THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1926.
HONGKONG.
OUR PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE.
·COLONIAL INSTITUTE LUNCHEON SPERCH.
THE CHINA MAIL.
Was
one of which they were proud. tional Government of China and method was to ring up the head thought of financing that through |(Applause.): The buildings were obeyed no constitution or govern-boy of a house and tell him he was Hongkong Hrims years ago. Un good though excessively ugly ment, fell into the hands of Bol to come out. This succeeded infortunately, it was impossible at The roads were also good and shevik agitators from on side. bringing out the whole staff that time to get the Canton admired by people from all parts. It was no use gnoring plain facts. which caused great inconvenience Government to agree to anything. One of these rose to the top of the The plain fact was this: the to some people who allowed their Dr. Sun Yat-sen was at one time LATE GOVERNOR'S REVIEW. mountain with a maximum gradi agitation was started in Canton servants the use of the telephone quite prepared to work with the ent of 1 in 14. and the road-sur-against Hongkong by Russian By the time he left. however, in- British Government, bat the fucing of the Colony would emissaries in Canton. The Gov-timidation over, and he opportunity passed. Dr. Sun died, un-might say, in justification of the and the result of his death was challenge comparison with any heernment of Canton was: had seen elsewhere. The Colony's doubtedly in their hands, and the course which he had taken, that that the power passed into the docks, in the hands of im-insulting documents, received in one of the last documents he had hands of certain persons, his sup- Sir Reginald Stubbs, R.C.M.G, portant companies, were able to Hongkong from Canton passed in his hands before he left was a porters, who had neither his The result of hav-letter- from one of the labour capacity or his tolerance. That late Governor of Hongkong and take any except the very largest through them. Governor Designate of Jamaica, of His Majesty's ships, and heing this Red régime in power in guilds in which they began by was the beginning of the Bok was chief guest of the Royal thought that, with any encour. Canton was that they made a de- saying they appealed to him in the shevik movement in South China. In conclusion, Sir Reginald said Colonial Institute at a luncheon at agement, they would be large termined effort to ruin Hongkong, matter because they had con- the Cannon Street Hotel, B.C.. on enough to take any, modern ship They made no secret about it, and fidence in him that he was a sourd he was afraid he had somewhat December 15. There were twelve of commerce. They built many then proceeded, in a very careful person of right judgment and wearied them with his speech, but do the right thing the subject of Hongkong was not tables. The Rt. Hon. Lordships during the war, chiefly due manner, to terrorise the unfor- would
So the course he an easy one at present. He thank- Stanley of Alderley, K.C.M.G..to the efficiency and cheapness of tunate labourers of Hongkong, Laughter), presided, and at his table were Chinese labour. The shipbuild. The labourers of Hongkong were took was not so unpopular after ed the members of the Royal (Laughter). That it was Colonial Institute for their hos- be.so classed in the world. The unpopular in Cantor he knewpitality and their kindness in Sir Reginald Stubbs, Sir Golfreying and engineering industry of as 'contented as any that might fall. Lagden. K.C.M.G., Mr. William Hongkong. in his opinion, had a
to him. (Loud
This concluded the proceedings:
Meir. the Rt. Rev, the Bishop of great future before it. Before he only serious grievance they had from reading a very interesting stening
came away one of the dockyards was that the cost of living waspaper called the "Canton Gazette, applause.)
The Red Terror.
It
would hast, but he had great faith in the good sense of the Cantonese, and he thought they would be able elements of the present situation. rid themselves of the Red to
-South China Railways..
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great future, and for this reason doubtedly composed of some of South China Hongkong had present
With regard to the ballet of the
Company. it is it rejoiced in the possession of the most highly trained artistes one of the shortest and one of the that have appeared in this part of most expensive-to-build railways the world. When one considers in the Empire, the Ene connecting that every member, practically. Hongkong with Canton. They of this Company was trained in had not run one through train for Moscow-in a school which sets at least a year on account of these the standard in all forms of the troubles. On the other side of art of the theatre to the whole Canion there was a line which warld, and that, but for the extended some hundreds of miles abnormal conditions in the direction of Hankow. There most of them would be taking were about 250 miles require to leading parts in Europe and complete it, and there was a line America one begins to realise of only four miles required to join the high quality of the perform Canton-Hankow lines. When these
existing,
The music performed by the Russian Orchestra is in
every
Jamnica, Sir Charles
excessive house edited.. he thought, by a Chinese Luens, K.EE, K.C.M.GAM. J. Sandeman was building ships for Australia. Tenhanced by
The real cause of this was educated in America. He had no Although the territory of Hong-rents.
