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Hong Kong, Monday, May 16, 1927.
ARCOS HOUSE RAID.
Sensation follows sensation in regard to the world-wide cam- paign against the Communists. The nations have been thoroughly aroused to the true meaning of Communist propaganda, and they are now determined to have none of it in their midst.
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MONDAY, MAY 16, 1927.
ST. STEPHEN'S GIRLS A VITAL MATTER.
GROWTH UNDER RETIRING HEADMISTRESS,
́SATURDAY'S PRESENTATION.
PILOT AS ADVISER TO THE MASTER.
SHIFOWNERS' STATEMENT."
Harities of a port. At the present time the comparatively simple and easy pilotage into Immingham or Hull is compulsory with penalties in exactly the same way as the com- plicated pilotage up to Goole, with its tortuous and continually shift- ing channels. If the Pilots' ABBO- clation obtained their demands, the water-
The growth of St. Stephen's In the monthly circular of the wide and easily navigable Girls' College from a small school British Coasting and Near Trades Ways of Southampton Water and of fourteen Chinese girls to one Shipowners Association appears the lower Thames would come of five hundred girls learning Eng-the following very interesting arti-nder Jurisdiction similar to the Hish on the one side and vernacu- ele on pilotage looked at from the River Ouse oven for small steamers. At the same time it should be borne lar on the other was referred to at owner's point of view:-
in mind that the pilots' proposals since the war have included the
the 29th inst.
grave.
Compulsion Not Necessary For Safety.
sure of safety.
(2) It would give a privilege which no other profession has...
(8) It would involve hardship to the shipowner.
(1) Those most concerned with the safe navigation of the ship will be those interested in the ship und
a concert at the College on Satur- It is easy to imagine that one of day evening when Miss Middleton the regular occupations of owners abolition of pilotage certificates Smith, Headmistress, to whose de- Is the criticism of the disbursement granted to masters and officers in voted efforts this growth is large-accounts which frequently pass the compulsory pilotage arena, ly due, was presented with tokens through their hands, with emphatic Owners therefore often ask them- of the students esteem and regard, expressions as to the excessive and selves whether the pilots are there Miss Middleton Smith is leaving exorbitant charges of certain ports, for the ships, or the ships for the for Home by the 8.3. “Morea” on and usually pilotage is far from be pilots.
Ing the least of such items. When There were over seven hundred It is found that often the situation present at Saturday evning's con- cannot be remedied owing to com- cert which took place in the College pulsory pilotage, even though the jections to compulsory pilotage as Shipowners have based their ob- Hall, among the prominent visitors service of a pilot may not be neces- follows:- present being Mr. W. W. Hornell, aary, it is no exaggeration to any (1) It is not necessary as a mea- Vice Chancellor of the University, there are genuine grounde for dis Mr. J. R. Waod, acting Chlef Jus- satisfaction. Yet it is found that tice, Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotewall, Mr. with many owners compulsory Kwek Siu Lau, Rev. T. W. Pearce, pilotage is a subject for criticism, Dr. S. W. Teo and Rev. G. T. Walde- but beyond that, they are often in
different or not fully au fait with Among the items comprising a the circumstances of so vital most interesting programme was a matter." Chinese play written by the girl Beginnings of Compulsory Pilotage. her cargo. It is hardly necessary students. and performed by the
The claims of pilots for the last to remark that an owner will not in boarders and others which met with seventy years have culminated in a his own interests run unnecessary the unstinted applause of the audi- demand for general compulsory risks and hazards. If he did his re- ence were an English folk dance by pilotage. The first system putation would suffer, and so even- girls attired in modern Chinese of compulsory pilotage, and when tually would his pocket, I.e. dress and the staff's contribution, the system can be said to have had creased insurance premiums, and which consisted of a song accom its beginning, was with the formn- very probably a difficulty in obtain panied by hand bells.
tion of the Trinity House of Hull, ing cargo. A bad reputation might Students' Tribute.
