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JAPANESE.
LOCAL IND GENERAL
Among the passengers who left Hongkong by the "Veneruels" to-day were Mrs. D, K. Blair and Mr. Kay Gunn
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The forthcoming wedding is an nounced of Mr. John Willam Deakin, Custodian at Government House, to Miss Sarah Ellen Hmwick.
LOGIL AND GETIRES.
The passenger train service between Samshui and Canton was resumed to schedule on Monday.
It is proposed to have a short Service in St. John's Cathedral at an Armistice Day, 10.30a.m. November 11.
Two Chinese living at No. 347
The Californians have arrived at the stage af feeling against the Japanese which is beyond all rea- sonable argument, and some of the less reputable Japanese papers have began to include the ugly itiative of Holland, the question of awakened last night by nine unarmed in their comments. spiam will be brought before the men who broke into their cubicle and
of $111. Nations.
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1923.
CANTON SITUATION.
DEVELOPMENTS EXPECTED.
"HOPES FOR CONSÜTTVIIONAL,
GOVERNMENT.
According to the Conton Time Canton will be the centre of interest the next few months.
`AN ANGRY LADY,
THOUGHT TRAFÍIO
REGULATION BED TAPE.
There was a "scene” yesterday evening, about 5 o'clock, near the King Edward Hotel. It appears that while the lady left the ricsha to do some shopping, a Chinese sergeant who is attached to the Traffic Depart ment of the Central Police Station,
It is reported that, on the inReclamation Street, Yaimati, were in political and military affairs during and whose duty it is to see that all
ricsba pullers hold. Bcences, At present, the Cantonese troops questioned the lady's coolie, and the
We hope it will hot come to that, frst assembly of the League of stole clothing and money, to the value \ occupying Canten are labouring to latter being unable to produce his
for both sides would be worse off, and neither gain by it. While we are convinced that the Californians
Two new fuel oil storage tanks, of 8.000 tons capacity each, are in course of erection at Ferim and Aden, and will be completed within the next six months.
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wards the disarming and the reor. licence, the sergeant was about to arrest him when the lady made her The funeral of Mr. Frederickganization or deportation of Kwangsi appearance and rescued him. The Herbert, Chief Officer of the "Foo- have less to complain of than the
shing took place on Monday. Mr. troops still in Canton. So far there sergeant's attempts to recapture his bulk of them suppose, and that a
Herbert had been in the service of has been no serious opposition, except prisoner In spite of the lady annoyed her. She talked. A European Sergeant odize reteadi cauld easily be at
the Indo-China Steam Navigation at the Hill of the Goddess of Mercy tumed up to ascertain the cause Company since 1910. He was 38 where a number of Kwangsi troops
the unusual crowd gathering. He ranged if the element of vulgar race
years of age. prejudice could be suppressed. we
were shot for delaying to surrender must have wished he had not inter- A well-known firm in Kuala cannot admit that anything, has
"Buster," a favourite police dog, their arms, and at the White Cloud fered, for the lady, who was unable happened to justily certain "bitter Lumpur has circularised its customers
Chinese constable with her mixture Japanese cominerts we have seen.with an ordinary bill form on which met with a sad end yesterday, when Mountain, where a regular battle to make much headway with the Nor can we admit the reasonable. is typed "You do not owe us a cent. he was run over by the early outward) was necessary to dislodge the regiof Chinese and pidgin English, turned.
train at the first level crossing atĮments of San Pao-fan.
on the new comer and gave him Taipo, "Buster's" master, Sub-
The topics now before the military quite a good piece of her mind. Inspector Ingham is absent from the and the political leaders are the pos- Why don't the police leave innocent Colony on leave.
sible war on Kwanysi or on Lu Yung-ricsha coolies alone? Why don't they ting, by Kwangtung or by the coming do real work by going after speeding proposed Constitutional Government motor drivers? These and other and the regrouping of provinces samlar questions were hurled at the against the Northern militarists led sergeant. The wise sergeant kept by Chang Tso-lin and Tsao Kun, and quiet until the lady had stopped, the coming appointment of a Civil and then informed her very politely that as her coolie had no driver's Governor for Kwangtung.
A tunnel under the Straits of Gibraltar is again being discussed in France, and it is estimated, with the construction of long distance railways, London would be only eight days distance from the Cape.
ness of an arguinient we will now We wish you did.”
