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the most strict scrutiny, were never a
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telling thing themselves, possibly be cause they didn't think of it first.
Like every other buman institution the mui Tsai custom has its good and its bad sides.. Like every other good custom, it is abused by had people.
Victoria's promises (to respect Chinese. customs) no longer count. The Treaty of Nanking did not cancel those promises They are promises wa constantly repeat throughout the Empire. Although we regard the
I Mr. Ross described it a system Doily Press arguments generally as
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COMPANY MEETING.
"CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE: LTD.
THURSDAY, MAY 19 †1921
MAD PROFESSOR:
UNIVERSITY. DEAN MURDERED.
MIND WARPED BY STUDENTS' JOKE.
BLIVITZ
SHIPPING
CHARTER PARTIES.
BILLS OR LADING.
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of 1919, comprised a larger number
of copies than any of its predecessors,
for some days ́ard I will," with your permission, take them as read. I am
Before murdering him, Professor Mr. A. G. Stephen, General pleased to inform you that the State Beckwith wrote a 5,000-words his it was completely exhausted by the Manager of the Hongkong and ment of Accounts reveals a motory of his ban life and analysis of end of September, 1920. No greater Shanghai Bruk returned to the more satisfactory position of affairs motives, from which he appears to evidence of the value of this standard Colvay from the North this morning then appeared probable a year ago. have been dismissed previously from work and of the high appreciation in The balance for 1919, though much 4 seats of learning, including the which it is held, alike by shipping by the Empress of Asia."
Among the passengers.
The fortieth ordinary' yearly mee "by which the better class of Chinese crushing and conclusive, we object toting of shareholders of the Canton
A most painful sensation has been -Scrutton on Charter Parties · and" secure domestic, servants," we wash that one. It is debatesble whether, Insurance Office, Limited, was held caused by the murder of the Dean of Bills of Lading (the present, the tenth, our hands of him. He promises to now that Republican Chinese have at the offices of Jardine Matheson Syracuse University. Dr. John Ha- edition of which is published for the be more of an embarrassment than declared against it, the mui ts and Co., Ltd. at noon to-day, Mr. the lad who blasphemes Carson at sa custom remains one we are in honour D. G. M. Bernard presided and there man Wharton, by Mr. Holmes Beck-Hon. Sir T. E. Scrutton and Mr. F. D. Mackinnon K.C., by Messrs. Sweet Orangemen's meeting. Because bound to respect. A good case were present the Hon. Sir Paul Wilb, an insane professpr.
Dr. Wharton notified blr-Beckwith and Maxwell, London), is a work that while the system is assuredly that, it could be made out against it. But Chater CMG, Sir Robert Ho Tong that his professorship would terminate is evidently in very great demand
and Messrs. A. M. Bowes Staith. Ein June is also several other and less charming there are other Chinese customs our J. Chapman, T.E. Pearce, HP. While
This may be judged from the opening Me. Beckwith went to the dean's words of the preface to the present things, as can be proved. It is a honour is pledged to respect, and and H. W. Sassoon (Consulting Com- system whereby pimps prosper. It is Roderick Random's" argument on mittee). Mr. F. C. Hall (Secretary) om, shot him through the head, edition of this standard work, which and emptied his revolver into the are surely unprecedented, though it a system whereby harsh emplorers the Treaty of Nanking was far too and the following shareholders: body. Then, reloading the weapon, may well be, with such busy men as get helpless slaves to buy. These sweeping, dangerously sweeping.
Messrs. Ho Kom Tung. Lo Cheung he killed himself.