situation Allen: M.P, Rus Hon. Sie Albert Spicer, Bart, and the Hon. W.kong covered more than 400 the cost of forming sites in Hong- detailed news of the Ormsby-Gore, MP. (Under-Serre-square miles, a great deal of it one and to get a reasonable re- since he left, except that it re- turn on the outlay the charges for mained pretty much as it was, tury of State for the Colonies. Was barren and useless for any rent were high.
LIGHT OPERA CO.. At the same with occasional disorders on the The others present included Sir devoted to the cultivation of rice houses in the Colony. They took ber until he was compelled to tell
purpose, and what remained was
time, there was a shortage of border, which increased in num- Roderick
Looking at the talent to be Jones.. K.B.E... Sir
and vegetables for the Hongkong
He found in the Russian Imperial Frederick Button. Mr. E. Fmuket. He feared there was no steps to deal with the situation in the patrols to return fire. Macleod, Sir Campbell Rhores.agricultural future before the manner possible in Hongkongfancied these had been resumed. Light Opera Company the publie cases has good reason to expect some- C.B.E.. Hon. B. P Colebatch. Colony. Any form of agricut but he did not think it could be and he had no doubt that
remembered! elsewhere they would CM.G. (Agent-General for West-ture that might be introduced
recur till the
trou-thing out of the ordinary when the ended. When that Company open their short season Terms Australia), Mr. Andrew would be in the way of providing simply prohibited the increasing ble Williamson, Mr. H. E. Miller, Sir for the needs of the town, which when this step had been taken the He could not tell how long it
of rents. (Laughter). And would be was another matter of three nights on Saturday next. Frederick Young, Mr. T: S. Baker, was growing very rapidly. They
This Company is intended as a Hon. Sir John Cockburn, K.C.M.G., had been disappointed in theirly real grievance was removed.
fore-runner of what is likely to M.D., Mr. E. J. Bolger, Mr. E. S. search for minerals. It had ab-It was true the Chinese worked
develop into one of the largest Cobbold, Mr. E. M. Janion. Sir sorbed a good deal of gold rather for small wages, bus they were in
theatrical enterprises in the Far Charles Addis K.C.M.G.. "Lady than produced the coal they wan: little, and so far they had survived
sent to tour the Far East only. East. The intention is, at pre- economical race and could live on Stabb, Sir, Newton J.. Stabbed. However, they had hopes of
taking in all countries from OBE, Mr. H. D. C. Jones, My eventually finding it, but so far very well their contact with West- ern civilisation. On this some-
Japan to India. Stanley Dodwell. Mr. E. N. Leefe, these had not materialised. Mr. T. Stephen, Mr. J. C. Fraser.they did find it, which was very began to work, first by intimida- what reluctant material Canton Mr. H. G. Pegg, Mrs. Patrick Ness, doubtful they could produce their tion and second by threats. Lady Goold-Adams, Min. W. own iron, and there would be no Mosenthal, Mr. Walser. Howard, question whatever as to the future. F.C.S., Captain Oldfield, Mr. H. Tof the engineering industry, Chapman, F.GS., Mr. Edward Hongkong at present was entirely
The intimidation was worked in Salmon, Mr. F. A. Hook, Mr. W. M. dependent on South China, and this way: they called out the Birks, Mr. G. A. H. Samuel Mr.South China in recent years had workers by degrees, starting with J. G. W. Rollason, Mr. FG, Sale, been very difficult to depend upon the domestic servants. But they Mr. R. H. Ferguson, Mr. G. G.He thought he was right in stat-found to their surprise that, hav Jack. Mr W. B. Elwes, O.B.Eing that for fourteen years there ing been warned by an experience Mr. W. Chamberlain, O.BE.. My had been a state of war in Kwang-of two or three years ago when Marshall Reynolds, Mrs. L. Cung Province yet in spite of this they had a general strike, the Reynolds, Mr. G. S. W. Smith, disadvantage Hongkong was car-European people of Hongkong Lient-Coh R. Eccles Snowden rying on quite satisfactorily in were quite prepared to face life Agent-General for Tasmania), every way up to the end of last without servants. "I never suffer Mr. G. M. Boughey (Secretary),year. Hongkong was one of the led myself," sald Sir. Reginald the Kowloon-Canton and the ance that will be given here. Mr. G. E. Ponsonby. Mr. Ben H. most lightly taxed places in the Stubbs, amid laughter. "because I