That quote from the Yorodzu. paper, says the Californian tand- ownership law of 1913 was a great insult to the Japanese. Owing to that law it became impossible for the Japanese in California to buy land or to lease land for a period of over three years" That is absent. when we remember that
Sites for the erection of oil tanks at Melbourne, Sydney, and Fremantle, have been purchased, and as soon as the work is completed, the principal steamship lines trading with Australia will use oil fuel instead of coal
Convicted by Magistrate Smith this morning of having attempted to to import into the Colony 2,000 cigarettes on which daty had not been paid, a Chinese employee of the Wing On Company was fined $25. The cigarettes were confiscated
Kwangsi, in fact constitutionalist concerned. The European Sergeant
Japan has land laws of her own
It is the intention of the South Scence, the Chinese sergeant was and that no American resident in
western Constitutionalists to end fright în arresting him. That was Ltd. Japan can on a four of Japanese
One report in the Canton verma-militarism once for all not only locally his duty. The lady informed the sofl in his own name, unless he
cular press states that Mu Yong-but also throughout China. Efforts Sergeant that the man was a substi- first naturalizes as a citizen. It is
haien is still staying in Hongkong, will be made here first to end the tute for her cccße who had gone no argument to say that
General Chen Chiung-ming has not daring to return to. Kwangsi on power of Lu Yang-ting, the war lord home on sick leave. She had a licence blacks don't make a white. The second blek certainly does not issued notices stating that a reward account of the present disturbances at Kwangsi, in order to leave the for the other man, and that was all Kwangs, Kwangtung and that was necessary as far as shew-23 Fot should be the last to reach capture of General Ma Chi, who repert states that Mu has gone to make the first black grey, and the of $30,000, will be given for the there. Another vernacular press d
against the North and as the strong-gave it up, and told the lady that attempted to destroy the arsenal in Shanghai. the Kettle for blacks. The same Shekcheng before his retirement as
hold for constitutionalism. The to save further troubles, he would applies to the Menuri, which its director on October 23.
Dr. Earle, who has been Hon. strong position of the Liang Kwang | let her toolle go but he must report Secretary to the St. John's Cathedral will attract the union of other pro- the occurrence to the CSP. In naively argues that God gave America to humanity as a whole. The bearing of the case against Church Body having left the Colour vinces against Peking in order to fairness to the Traffic Department, not to the Anglo-Saxons alone." Walter T. Crawley, Customs tidewai on leave, Mr. W. L. Pattenden has put the reactionary, gang there out it must be mentioned that they are and that it against the will ofter, who is charged with stabbing been elected Hon. Secretary. Mr. of power and reorganize China as a doing their work very well, and a tiod for a panicular race to mom and threatening to shoot one girl Moorhead having also left there were republic with a free representative little help instead of obstruction on polize a land of America's natural and threatening to strangle another two vacancies, which have been filled assembly of the people to direct the part of Europeans who ought to know better, would help consider, resources and exclude other races.at No. 16, Soochow Road, Shanghai, by the election of Commodore W. national affairs.
The constitutionalist leaders, Dr.ably in the execution of these thank- It is not probable that God has dif- was adjourned by Mr. G. W. King, Bowden-Smith and Mr. J. Witchell.
Sun Yat-sen and others, are expected less duties. Still, why arrest the ferent plans for American and for H. M. Police Magistrate, Shanghai.
While motor-cycling between to be in Canton soon to help in the man? That would inconvenience Japanese sail, and when we see the
A novel wedding, so far as India Castle Peak and Chinwan on Sunday regrouping of the provinces and the the lady and do no good. To have Japanese mating the right
humanity as a whole to own is concerned, was to take place on evening. Mr. A. F. Pereira and Mr. reorganization of the Military Gov told her he must have: a land in Japan, we shall pay non- October 9. The wedding party was R. F. Luz, employees of the Eastern erment, making it a regular con- within a few hours would have heed to the Mainichi's the logical to go up from the Dum Dum aero-Extension Telegraph Company, were stitutional government capable of seemed more reasonable. views. The later Californian prodrome in a Handley Page machine injured when the machine skidded in lasting long and standing in opposi
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DAGGERS IN COURT.
FIVE MEN CHARGED,
Inspector Wills this morning for mally charged five Chinese "before. Magistrate Orme with armed robbery on the first floor of No. 213. Queen's Road West, in the small hours of Monday morning, and the theft of a quantity of clothing, jewellery and money to the total value of $166. All the defendants picaded guilty."
posal to prohibit the Japaasse iron and be married in mid-air. The some loose rand. Mr. Pereira, in- tion against Peking metil the latter owning land in the name of their bridegroom was Mr. CH. Mann, ured in the legs and body, was is put out of power. American-worn children does not broker, and the bride was Miss Vera removed to the hospital. Mr. Luz, details of the plan have not been Kathleen Garner, daughter of Mrs E. who received injuries to his knees, perfected, and there is every hope
is back at his duties.
on the part of, the constitutionalists appear to us conspicuously unrea.