Leith, Newcastle and London be- be more serious to a liner owner Miss Li Yuk-wa, head girl of the tween the years 1369 and 1797, who then to an owner of tramp steam- It will be noticed, however, College, in presenting Miss Middle imposed upon foreign vessels the ers. ton Smith on behalf of the students obligation of employing a pilot. By that the class of vessel which has with a carved blackwood trunk with subsequent Acts of Parliament this the heaviest pilotage expenses, fs stand and a rosewood trunk with obligation was extended to British the type which will invariably em- stand, said that the students want- vessels at most British ports, and ploy a pilot under a voluntary d to thank their Headmistress for the Royal Commission of 1830 system. It can safely be assumed, all she had done for the College. favoured a system of general com- therefore, that unnecessary risks Since she had become the Principal, pulsory pilotage, with certain ex- would not be taken if pilotage were the standard had been raised and ceptions. Various select committees not compulsory, and in areas where students came not only from all set between 1830 and 1911, that of a pilot is necessary, his services taken. In addition over the Colony but also from vari- 1860 reporting decidedly against would be
ХУДБ
in-
many
If
Dus horts of China. Miss Middle the system of compulsion, whilst the master of a ship is usually well ton Smith not only took a keen in-most of the reports recommended acquainted with the peculiarities of terest in English subjects but also that where compulsion existed, it his vessel, and in any case better guage of the "injured innocent.' Chinese. Last year all the girls should continue, but exemptions so than a pilot who is casually em-
of the College passed in Chinese and might be granted to the masters of ployed. This knowledge in Moscow adopted the same proce- this was in large measure due to the any class if slip which the author- cases is of the greatest importance, dure in respect of the raid in untiring efforts of their Head ity might consider desirable. It and only of secondary consideration will be quite realised that as thel in cases where there are peculiar- Peking-protested at the earliest mistren.
An address in English and Chi- pilotage law of this country. was ities in navigation, which, after all, possible moment in the hope of nese was then read, the Chinese by composed of the large number of only apply to a limited number of impressing the world with the Miss Diana Hall and the English by local and public Acts granted to the pilotage areas,
Miss Helen Wu. The address was a different authorities of the various (2) The present legal position of bona fides of its case.
tribute to the manner in which Miss pilotage areas, each with their own a pilot is that he is acting in an Until the British authorities Middleton Smith had shown them peculiaritics as a result of about advisory capacity only, and is there- tell all that there is to be told nese and English education.
how to aim at the best both in Chi- eighty years' legislation, the neces-fore not liable for any casualty due
sity was felt that some form of con- to his default or negligence. about Arcos House no great heed The College was proud of Miss solidation and codification of pilot-compulsory pilotage became gen- Middleton Smith not only because age law essential. As the eral, we would have a body of men can be paid to the Soviet effort to she had worked diligently but also Marine Insurance Act, 1906, was who would be guaranteed against protest Moscow's innocence and because the tone of the school had an Act arising out of a similar competition, and whose employment to pose before the world as an reached the highest standard. They necessity in marine insurance, the would be found for them, and at the were sorry she was going, but Pilotage Act, 1913, embodied and same time they would not be rea- aggrieved party. Probably that their sorrow at parting was very gave a definite legal basis for mat. ponaible for any default or negl!. gence on their part. There appears protest will be "forgotten" by much reduced at the thought that ters affecting pilotage.
she would always remember the
to be no profession which can boast Legal Aspects of Pilotage. Soviet Russia before anybody girls of St. Stephen's
such enviable privileges, and there College.
It would probably not be out of is no doubt a business man can else! It may find it more discreet They wished her a happy and plea-place at this stage to mention some never hope to reach so ideal an sant voyage and looked forward to legal points connected with pllot existence. If general compulsory to suppress its terribly outraged her speedy return to Hong Kong age. Before the Filotage Act, 1913, pilotage is not necessary as a men- feelings, or else endeavour to (Applause).