the authors, concerned, that ther are are also true definitions--that is to
Shiu, Ho Sbal Kit, Lo Man Hin, Chui Dr. Wharton's death is widely in fact abentutely true. They begin by say, partial truths. It is also true
Siu Nam, D. V. Steavenson and A. mourned. He was a man of great saying "The eagerness with which Murdoch. that it is a system whereby philanth
business and administrative ability, this book is purchased by the public ropic Chinese are enabled to do a
The notice convening the meeting who in a short time brought success is becoming almost a nuisance to us." great deal of good. It is a
having been read the Chairman said: and an- Gentlemen,-The Report and Act the newly established College of They justify their words by the state system whereby poor children get
Chinese, counts have now been fu your hands Business Administrationio connectionment that though the ninth edition, with Syracuse University. proper food and better homes. Yet
which was published in the summer st the same time it is a system which entails the element of slavery. There are other (local) systems which also entail this, as we have previously pointed out. The anti-mai-tsai folk ignore these. Of that, more anon
Here let us panse to bead off the
less than those for the two preceding who years, is the third best the Company University of California. When men and merchants on the one hand. irritating as who is sure to tell is that two blacks don't make a arrived in Hongkong this morning has known. The fall in exchange after his four failures, he was called a and legal practitioners on the other. white with the air of one uttering by the CP.OS. Empress of Asia," from 4/10 on December 31, 1919, Year ago to be Professor of Finance could be furnkhed, and it won'd be something to the point and conclusive, was Mr. Mischa Elman, the famous to 3/13 on December 31 last, and Insurance at Syracuse Univer mere presumption for us to say be It would be as relevant to say that violinist, who will be heard at the has increased the dollar equivalent if he exultantly wrote: "I could thing that would savour of commnen-
afford, to some extent, to overlook | dation. and
these injustices if, every time I fell, I' The Great Wit has necessarily two cabbages don't make a jar of Theatre Royal on Saturday and of our Sterling Rezente
this is refected in the total premium fet upward This passage follows left its mark on these pages. There... Tuesday nights. pickled onions-the nice, scrunchy"
i income for the year, which shows an kind, in: real vinegar. It is good Lieutenant Colonel Percy Cax increase over 1918 of $87,51877 one in which he confessed he had are, for example, nos mese argament to reply to one black arrived here by the Empress of This, however, is more than set off desired to murder the President of cases bearing upon the question of accusation that the accuser ignores Asia this morning to take up the by the considerable increase in losses Rennell College, Iowa, for dismissing the rights and liabilities of parties to a charter where the ship has been another black. Jesus Ed it with the position of general agent of the Cana-, of $562,939.5
At Syracuse Professor Beckwith requisitioned by the Government. famous mate and beam illustration.dian Pacific Ocean Services. The Premium Income for the year 1920 Mote and beam were two blacks." position of agent in Shanghai will be shows an increase over 19 9 of fell victim to a practical joke which One of the principles seems to b
embittered his whole mind. A was that, if the requisition is likely to last $1,800,000, due in a 'measure to Never thought of that, did you, you filled by Mr. N. Lees-Smith.
increased revence and also to thegistered a fictitious student named for the whole of the time remaining Irving McKihwash Blivitz" in the of the charter, the contract is beld to parrots who keep on repeating that
With no fewer than fourtees lower rate of exchange at which class of finance and banking. Day be dissolved. But if there is likely two blacks don't make a white." It is a silly argument. Drop it.
previous convictions, a Chinese who Sterling Revenue has been converted only recently completed a term of into dollars. This, I think, may be after day Professor Beckwith called to be any substantial balance re for this non-existent student with themaining after the restoration of the four years hard labour for larceny, regarded as very satisfactory taking comic name. Occasionally a voice ship, the obligations in respect of Slavery is certainly unconstitutional. So are other things. Roderick
was this morning sentenced by, into consideration the slump in trade
answered "Present!" Bivitz"
her must hold good. Then Random" says the Law does not Magistrate Lindsell to & months hard and acute competition which pre became a college joke and a subject
camé the question as to the recognize the mani tsar custom. We labour for the theft of a quantity of vailed. think it' does, and that his own cita candy from a shop in Jervois Street Analysis of the Balance Sheet will of lampoons, but the professor refus ownership of the hire paid by show that our Assels, as expressed in ed to accept him as a hoax and con- the Admiralty in cases where the tion of the Rees Davies decision is this morning.
Sterling, stand ata lower figure than tinded to call his name, until the contract stands. The late Lord Par- evidence thereof, but muzskee that. We point out that the Law does When the case was called before for 1919, while on the other hand as chancellor of the university inker, at Waddington, let fall an obfer dictum on the point in Tamplin's At that the professor became case in 1916, and suggested that the not recognize Truck either. The Magistrate Lindell this morning, in expressed in dollars they show an Truck Act, fou know. There are which an employee of the Wing On increase of over one and three furious and turned into
a fierce money should be apportioned between Chinese smahs here, often feeble old Company is charged with attempting quarter million is is the fort disciplinarian, incurring the enemity the two. The learned peer's-suzges ladies (except vocally) who rise early to obtain $80 odd from the manager of the fall in exchange. The only of all the students, who petitioned tion has been subsequently followed
by false pretences, Sub-Inspector item that calls for special mention Field announced that the defendant is Underwriting Suspense Accoust,
him."
tervened.
for his removal."
in the morning and attend querulous and exacting mistresses until late at
had absconded. The Magistrate which you will see has the very night, who get six dollars a month and ordered the man's bail of $500 to be satisfactory amount of £160,813-7-0 LATEST SHIPPING NEWS. substantial reasons enough for hold- their rice rations. That's a breach | estreated.
standing to its credit. of the Truck Act; if mui Isai is slavery.
