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the Far East, it does not at present involve any change in the| policy of the United States in regard to the Far East, and it cannot therefore involve a change in the policy of the other Powers whose policy is identical. Precisely what the objects of the agreement are we shall have to wait and see,
CONSCRIPTION FOR HONGKONG,
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT'S" PROPOSALS GENERALLY
APPROVED.
His Excellency The Goremor has received a telegram fron: the Secre
for the Foreign Minister of Japan bas stated that the terms of the tury of State for the Colonies stating agreement cannot be disclosed "in that the proposals of the Colonial view of future military operations Government with regard to conscrip, tior: are generally approved, but that
against the enemy." It requires no effort of the imagination to recognise
the age limit is reduced to 40 and that without an agreement with Japan of the pature indicated, the the men conscripted are to be sent future may hold grave perils for to India to undergo training with a China, as well as for the Far Eastview to being subsequently drafted. generally, which the responsible
as required. Governmenta in Asia cannot afford to ignore.
CHARGE OF MURDER
NEWS OF THE DAY.
CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
The China
Mail.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
HONGKONG, TULEDAT, May 21, 1912.
MILITARY AGREEMENT BY
CHINA AND JAPAN...
Mr.
F. Knight is acting Superintendent of the P. & U. Co. in Hongkong in the absenes of Mr. E. V.
D. Parr.
In the 48 hours of the 19th and
A juror who failed to spear when his name was called at the Criminal Sessions this morning was fined by the
Chief Justice in the sum of $20.
Attention is drawn to the advertise. ment regarding the interesting. War Films which are to be shown at the Victoria Theatre to-morrow night.
A
The May Criminal Sessions were opened this morning, Sir William Roos Davies, E.C, Chief Justice, sitting in the First Court and Mr. Justice Gom. perte sitting in the Second Court.
BEPORK SIR WILLIAM RIES
DAVIES, K.C.3
Saro Dina Javanese, was charged with the murder of Mohamed Batcho, also a Javanese.
The accused pleaded not guilty. The Attorney General, instructed by the Crown Solicotor, appeared on behalf
of the Crown and Mr. R. E. Bes instructed by Mr. P. W. Goldring, defended the accused.
THE MAGISTRACY.
MURDER CHARGE WITHDRAWN.
PERSON."
TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1918..
A Sanitary Board coolie was charged CAN HE SUE IN A BRITISH COURT the defendant would mately suspend the
before Mr. J. R. Wood. this morning, with the murder of ons Wong Shing at Third Street, West Point, and also with unlawfully cutting and wounding another Chinese.
Mr. Leo. d'Almada appeared for the defendant.
Ensportor. Macdonald asid he had consulted the Captain Superintendent of Police and had been advised to with draw the ebarge as there was not, sufficient evidence against the defendant His Worship discharged the defen dant.
DECISION BY THE SUPREME.
GERMAN PROTECTEDhen the matter was before me the other. day to depend upon whether in a case of the action actually coming before the | Court, the Cours on its owns motion or an the application and'or defende raised by,
sation or wild actually give judgment - against that the plaintiff. If it appears. the dafendant would be entitled to judge ment then the action would be dead, and plaintiff would take po advantage from baring issued the writ. It seems to me that question, must be answered against the applicant. Then Mr. Horie,. who does not now: baas: his applica tion upon those considerations asks
writ and that it should he allowed to lie that he should be entitled to take out a in the tea for 13 months. I do not
COURT FOR CHINA.
