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SHANGRAL, April 26.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1921.
AND SIR KOBERT HO TUNG'S.
there would be evasions wherever time, and at the time you know SPECIAL GABLES. OUR GOVERNOR'S ERRAND, (a loophole might be left, and though what that public opinion -- war the business conscience does not worth. It was, however, extra- regard tax dodging as a crime, it vagant. Another argumens which is ar should be one. It would be conll be queried is His Excel- no greater handship than some that leney's recital of the dwindling already exist. If I forget to regis-opinia revenue. Surely this was ter with the police, under the ab-expected and allowed for long surd pasjert regulations, I may be ago? To get into debt, when you treated as a criminal. An honest. Know that your income is becom hard-working Chinese, who hasing progressively less, is nerally been long abroad, and knows regarded as extravagance. But Sir Beilby Alston, Bridah Minister nothing of our trouble with amusnow we come to the meat of the at Peking, leaves for Tientsin as smugglers, brings a gun into the matter. We all knew, His Excel- Thursday on Board the *Catty Colony and is treated as a criminal. lency included, beyond any chance Sark" to lay the foundation stone of The Census, an expensive device of doubt, what was in the winds the new Hongkong Bank building for securing figures expetal to be of those who accused the Govern- Sir R. E. Stubbs, Governor of Hong inaccurate, for the sole purpose of iuent of extravagance. That costly kong, will also attend the ceremony. letting statisticians have fresh data motor road up the Peak sticks in to play with, coull make some of as criminals. No one protested. Where is the difference?
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all ur gizzards. Public opinion.WELHAIWETS COMMISSIONER For what it is ever worth here, is solid about that. They can talk { ____
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[Chine MaX SPECIAL.]
SHANGHAI, April 26, Mr. Jackson, chairman of the Race
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LABOUR DAY PRECAUTION.
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SHANGHAI, April 25. Precautions have been adopted in case of possible demonstrations on May 1, Labour Day.
LOCAL AND GENERIL
HAINAN NEWS.
(Special to the Cking MáX)
The departure from the Colony of
KIUNGCHOW, April 21. the Governor and Sir Robert.” Hộ
The usual semi-annual event i Tung occurred so closely together about to happen again. The military that the China Mall indulged in Governor is about to leave with all little" intelligent anticipation." We suggested that the voyage parth of his troops and speculation is rife as both men at the same time was not to his successor. The present official, * a coincidence, but that there was General Teng Van Eng, has about business afoot. The news since four thousand troops, all of them received that they both lunched with from Kwangtung from the neigh the President of Caina on the same bourhood of Khim Chow. He is said day has lent colour to our suggestion. to be going to Canton and then on The quiduanes are declaring that His to a post near Kong Moon. For Excellency has gone up to talk about some time a rumour has been afloat railway matters, but it will after that the next military official would wards appear, we think, that he had be Gen. Wang from Canton and the other Esh to fry. We are bound to civil official Mr. Ma. For Mr. Ma was willing to serve under Gen. hear about it by and by
Wang, but of late the rumour has changed to the effect that the notorious Li Fok Lung is to be given military power in Hainan. For several years the robber troops of this lieutenant of Long Chi Kong, have been living by raiding alternately inland cities of Hainan and the cities of Lai Chow peninsula Last autumto
HONGKONG ART CLUB. -
[CONTRIBUTED.]
It has been the custom in former several hundred of these cut-throats years for members of the Art Culb | came to Hoihow and volunteered to to choose their own medium for the help General Soa Feng Hoang, particular picture they were painting the People's Army of Hainan. There for exhibition. This year, however, finally became so lawless that Gen. new-regulations have been made, Soa ordered them wiped out. It and the set subject för competition took three days' fighting in Halhow must now be done in the given streets to do so. Now it is expected medium.
that this leader with fifteen hundred At the monthly exhibition held at troops will be given the military Mrs. C. B. Brown's house, on Mon- power in Hainan. The merchants day night, this subject was "An of Hoîhow are making vigorous Mlustrated quotation in Black and protest but it is not known with - White" and, as a result a number of{ what result.
beautiful pictures were.on view, in- The military governor has ordered spired by the immortal words of such several benefit plays for the relief of poets as Edgar Poe, Trevor. Blake-war-sufferers in Tam Chow and Tim more and Tennyson. The prize went Ang districts. The Siang Ho Hoang to Mr. CH. Cole for a picture Keng players just from Pak Hot (all featuring," as the Americans women players) gave three afternoon would
say,
principal and night performances last week. in Tennyson's "The Mermaid"-Students from, the King Zai and
***Who would be
I
A mermaid fair
Singing alone.
