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Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Taggart - MURDER ON THE HICK GRAN. turned to the Colony by the Making.
Mr. R. F. Stewart rode five PRISONER CONDEMNED TO Death.
law is a matter of opinion; of indivi- dual belief. It is, as the most moral men say, a matter for the conscience -which they define as a divinely im- planted knowledge innate in every man. In practical politics, however, (as in the case of "conscientious objectors" moving against the mairwinners on the second day of the current of public opinion) they assume Tientsin Races. that the c.o's are liars which, whether they realize it or not, re-establishes the criterion of morality in the judgement of the cob. The tax populi is the moral arbiter. The law in a democratic country is the Judgement of the majority (unless it be the pious opinion of the dead hand"), which brings us round to where we started. Mores means custom" and gives us at once our word and
meaning.
its.
tons of coal from Wakamatsu to the The Asema Afaru brought 2,900 order of the Yamashita K.K.
The China Merchants Hsin Chang brought 14,000 packages of general cargo on June 7, from the north.
problem of the conscientious morning. She is bringing a Home objector" has worried good people.mail. because it enabled clear, seers to point out to them that their goodness. was largely cant. They could not
The British Admiralty, which agree with our view that a law-abider has had possession of the greater is suficiently moral, because that part of the docks at Dunkirk, has would mean discarding the conscience handed them over for the use of myth. It would also have exonerated mercantile shipplag. the conscientious objectors, for whom the law itself had made special' pro-| vision.
9.9,
MONDAY, JUNE 9, -1919----
DISEASED AND DAMAGED DARING BURGLARY
PAGES.
A BOOK-DOCTOR'S WORK
The "life" of a book in the great public libraries would be shorter than (Sirit is but for the "book-doctors," who
says
the
OF EUROPEAN SHOPS.
CAMPBELL MOORE AND HONGKONG CIGAR STORE LOOTED.
Before the Chief Justice
Supreme Court on Saturday after dose of glue, or a change of shelf- William Rees-Davies, K.C) in the keep an eye on the thousands of volumes and order an operation, a noon, the special Griminal Sessions space as the patient's condition seems held to try Li Heung Lang, a mem to require. Miss Rose Murray, of the ber of the Chinese Labour Corps,
New York Public Library, diagnoses NARROW ESCAPE FOR FALCONER'T. indicted for the murder of a com million
prescribes for some eight
books, patriot on the Tallhybius New York Evening World and The Mishima Marus came into the high seas, whilst The harbour shortly after 10 o'clock this ship was passing the southern end of health and wellbeing." In her ins committed in the centre of the town. theis directly responsible for their that a during burglary bad been This morning it was discovered the Red Sea on May 7 last. was con-pection of the thousands of invalided claded. Both the prisoner and the and incapacitated books Miss Murray both the Hongkong Cigar Store and deceased were members of a conwears a surgeon's apron that com Campbell, Moore & Co.
Burglars had effected a robbery of repatriated to Tsingtau from France. veil with holes cut for the eyes, and tingent of the C.L.C. who were being pletely covers her gown, a cheesecloth The murder was alleged to have been white cotton gloves. Thus equipped, tively simple.
The modus operandi was caug the outcome of a quarrel over she is ready to fight any some money and a gold ring.
The thieves. numb book- have gone up the Hongkong Hotel worms" or germs that might be lurk Annexe stairs to the first door. Here The Acting Attorney General, the ing in the pages of the musty books, they selected the Shanghai I In- Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C, appeared for the Crown whilst the Hon. Mr.rived at her conclusions by picking Mail reporter had a book rent. Miss Murray illustrated how she arsuri noe office for attention. A China C. G. Alabaster, O.BE, (instructed up a volume from the table. [They were all illegally imprisoned
by Mr. E. L. Arissiz) defended the and are still being detained illegally,
prisoner.