Bis. Honour Judge Sir Haviland de Sagamarez renrleted judgment in H.. Supreme Court at Shanghat last week on the application of Mr. The Eckhardt, a German protegi for permission to ane in the Britian Court. The applicant was represented by Mr. N. Q. Home.
think I min accede to that proposal. He relies upon the netice at home. Tho practice here is different and our practice provides for immediate service, which
the practice here, and the practice in
The judgment was se follows This is an application for the isatie of
matter of essential difference between aurons against British sabject by Theodore Bokhardt, who is of German origin. It is necessary under, rola US
England. The rules asregards flerenewal. (3) that to complete a grit of summon of the writ is the same in our sales as it an order for services shall be endorsed thereon. Where the registrar has ground to believe that the would-be plaintiff is an alien enemy the practice is to refuse this endorsement without an order from
judge, hence this mation.
is in the orders of the Supreme Court. If the procedure at home allows to the plaintiff a greater latituda bacause the afficer who issues the writ is not advised at once of his energy nationality, I cant
should apply in this ecurt
where
OPIUM DRUSsi Before Mr. J. R. Wood this morning, a Chinese was charged-with-being in unlawful possession of 8.5 taals of opium drops.
Defendant's excuse was that the opium dross was given him by a friend who said the quantity only smounted come to Shanghai, he renounced" his diligence, and when you consider the of the proper American authority. same A in the English rule. it is abun application in the same you to the to dantly clear that the ruis at home is not man Consul General in Shanghai
there in order to grant facilities to the registration as a German subject plaintiff, but to assure that be will not refused, but registration sa a German protected person was grated to him. be deprived of bis rights if he uses due diligence or can show any other good His submission is that he is 's person cause why he should have a renewal of without nationality and is not debarve his writ from suing in one of His Majesty's Courts as an alien enemy.
The facts are that the applicant wing 30-reason why-those-consc
is entirely different. Our rule is that service should be made, through an
born in Germany in 1887, he went to the United States in 1881 and was naturalisad as an American citizen in officer of the Court and that it should 1903. In 1904, having in the months be made at once, at all events with due American nationality with the sanction provising of re e 100 (3), which is the
1
to three taels.
His Worship faed the defendant $100 with the alternative of six weeks' hard labour in default of payment
ALLEGED THEFT FROM A
SOLDIER:
A Chinese was charged before Mr. J. R. Wood this morning, with the larceny of a rain-cost, and various other articles, the property of a soldier at Shaukiran.
·
+
for
THE FRAWLEY COMPANY.
In those circumstances as the plaintiff is not able to use due diligence and it Mr. Home has with my approval does not seem to me the words "good appeared for the applicant and I am
euse" provide such a reason as I am obliged to him for his assistance. It at entitled to look at in a case of this kind. once occurred to me that the case of I must refuse the application. parte Weber (1910, 1- A p. 191.) would present dificulties to the applicant, and after consideration of the German Im perial and State Nationality Law of A Chinese said he had the defendant 1913, I am of opinion that in principle distinction between that arrested when he discovered he had the there is no
ciso and the present.
Mr. Home has come to the same con stolen articles in his possession.
His Worship remanded the case until clusion, but nevertheless it will be woll to indicate abortly how the master stands. Weber, who bad, resided in England for Eftrem years and being to its utmost for seating seedmmodation then 39 years old, was interned in a war last night when the Framley Company. to-morrow.
camp; he contended that he was of no nationality. By paragraph 17 of the presented #Kick In" and, in doing so, law of 1913, state citizenship is lost, put the seal on the success achieved on smongst other causes, by foreign natura-Saturday last. lisarion and by non-fulfilment of military
ASSAULTING THE POLICE
THE negotiation of the Agreement 20th inst. inclusive there were only five cases of cerebrospinal fever and four for military co-operation by China | and Japan to preserve the peace deaths. 444 of the Far East, which is threatened by German activities in Siberia, has not proved an susy matter apparently, 525-LADY'S MUFF and CAPE It is an undisguised fact that the Skins; and two White Furs at $10 cachgeneral attitude of the Chinese people Apply from 19 to 7 p.m. Room 6c, towards any proposals made to the
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Chinese Government by Japan is ous of suspicion and distrust, and not event the recent agreement between the United States and Japan, Mr. G. A. Chadwick, Manager of
Opening the case for the Crown, the | which while recognising Japan's Messrs. Butterfield & Swire's Dalry Attorney General said the jury might [443"ṛpecial interests" in China, re-branch is to be transferred to Wahu; find some little difficulty in the names affirmed in the clearest manner possible and will be relieved by Mr. B. Danniston of the actors in the tragedy, owing to the old international understandings The China Mail Steamship Co's the witnesses not being familiar with 50 PEARL THREAD NECKLACE regarding the open door and equal. Ching led from Sha Francisco for Javanese names; otherwise the case and FRABL PIN CRAVAT trade opportunities, has not served the Orient on Thursday last, 16th inst., was a simple one. Counsel said that Apply from 15 to 7 pm.