Bennett, Calcutta. sonable. On the face of it. it is
that they will from now on be able to designed to prevent evasions of the
The news somewhat casually make a stronger military campaign Tam Ping Wa and 17 other former law, and it does admit that members of the Kwangtung Proy reported in. Tokyo of a Japanese against the Northeza militarists and ARMED ROBEERY CHARGE ADJOURNED. true history recognizes that the lop Japanese born in America have the incial Assembly suggest the possible soldier being killed by a gun in Man-more effective appeal to the nation sided thing we cali civilization came right to own land: The Yord' confiscation of the property of Muchuria while on the usual autumn and the foreign powers for recogni- to us, not from the rare genius, but thinks it means confiscation of the Yang-hsien and Yang Wing-tai and manoeuvres," is an interesting side tion as the best organized body to common necessities of property of 70,000 Japanese now the use of the proceeds for military light on the growth of Imperial Japan bring about internal peace and
If we thought i
When Mo Yang-hsien Only a month ago we were reading secure the republican form of gov on me putting their heads in California.
the ernment in the Republic of China. together. Genius gives us ideals meant that we would join them in succeeded in defeating Li Yao-hon a of the naval manoeuvres off
Maritime Province of Siberia, and of Canton Administrations, Civil and and aspirations to play with protesting. but it cannot mean year and a half ago, he took all the the regrettable misinterpretations of Military, are resuming their normal Mediocrity gives me tools to work that. If American-born Japanese, private property of Li.
this phenomenon. The military man condition. with. Our Professor dwells much fare American citizens. Japanese
davres in the midst of Manchuria Jon Michael Angel, and Shake protests are irrelevant; it is a purely
Judgment has been given in the are a recognised annual event and are speare as uplifting leaders of then. domestic matter. If, on the other We are obliged to regard that a band, they still regard themselves Singapore Supreme Court by Mr. the subject of no misapprehension Justice Barrett-Lennard in the action whatever. The Chinese know, per füdge-tibt because they would not as Japanese citizens. Americans in which Mr. H. E. Cheshire claimed fectly well what they indicate, re have been helpful if they had en-have a right to refuse them privi- $13,960 from Messrs. Henderson marks the Japan Chronicle. HONGIONG, WIDYE-DAY, Nov. 2, 1920. |joyed the loving support of men leges which they do not grant to Bros., Ltd., as damages for breach of generally, but because the causal Americans in Japan. There will contract. Plaintiff had been in Connection between their work and be a good deal of mob passion on defendants' employ as office manager, the thing we rail civilization is un-both sides in this controversy, but and was offered $5,000 in settlement zognizable. So far as guidance we hope the reasonable people on of his claim. His Lordship gave A Norwegian University Profes-to popular conder is in question, both Sides will have their final judgment for $6,300 and costs. or, Christian Collin. says the fune- our old friend Anon" is a far say.
greater leader rban Shakespeare.
The China Mail.
TEUTH, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE.”
FUNCTION OF GENIUS.
AN ILLITERATE KING.
NEVER LEARNT TO WRITE.`
WILLIAM THE "CONQUEROR'S
CHARTERS.
not
Mr. Hu Han-min, formerly Gover- por-General of Kwangtung, bas
The Inspector asked for a remand. been suggested for the civil governor- ship of Kwangtung. There seems to be The Magistrate adjourned the hear a general approval here that the officeing of the case until Wednesday next. of the Military Governor should be A sixth man is still at large. abolished. To command the troops Four daggers, a quantity of wire, The movement for the confisca of the province, a commander in some gags and several lengths of rope tion of foreign ships is still being chief will be appointed. It is most which were found on the prisoners pushed in America. If there were a likely that General Chen Chiung-ming at the time of their arrest, were pro- proposal in foreign ports to confiscate will be appointed, if the system of duced in court The major part of American ships because the crew had Tuchons is abolished. Of course, the stolen property has been recover- been smuggling, there would be an there will be but very little meaning ed. immediate outcry that the confisca to the change," if the power of the tion was dictated by commercial commander-in-chief is as great as jealousy. Indeed, there is only this that of the Tächum, Tatuh Chiang- alternative to regarding the move chun, or some other Chinese name ment as a piece of crazy fanaticism. as possessed by former military.gov- There has never been any, suggestion ernors who may enlist troops without of the confiscation of American ships the approval of the Kwangtung which happened to have morphine on Assembly or the Central Govern board destined to China via Japan. ment.
The Canton Times to hand to day Yet it would be just as reasonable,
|states >—— remarks the Japan Chronicle.