"This book cost between thirty a simple master. The wafe tros at- They had forved the look of the shwar, for party political reasons] So some
and thirty-five cents to bind. It has tended to, the cover for the keyholo of them fell back upon the old error
The following were on the Jury: been out only fifty times. This, you being wrenched of but the safe that the majority must be right, and
Messrs. F. V. Ribeiro, W. B. Muskett, see, is much too expensive. He is swers to have resisted all efforts to obstreperous
F. M. Garcia, W. B. Lightburn, V. F. another book. Look at its record-open it. The locks of two dawers minorities immoral "Mr. Lynch, who has been acting Ribeiro, B. M. Webb and], P. Xavier. put 208 times, and with a little thin were forced bus no result obtained. This to the analyst, is a splendid manager of the International Bank opening. He points out that morality at Tientsin since the departure of of Falthybius, stated that the ship pages it is ready for another round been touched.
Mr. H. Tirrell, extra second officer bandage on some of its crippled A larger safe did not seem to live is qualified and conditioned ged-Mr. Brett, is shortly leaving for was ready to proceed to sea.
"What, indignantly another branch, and will be succeed-first port at which the ship stopped which are hopelessly stricken are Campie Moore, & Co.'s hairdres
The cf visits. And so it goes. Books declaimed one Loudon, newspapered bere by Mr. Williams, says the was. Penang, not Colombo. She retired from active life."
Entrance was then sought to man, do you dare to suggest that C. Crine, right is not right, and wong wrong.
stopped at Port Swettenham for two So often." she said, "we find the wrenched up but the borghes found
ing on helma, Bounti all the world over?" Journalists are
days, and at Singapore for five or six outside better than the inside, the days. They had expected to get binding is in good condition but the effet was made close by and gara a bean obstructing them Another away earlier, but were unable to do pages hopelessly soiled,
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Hubert Brand,
Our repceter measured the Fusiest
when it comes to philosophy. They Erbassy in Tokyo, and during the ing of a cargo of iron. He did not the books visit. Many of the public through which the burglars appest a singularly ignorant body of men formerly Noval Attache to the British so owing to difficulty in the unload- deal depends upon the neighbourhood immediate access to the shop below. try to learn usefu" stuff like the contents of Whitaker's Almanach, later stages of the war Captain of know whether any information had school pupils come to the library to and pride themselves on it, arguing been promoted Rear Admiral and murder. About 1,300 coolies had to regard the books as tools, to inches, so the burglar or burghers
the Fleet to Admiral Beatty, has been given at Singapore about the do reference work; they are taught to have got, and found it 12 x that philosophy, logic, metaphysics, etc. are of no practical use to them? decorated with the CM.G.
embarked in the ship at Havre. Imagine the stupid waste of brain
respect them, to give them the pro-st have beer small or very thin. After Lieut. Washbrooke and sever- per care. This has been a great help They made plenty of mess in the stuff involved in memorizing matter wil be held to-morrow afternoon. had given evidence corroborating rare occasion when any of the school dropped into by the assistance of
A meeting of the Sanitary Beard al Chinese members of the contingent in preserving the books, and it is a hairdressing saloon that can be kept handy, and more The Orders of the Day include the the Attorney General's opening state children return a frayed or soiled me. Having got down they stole trustworthily, in a reference book.
which they The Eskimos of the Arctic belt. 21 port of the Committee appointed ment which was reported in Satur- book nowadays." the approach of winter, and especially consider the suggested changes in day's China Mail the medical officer, after a bad harvest, have the custom the draft estimates for 1920, and the Lieut. Carroll stated that when he was a book," Miss Murray continued. through froing a desk and cash box. SCO in caah, scissors, and a bunch It is not possible to fumigate of towels. The cash was obtained of banishing the old people, men report of the Committee appointed called to Lieut. Washbrooke's cabin, past hunting and women past to reconsider and revise the Offen he saw the bloodstains on the pri-daily a list of contagious diseases in Falconers. A good efforts to make a The Department of Health sends The attention was paid to Messes. The poor old dears sive Trades Areas. go willingly, and are accompanied
soner and examined him injuries but the neighbourhood of the libraries, hole in the wall through the upper by wailing mourners, to the snow
The Wing On which was re- had been inflicted on the deceased, cards at the tabooed addresses we made.