the
would be a mermaid fair
"American Mission High Schools zeted as ticket sellers and usben. Several thousand dollars was netted for relief work. On two evenings of this week
I would comb my hair till my students of the Mission High School
ringlets would fall
Again recalling out story of the captrap till doomsday, about SIR JAMES LOCKHART RETIRES three blind men and the elephant, necessary public works, let us onfess that the arguments the opening up of housing sites, f. Excellency the Acting about Linking up various areas of Governor about kans have conthe island (by the way, when is
SHANGHAI, April 25. derably upped us. It was on the next dance at Repulse Bay
Sir James Stewart Lockhart, Com- the face of it. stupid to suppose Hotel?) but they will never come missioner of Welkalwel is retiring that the Government had not within leagues of conringing any after 19 years's administration. He thought of this method of spread of us that a motor road up the is sailing for England on April 28 by ing liability on its own account. Peak is anything other than what the steamer
"Pyrrhus." and we now have his Excellency's it is, an extravagant hit of cater assurance that at one time theling for the convenience of a policy attracted him. very fair. numerically small class of habitu- ly takes the gilt off the gingerbread plly favoured people. In view of with his analysis of bow. Interest ita enormous cost and small benefit and sinking fund would affect to the general public; it would have future taxation: Moreover; we areen almost anywhen a conspion- inclined to take quite serioudy the ous extravagance; but to go on with suggestion of our Saturday con- it in face of a revenne known to Ltd. tibitor that the lean method would be dwindling, what else can we tend to encourage the Government call it? At our end of the elephant. to extravagance. That is really the remember, we are obliged to insist chief reason of the general British that it was extravagance. His Ex- policy of discouraging such loans cellency at his end argues that it In only one of his arguments do was not; what part of the elephant' we see a chance of picking a hole, does he touch? We suspect that and that not a very big one. The it is merely out of kindness of heart asual practice of giving profugand esprit de corps that he thus tire works as security for such argues, being, as it were, friend to leans need not have held us back the blind men that felt the tail, and if, other things equal, we had held it an elephantine tride. Let agreed on the necessity for loans, its having arrived thus far, not be for the revenues of the Colony on eager to proclaim how we find generally would be good enonghour part of the elephant. If, for
The sa "Bowes Castle," from security, and a Crown Colony is in the reasons given, his Excellency New York via Ports to Hongkong a rather different position frota that does not consider the houses built arrived at Kobe on April 24, and was of a mere municipality. What, the for civil servants extravagant. if he due to sail for Hongkong on April Home Government can do on a thinks the way they were built, and 26, gigantic scale we should be able to do an a samall scale. Chur expensive very well, he regards them as nut Admitted to bail of $5-yester water works, for example, suggest extravagant: and our opinion is of day, L. Hartman failed to appear From his colled sleeps in theinselves as an item the cok of no importance. But up to a short before Magistrate Lindsell this morn- central deeps which could fairly have been spread time ago, we had learned to regarding to answer a charge of having
of getting ready to move on. For into the future and trunk roads are every P.W.D. job as extravagant. been drunk and incapable, another. If by and by, millors It is true that anything worth doing money was estreated.
instance, some former People's Army, are to be spent on the barbour to is worth doing well, but we think
The mermaid sees in the glass not or revolutionary troops, about 300 in which uone is likely to object) why the man who would build a pill-box For the unlawful possession of her own face but the Dragon Ship number, under a leader Li Zi Lang, should all the cost come out of cut to last for eternity an extravagant three taels of prepared non-Govern of a Viking King, and an amusing who had joined Gen. Teng some time rent revenue, and a long line of builder. It might, in view of its ment opium, a Chinese fireman element was introduced into the side ago, were deprived of arms. It is beneficiaries enjoy the permanent cost, really and truly be worth a employed on a Wuchow steamer was margin of the design which included not surprising that the general should advantages for nothing? Of course, guinea a box, but we can get this morning fined $300 by Magis- such articles as a pin, a comb a not desire these three hundred odd tuskiled and raw Hainanese to it is waste of time to argue it at all quite useful effects for one and trate Orme. The drug was confiscated powder puff and a ring. (save for the academic exercise three ha pence. - '-
Other notable pictures in this accompany him on his future cam- afforded) if therr & as much behind An end must be made some- As the result of attempting to section were Max Briton's First of paigns, and that he should desire their arms. So one morning early certain words dropped by His Ex- where: Let us note in conclusion alight from a moving tram car in May" (old rhyme cellency as we suspect there is. the hint that the next budget way Connaught Road yesterday, a Chinese The fair maid who the First of May he ordered them all out to drill, without arms. The obedient young He said even if we were par- balance and even leave us a surfeil and received a cat on the back Goes to the Field at Break of Day
men did as ordered. Meanwhile the mitted to do so." Our anomalous plus, at the expense of selling of his head that necessitated his And washes in dew from the
company with arms marched out to position as min, Colonists, for Crown Lands, which, we are told, removal to the Government Civil Hawthorn Tree
dril on the same parade grounds. ever subject to the whim of bureau. is really drawing on our capital. Hospital. The injury is not serious. Will ever after handsome be.”