BISHOP OF VICTORIA.
ARRIVAL TODAY."
KOWLOON RECEPTION. POSTIONED
ANOTHER KINEMA
THEATRE?
TENTATIVE STEPS TAKEN.
SITE ON WYNDHAM STREET.
A skipper and a chief engineer tion of geaius is the making and He gave us the adages of folk
decided, after many a wordy wrangle, remaking of civilized man. Men speech, which spring from taediogra
to swop jobs. After the chief had are born unequal. If high and low experience. The wit of one cy
been on the bridge for some time the gifts could be levelled into media become the wisdom of the many,
skipper came on deck with his collar adrift, his clothes dishevelled. and vity, civilization would fall to the as an in his itch for origins has divined. but in fact it is the mother-
perspiration standing in beads on his ground and eras in the dust. wit of mediocrity, of the illustrious
forehead. "For heaven's sake," he This show the aristocratic side of Anon, which has given us the
shouted to the bridge, "go below; human civilization. The democrsbulk of popular wisdom. Shake.
the gearings are overheated and the tic side is no less essential and no speare focussed much. No man can Among the noteworthy MSS. re-place is full of smoke, I don't know "It's all right,”
There are now still more than-30 less conditioned by the function of tell us how little he originated.cently sold by Messrs. Sotheby are what's the matter."
Members of Parliament in Canton.
Hongkong may presently have" genius, which is to render social [When our Professor tells us that charters containing the autograph replied the chief engineer from the
They have decided to request Dr. another high-class kinema theatre. bridge, "we're aground!" Service. The supreme happiness of man is civilized according to cross of William the Conquero:.
Sun Yat-sen. Dr. Wu Ting-fang and Tentative steps have been taken the highly gifted man is to feel or the degree in which he is a wields Baroness Beaumont, of Carlton
Mr. Tang Shao-yi to reconvene the towards the site of the Bello Building, to anticipate that thousands or of works of genius." we long ar-Towers, Yorkshire, has a collection A decree nisi with costs, the
National Assembly here.
known also as the College Chambers, millions are or will be enabled to dently to agree with Lip, because of Noriman charters concerning the petitioner to have the custody of the
The departure of Tsen Chun-bsuan at 31 Wyndham Street. An inquiry rise by seeing with his eyes, or so many works of genius have been abbeys of St. Stephen, Caen, and children, was granted by Mr. Justice
may make it necessary for Dr. Sun has been made of the Building Au- the subject, and working with his implements. The woven into the fibre of our own other places. made by Thomas Staple-Barrett-Lennard at Singapore in the
Yat-sen, Dr. Wa Ting-fang and Mr.thorities on "highest dignity is to be the servant obscure lives, and assimilated and on, the antiquary, one of the ances case of the divorce petition of
Tang Shaoyi to return to Canton to an answer, has been given that of all. True democracy, says Pro- incorporated by us according to our tors of the family, and it is thus that Horace Thomas, a subordinate in
The reception at Kowloon Church reorganize the Military Government there would be no objection on their fessor Cullin, is that which turns capacity: but are we representa- William 1-his mark," comes under the Public Works Department, Hall to the new Bishop of Victoria, shortly, it is generally believed here part to the location of a theatre on General Chen Chiung-ming has the site. The views of the neighbours' qut an increasing number of high tive? Are we normal types? Are the hammer of the auctioneer. A F.M.S. service, The respondent who arrives in the Colony this after- leaders of men and bowingly sup we, in fact, mediocre? Today's gram by Walerand for the salvation was Ella Thomas and the co-respon noon on the Somali, has been post-announced that he will not recognize have first to be obtained. Permission the peace terms agreed between the for the work to proceed has not yet ports them. It is possible with the mediocrity would look like genins of the soul of his Lord, William, King dent Henry Thomas, a cousin of the poned until the 15th.
The Bishop will preach at St. Peking Government and the South been given. If it is given, the Housing smallest exercise of imagination to to the mediocrity of yesterday, and of the English, and others, to St. Petitioner. Petitioner, in evidence, picture Lloyd George crying "Fear we are always alive to the possibi- Stephens's Church, Caen," (contains said he was forty years old and had Andrew's Church, Kowloon, on west as negotiated by Mu Yang Problem will be further complicated,
married sixteen years. He Sunday night, the 7th inst.
hsien the former Tuchun of Kwang as the two top floors are residential. hear" and the Duke of Northum-lity that to-day's genius may seem the names of witnesses. Among the act to England and joined up in
A social gathering, will be held at tang, and Tsen Chung-hstan and Lu The present owner is Mr. Xavier, berland clapping his hands. There less than medicere to the general" autograph crosses " are “ William, 1915 and while at home received the Helena May. Institute on Friday Yung-ding.