found none. Five wounds altogether and if we find any names on our part of Campbell Moore's shop was buta prepared for them apart ported aground by the China Mail three of them skin deep and two notify card-holders net to return the well equipped with took as they They die that the others may returned to wharf at midnight on very serious. There was a wound books, as these will be called for by stopped at a few bricks,
The burglars did not rem live. They would consume Saturday. Speaking to the Chief on the shoulder one and a half in-representatives of the Health Depart food for which they could make no Officer yesterday a Chira Mail re- ches deep and three inches wide. ment. Little chests are provided for Hongkong Cigar Store. They just fair return to society. A young porter elicited that the ship stuck on Another serious wound was made in these infected books.
It was easy work getting into ther Eskimo who might try to shield a the bank. The vessel was only the abdomen. The cause of death has nothing to fear from 16able in. The safe had every attention revered parent from this fate, cr the aground about an hour, when it was
The public forced a connecting docer and walked was shock and loss of blood, which contagion, as the strictest care is from the thieves. It bears the parent who might try to avoid it, pulled off by the Cheung On.・・ He forgets the long prior-to-1870 majority would be ashamed of him,
would be
was due to the aorta being severed. most immoral. The
maintained in regard to this matter."marks of rough handling and the Capt. Brown deposed that he wired invasions of the Palatinate when would execrate him. In Hongkong H. Rowlatt (Reiss & Co.), Moon, at that port saying that he had a Capt. Butland and Messrs. R. from outside Penang to the G.0.0. guerre was la gloire. He forgets the the morality of the thing would be Taylor and Tod (Jardine's), Gilling man charged with murder on board THE ROYAL PREROGATIVE, sems to have withstood the assaults. humiliations inflicted by Napoleon.exactly reversed. What is right ham (Butterfield & Swire) and and that evidence under military law He remembers the horrid indignities of the Prussian occupation after the Yonder would be wrong here. The Cadman (Asiatic Petroleum
The show cases were easily open- Co.) had been taken. The Penang au law of God," in other words, is in were among the returning passengers thorities wired back asking him to in in the case of De Keyser's Hotel has $2,000. debacle, and he feels he can never, terpreted differently by Eskimo and by the China Mail str. Nanking, form the authorities at Port Swetten very naturally been the subject of items whiele are known to be stolen The judgment of the Court of Appeal tity of articles roughly valued at The burglars took away a quant never forget the scenes in the Chinese. The missionary who suc which arrived in Shanghai on June ham. When he went to Singapore much comment. present devastated areas of France ceeded in "converting" that tribe of 1 from San Francisco. That, to be sure," will take some Eskimos to his own view of their
Following is the t of forgetting.
the Police met the ship, and he was a claim by the Crown that, both is expected the valuables the sile The viciouscess and
Briefly the issue on taking a hurried inventory. harded the prisoner over to them.under legislation and by virtue of are intact:- The Kaiping (Captain R. M Mac They stated, however, that the the royal prerogative, it could take vindictiveness of the enemy, irritated custom would probably succeed in To read the French Fress, to talk by the failure of his complacent difficulty which leads to the com- 1,000 tons of cargo to Hongkong. and that it would be some time before for the defence of the realm without jewelery, 1 lot gobi watches, 1 lot
exterminating the tribe. This is the Farlane) from Liverpool brought Criminal Sessions were over there, possession of land or other property cigarettes tubes, with French folk, is just now to gain plans, sowed the wind, and if there monsense conclusion that so long as She also had 15 Belgian, 2 British another would be held. The G.O.C. any obligation to pay compensation.verwatches, I lot diver eigurste Six ermet and goal apones, 6 oz. his country he is sufficiently moral.
