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those who are petitioning on the NINE PRISONERS WANTED AT question are sincere in their conten- tion that, as far as the island itsolí is concerned, opium except that which}
Before. Mr. Wood this morning the is introduced from India, is a thing journed proceedings against the nine prisenors detained. 443 onection with of the past. Probably the best way the pirney of the s... Childar for extradi- of getting reliable information would- tion to Chin, ou a requisition by thro be to enlist the sympathies of the Government of Canton, was
leurd. missionaries in the matter, who with-
This Crown Soliciter (Mr. P. M. Hodg out in any way digressing from their om appeared on othult of the requist- ordinary work and special duties, The Captain Superintendent cl would and could, as they, itinerate Police, Mr. Mer, Messer was also prevent
Yung Lung Lake, of the offics of the throughout the provinco, find out any of Custer, deposed that the ecaly whether opium is still grown on the requisition were the seals of the not. They make long journeys Tutub throughout the country and some- The nest witness was a boy of 30 years times of the
alto divulged to the Poliee important main roads, and
information, which lead to the arrest of if they failed to detect
By many of the pricners. His mother was fields of poppy, it might fairly be under arrest. concluded that opium growing is n thing of the past. But even if theyl could not be induced to pay particular said that his mother" bought The boy's aarwered first in the affirma
Pla Crown Salletter: Shio is not your
mothers
Ltd. attention to the mattor, if there is hun when he was five years old.
MEMO. TOR TO-DAY.
General Memoranus.
SUNDAY, May 24 mm (
Brapira Day. 9's..-Excursion to Macao. Moxnay, May 25- Public Holiday. 9am.-Commemoration Service at St.
John's Cathedral, Tresnay, May 1-
Queen "Anty's hirt) day (1867). H.K Horticultural Society's Meeting. 3 p.m.-Crown Land Sals at P.W.D.
| WEDNESDAY May 21,
Nous Peak Tramways Cu Lil'M.
Meeting
The Derby at Epsons. THESDAY. Maỳ 24;--.
12:20 pm.tar Ferry Cos. Meeling.
* Local Stockbrokers' Sottling Day. FRIDAY, May 29
Dragon Bust Festival. : SATURDAY, May 30:-
Second Cymkhana Mee ing. MONDAY. June - Whit-Monday. Public Holiday. TUESDAY, June 2-
fairly good grounds for concluding All they prioners, he said, with the that the facts referred to by. Mr.eption of number six were at the house Chan are indeed what they are oner can the hoped from Can
at 214, Reclamation Streek. "The first
represented to : bo, then there is A senyard stayed a few days. He then wun into the unity and then came to
to
NEWS OF THE DAY.
LOCAL AND GENERAL
FRIDAY MAY 30, 1914.
SOOLAL AND PERSONAL.
Mr Ellis Kadooris”) returned from Shanghai to day by the six. India.
Llout. Col. A. E. Watson, 8th Raj Savon stray dogs were yesterday sent pula, arrived from Shanghai to-day by the
Empress of India. the Pound by the Pulice.
The affidis rate of the doliar for next month remains at one shilling and
aloreupcico farthing.
At2 p.m. yesterday "the tempesturs was 90, to-day at the same hour it was 78
A drog, of 19 degross. :
Among the passengers who arrived on the "Davanhayesterday was Mr. B. A. Redmond, B. Sc., who joins the staff of the Enginooring Faculty of the Univoralty na "Lecturer in Surveying,and · Civil Engineering. Mr. Rodmand has been at work as An Engineer on the Indian | Railways, and is graduate of the
Upiversity of London. ›
A Chinese shopkcopor of Wellington. |St, has reported to the Police the theft of
electric fans and a vaso valued at £54). -
The newly appointed prezidans of the Canton-Hankow Railway arrived here by the C.P.E steamer Espross, of India this morning.
SOCIETY DIVIDEND.
BY TELEGRAPH.
(Bouter's Service to the China Mall.)
THE ALBANIAN TROUBLE
·PEASANT RISING SUPPRESSED.
