aggres- repeat, to assume that Dlator in in. Novamock, on completion of a tour of sery. The theatre, which has been in te The circumstances, which he would put affect. Mr Allan Wilkio was in EVERY
Mr. R. Stephensou, manager of the Bijou Scenic Theatre, arrived yester lay by the .s. Taiyuan trom Australia, where he has been spending a few months"
The Attorney-General (Hon. Mr. J. A. pinews leaves them to their, with the holiday. Mr. Stephenson combined busi- S. Buckmill), addressing the jury, stated realisation that life is nobler than hap Ceas and pleasure on the trip, for he has that the case was short, and apparently piscas, brought with him to Hongkong two lady simple. Stripped of its phraseology, the Such is the play, and now for the artistes. Miss Ada Rowley, balladist, and charge against the prisoner accused him performance. Every member of the culo, Miss Gladys Spencer, an entertaining of being one of a party of burglare who a small one, played their respective parts subratte. Miss Spencer, in addition to broks into the house of complainant and with greatability. Miss Hunter Watts was possessing a pleasing voice, dances clever tola a variety of articles of some values convincing Candids and played with great hands of the decorators during the man-
before the jury in avidence, were that at the aggressive Socialistic paza age's absence, will probably re-open on May & armed robbers broke vary ably. Mr G sive factor in the question of Home dulging in bravado. No part of her
earlier than the date announced, Septem into complainants' house, gagged and tied extremely difficult Rule for Ireland that it is interesting history, no feature of her present
ber 28...
them up, and stole a quantity of their
represent and performed it with to learn what are the views taken by character, justifies such a conclusion
Mr. Stephenson informs us that great valuables. There was no doubt that the Major E. W. Chwyn, R.G. A, from No improvements are being made in the hall robbery was committed, but the only talent and ability throughly deserri the Londou pressregarding its bellicose That her resolution may never be 3 Co. Ceylon, has been appointed to the and stage of the Bijou. The stage is to evidence against the prisoner was that of the applause which was frequently awarded attitude. The Standard, as a staunch tested is the hope of every English command of the Hongkong-Singapore Bat-be extended right across the hall, instead the two women. They both and they Garnett, was extremely clever. Mr Dawaots to him. Mins Vera Crichton, as Prosperine Unionist organ is, of course, an ad-
saw the accused man among the robbers. man who has the welfare of his talion, R.G.A., in place of Lieut. Colonel mirer of the "Ulster way" of showing country at heart, and in that vast that it is "agin the Government majority may, we believe, be included So far, says our London contemporary,
a large section of the Government's the Government has shown a wery
normal supporters. We cannot be singular incapacity to appreciate, and even to understand, the true nature believe that English Liberals, and expert on the surgical treatment of ap of Ulster's opposition to Home Rule. English Nonconformists, will at the upon last week at the University hospital last moment remain deaf to the appeal by Dra. Burdette and A. M. Saleeby. The Mr. Asquith seeme unable to com- of people whose Loynity to Great operation was entirely successful. Bishop prehend the forces that are arrayed
Brent als underwent on operation at the against his policy. He seems still to Britain has been the one constant hospital last week, but the nature of it cherish the hope that Ulster may be factor in the troubled politics of Ire-at seated.
H. L. Kirke, promoted and transferred to Falmouth, On arrival home, Lirat. Col.
Kirke will take up duty at Falmouth.
Dr. H. Eugene Stafford, the wall known
pendicitis in Manila, was himself operated
is
of three-quarters as it was last season and now scenery, drop scenes, sto. specially painted for Mr. Stephenson by
on eminent artist in Melbourne, ore now being put up.
CATCHING RED-HOT RIVETS.
Ostching red-hot rivets would not seem to be pleasing occupation. even if the rivet is caught in an old mail bag, yet, says Harper's Weekly, the feat is constantly performed by workmen. Ordinarily they
He assaped, and it was not until some two and Mr Hunter Watts, who took or three months later that one of the respective parts of Mr Burgess and
women saw the accused in the street, the Rev. Alexander Mill at short and at once gave him into custody. Then notice, owing to the indispositi the other woman was taken to the police - Philip Gordon, station and without hesitation abo.identi taken the part of Mr Burg fied prisoner, who was standing with formed their considerable number of other men. The play wO TOTY defence that, the prisoner put up was that enjoyed by
he did not know anything about the mat ter and that the women were mistaken.
In the course of their evidenco tho- comen stated that they managed to slip women
catch rivets in a sivat-keg, or something of the gage from their mouths and shout,
won by promises, or threats, or valu-land. But there is very real danger Mr A. L. Chalmers, British Consul at that sort, but there are men who catch able consideration. He fails to realise of drifting into the gravest trouble Nagasaki, bss beas, grensted to the port vote with a pair of tongs just reach out that this is not a case for negotiation through failure to appreciate the true of Consul General at Booul. Mr R. G. E. for them and sip a robot riset out of the that the Ulster men are impervious to temper of the North of Ireland. Fuster will succeed Mr. Chalmers at air with the nipper part of the tongs in Nagasaki Mr J. T. Mason, acting Consul much the same way that bird nipsis any arguments addressed to cupidity, the recent Boyne celebrations, at Chemulpo, has hem promoted to the flying feathe out of the ei- with its bork, or the sense of the fear, or the love singularly impressive in their robust full consular position and Mr A, R., Force, The frat sommonly seen by persone who of comfurt. It is not the first but enim confidence to all who know weting British Consul at Osaks, las been watch workinen on high buildings. tine that an acute mun of the world the Irish Protestant, compel English Printed Vino Consul at Kobe. Jina been let into fital error by under men to accept this situation in its full- DRIZES PRESESTED LY TIE estimating the strength of Ideas To significance, they will have fulfilled a
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Prime Minister accustomed to go foto the market-plice fut, antes, look ing on integrity and public virtue as mere sounding phrases to inflate the sellers price, it no doubt seen
parposo far more useful than that served by most political demonstrn-
Cons and dend
por
is of the last
MONEY WASTEUS
Chem burial
and this led to the canture of one of the robbers, who had been sentenced to e term of imprisonment.
The man who was captured on the morning of the robbery, and is undergoing imprisonment, was placed in the witness box sad stated in reply to-his Tordship that he knew, nothing about the prishner
Prisoner protested his inscence; said the women and a gruge ugamet him Alve the land a had lainely accused him. WHOOPING COUGHOU
IT is in diseases like whooping cough that the good qualities of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy are most appreciated.
By a majority of five to two the jury found prisoner guilty and lip was D tenced to five yours hard labour,
On hearing the redios prisoner repeat par Pilys tough mucus and aids exporny ynddu was froccent, Brad said hind bð.
Italag randers the DVE DE OUDY
requent and less severe deprixíni
of all dengwrona consecizan.ca
hoen guilty he would not here allowed
ibe women to give him into onelody.
Tonight the
Salome" by Oscar
Dar
and thoroughly