man respects and obey the laws of and one American passengers for said he would wire to Mejor Peineger In the court of first instance the
lot enamelled Hongkong. The Kaiping which the Embarkation Officer, to wire to Crown won; in the Court of Appeals, mold cigarete case. 1 loh belongs to the Kailan Mining Hongkong to hold a special sessions it lost, with Lord Justice Duke disundries, silver sovereiga Administration (Dodwell and Co. there. Agents) has just been released from
A smile overspread the features of there are two judges against two, urette box, do Parker foun- senting. Thus, as matters stand,sence bottle, 3 rther-o'-peark Government requisition.
his Lordship at this statement.
cigarette tubes in Hilver cases, and so a very attractive excuse not know whether the wire had been of the Lords. The point in issue is, silver unclure sos, 1 set silver. Continuing witness said he did for inviting the final judgment in pers. silver breakfast at, sent."
His Lordship: As a matter of fact There
in theory at any rate, far-reaching. (toilet). iot marble clories, sub
The China Mail.
A
ATRUTE, JUSTICE, PUBLIO SERVICE.'
HONGKONG, MONDAY, Jusz 9, 1919.
OUR FRENCH ALLIES.
an extra point of view. It is not what we think of them that matters. but what they think of things about which we think we are thinking. An Englishman's thoughts of any foreigner are rarely purely judicial. Nor lest indiscreet comparisons be suspected) can it be said that the French have always understood us. There was a time early in the war when they doubted us, and when their more pronouncedly chauvinistic
.elements failed
ย
to
conceal
dislike of Us. Bet these
by the teaching of events. Just as
the
iz degree to
of 1871. The enemy was the same.
the other. In us, or the contrary,
The object of the one was born of
as
an
be any poetic justice in the world, must reap the whirlwind. Deep in the innermost core of our French- man's being is a cyclonic centre of hatred, and we cannot be surprised, But that is not all find,
we study hira attentively. More deeply rooted than that emotion is his pessimism. He simply cannot believe in our dreams of a new start for civilization. History
it
WC
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MY FOUR YEARS IN .
GERMANY.
A LESSON POR AVERY
NATION.
4
The Emperor of Japan has signi- fied his intention of conferring upon Mr. Alexander Cumming, manager
I
manager unable to open the safe with his key in consequence. It
·ed.
It
Cove.
was
a
time when the diary coins ($12, from shoff's
conflict with individual
added a rider to the effect that it was
yet the
pro-
To
and conscript training have given him Royal, Hongkong had its first oppor-Yokohama, who is shortly leaving to is a matter for the Supreme Court. royal prerogative as
On Saturday might at the Theatre of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire, it does not concern the G. O. C.; it friends of freedom regarded the dower), and 8 dox, briar.pipes. a profound and gloomy conviction tuzity of seeing the widely-read and take up the position of Secretary of Captain Brown reported the matter Hence the renown of Hampden and Store safe another effort was inde that all that sort of talk is merely much discussed book "My Four the Homeward Conference, the Fourth and handed the mar into the custody the fame of the Ship Money case, off to effect an entrance into Messrs. thoughts can be modified by time and foolish or worse. That the Germans Years in Germany shown upon the Class Order of the Rising Sun in of the Police there and it was for which every well-trained Englishman Falconer's. It is surmised that the the enemy. Alongside the Hongkong Cigar will come again seems to him as sure as Screen. Ex-Ambassador, Mr. James appreciation of services rendered by them to take the proper steps. the English opinion of the Frenchman death, as inevitable as a natural law. w. Gerards, book is illuminative of him in promoting tradal relations is more favourable than it was a What he desires above all is the what things were like in Germany, between Great Britain and Japan, Capt. Brown said be could produce or the judgments in it. Then came they hul suffered no loss, very featu hundred years ago, so the Frenchman secure feeling that the next essay On the screen the story is more especially in matters relating to other witnesses, if required.