Lósnos, May 27. Esan Pasha arrived at Brindisi
mal has gone on to Neueles. He has signed a pledge never to interfero, in Allunin afairs."
A telegram from Durazzo stutes that an expedition of volunteers”“”, numbering 800, commanded by a
at Sink.
༣,
THE NETHERLANDS TRADING Puteh mujor, suppressed the rising The Major pafleyed with the pes. send a deputation to Duzzo to sants, who promised to disperse and forinulate their wishes
The local acting-agent of the Noder landscha, Handel-Maatschappij (Nether lands Trading Society) informs us that he His in receipt of telegraphic information that dividood of #1% has been declared by this Bank for the year 1913,
The German steamer Pitsanulok, o which suspected "ensa of cholera, has occurred, has been placed in quarantine by the port authorities,
--
With regard to our announcment in last night's paper, stating that the pri e off
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Another telegram states that Esad Pasha at Naples denied the alleged conspiracy, and says that he is the victim of a plot of the Aus trian and Dutch gendarmes. He protests that is an outrage to the OKUMA'S RE-APPEAR. Albania autonomy and say "My Sovereign has beça shamefully de- ceived.
ANCK.
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At a serious crisis in the fortunes of his
A telegium from Rome denies that Essad Paahn has been deported to Tripoli.
the bant, Tie did not know the in the Cal ny was to be reduced country the veteran Japanese statesman when the first prismer last left the and after lat July art; we are advised Count Okuma has emerged from his retire tema bu in was that thero after Mardi, by the H.K. & C. Cha Ca. that the prideinistry, Count Okquia is sorenty-MŽIK, :|
mont and has succeeded in forming red and third pimer's was will be 82.00, not 19.00, per 1,000 cubic and is therefore about the age which EXTENSIVE GUN-RUN-
feet.
Gladstone becomin Prime the third time. In a sprec
the host the sans thus but the
last year and remained there until their
D
ass. Iustings and Hastings) for defendant. The hearing of the case was fixed for Thursday next. The Robinson wrote the letter which witness caw. Piano Co. in another action latinal When he (witness) went with his mother from the sang defendant $149.). This
Man they want to a rieksha house.
case was adjourned for one week.
A man met them off thit stemmer and k them to the third prisoner. The
gave the prisoner may with which his friends but been arrested for smug
Bir.
Minister
tek for
lo 1897 the Count
dre
of Representatira prech in the House cribed himself as “a representative of the he is uno of the faw remaining repasito "Msiji ora," and doubtless it
Mizor
because
is
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Count Okuma is himself more nearly an Elder Statesman than the pressat holders
proferred to
THE KING ON HIS. ALDERSHOT VISIT.
Lowboy, May 22. H.M. the King, in an Order to the
0.15 1.m.-The Hippodromo Circus at good opportunity for the British
Causeway Bay,
Government to comply with the append of the petitioner, nud, prohibit the importation of Indian opium into the island. It might be complained by those who still wish to continue | Pourtir and fifth bit conewhere last year.
NING IN ULSTER." the trade until the limit suggested by Sumbes eight and nine visited the house
In the Summary Court this morning the treaty that China is a whole, and areat., Witness had seen them there this an action was rationed in which Doctors
LONDON, Muy 22. The Daily Mail's Belfast corres- dierefore, whilst opium is grown in year. The first threo prisoners and the Muller, Just and Hoch are suing Clararies of the older wisdom of Japan that the pondent states that extensive gun any part of the Middle Kingdom, last thirco prisoners he ful seen fogether. Blanche to recover 850 for professional Emperor and the nation afiko have turned running has taken place in Ulster M C. F: Mason to him at a newest of deadlock. Yes during the last fortnight, and that there is no claim to take a small times this first tivo would go to services rendered.
Macho, His other also went to Macao (Mosers, D'Almada and Mason) appear Court Okuma dous not quite stand for the largo consignments of munitions. section of the country and treat it in and ho hnd gone with her. A long time for pinintiff and Mr.