This little pen-and-ink picture of a
And when the local troopers returned crats and the extortions of the The elephant again. We regard Crown Agents, will be our per- these sales of Crown Land, on the Having admitted the larceny of bawthorn tree with a girl standing to barracks, they found all arms gone petual chagrin until the constita- terms now usually imposed; as an 8lbs of sugar from the China Sugar by made one feel that "Spring is naturally. But what was worse, a here" One could scent the fragrance they found neither money, food or tion of the Empire is changed: investment of idle capital; and we Refinery East Point factory, Suroming up, we consider that the would like to see more of it. The machine band who had borne a good of the May, and feel the lure of the clothing left them. Go home they gener! effect of His Excellency's Crown Rent is interest, The de-character during the two years he Old Country. remarks on this head should be to velopment of the land appreciates had been employed at the refinery suppress any more talk of loans. our capital, It is impossible to this morning sentenced by One of his reasons for saying that travel about this Colony and fail to Magistrate Orme to two months it cannot be done may not hold notice the inmense room for such imprisonment with Lard labour. water, but the other is final. We appreciation. may as well save our breath to cool our porridge.
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We are
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the cost of them, not extravagant.
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The
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Low adown, low adown
Till that great sea snake
the sea
Would slowly trail
under
the
with his large calm eyes for the
.. love of me."
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Miss Bioukovs Mastrated Edgar Foe's "Annibell Lee" and Mr. Trambitzky's Poe's "The Colosseum" is a beautiful picture.
We are not impotent, we pallid
stones,
Not all our power is gone, not all our
fame,
garment
gave an amateur performance for the benefit of aforesaid sufferers. Their work was entirely voluntary. They played to fairly good-sized – houses- and netted $800 for the relief fund. The troops in present cocupation of Hainan show unmistakable signs.
must, of course, but how could they 29 far without extra clothes or money? What recourse is left but for them to turn highwaymen, even to fulfil the pacific intention of going"-- home?
"Another sign: One night the A sad accident occurred on much as we all see only one side
board the s.s."City of Manila" in Kid
troops robbed the "beggars at Five of the complex subject at a time,
Mile Rest House, between Hoikow derpore Docks on the night of April and that the side turned toward our
and Kiungchow. No doubt these Our story of the three blind cen VALE, MR. D. K. BLAIR.
9. Mr. J. Massie. one of the ship's Not all the magic of our high renown had done well at their profession. own near concerns.
so and the elephant has given us such
engineers, was attending to the Not all the wonder that encircles us, much slaves to moonshine that we a tolerant wood that we would GOING ON LEAYE TO-MORROW.
electric lights above one of the holds Not all the mysteries that in us lie, The soldiers evidently thought public are inclined to deny the very exist- really like to be able to accept bis
when he slipped and fell into the hold, Not all the memories that hang upon opinion would not be at all aroused ence of a dark side to the moon. denial of government extravagance
Mr. D. K. Blair, the deus ex He was removed to hospital but ex-Clothing us in a robe of more than roughly handled.