Cross-examined by Mr. Alabaster, those who have read the arguments i
has heard, though few indeed are hurgans were disturbed. thinks much better of us than he did. shall be foreseen, and prepared for, vividly portrayed. It behoves every shipping. He is, however, puzzled what to make and
Enquiry at Falconer's showed that defeated. Vengeance of us now that the war is won and yes, because
Prisoner stated that he was forced King became vested in Ministers victims of a burglary a few months now, one, especially civilians, to see this there have been flm play.
a time when the authority of the nately for them as they were the the field ploughed and ready for the deeds that demand it and cry replanting. To the Frenchman, and aloud for it; but now and here a damnable effect upon a country chances of competitors in the Atlantic of the bloodstains on bis knife, right the people. But this philosophical
to make a confession of murder on responsible to Parliament, and there ago and were the losers of avalcalle In flying circles there was a good the ship by the other coolies, who arose the dictum that the prerogatives lot of powellery, etc. It enables one to clearly see what deal of private speculation upon the threatened to kill him. The presence of the Crown are the privileges of especially to the French journalist, after, preparation and security. As militarism
war was only
has. The Naval and fight. A member of the Royal Aero shirt sleeve, and forehead was due gem rather lost sight of two qualifica heen disturbed, the burglars left by different yet, save in the minds of a more Military in Germany were first and Club writes: the war thoughtful few, the League of foremost in all matters of the chances of successful flight before nose while going to the captain'stions that the prerogative might the same way as they entered.
Eetting odds on the to his having received a blow on the
Having furnished their work, or Nations is an idea like a fairy tale. country's policy, It can comfort only children. M. Clemenceau, surely a venerable and at work that enabled the officer to be 7 to 2 Hawker, 7 to 2 Raynham, 10 Court, His Lordship summed up ters might develop a personality through the Sinnghai Life Insurance
May 31 were as follows just before cabin. There was that pernicious influence the accident to the Short machine: he sees an inexplicable tendency to rather pitiful "Tiger" typifies this above the laws devised for the to 1 Short, 10 to 1 Handley Page, 15 briefly and the Jury brought in a of their own, and
After Counsel had addressed the perty rights (as in the De Keyser get back they borrowed a ladder in separate this war from all other average outlook. He is indulgent to masses. Early in the picture the to 1 Fairey, 20 to 1 Boulton and unanimous verdict of
case), and that the King's Minis Cempbell Moore's shop and retired wars, to regard it
a'
the L. O. N. proposals now, after Zabern incident was shown. That Paul." .event unique in
Guilty," but the the history making sure of Alliances. It is the should be an object lesson for all
te neither office. of the world.
servants of the King nor We talk of unique Alliances in which he trusts. requirements and opportunities in
men. With
militarism ruling it!
a pity more evidence had not beer
servants of Parliament
They left behind two pieces of the line of reconstruction.
A house coolie named Ko Chi-produced by Captain Brown, who people. Finally, we are at another rope, a dirty towel, and a heap of We
was impossible for a Social Demo-hsiang, formerly employed by the stated that he had other witnesses. betray a rather foolish fondness for
crat member of the Reichstag, late Mr. and Mrs. Gumpert, now
stage, when many people are begin-plaster, etc., in the hairdressing altruistic programmes.
to obtain the arrest or trial of awaits trial at Tientsin by the Chinese in justice to Captain Brown and the State may not have too much power,
ning to ask themselves whether the saloon. The Attorney-General stated that, Can this be some obscure game of ours,
the notorious Lieut. Von Forstner. Authorities on the charge of double Crown, he wished to state that there legislation. One can imagine a "Bol- Hongkong Cigar Store are stocked some occult, half-betrayal of English
Forstner's superior officer screened murder, says the Peking and Tientsin was no evidence as to the actual shevik" State, for example, doing all exclusively by the ecopany which
whether you call it prerogative or
Some of the goods stolen from the When a magistrate says that a him, the War Minister praised him. perfidy? He does not want to certain act was wrong legally but not
Timer. The B. M. Police have been murder as the jury seemed to think sorts of desperate things by virtue of think that. As yet he does not think morally, one gets a slight shock, port of the officer by his fellow was committed and the suspect, who fial, as in most other cases of murder. Crown contended in the De Keyser for the stolen property.