Davidson Meijs era an Okubo and Ito did. He han always been a little in advance of his time.
were landed. any special way. Probably, interna ag people in Meno wrote and asked his
has long revelled in opposition, and has tional politics would back up such a mother to go. That was when the first
preserved in his matarur years the vigorous of his youth. One contention, for it would be logically thres prises were at Macao. Number
questioning instincta correct. On the other hand, as it is
can well understand why the Japanese
At his acceptaned nation rajoises né and why such Elder Statesmen as remain f silico, admitted to-day by most people that
were not very eager to 300
him in puwor it would be a good thing for all parties if the exportation of opium
the trusted band of the Geuro. of thint designation. He might have one troops at Aldershot expresses bie
Joined from India to China were stopped; to buy foodstaff. The may had been gling salt. Witness new hoswiss in the year g
many but and no many are hoping that this brought to Msean by his mother who had employ of Government eireles and want To-day he is the most experienced states operation of all ranks. He notes the romain satisfaction with the consistent pro in a position of critical independence.
neo.gress, practical training and keen co desideratum will be realized at the skel to take immeg,
fed to get him into trouble. Prisoner man Japan possessos. He was in charge
rge of date specified by the treaty. This house he saw the third prisoner and Childar.
When hu (wife) got to the risks raid ho.did not know anything of the the finances of the Eurpise for elevan para teady development of His lying
from 1869 onwards. would be an opportunity to show anther man who had also been at the
He was Foreign Corps, and the improvement The second defendant asked no ques-
Ministor in
1269
when his leg was equitation and stable mand Chion that we are as enger as they use in Yanati. Tas next morning tions. The third said ho went to Macno shared by a dynamite bomb flung by on the part of the cavalry
witness and his mother came back to in January and zonated there. The about treaty revision.
a misguided patent during the excitement are themselves to see the last offi. They made a soroad trip to fourth and fifth did not know the witroes inaugurator of party government in Japan, opium smoking. We hope, if the gether to Max They then went to and the latter adsind he was a soldier in and it was as leader of the Progressive facts sustain the contentions of the ention ship in Praya Street, the name Chin
of which way You Sau Yick At that know the witness provicus to this year months in 1998. For the last sixtoon The woman anid she did not Party that he again joined the Ministry fa
1806
and was Price Minister for a few petitioner, that the British Govern he saw the ins are prisoners and when witness aid she told him years he has not held office, though he Four battleships and three cruisers ment will stand for a generous at-witer they were ultimately arrested. titude in this regard to make
Asked if he heard any conversation some matey from it sho was telling 1807. To the newer generation he is bow the First Fleet will visit Kiel in
there had been a piracy and she expected continued to lend the Progressives until arrangements for the cessation of between his mother and the men, the, The clichth prisoner said the reason known as mordant and indaive com Hoamsung, Fatway, May 29, 1914 opium importation into the island-ny-wid-his-gad-the-the police he was going in and out of the woman's to power is probably
mentator upon public policy. His-return- But before that can be done there were coming to arrest them nil and they house was because he was attending a canbe, among other thiop
welcomed be
ho doca had better go away; The next morning man'a yes there. The last prisoner said not belong to cithar must be a strict examination into the and his mother returned to Hongkong someone wanted to get him into trouble
of the tiral class of
Batsama condition of affairs, so that everybody and went to live ut 35, Austin Hond. He and told the police he was, connected with an influence. He comes from the Hizon and Choshin and has rolutely opposed the undue exercise of concerned may be reasonably assured had also visited Macro-his could not the piracy.