العصبية.
The surplus to be dealt with is
Is that amah's life not a life of slavery? Mai Tsai beating, was alleged $1,043,127.43, out of which has been against a Chinese woman before paid an interim dividend of $18 per Magistrate Orme this morning. Mr. share, leaving $863,127,13, and we
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"Taming." Capt. Milne, sailed for Manila via Amoy at 4 pm. to-day with 600 tons of general cargo
K. Woo, who appeared for the now recommend the payment of a The ss. "Sunning. Capt. Wavell, woman, applied for a remand and the final dividend of $17, the addition of sailed for Shanghai via Amoy at noon Magistrate adjourced the case until $50,000 to Investment and Exchange to-day with 1,500 tons of general 11am, on Saturday. Inspector Black Fluctuation Account and the carry cargo. Xts & PiE WIRDURE OF Amichai Ling of the balance of $643,127.43 20 was instructed to put the girl in the Underwing Company Account 10 care of the Fo Leung Kok in the chose 1919 and previous years. The balance of $2,795,372.05 at credit of 1920 Account is nearly a million
Thess. "Bowes Castle" Capt. dollars better than last year and fully justifies the payment of an interim Ireland, sails for New York via -Manila at 5 pm to-day with 250 dividend of $18 for that year.
Gentlemen, last year my pre- tons of general cargo. decessor made reference to the ques tion of increasing the dividend and
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Perhaps not legally, but in spirit! We have no doubt that there are among the would-be abolishers of mui isai people who employ Chinese servants on some such terms, and never think about if Consider the nesas and chair coolies. Are they slaves? A free man is free to sell his labour. to the best advantage to meantime. himself. Here your legislators fix their fares, in some cases at less than The Ngaitau murder case was the rich street car company charges, again mentioned to Magistrate Orme and they fix the law so that you can this morning when Chief Delective prosecute them for refusing hire.. If inspecter Murisen applied for an you really hate slavery, abolish that. order for the accused's detention in
The ss. “Providence," Capt. Nef, The fares are fixed too low, and their the jail tespital for one week for
The charge this year your General Agents and sails for Newchwang at 5 pm human rights are too much curtailed medical observation.
It is what "Roderick Random relates to the corpse of a baby re Consulting Committee feel justified, to-day with 1,300 tons of general
cently found in a swamp al owing to the increase in revenue cargo. calls an "ara lemic quibble to Ngaltat. Accused was father of the from interest on investments (which I' pretend that our chair and ricsha child..
may add is almost entirely due to coolies, and the six-dollars amah, are
the fall in exchange), in- recommend- not slaves
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The ss. "Asia," Chinese, cleared to-day and will sail for Saigon at 7
in at least two instances by the judges of the King's Bench Division, but the present authors give three
ing that the dictum was really quite contrary to the principles of our law,
Another mack of the practice/ of the late belligerents on charter
party law is seen in the rule that the exception known as the restraint of prices" cannot be held to apply to restrictions on navigation imposed by a belligerent for the safety of shipping, or to action taken to avoid the risk of loss or to the threats of an arbitrary "belligerent” which suggest danger to neutral shipping. One of the cases quoted under this head seerns to us to be difficult law. A Swedish ship was chartered to British subjects, who, proposed to load her at Cardiff, and ordered her to Genda, which was a port within the limits named in the charter party. The shipowner refused to undertake the voyage, alleging that he was debarred from doing so. by a new Swedish law, which forbade Swedish ships to trade otherwise than The to and from Swedish ports. King's Bench judge held that the shipowner was entitled to rely on the exception.