[468 very appreciably to ally apprehen- and will be due here on or about 14th.the fair arose over gambling Chinese was charged with being King Edward Entel.
dispute. The deceased. together with unlawful possession of 39 taels ion. Profiting by experience of Jane.
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A Consignment of
A Chinese was sharged before Mr. The jurymen were:-Mars H. F.E. D. C. Wolfe this morning, with Allgood, J. McCubbin, E Ezra, A. Cattempting to export eight tls of Botelho, B. A. Louis, E. Howard and J, prepared opium and also with assaulting G. Garraway.
Sergt. Fallon who searched him.
Mr. H., K. Woo appeared for the defendant.
the accused, and two other men were
His Worship remanded the case until next Monday, fixing bail at 1500.
LAST NIGHT'S PERFORMANCE.
The Theatre Royal was again taxed
service, the latter is taken to have hap In contrast to the opening piets, pened if the person concerned has not last night's play was melodrama-red caused a definite decision to be taken as
PALM sarica of his lubilitetes is 31st year, an event thrills, but one long thrill from the ting
military service by the melodrama-not the time he completes! which had happened in Waber's case. A careful study of the German Art shows the curtain rises to its fall on a me that such a person is in exactly the melodramatic but happy ending, of the same position as one ho has acquired most approved type. foreign naturalisation. I am accurslingiy
"Kick In" is an Americaniam Indi
relieved from the difficulty of decirling
the effect for the purpose of admit storcating a "throwing up of the sponge
ILLICTT OPIUM.·
in
In Mr. Wolfe's court this morning, a ing English law of the German law on
Eckhardt as it has been decided by the and like most melodramas, there is little
of
House of Lords in Weber's case Lord attempt at a plot, rather is the play, to Buckmaster says "it is quite plain that
there still remain attached to this man use cinema language, a series of episodes, certain ties by which he is bound to his the central figure being former "crook." native country, there are certain obliga
earlier diplomatic negotiations, efforts Mr. E D. C. Wolfe resumed bis gambling in a boarding house have been made to keep the exact post as Le First Police Magistrato in the vicinity of No. 9 Police Station found is u amall tin defendant was tions that he might be called upon to He has been running straight" and nature of the proposals secret, and today. Mr. A. Dyer Ball, who has Wanchai. There wars quarrel between, although the negotiations have been been acting as Second Police Magistrate; the prisoner and one of the other men,
a
KODAKS AND FILMS of a rather protracted nature, the has been transferred to the Imports and the deceased interfered to stop the man at Mongkok to convey, the opiam see that the applicant has discharged stolen a very valuable necklace and has
Sergt. Cooper said the opium was
discharge if he went back to his country; has settled down into honest married there are certain rights, which be is carrying in Connaught Road Central.
Defendant said he was engaged by entitled to enjoy if he remains away, life, but is unwillingly driven to har In the circumstances I am unable to bour an erstwhile "pal" who has the burden that is cast upon him of quarrel and finally assisted to turn the to Hongkong. and Exports Offcc.
Two street coolies were sent to the accused out of the house. The accused Government Civil Hospital as the result apparently brooded over this and finally
Just received by the **EMPRESS OF RUSSIA."
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MEMO, FOR "TO-DAY
Royal Pay: "13th Chair".