There is that cliqueism, that sup. seeking this man ever since the crime The evidence was merely circumstan that royal prerogative for which the may help the Rodice in their searal" it. But is it not a strange attitude Where the law calls a morally right officers against any attempt at com knew the Police were after him, kept where there was a difficulty in get case; though, to be sure, a "Bolshe Athen the real and obvious duty of action wrong, the law is immoral, on mou justice, that was rampant in continually on the move up and down ting people who could say "I saw vik" Government might do them with complained bitterly that these bar- the moment is to salute with respect the face of it, but the magistrate, Germany, and that exists in a more the country, and was eventually taken the man being killed." the tardy arrival of Nemesis? Forty appointed to administer the law as it or less degree in all armies and into custody at Han Shan-hsien, 200
The manager of a shop neurhy eight years ago the enemy won, and is, and not as he may think it ought navies. It is done, ostensibly, in the miles south of Changsha, Hunan. France paid the price of defeat. to be, should not quarrel with ft. blessed cause of discipline. Discip
His Lordship. There is no reficer without such a respectable preced- To-day the same enemy has lost and Of course in the case to which line has much to answer for..
tion on Captain Brown. He is notat. Of course the judges try not to giuries in the heart of the ofty are conducting the case. must, also pay. Decidedly there must we are alluding it
consider cases as involving problems possible, and deprecated that any. would
The Attorney-General: I have of political philosophy, but merely as one can go up the stairs of the Hoo;- produced every shred of evidence I philosophy is sometimes there, whe kong Hotel Annexe.
involving problems of law. But the
Lie wants to Prisoner: I have nothing to say: politics are influenced by ideas.
ther they like it or not, and even know what the watcimen te It is a false accusation. I have not
doing. killed anybody. I would have had something to say had deceased's friends come to Court.
LEGALITY AND MORALITY,
be It is a splendid film, clearly shown
The Folice have now obtained
His Lordship, in passing sentence SAFE, SURE, ALWAYS CURES,
be no talk of her not paying, for stupid toe prétend there that were unthinkable.
could and the characters are realistic. The FUNERAL OF LATE INSPR, thought would be useful.. Moreover, be any doubt of his Worship's mean-treatment of the inhabitants of the it has to be observed, there must be ing, or that it was a sensible opinion invaded territory, the vile treatment no return match.
TERRETT. The Germans in the circumstances. Except so far of the prisoners, the anxiety of the were terrible in 1871, but they have as the case serves as a reminder, we Kaiser and his military advisers to been more terrible even while they are now done with it. What follows cause a war, makes one honestly were being beaten. It is a dangerous has no particular reference to it. hate the Germans and resolve to confirmation of the report of the beast, a beastly dangerous animal There is no standard of morality make every effort to prevent the recovery, of the body of Inspector of death, said:-The jury, on the Onot suffer from cramp colle or pain this enemy, and must have its teeth (for the reasonable, reasoning man) reins of government ever being pulled Terrett. Last night it was known clearest possible evidence, have found drawn and its claws pared. How, other than the law. The moral man in our own country by "the highly the body was he demands, call this a war to end is the law-abiding man, and the man placed advocates of conscription or Perdue, Inspector Garrod and a right, and my duty, to say that the right spot and giren immediate relief, war if the only means of ensuring who satisfies the law is sufficiently similar form of militariam.
at Poklo and Mr you guilty of murder, It is only Colic and Diarchod Remedy goes to the the end be not rigorously pursued? moral. For this reason. The moral For our Frenchman is very hurman, ity of any action not covered by the at the Theatre Royal.
The film is showing again, to-night which if here in time will be buried could not possibly give any other for sale By All Chemists and Store-
party left to bring back the remains, Jury, with the pleadings before them, not afford to be without
you are abject to attacks of this kind. at 5.30 to-morrow.
keepers.
verdict.
in the stomach when Chamberlain's
Having a look round our repres sentative saw additional bolts, and bars being put on the doors of sane
of the offices in the annose.
or ourly this morning, as Campbell, The burglary took place last night
Moore's was open till midday on Sunday.
There are no arrests yet.