The attention of the picture going the payment of an additional $5. If, Mr. Ross did let drop that ing public is drawn to the Coronet's It might be thought that the remlts fatuous bit about any girl not in the announcement, in our advertising justify a greater increase but bearing custody of her parents being the columns, of an exceptional attraction in mind the vagaries of exchange we
a.m., to-morrow,
This seems to us to be exceedingly hard on the charterer. There seems official ward of the Secretariat, we at that theatre to-morrow afternoon I prefer to adopt a conservative policy complete safeguard. Now they are shrow in the sponge. The Daily sad evening. The Confession in this connection by increasing the
The s3. "Suez Maru," Japanese, to have been no notice given to him *TRUTE, JENTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE" a waste of time, of money, and ot Press has him cross-hiped there, and had been reserved for the opening dividend to a figure, which we cafeared to-day and will sail for Kobel of the existence of the new Swedish
temper, and a
strious handicap throws his all over the great. Of performance at the new Kowloon confidently hope to maintain.
law, nor was reference, made to it in on travel, which ought to be en-
| theatre, but the inclement weather With regard to the future, the via Moji at noon to-morrow.
his contract with the shipowner. The couraged and helped, either for busi- course, as an official he cannot replye combined with other unanticipated prospects of marine insurance are
chärterer was surely then entitled to The regulation forbids. This is one causes has delayed this until it is no still somewhat obscure and business дель or pleasure or health. The
Says the Canton Times-While rely on the statements as to agreed THE PASSPORT NUISANCE wording on the passport is a hollow of the rare, occasions on which we longer possible to keep the picture difficult. The fall in values of both
ccnports which had been embodied in here. All able to do so are requested. Hulls and Cargo, increased com the Kwangst militarists are piece of mockery, in which in the may approve the regulation.
We do not doubt for a moment the to see. "The Confession" tomorrow petition and the introduction of over centrating troops near the border the contract. We remember that name of the King all concerned are an-bidden to facilitate the transit of the good faith of Mrs. Haslewood, and as the usual Saturday and Sunday full-conditions without adequate between Kwangtung and Kwangsi other legislation of a curious char Government during the wasteg... nounced, and the newspapers repeat holder, whereas all concerned at We strongly censured the Government crowds combined with the unusually additional premium, which conditions for the purpose of launching a acter was passed by the Swedish ed, that the charge for a French present hold him up as if they were at the time for the grossly Prissian big attraction may cause a ́grest, once: granted are dificult to campaign to wipe out the newly the enactment that Swedish subjects
withdraw, all give Marine Under established Government at Canton, visa on a passport had been more bandits" your guid for your visa, steps-it took to shut her up. We many disappointments.
chortled, in fact, over the reflection
writers cause for apprehension as to the agents of the "Better-Kwangs might not disclose certain trade infor than doubled; but no one took the or you don't land.” All honour to
the future. Still, gentlemen, with League, which has for its object mation to beligerent Prize Courts. trouble to tell us why. It was not gallant little Belgium for being the its own Nemens, for human nature,
that it had thereby foolishly invited PASSENGER ROBBED. our Reserves in a sound position and the overthrowing of the militarists, The President of the English Prize a case of French profiteering. It first to try for the abolition of visas, even in a good woman, is such that
the adoption of a cautious policy are not asleep. These agents have Court very properly held that if tras a sort of reprisal by the French and all shame to every Briton who, unfair opposition must make it all
"Canton" can face with conceded, in inducing a section of Swedish subjects refused to give cer THEFT AT SEA. Govertiment, followed
automati- false to the best traditions of his race, the more keen and persistent. We
fidence the lean times which appear the Kwangel troops stationed at Pak tam evidence they must take the con to Be ahead.
Sek to mutiny. The mutiny took sequences of their act, Swedish, law cally and in the ordinary course by leads countenance, to their co-chortle still ('tis a good Stevensonian
CASH AND JEWELS STOLEN.
I have nothing further to add, but place about a week ago when the orpo Swedish law, and owing to the.. the local Consul The French had tinnance. recognized the objectionableness of Tones formanla not ineffective in to go through it, and serve'em right Blue Fannel sa Bellerophon" re} out of the Accounts which Share: after capturing four machine-guis such evidence to produce. This
word) for the officials have still got
shall be pleased to answer; to the best commander and subordinate officers non-production of the evidence it was A European lady passenger on the of my ability, any questions arising were assassinated. Ths, mutineer to be presumed that there was oo high passport charges, and lowered the past, Passports Must Go
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ported to the police, on the ship's holders may wish to put, after the and fifty rifles, fed to the secret meet arrival in po yesterday, that while Accounts themselves have been duly ing place of these, agents, who are the vessel was at sea about 3 p.m. seconded."" on May 14 her coat pocket was cut open and $1,290 worth of Jewellery and $350 in notes were stolen.