Misa Middleton Smith, in reply, came into force, a ship employing a sure of enfety, why should it be "save face" by looking around for said that one of the most precious manity from a liability for damage which no
compulsory pilot could claim im- necessary to provide privileges the usual scapegoat. Nothing memories she would take away with whilst the pilot was in charge. Al claim?
other profession can that it may say or do, how her was the loyalty and co-opera- though the Select Committee
tion of the whole staff. It was the 1888 recommended the abolition of
of Hardship and Expense to Owners. ever, can alter one iota the out-girls and the parents of the College such immunity no change was made certainly
(3) A Compulsory system would
mean:
the standing fact that one by one all who had helped to make it what it in the law until 1913, when theployment of pilots in many cases
was. She also wished to thank Mr. Pilotage Act, Sect. 15 (1) said:— the nations are becoming united Lo Kwan-sheung, the head Chinese
where they were not found ... the owner or master of a sary under a voluntary, system. in their stand against Communism master of the College, with whom vessel navigating under circum- This would involve extra hardship she had worked in close co-opera-stances in which pilotage is com- and expense to the owner, which at and are bent at long last in ensur- tion for fourteen years. There pulsory shall be answerable for any the present time the industry can- ing that it can no longer find a existed between them a trust, an loss or damage caused by the vessel not afford. The only possible me-
understanding which had helped to suitable soil in which to grow and build the Chinese side of the Color by any default of the navigation thed of re-imbursmeent would be menace the peace of civilisation. lege:
of the vessel in the same manner as to pass the expense on to the char- In conclusion, Miss Middleton pulsory."
he would if pilotage were not com- terer, and in turn to the consumer.
The law makes the owner responsi Smith said that she felt confident
From this it will be gathered that ble for the negligence of the pilot. that Miss Cheung, the Chinese the position of any pilot, whether if the compulsory system became Headmistress,-would ace to it that compulsory or voluntary, is that he general, owners would find it neces- the good standard would
COUNCIL MEMBER?
NOMINATION OF MR. J. OWEN HUGHES.
The "Izvestia," the Moscow newspaper, may be technically | COMMERCE REPRESENTATIVE. correct in asserting that the raid
on Arcos House, London, the
It is understood that one nomination only has been received
| tinue.
1
500 GAMPS A DAY.
LOST PROPERTY OFFICE'S BAG.
em-
neces-
con- is simply on board in an advisory sary to press for immunity from capacity, and no liability for liability for damage when in charge damage can be laid against the of a compulsory pilot, as obtained pilot, even if the damage has taken previous to the Statute of 1913, place owing to the fault or negli-| The Pilots' Association, in their gence of the pilot concerned, and demands for compulsory pilotage, this also applies to compulsory have also strongly advocated the pilotage in most foreign countries, abolition of any choice"
system, The legal view is that the pilot is and a strict application of the on board for the ime being in the "turn" method. Whilst the "turn" Last month produced one of the capacity of servant to the owner, method.may, on the fact of it, be the headquarters of the Soviet Trade for the position of Chamber of biggest harvests of lost umbrellas and as adviser to the master. most simple to administer, "choice" Delegation, was inspired by the Commerce representative on the don's Lost Property Office, con-affirmed on several occasions the most advisable. A comparatively ever known to the officials at Lon- At the same time, the courts have pilotage, in certain instances, is the earlier raid on the Soviet Lega-Legislative Council-that of Mr. ducted by the Metropolitan Police view that, considering the local inexperienced pilot may quite safe- tion premises in Peking. Even J. Owen Hughes, of Messrs. Harry at Lambeth Road, S.E.
Wicking and Co. who is proposed
| knowledge and experience & pilot is ly be entrusted with the piloting of though it was, where is the point by the Hon. Mr. D. G. M. Bernard have been found in the Metropoll- the best judge as to what is advis-viously the same view cannot be During its wettest days there supposed to possess, he should be a small coasting collier, but ob- and seconded by the Hon. Mr. tan area, on an average, 500 um- able in the navigation of a vessel taken with regard to a P. and O. or A, C. Hynes.
brellas a day.
through, the pilotage area. As far Cunard liner, with a costly cargo The meeting of the Hong Kong One Thursday's "bar of more as the master is concerned, the un board. General Chamber of Commerce to than 400 drew a procession of opinion of various judges has been No pilotage inquiry appears ime decide, the representation takes anxious but hopeful losers.
that they could not sanction any in-{minent, and consequently these re- place this afternoon.