The present ballet was trained Morgan. Colonel Franklin. OB.E, world-It managed to evade the forewarned my staff it would be D.S.O.. Mr. Fiennes Barrett-income tax, it charged ho customs better for them to stay with me were built there was no question by Anna and Ivan Lantzoff, who Lennarth (Chief Justice Designate Cuties, nothing except on liquors than go to Canton." The induce that the trade of South Chinas are well known throughout the of Jamaica), Mr. J. Salmond, und tobacco, and its revenue had ment they were offered was free which came through Hongkong, North as character dancers. Not! Captain Baynes, Mr. J. H. Stead, still been sufficient to enable it to lodging and free food or twenty would be very much greater. He only are they extremely graceful. could not see any possibility of dancers themselves, but they are Major F. H. W. Fox, Mr. H. Carry on, contract for great works cents a day instead of food.
responsible for the staging of Amos,. Mr. W. de Salis.. Mr. A. Hof public utility, draw up a pro-was about the time of the Ching Hongkong being cut out by any several revues, etc., in Shanghai Boyd, Mr. J.. Farrow, Mr. E. B. P.Kamme of greater public works, Ming festival, a holiday time, and other port, nor was there any.con- "Jackson, Mr. Eric C. Buxton, Mr.nd pass on to His Majesty's Gov- many of the servants, deluded into venient port in the neighbourhood. and elsewhere.
ernment a sum of a quarter of a accepting, went to Canton, where The Cantonese were talking seri 7. Petrie, etc. -
After the customary loyal toast, had some doubts that it would be of a kind, but not as a rule with They might develop it into a new Here is no scratch collection of million sterling, as to which they they were provided with lodging ously about developing Whampoa. way worthy of the Company. the Chairman briefly proposed the
the twenty cents. Ile did not port by spending large sums of health of Sir Reginald Stubbs, who
know if the Government provided money, but, far from hurting moment, but a band of musicians playera, got together at the last had just returned from Hongkong,
the twenty cents, but, if it did, the Hongkong, it would only do it who will delight Hongkong by where he had been Governor, and
money did not get as far as the good. They could never get large their musicianly rendering of was now going as Governor to
strikers. (Laughter). Having steamers up there, and it
waslight music. Jamaica
induced so many to go, they then obvious Hongkong was, and would Sir Reginald Stubbs, who was
The leader of the orchestra proceeded to force the reluctant remain, the best place for tran-Sergei Guy, is a wonderful and received with applause, said it was handing over to his successor ones by threat, a singularly easy. shipment. In the question of com- temperamental musician, who can not a very easy thing to talk about thoroughly satisfactory pro-thing to do in China. Lots of the petition between Hongkong and be relied upon to get the very best Hongkong because, although he gramme which he could carry on Chinese came from the provinces, Whampoa, there was no doubt results out of the highly capable might perhaps be excused for or after as he pleased. Unfor-where they left their wives and Hongkong would win, and Hong-musicians under his baton. regarding it as a place of "great punately at that time there arose children, and, if they had neither. kong could always meet competi- importance, he was afraid that certain difficulties in other parts they had their ancestral tombation by making itself an entirely view would not be shared. There of China which caused friction be-and these they threatened. Any-free port. He did not think there were many who regarded it solely tween the Chinese and foreigners. body who knew the reverence the was any reason for Hongkong to Kowloo: Magistracy this morning "A Filipino was sentenced at the as a little red spot on the map, and The population of Hongkong was Chinese paid to his ancestors fear such competition: One im- he could only wish, in those trying absolutely contented and perfect would realise that that was a very portant thing was the completion to six weeks imprisonment for times through which the Colonyly peaceful, as Chinese are when serious threat, and it brought out of these two railway lines. The towing away had been passing, that it had been properly governed. Unfortunate many people who were entirely re- Hankow line would require a con- board a Dutch vessel. possible to present it on a largely the disturbance, which arose in luctant to go. They then proceed-siderable amount of capital, but if scale map, for he did not think other parts of China were used by ed to call out the guilds, includ China returned to peace he had A Russian named Ramon that sufficient notice had been persons from outside of China to ing that of the sanitary and no doubt the British-China Cor-Prokopoff pleaded to be down and taken of the situation out there by stir up the reservoirs of the scavenging staff of the Colony poration would find it. the English papers.