printer are others like them, claiming our level of culture of the civilization King of the English," and "Matilda, information as to his wife's con
loving support." But are they that is coming. That is, indeed, the the Queen." The date is between duct geniuses? Are they the aristocracy hope in which we find sustenance, 1067 and 1079. that the Norwegian bak in wind? and we welcome any genius that Henry 1. figures in these historic There is a
It has been decided that American hoped that all who can will attend. under the command. of Lieut.-Com- We don't think they are. We do promises to lead, or ratlier to point, documents to be sold.. not find that the people lovingly toward it. Because, after all, charter of that King confirming grants shipmasters may take their wives to The Governor has intimated his in Bishop support, and adopt as their leaders far as we have got, we can see and tithe of lands to the Abbey, and sea with them. On account of this tention of being present. in a general movement of uplift, genius. only as pointing, and its the King's "mark" is shown. There decision by the U. S. Shipping Board, Duppay will be enthroned at 5.30 Sand'clock on the same day in St. John's the men that Professor Collin is pointing largely disregarded. We are also two charters in which Henry correspondent writes to
Francisco paper suggesting that the Cathedral. thinking of. These are mostly see the ** loving support of II was interested.
same privilege be extended to mates denounced as cranks, and their mediocrity given to other leaders. - A volume of the highest interest and engineers and all along the line messages ignored, or if not ignored, who are not geninses, who do not dates from the firteenth century to the able seaman. This suggestion regarded as source of mere point upwards, but behave as The yellum leaves are in their originais seriously made, with a view to amusement. We find euphrically mediocrity itself, the general mass oak boards, over which white sheep-making the lot of the average sailor that the loudest voice, the "gift of mankind, has always done, skin is stretched, and on the flyleaf an easier car. The author should of the gab, especially if it be help- namely, as opportunists. Oppor is a pedigree from Ethelred to Ed- turn his attention to writing a com ed by the factor of habit fie. the tunism, denounced in a politician. ward I
panion opera to Gilbert and Sullivan's notion of hereditary or class leader is really evolution functioning, if During this sale Sir William In: Pinafore," Unconscious humor is A European lady living at No. 35, ship) gets the loving support, and you think it over in the light of gilby is selling the register and ac much more to be delighted in thần Grenville Road, Kowloon, reports the that genius is left to bustle for such what we have said. Had our pro counts of Fountains Abbey,”; and, a that which is manufactured for the theft from her house yesterday, of a small measure of popular recogni gress been due to genus, it would Caxton's Cato, dated 1483, whilst Sir occasion. This gentleman's idea of a silver tea set; a silver coffee pot, a tion as it gefs. It is genius, bave been saltatory; it would have Water Stakerley is disposing of floating maternity hospital and silver milk juga silver rose bowl, but decessity, which is the mother figured in history as series of Shakespeareans, including #1663-4 kindergarten affords unlimited two silver vases, one red plush table s-1553 opportunity to the builder of a comic cover, and a dozen while metal chop stribute, of meć
In short, been a snail's progress. We have title.
'opera, says an American peñodical,
been
at four o'clock in the afternoon to There are four foreign warships. welcome the new Bishop. No invita- now anchored in the Canton Harbour. tions have been, sent out, but it is Among them are HMS. "Cicala,"
KOWLOON ROBBERY.
SILVERWARE STOLEN.
EUROPEAN RESIDENT'S LOSS,
mander Hunt, D.SO., RN, HMS Moth under Lieut. Commander.A. Johnstone, D.SO. R.N., H.IJ.M. 85. Kaba ander Lieut-Commander Y. Hatakeyama, and HLJ.M." sa
H. Sakura,under: Lieutenant Matsuoka Commander T. Yannuda is command of the last two Japanese ships.
HONGKONG'S HEALTH.
· NOTIFIABLI DISEASE.
RETURNS FOR THE WEEK
A clean bill of health was returned. for the Colony on Monday.
During the previous week, in addi- tion to ten Chinese who died from influenza (not notiñable), one Chinese died from plague (imported). There were also reported two cases of diptheria, one Chinese and the other TYPHOON WARNING.
Eurasian one case of paratyphoid fever, Portuguese; and two cases of The telegram quoted below was entere fever, one, Russian and the received by the American Consulate other American imported). Pain General from the Manila observatory Three cases of enteric fever at 10.45 am today
(British, Chinese, and Portuguese, Typhoon in about 125 deg. L'one. Prespectively), were reported yester»..
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