falling a distance of pearly fifty feet. And clung around about us as a at attacks on this class of people. Some of the beggars were very Prejudice and self-interest aggrave also. If we remember that he is| DANENBERG.—On April 20, 1921, ate our normal blindness toward handling the trunk, or a leg, or machine of the Chamber of Com-pired before arriving. ¿
at Shanghai, Maria Esperanca, other points of view. As was said whatever part of the beast you merce, or, as they say with some the energetic aged 14 years, the beloved of a sectarian squabble by a wit, think bis exalted position suggests, justice in journalese,
• When charged before Magistrate daughter of Mr. A. C. Danen-orthodoxy is my doxy, and then we may at once admit that and hardworking and capable acting Orme this morning with the murder berg of the Russo-Asiatic Bank. heterodoxy is your doxy." heep he makes ont a good case. We are secretary," goes on leave to-morrow. of a fellow villager in Ngautan, an # RODRIGUES—On April 20, 1921, ing this human weakness in mind, rather surprised to meet the argu. As the hymnologist might sing:
at Shanghai, Josephine Rod let us take another look at the ment that the Government, retard. rigues, the beloved daughter of
ing necessary public works so that Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Rodrigues, aged 21 years.
The China Mail.
HONGKONG FINANCES.
debate.
we see.
glory,"
The Rev. W, V. Stimson, Miss K. It is hardly necessary to say that L. Schaeffer, and Miss A. H. Skinner, Mrs. Humphreys had a dainty little American missionaries, accompanied picture. It is named "Columbine" by evangelists and others, have just elderly Chinese pleaded not guilty. and the verses attached were by completed a six-week's tour of the. south part of Hainan. The purpose Change and D. K in all around A second man charged with having Trevor Blakemore
aided and abetted the first accused to "Columbine, I've seen you dancing was inspection of the church in Ngai At Lowe, and Bingham's, and eke dispose of the dead body, said that in the night..
Tsiu district, and evangelism. It C. of C.
he had been paid to do it. He did In and out the leaves and moonlight took over ten days by the sea-coast not know that the deceased had been and dark and light.
route to reach the group of believers murdered.
and eleven straight" days of travel On the application of Now you can't escape me.
through the mountains of the inte- the police, the Magistrate remanded Why do you run on? the accused in custody for a week. Columbine, I want you
rior to reach Teng Ang op the Colombine She's gone”.
return. Many types of aborigines The bearing of the charge of Miss Kirkpatrick contributed and were met, and various fortunes were misconduct preferred against two amusing carton entitled "The Bank experienced in crossing the numerous streams, but also everywhere they Chinese constables was concluded by Crash, the quotation being from were courteously treated and but Magistrate Lindsell yesterday after Omar Khayyam noon when the defendants were fined "I came like the water and like the once threatened by robbers. 450 each. It was originally alleged wind I go,”
So D. K. gets the change, as is
but fair,
His work we trumpet: Hongkong
needs the blare.
P
Some of us will wish to point it might contribute to the cost of triumphantly to the attitude of the the war, was not extravagant. At Hon. Mr. Stephen on one detail our particular end of the elephant that was said to menace local busiwe are compelled to call that ness very seriously. None of us extravagance. Now that the war will dare to question his authority, fever and its perfervid if somewhat his right to speak, and to be listen- superficially rooted patriotism is Seriously (if that doesn't seem serious *TKUTE, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE.“
ed to with the respect that we owe over, perhaps we may say that enough) Mr. Blair has worked very to qualified and expert testimony much without being howled, down. long and very hard and very usefully, HGFGEONG, WEDNESDAY, APR 27, 1921. In effect be said these alarams, so Maybe it is impossible to run big in very many ways, and we all wish far as the tax on telegraphic trans- wara without extravagance, but we him a good holiday and a safe return fers was concerned, were all moon all know now that the Home to the pinnacle of popularity and the
-The latest foreign, arrivals in Hai- shine. It was a just tax. Government was extravagant on Peak of success.
The argument that these new the most extravagant scale of extra-
It is understood that Mr. Blair's that they had conducted an un- Owing to the general excellence of nan are the following customs men: The debate on the new taxes, the taxes were an attack on "Free vagance. To claim that the con- medical advisers consider this rest authorised gambling raid in a coolie the Black-and-White work the colour Messrs. Kennedy, Cammiade have come down from Canton, und Mr. accusations regarding the. Govern Trade" was abeard on the face tributing of our drop of extra-advisable. He leaves on the "Em-house and stolen $90 ($45 from the ed drawings took for ance ment's extravagance, the earnest of it that it scarcely needed answer-vagance to the bucket of Home Press of Russia."
gambling table and $45 from the secondary place. There were, never Green is transferred from Ning Po. official rebuttal thereof, and the ing, hat in our opinion the Hon. extravagance was not extravagance
principal tenant's bed). Owing to theless, a good number of exhibits. These, men are taking the places of arguments concerning the advis Attorney-General answered it ade-strikes us as a very odd plea indeed.