LONDON, May 20. that all native production has ceased: member whether as moon or the secon
c. which played an important part alau,
in Corporal John Smith, who survived. Lai Pai Lok, Chinese detective in the Revolution, but has
cased to While we are on this topic, we are went to live at the boarding house. said he was a passenges on the Childar appearance is further welcomed beatina he
fore-with Deet, Sergt. Browne. Wit- the employ. if the Government of Caritott, a.conspicuous factor in polkica. His rate "Birkenhead" wreck, in reported
ra to be alive. able to my that throughout the The Sunt took him out for walk He was sent on board by the Cammen has persistently advocated retrenchment entire area of the Kwangtung pro-laughter) and the next day they went
and economy in the national expend ture, Count Okuna line sometimes been dubbed Chauvinist, but though ge man ban bew mors insistent in asserting the claims of Japan to her rightfai place in the world, it is certain that the responsibilities of office will have their efect upon views which have
attracted attention and enjoyed already mellowed,
Sir John Rass, in the House of The new Prime Minister has alway Commons, Inquired what steps had
respect in
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OPIUM IN HAINAN,
THE Officer in command of the forces in Hainan, Chan Wing ting. has sent a memorial to the Civil
dor in Chief.
He was the
Administrator of Canton, in which vince, the public smoking of opium her boarding house. His wns nswering Mr. Wood, witness sair bond Japan badly proda thrifty Budgets.
Wont down to Hongkong in October the latter is advised that an end has has almost entirely ceased. It is asked by the Sergeant where those people and bad been in the Colony ever since. been made of bath the sale and the little short of marvellous the change the Yau Sau Yick shop. There they saw
lived and he told him and took him to The loosi polico know ho was here,
The Crown Solicitor: Did you know the nse of native grown opium throughout that has taken place in this regardles five first prisoners. Then they went Childar was to be pirated the island. It is pointed out that as during the last ten years. Whatever to another boues. The name of the strces hand.
Witoca: No, I did not know it before. Hainan is an island, it is difficult for may be smoked in private, nothing is ated in Main Street, Mread) be saw the for-I was looking after these people who [be "did not know. In that house (xftir Mr. Wood: What did you go 'un 1 nard.
ight giro trouble in Chine
SUMMER DRESSES The object of Mr. Chan is to get are so few compared with the pust,
NOW SHOWING
INEXPENSIVE
THE CIRCUS.
Ji
The
BRITISH SHIPS TO VISIT TEL
LONDON, May 22.
Jmie..
ANOTHER “BRIKENHEAD
SURVIVOR,
GREAT BRITAIN AND JAPAN.
Coastal Trade Reciprocity.
LONDON, May 2,
the Childar pitated ? pat pirates-1 modern Japan, especially because he has the visit of Sir James Muutonthe,
repeatedly gained a wide hearing as the reciprocity of coastal trade, and expounder of the spirit and the ideals of whether progress had resulted from nover hesitated to point out such defects K.C.S.I., to Tokyo.
In the early delayed Japan's answer.
should go and. die yourself," she added, meat said lio saw the third prisoner at certain exhaustion of egon of *** i
necessities of the moment lias the duty
sectifying
POW
(Wah "Toz Yai "Pe's Service.)
THE CHINESE WAY.
PARING, May 22. Discouraged by the stath of ther ratios finances, Chan Tu Chi, Mini- ster of the Department of Finance, is decided to tender his resignation
it to be influenced by what is going, seen of the practice in the open, na 12 { xixtlı prisotier. Ha had been to this migrown Solicitor: What time wash countries as well as in his gen. He been taken to obtain from Japan on in the other provinces, her govern used to be, and there are good house on his first sit with his mother. ment being an entity in itself and the grounds for believing that the rising The sixth prisiek was there then. Do you know any of the people mostly guided by their generation will be quite different witness's mother) had been to the house
The eighth prisoner (the seventh is can recognise some of them. Ladies Department own tenditions and customs It from the older one in this regard. 214, Recutnation Street on
How many were there 7-More then 100. as resmod te his to accompany is Wilnos recognised the first two ori-country's adaanc ment. In 1910 he wrote, Sir E. Gray ssid the mattor was seems from the report that, through-There cannot be anything like the westerns, Nanbury fight and mine trved inners as being of board The Childar was 8. Jong and memorabile letter which served still the subject of correspondence with out the island all cultivation of the quantity smoked that used to be together in
pirated outside Ping Hui. After being a preface to the Japanese Edition of the Japanese Government. The Home street off Austin Boad pirated the pirates went ashore Witness The Times and in it be declared that he was Government wore unable to state the puppy has been stopped, and that no consumed, and whatever is used must Yurti Wiltese had never seen these wont ashore but no passengers did na.nly partially sati-flod, in my own results of Sir J. Montrath's visit, but native opium is inported. The only be smoked in the private apartments two inen in Maeno.