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secret has been kept with a success for which it would be difficult to find a parallel at Peking. This very secrecy, however, has bad its dis advantages because it has given rise to surmises which are not justified by the facts. The whole of the Chinese students in Japan, went on "atriks" in opposition to the Con-
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of injuries received through motorwaylaid the deceased and stabbed him. accidents. One of the coolies had both The matter was reported to the Police his leg injured, though not seriously, Station and the accused was arrested. and the other had his left arm and In his depositions, taken at the Hospital, the deceased accused the prisoner of shoulder bruised..
stabbing him.
Macfarlane, Government Bac teriologist, gave technical evidence.
After hearing further evidence the ca was adjourned.
The Hon Mr. E. R. Halbfax Hon. 8.15--Frawley Co. at the Theatie vantion, which they said would Secretary, War Charities Committee, reduce Chins to a Japanese Pro-informs us that one pair of binoculars toctorate, and in China itself the from Dr. K. H. Dieby, Hongkong, is] ·
received for forwarding to the Manager THE YEE WO STREET MURDER 2.3) p.m.-Auction of Furniture &c.at pains taken to keep, then to be added to the list of glasses
provisions of the agreement from st Rughes & Hough's.
of the Lady Roberts' Field Glass Fund. 9.15pm-Frawley Co at the Theatre the knowledge of the general public
Play: "The House of Glass".
have but served to stimulate the
-MIMO. FOR TO-MORROW.
GENERAL MEMORANDA.
-TURDAY, May 23'-
**
A fine of $1,000 was imposed.
FREE FIGHT AT "BOMBAY.
CHINAMEN. TOWNSPEOPLE.
showing that he has so completely been very badly injured in the "get divested himself af German nationality away." That is indeed suficient that be can be treated for the purposes
are circumstances
~12 30 pin-China Fire Insurance Co. one made to the Chinese students in is to be extended so as 'to includ. +P Hoi' was -also, concerned and was the scene. The latter also got hold of the Majesty the persona subject to his Company meds the most of their "book"-
Ltd. Yea:ly Meeting.
12.45 p.m.-British Traders Insurance
Co., Ltd., Yearly Meeting.
9.15 p.m. Frawley Co. at the Theatre FRIDAY, May 14 -
Empics Day.
While Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Johnston
of this application as though he were to material around which to weave a series longer & German citirem.
of thrilling incidents, but in addition, It has been orged that
these lust words and the stress laid by the House advantage is taken of that somewhat of Lords on the fact that Weber might be mystic but much heard of American eslied upon to perform military dutica institution." The Third Degree," which
to Germany indicate that onships, had regard to policy in lends itself admirably for adding em Bombay, April 98
their Lordships..! A free fight, fortunately unattended deciding the particular case, and that phasis to slready highly thrilling by any fatality, occurred in Bombay on the circumstances as well as the poi matarial. In the endeavours to run its Sunday evening between some China discussed are different. That is true man and number of townsmen. It and, even though there is nothing in the quarry to earth, we are shown what we appears that a police.constable saw three judgment of the House to indicate this sincerely trust are not really the methods
will shortly examine the argument. Chinamen pulla coschman offs privats carriage and start assaulting him. He It is clear that it is not for the Court of the American Criminal Investigation". at once ran up and succeeded in getting to my what public policy shou'd be, but
which indicate Department, for if last night's represen- hold of two Chinamen, whilst the third if there are peglaston then the Coart tation gives a true and correct iden of ran away. The two hinamen who were the purpose of
therefrom, or as Ï
I how the United States Police go about provisions Before Mr. Justice Gompertz, Pan arrested then started struggling and the may deduce its policist the their duties, the sooner ather, and viore·
policeman was knocked down. A crowd The British Consul General stam, alias Kai Ka Lan, was charged immediately collected. Then one of the should prefer to put-1 will public imagination to amazing efforts. Shanghai announces that information with the murder of Lai Man, at 43 Yes Chinamen, it is sileged, drew a penknife Court in the application of the lawaan humane methods are adopted the beiter.
but before be could use it he was arrested By the Orders in Council which govern The only official statement which has reached him to the effect that the Wo Street on March 30, in which affair by two other policeman who appeared on the extraterritorial jurisdiction of His However, right or wrong, the Frawley other Chinaman and marched them off jurediction are British subjects includ- and it would be impossible to witness Noon-Union Insurance Society, of has been me on the subject was plan of registration for military service
They were fol- ing British protected persons and such Canton, Ltd.. Yearly Meeting.