With out" when charged at the Central criminal class, always large in Thanks to able assistance render- China and particularly so ined by the Chinese members of the regard to the other line, the link Magistracy this morning on The Colony's Development. Kwangtung owing to the fact that Council and other leading Chin- Hongkong line at Canton he nitted to the House of Detention.
between the Hankow line and the vagrancy charge. His great difficulty in speaking for years they had been at war. ese, the Government was able to about Hongkong was that it was The crops of the peasantry had capture a certain number of per- almost impossible to do so without been destroyed and a large pro- sons who are going about the town dealing to some extent with the portion of the population had intimidating people. The Chin-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX affairs of China, and that was a Paken up as a profession what ese were easy to intimidate. All matter which, for many reasons, they previously regarded as an that had to be done was to whis- he did not desire to do-one of the avocation, piracy and brigandage, per to a Chinese. "Take care, or reasons being present at the tableIt was impossible to deal with you will see a thing." The at the moment. (Laughter.) Had them satisfactorily with the authorities succeeded in capturing he had the honour to accept their use of the Navy, because at a number, who were preventing invitation to lunch about a year tacks were made from inside the Chinese from returning to work ago, he could then only have told ships by pirates posing as pasand he again emphasised the fact them facts about Hongkong which sengers with the assistance of and that they had no grievance a might be found in any book of connivance of the crew, and also word in the ear, and they simply reference. Hongkong was acquir- because it was always possible for left their work. Having caught ed in the early 40's for the pur-the pirates to find a safe refuge some fifty of these intimidators pose of a dépôt for English trade on the China coast within a few and having got them sentenced to and a place where merchants whomiles of their attack. The pro- a reasonable term of imprison- had been thrown out of Cantonblem of piracy had, for the pre- ment, he extended the prison re- and even of Macao by the local sent, solved Itself because there gulations in a way which made it. authorities of Cantor, who in was nothing to pirate. (Laugh- possible to employ such persons sanitaryverk.
better employed in the making of the Singapore base. (Laughter).
Difficulties Arise.
Up to June last the position was extremely satisfactory, and he, as Governor, looked forward to
ter). But when normal times ar- on necessary
those days were not quite so rived he feared that the pro- (Laughter). For this, of course, independent of the Centrul blem would have to be faced once he was singularly unpopular, be- Government 28 they are now. more. He thought it would be cause most of the intimidators Hongkong owed much to the necessary for the Admiralty to were either toughs from Canton colonising genius of the English supply a considerably larger num- who had learned nothing but
(Applause.) ber of small gunboats than had piracy, and many others
were
and Scottish races. The Colony, when they took it previously been available, be students, and the long-coated class over, was more or less a barren cause, although it was not a safe had never had any particular de- rock inhabited by a thousand or method, there was a great deal to aire for work of any kind. two of fishermen-and pirates be said for a system which had (Laughter). The practice of whose successors still carried on already been carried on with a casual intimidations then died out, the same trade, (Laughter.) In considerable amount of success. but there were one or two at-■ later years it had been converted In fact, It would be some years tempts of holder character. into a really big city, wingtiy cubefore Kwangtung would be able These were dealt with through the the side of a somewhat precipitous to do what it did for some years Labour Protection Society which mountain out of which sites had previously provide additional was formed, and It protected la been hewn at great expense and armed launches for the suppres, bour by preventing people from with considerable engineering elon of piracy and brigandage at foterfering. The results were
Several of those present its own expense:
very interesting and, successful,
from Manila on:
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He was com-
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