He mw both of the two first prisoners mind with the present stage of our opium in use there, it appears, is im of the individual smoker, for uot even in Canton. He did not know the won witness Raid be first hoard a row sad the existing nitustim.
The first prisoner said he always lived Describing what he saw of the piracy, bocuse
Carrying a six chnaubered revolver,
progres
The letter is remarkable, hey had no doubt that the change of It prophetically anticipated Government in Japan had anavoidably ported from India, coming in through does one see any public places, at her son, the witness, and what they then the pirates rushed at the passen-day
days.of national ref.cm," #rul Count Hollow in the way of ordinary trade. feast it there be some remaining, they had aid was not true. His mother said gers and anatched from them. He saw a Okums, countries advance bravely and times he went to worship at the tomb he never took witness to Man At that lot of the clothing produced, whics be enthusiastically in their course, but mid
roognised as clothes belonging to passen. way they ste apt to falter; the Civil Administrator of Canton to us to be quite a negligible number.
their
pulso bers and took some monity for w sister. You
grows sluggish and their energies dag" fe send on the information to Peking,
Originally witness in sworn state in some quarters in
mental activity, a and at the same time, to get the
speaking towards die boy, who, she said, now ka mid he did not know. At Manoa gertain relaxation of moral' fibre, a curtain British Minister tliere to agree to the
www her husbands younger brother's wife's he picked out the third pris ner when he tendency towards scepticism, which, it bo festad may react injuriously on proposition that immediately, ull
on. The woman. then said who took the aim on shore.
The detective said that he went on
mmorali y
Defind the immediate The Hippodrome Circus continues for boy once only to Macro Indian opium be at once prohibited a popular and woll patronised. The two The eighth primer said lwo rented the going to commis a piracy. On the 13th thebord with Lam Yee who said he was
these tendencies from entering the island, so that there lady equestrienness, Miss Auguste and said cubicle in the woman's house. May he saw Lan Yee who said that he more pennounced, snd-wo are sure that may be no need to wait till the time Albertà execute onse marvelous bare The ninth said that ho came from the was going to buy twelve tickets for great task
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will prove equal to the last for which bean summoned specified by treaty, when it will be back riding and are quite a hona in country on the third con this year...
aks passengers on the Childers Ho naked from
ha wrought graat their vaulting scene, Sig. Seira as the assumed that China has censed to Sailor Aleft" performs some wonder. not know the witaos,
The rest of tho prisoners said they dewimess to buy. the tickets and witness doods, and senapanee
but just dow she line to reaper equilibrium, & repair cultivate the poppy, and that there ful trial feats, said fu quite happy and
asked a man at Chang Chow to make the the effects of a prolonged strain, and to Inspector Geo Wm. Gerard proved purchas. Witnes banded the tickets to regain clearmors and steadiness of vision, should thus be a complete cutting off unfortable in any position. Ho repeats arresting the first six prisoners on board Luan. Yee at the Ferry or Wing. Lok Upon this polut Count kama policy of all Indian opiunt for smoking parson shooting net while giving excellent at 6 pm. on May 21 They wers
his great success of last year. The Car. the "Tai Shan" at the steamboat wharf Street.