Britishers up to the age of 50 and it is tried and sentenced to death on May to the police station,"
lowed by a large crowd who were foreigners As by treaty or otherwise are the performance of a play of its kind, 18 Last. Japan who were told that the new requested that those between the ages of Mr. F. C. Jenkin, O.B.E., on behalf hooting and shouting. Suddenly about under his protection. An Order in better handled.
four or five other Chinaman appeared, Council is an authoritative statement of arrangement, then in negotiation 41 and 50,, not having already sent in
the extraterritorial rights of Germany Deputy Commissioner of Police at Mr. the Crown, and Mr. J. C. Alabaster, try, and release their countrymen. In between China and Japan, was returns, should apply for the necessary of the Attorney General, appeared for their objective it is presumed, being to the scope and purport of a treaty, and Mr. G. A. Forbes as the relentless trying to get through the crowd they must have been practically the same: sa Reynolds Denniston and Mr. W. H. "solely for the purpose of guarding forms at the Consulate.
O.RE, defended the accused.
struck out right and left. The crowd our own. The right to grant protection against the intrasion of the German
The jurymen were:-Messrs. J. then turned on these man and started is ill-defined and as Eckhardt had that Claire as his assistants, played their
bited. They, it is made for examine how be obtained in order menace in the Far East. This of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank at Hooper, T. C. Nixon, J. H. Douaithorne, belabouring them a stated, hade for protection it is necessays that I should parts to pericetion. Mr. H. Mortimer statement, which was made of the Peking were entertaining guests at their W. P. Neeson, C. A. France, 3. Stark, War Bunder camp and returned with that I may appreciate the circum-the reformed "rook," and Miss Kathry
some gangs of Chinumen armed with 13thr inst., went on to say: “It is residence recently, by a burglar, broker Outlining the case for the prosecution, sticks and iron bars. An affray took tances which I have to consider. It is 1 Browne Decker as his wife, play apto each place between some townsmen and the apparent that he obtained protection other in their combination part in a mene
virtue of his possessing in the Hongkong Stock Exchange Settlement premature to publish the provisions into the house and ransacked a bedrooms, Mr. Jenkin, described the details of the Chinamen in which the Chinese man the Gerran authorities such qualifica ner which leaves nothing to be desired.
Day.
of the new arrangement, but any-taking therefrom a choice electione, already reported, which are was broken up and ran in all directions for asiender his position analsgonet Miss: Florence Chapman, ze Memphis
Altogether 27 Chinamen, three towns that of a German sabject. A considers THURDAY, Kay 30:-
Noon Star Ferry Co. meeting. thing reporting its aim and purpose of furs, jewellery, and other valuables.
other than the above mentioned in Presumably the departure of the guests briefly that three men, the accused, men and thres policemen were taken lotion of the acts of the German author Bessie, another reformed, but, and to
interupted his depredations and made the deceased and the man already hospital, where eight Chinamer, one toxnaman and three palicemen were entirely erroneous, the new arrange him seek safety in flight; because, a sentenced Hired in a cubicle together detained for treatment ment being simply and solely for the sabasquent search fortunately revealed at No. 13 Yes Wo Street, and on- purpose of protecting the peace of the booty, (with the exception of some the morning of the crime, noirea the Far East against the German $30 in cash which is still missing) done
up in a traveling rig at the foot of the were heard in the cubicle and it HENGEONG TRAMWAY CO., LTD. was absequently discovered that menace in view of Russia's collapse." back wall in the compound. Therefore, the Chinese students were earnestly advised to remain peaceful,
for week. trusting to the authorities of both
One of the most mournful documents condemned man, who returned to the Governments We do not know published in Germany for a long time is cubicle and subsequently the two other whether this statement has had the the Bamburg Chamber of Commerce's
report for the year 1917. It begins with men were arrested. During his trials ... 13,085 mon the Chinese a sad explanation that for the fourth the condemned man accused the prisoner Last year desired effect among students in Japan, large numbers of year in succession the Chamber
to deal with any activities" in the once of the murder, stating that there had Increase whom were on the point of returning mighty Elbe part, except the efforts of bean a quarrel over a womED.