There is an official attitude her which is intolerable, and it is going to be altered. The bad ones may as well make up their minds to that..
Why do they (in their wrong-headed ways) support mui tsai and oppose its abolition 78o far all, we seem to remember is the argument that it would be very difficult to do. So, in that case, it is work they fear. Like the sailor in Punch, they ́ests well-
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now planning to work dissension among the other troops under the I now propose the following reso control of the Kwangsi muitarists. Intion That the Report and Accounts as presented - including the payment of a final dividend in respect
would seem to us to be the view of a strong and logically minded tribunal, and we should be sorry to rely before the Court of Appeal on the decision in Furness Witby and Co. v Rederi A/8 Banco, to which we have just freferred.
The book is now thoroughly up-to-
their In these days, so long after the war, when the stranger within the gates need no longer be feared, *bipping has been decontrolled, coal is being decontrolled-and it is high time that travel were decor- trolled. But the British, in an rgy of taxation, and bitten with
of the year 1919 of $17 per share. Company and the very considerable date; it contains the results of all the Birmingham delusion that This morning's Dally. Press has
and of an interim dividend in respect increase in the magnitude of its the important cases connected with they could make the forget two and a half columns of very clever
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of the year 1920 of $18 per share; operations that the remuneration to its subject which have arisen out of insisted on maintaining their argum on the min tan custom,
the addition of $50,000 to Investment this committee be increased to the the war, and its contents are made charge of twenty shillings for a prov by the publication of a and sleeps well, but when they sees UPS INTO HARBOUR WITH CHILDREN. and of $642-12743, to Underwriting Mr. E.G. Stevenson seconded the index. We fear that the authors and Exchange Fluctuation Account sum of $16,000 per annum," - readily accessible by an excellent So the French raised their bl erial by the Secretary for a job of work they comes all over vim for a British passport from Che Affairs that slavery exista in s-tremble. We pay 'em to work
Suspense Account be adopted and motion and it was carried unanim may soon have further cause to Driven to despair by extreme passed.CH
wie grumble at the evidence which they right to twenty shillings So the Hongkong. The China Moil, abray's Let 'em work, en silly game will go on, until we can per- original, has been supporting the But maybe (let us be generous) Party, a Chinese woman is alleged Mr. Ha Kom Tung seconded the Mr. Ho Leung moved that will receive of the appreciation in suade the bureaucrats to abandon official attitude all along in this they have other reasons. It is their and her two children in the harbourously
to have attempted to drown herself, motion which was carried manim.Messrs H. Percy Smith FCA. and which Their labours continue to be
A R Love, F.CA. be elected held" the visa requirements altogether, matter, and if the officials would only own fault that we have to guess at Samshuipo. The woman, who Mr. Lo Cheung Shin moved: "That auditors to hold office until the next and let the passport nuisance sink shut up, and not give the game away. If they were more frank and ingenious said that she was a widow, was the Hon Sir Paul Chater, C.81.G., ordinary meeting at a remuneration. back to its old, inoffensive position, unnecessarily, wo might pull them out they would get more confidence. It alleged to have jumped into the sea Sir Robert Ho Tong "Ind. Mestra. of $75 each.” # whem it was largely ignored and dis- of their tight corner even yet. They may be that their reason if the same with children, in her arms. Three A. M. Bowes, Smith, E. J. Chapman, Mr. A. Murdoch seconded the regarded. There is no doubt that keep on saying she wrong things, and as the China Most's, that they do not employees, of the Cosmopolitan T. E Pearce, H Sassoon and HP motion which was then unanimously passports ware necessary in war provoking such telling rejoinders as want to harm the Chiness with do Docks jumped in after them and White be elected to form together adopted. fame, and vins too, and after that that of “Boderick Random this miciliary visitations and spies; that rescued all three, who were rem redwith the Chairman of the Cam The Chairman - This ställ further precautions, because plaas moming, while too superior to take they disgroo, as we do, with 4 Bode to the hospital where their cond
trom an old hand, and say the Random at idea that Queen - was later reporte
we were forged
pany, have consulting committem the business of the
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