may be awaited with confidence. He is poses for the Chinese people. It lessons in markennaship provides thrills charged with pirating Uw 8.8. Childar and knew that there was going to be trouble the undue industrial exploitation of the Answering Mr. Wood, witmoar said he known to be deeply conscious of the grave danger to the Japnose race involved in appears that the information containing incidents. Those are only a few of the charge we afterwards withdrawn. but he did not know that a piracy lower classes, which in the years to coma ed in the despatch in reliable. The novel and interesting as well as
Chau Kol, 279, Reclamation Street, of the Childar was to take place. Bois likely to prove perhaps the greatest peril writer urges that the Foreign Office lurer items that make up a very good foki, a member of the gang, discharged knew that there was a band of pirates which will beset the nations of the East. in Peking, in consultation with the
Lurned: King's video. He said heat Youmati, and he warned the Com visited the woman's house and saw this mander-in-Chief at Canton of their exist. British Minister, should send delegates.
prisoners there. On the 14th March, the ence
A riekaba coolio has been sent to the to the islands; who could examine
six first prisonery and the woman began Diy Crown Solicitor mentioned that it Government Civil Hospital suffering from closely ints the matter and see for
to pack up their balongings and said they was not intended to pirate the Childar, injuries to his logs and bands which A Dishonoured Cheques themselves wicther the report is in all
were going to the country. He went to but one of the Douglas bopts. There was street, which proved to be too steep for received when trying to densend Aberdeen Mfano with Scr. Browne but be dismistaken the part of some of the bim. regards correct or not. Of course, it The City Printing Co. was sund in the not know on what day. The boy and pirates, Lust be evident that no ordinary Teri Sung for the mum of $120, being four They lived at a bearding house and went as we went to press.
Somary Court this morning by Tong several constables also want to Macso The proceedings were proceeding commission can go through the island months weg Mr. C. A. S. Hues, of to the enttom shop near the Prys, Ho and look into all possible places Goldring and Buss, uppoured for plain, thozo saw the first five men and in ano- where opium could be grown: that iffe; deferanta did not appear. Plain the houten hen the sixfle
tiff said he was employed by the defen The Arst prisoner said he did not
(Very Smart)
Wm. Powell, Id.
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A Rebel Leader Arrested.
Following up a clue given by a tele?: ram from Chan Haut the police have rrastad in the capital a rebel leader named Wong Tak Hel.
Surplus From Salt.
It is estimated that the surplus of the salt revenue will amount to two million dollars monthly. China to Control Tobacco Trado.; Answering a question put to him by stated, that the Government intends to a Foreign Minister, Hang Hai, Ling. control the sale of tobacco, and that no privileges will be given to foreign merchanta
Three man were charged before Mir, | Malleorno this morning" with stealing 05,000 - Governtient oplum labol The
FOR A LAME BACK. Jubels were found in the possession of the sound defondunt at a house in Wyndham WHEN you have pain or lawenes in A GOOD RULE FOR THE HOME.
the back baths the parts with 25 at The two other defendants were MAKE tule of your home to always employed at the Hongkong Printing Press Chamberlain's Pain Balm twice a day, commissions would be likely to pany, in payment of the wages claimed minst him. Ta (prisoner I was an emotion and syainst bowel, complaint, and Master; represented this second defortringent and tend it on! avg bh this possess. Yet it is interesting to note hut the cheque was disbmourist Judg. offices in the Ching Dynasty and accused It always cares promptly and an household dant and pleaded not guilty.org
over the seat of that there uppears to be upon the mors was haven for platuff for the the witness of smuggling nait into China. In ants without it. For s'e by all Chaniste The charge was remanded until Thursday hain. Forzalo byl Churclete und Atore-
Witho had no occupation and two of snd Scorekeepers Me
E
Pure Drugs, Patent Medivinen, ket / would tiko more time, and more guts clerk at $50 a morit. He was know anything about the witnose but onpan band, a bottle of Chamber where the labels were being printed managing with the patio of the hand for patience and self denial than most vivens.cheque by. Afr. Ellis, of the come underfood that he had a grudgesin's Colle, Chinlera and Diarrhoea Remedy Mr. Lawin, of. Musara Johnston Stokes Are minutza at onelt application." Then
YA, QUEEN'S ROAD, HONGKONG,
Bagrong, July 22, 1913