its hard-pressed community to combat Evidence was then taken, after which home, but if it did not, the report the rigours of war. Hamburg's trade. BOOKS&PAMPHLETSASPECIALTY from Washington on the subject will the report makes plain, is utterly ruined the case was adjourned,
MONDAY, May 27-
pm-Auction of Crown Land at P.W. B. EDUMDAT, May 99-
FRIDAY, May 31 : "
5.30 p.m. Extraordinary General Meeting of Members of Hongkong Club.
NOTICE.
HIGH-CLASS PRINTING
AND
BOOK BINDING
THE CHINA MAIL OFFION
DYING HAMBURGATA
is unabla
The entry of the United States and of possibly help to reassure them. It is Fouth American countries into the war, Gith the consequenti eizure of skipe ro- made clear in this that whatever
PEACE ces presenting roundly uno quarter of the rade Cironisks arrangements have been made were mars German Marcar
deser bed ass 1817 event made with the knowledge and general Hamburg's cup of grief to one approval of the Entente Powers, But Hamburg do bt regre and that, since it is purely an arrange
Printed.
iment for the period
forespur enemies
and C. B. M. Young
суса of
ties show that this is the case, for bilst by Gertian law the Consular anthorities say, unrepentant member of the under
Germany
could not restors to him his world, is clever and amusing, r nationality, they at once.
protection thus showing that to him. D. Howard, as the drug-socklen
who
he was a
person who was thought worthy and brother of the reformed crook's wife
would almost certainly have been faultlessly portrays a character diffenit,
German granted cave to resume The approximate statement of traffic nationality; had his application been to deal with without exaggeration. Mins Edna Keeley as Myrtle Sylvester, the & murder had been committed. The
Then there is the Prociamation of His woman madly in love with the wounded deceased's wages, due to him from receipts for the week ending 19th May made in accordance with the law
Majesty in Comocil of the 5th June, thiefs has a most difficult emotionat. Aggregate 1915, extending to persons of enem the Sagne Refinery, were drawn by the
Receipts
Receipts for nationality resident or carrying on part to play which requires an actress
20 weeks.: ness in China, proclamations for the time
isas follows
Becrease
267,317:
4,067
being in force relating to trading with of the highest order to deal with, and the enemy, in the same manner as they the part lost nothing by Miss Keeley's 263,150 apply to persons resident or carrying on handling Comic relief S
bullossa in so tociny Zepuntry, a plain indication of the policy of His Majesty's by Miss Valentins Bydne
biza el bug-bouse keeper, sud. Mine Government
It is clear think, that the Lloyd, as her young and stances of the applicant are not such as will free him from the, trammels het daughter, who wan about him by the German laws of Own Adairs nationally they are understood by Is disease is so dangerous and so the bigbest Court, in the United King Lyapid in its development that every
ACROUP.
A GOOD RULE FOR THE HOME mother of young children should be do and, if a many humbly say sob
rule of you
keep on
rlaix
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prepared for it spry risky to Valtro until the attack of croup appears and
Mex Houd then made applicati
then send for inedicure and let Me calki. Ma client should be entitled, adderantil it can be ghiained Chamrit and that it should be
bean safe-guards berlain's Cough Remedy is prompt sad tints It lays ellectual and has
household is le Zust
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