With one or two exceptions all terference on his part with a pilot marks on compulsory pilotage may The vacancy is due to the fact the losers who called were women. in the course of his duties, unless not be topical at the present time.. that the Hon. Mr. D. G. M.
One of the officials said to a the macter felt the pilot was utter- Nevertheless, should the question. Bernard, the present representa- reporter:
ly incompetent, and/or intervention arise again it is advisable for own- Women are far more absent was necessary in the interests offers to have their own case well be No secret has ever been made tive of the Chamber of Commerce minded than men, judging from the lives and property on board the fore them in view of the interests of the desire of Soviet Russia to on the Council, will serve in the number of women's umbrellas ship. "Such, however, would be afat stake.
future on the appointment of that and their way into this place. case of extreme necessity," remark- H.E. the Governor.
in mentioning it? The revelations in Peking demonstrated the vast network underlying Soviet ma- chinations and the extent to which Moscow is prepared to go in disrupting other nations and Bowing the seeds of Bolshevism.
Many women; however, appar.
ed Dr. Lushington in one of his ently do not trouble about claiming |
judgments. their umbrellas until a very rainy Pilots Demand For Compulsory
day comes and jogs their memory.
HONG KONG'S HEALTH.-
..
System.
1
London le suffering under the wrong, number habit” in its telephone system, Smilitarity in names of exchanges coupled with
create what it termed a "world revolution" and substitute 'tran- quillity by violence. The time had arrived for mere protests against
At that moment a girl came In In the British Isles, at the present the wide difference of pronuncia this insidious propaganda in
and asked rather shyly: "Do you time, we flud in four of the pilotage tion between the inhabitants of Great Britain and elsewhere to be Two cases of small pox (Vic-think you would have an umbrella areas where the largest part of the Limehouse and Mayfair is held re- country's general merchandise and sponsible by many people. One replaced by determined steps to toria), four of enteric fever (three that lost on January 117"
Victoria and the other. Kowloon)There's always, a chance," the high-value cargoes are, loaded and woman recently complained to curb Moscow's activities.
and one of relapsing fever (Import official told her, and together they discharged, and which refre ed) were notified in yesterday's stood before a mountain of quented by the highest class of ver- the Post Office Department that health return, all being Chinese ex-dumpya." vesels, that neither the compulsory or she had been called out of bed. The girl glanced at them, the voluntary systems of pilotage at four o'clock in the morning to which was. Indian. topt one case of enteric fever then eriod exultantly: "Thers it are the rule: On the Mersey, and answer an urgent call for "the
is, blers itin Now, isn't it a dark the Humber the pilotage la compul- doctor to come quickly "". The ex Img 1%
Bory, but on the Thames and at change which the caller had asked Southampton, the system is
Until an official statement is made in the House of Commons revealing the grounds for the raid on Arcos House and the, dis- coveries, there made, comment on the actual raid must be deferred. It is, however, noteworthy, that
and'
s on
Said to be a member of the
voluntary basis; Both the two for was more than three miles crew of the troopship Derby-
MediGolgi large coal exporting areas, the away. Before noon, she said, her shire," a man named MJ. Normal conditions are ara Eristel Chainel and the Tyne als tormenters called at various the Soviet Charge d'Affaires in Watson was this morning fired Shanghai Nanking Railway. The The attitude of the Pliots' Ass-strument maker, an undertaker, a dually being restored y'on the trict have voluntary Lyatomaatin times asking for a surgical in- 45 by Major Willson for being first goods ralin despatched for clation has been consistently for brewery, the War Office, and London has lodged a formal pro grunk and disorderly in town last two months has now gone for general compulsory system, irres. Frencim test, couched in the usual lan- night.
who demanded to pective of the geographical or speak with his condul: 62891