insufficient evidence, the charge was Amongst them were several sketches Messrs. Gabb, (transferred to Ning" ability or otherwise of transferring quately. Every tax could in that Our contribution meant, neces-
amended to one of misconduct, by Miss Bowen, whose fountain Po). Carrine, (transferred to Amy), accusing the defendants of having in the Botanical Gardens, and a fire and Atkins, (transferred to Foo- some of the responsibility to pas-way be libelled as an infringement sarily, very little to the Home
been in a coolic house in which tree with splashes of pink flowers on chow). terity by means of loans, recall the of the principle of Free Trade. The Government. It may have been classic story of the three blind men very rent that a tradesman page slightly useful as propaganda (** the
gambling was going on, and taking a grassy slope were good, the former part in a disturbance in the house. being soft and harmonicus, the latter who wrangled and fought, about the for his premises is, if you admit spontaneous loyalty of our over-
bold and decisive. There was an description of an elephant. ** What that line of reasoning, an interfer seas children) and it may have.
Among the passengers who will interesting sketch of the Chlou Nio is this?" said the first blind man,ence with Free Trade." It is furthered the ambitions of one or
leave for England to-morrow by the Temple Gate at Kyoto by Mrs Mar- as he felt one of the elephant's only import and export duties, two people after titles or promotion a room in the Swiss wing of the Hof- Empress of Russia" is Mr. F. B. L. skal Wood, a vase of flowers by Mrs. legs. He was told that it was an especially any pretending to be to and well in the eyes of the burg galleries in Vienza, cut a large Bowley who has retired from the Toke, and a nice little sketch with élephant. I perceive, he said, Protective Tarif, that the Free big bugs at the Colonist Office but picture of Ferdinand III. from its legal firm of Dennys and Bowley with flowers in the foreground by Mrs C that an elephant is very like a Trader resents, and as there have as a material contribution to the frame, walked out with it under his whom he has been associated since E. Brown. The best picture in oil tree. The second blind marr, feel already been some small trespasses billions poured out of the Home, art, and sold it 20 minutes later to his arrival in the Colony some twenty- was that sent in by Mr Blon ing the animal's fank, declared on the freedom of our port in that treasury at the time we may safely a dealer for the equivalent of 25. eight years ago. Mr. Bowley who is glorious sunset, with Lantan peak that the elephant was more like a way, trespasses not resented by the contend that the Chancellor of the He has been arrested, trenerous recognised among his colleagues of standing out against a background owner of several laundries in Ham- "boulder. The third, feeling the Chamber of Commerce so far as we Exchequer never noticed it. It Another theft was that of the large the Hongkong bar as being a bart of gold and in the gloom below funksburg has been found robbed and mur
trank, was sure that it was more remember, this belated champion would have been much more useful bronze relies placed in 1902 on the cularly able lawyer acted for many making for harbour on a glittering dered in an opitaan den in the Chinese Tike a snake than a tres or a ship of Free Trade rang a bit false, and noticeable if spent locally. In rock in the beautiful Helencotal, years in the capacity of Crown sea reflecting the glory above. The quarter of the part, e boulder. "Euch was sure that be a great deal of exaggerated fuse depopacing it un su srecurent, we near Baden, which, was once Feet Solicitor During his residence hara members showed their good judg. Three fingers at his right hand had and he alone was right, and main-was made about the penal clause, do not blame the Government for hoven's favourite seat. The thieves he has taken an active interest in the ment in awarding it the prize for the been hacked off and were found a few taiced the same vociferously. It was held monstrous that a de- sending it. That would not be used dynamite to dislodge the relief affairs of the Colony and there are open subject
- yards away. His widow says that he Now, our local discussion has faulter should be treated as a fair. It probably had whit you call at night. It was sold to a dealer in many quarters where his useful ser: This exhibition has illustrated the was robbed of rings valued at 12. taken place among blind meninas criminal. Well, we all know that" public opinion " with it at the metals for £3.
vices will be greatly missed," V zrest versability of local artists.
merky (nóminally £600).
PALACE ART THEFT,
ARTIST SELLS ROYAL PORTRAIT FOR 2.
An artist, Anton Beirl, walked into
OPIUM DEN CRIME.
RICH CHINAMAN'S FINGERS
--HACKED OFF.
Chen Yau & Chinaman, -wealthy