WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1928.
CHINESE PRESS,
FURTHER SITTING YESTERDAY IN "SUN PO" CASE.
"SLOGANS" MENTIONED.
After another sliting yesterday
afternoon, Lieut.-Col. F. Eaves, D.S.O, further adjourned the case in which the Hong Kong "Sun Po"
is summoned at the instance of the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs for; publishing certain matter in the papar, which had not been passed; by the Censor,
Counsell
which Mr. Lo had taken, Counsel QUEEN'S THEATRE. informing the Magistrate, that he had in his possession many other papers advocating elaborate plans, against Japan.)
His Worship said that the fact that one party transgressed the law was no reason why another should be entitled to do the same,
Mr. Lo said that certain things at the same time, as to which no were done openly by various papers
paper was warned at all. Were not his clients to assume from that, that it would be all-right?
Lt. Col. Eaves, D.S.O., expressed
agreement.
For The Defence. The case for the defence was
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As announced in the advertising from Paris and Monte Carlo, will seeing. two famous revue artistes direct mention. It is a picture well worth columna L'Imperator fire extin- guisher will be demonstrated at the provide an added attraction with
Central Fire Brigade Station on the latest Folies Bergero song and
Friday at 5. p.m. · "The agents are dance hits in the Queen's Theatre
the Oriental Commercial Company. at the 9.20 performances each night
The big attraction, at the World work in Shanghai recently and, ac
This extinguisher was shown' at from to-morrow, to Saturday,
Theatre for to-day, is a tale of air This brilliant couple, who, have appeared at l'Abbaye, Paris, The romance and adventure, "The Air cording to the "Shanghai Times" Mr. Leung Chan,
were introduced, The first of Editor and other famous pleasure rasorts, will
the last time.. Publisher of the "Sun Po."
Warner Baxter features as here, these was the laying of a trail of present the most popular Items in The witness said he had five their exclusive repertoire perhaps with Billie Dove, winsome blonde, Basoline to which a match was placed. In a very few seconds, It deals playing opposite him. dates (May D and 10), and the mat. Years' experience of local journal- the best known of these being the with the adventurous and tireless despite the rapidity with which the tors.complained of were alleged to before the Censorship.
istic work, having arrived here intriguing French song of the effort of the U.S. Air Mail to get mes travelled, the fire, was com
Parisian star Mistinguette, "Ca be calculated to induce persons to
plotoly subdued. His knowledge of local consor-C'est Paris," from the Moulin the mail through regardless of the was even greater when a stack of i refrain from dealing or trading ship methods was that the Censors Rouge, "Why Gentlemen Prefer with the Japanese.
"Nor wind, rain, snow or night, timber saturated with pitch and Mr. Lum Fak-shong, of the put their initials at the end of the Blondes," a distinctly novel Item
Using the proof sheet aubmitted, while cross in which a Frenchman wins the
Can atay the pilot from his gasoline was lighted.
extinguisher one of the operators B.C.A., who was recalled when the ing out those paragraphs to which love of an English girl through the night, is the slogan that drives sprayed the contents on the burn- case re-opened yesterday said, in reply to Mr. S. Fitzroy (prosecut-objection was taken. It happened "Valse de Passion" will be includ- the air heroes on.
sometimes that they omitted to ed in the programme, also jazz wards reformed the hero is involvable part about this test was the First as a "crogk" who after-ng pile and in a very short time had the fire reduced. The remark- never seen the.
cross or to laltial the matter, in items of a kind new to Hong Kong, ed in a
thrilling and complicated
The defendants in the case were then opened by Mr. Lo who called | Knickerbocker, Monte Carlo and Mall", which is being acreensd for report, a number, of severe tests
the printers and publishers of the paper concerned, and the offence against them was alleged to have been committed on two separate
ing) that he bid
in their issue of May 10..
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weather.
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The next test
slogans published in the "Sun Po" which case it was the universal and the romantic and exquisitely climax, whan, against great odda fact that the timber used was char-|
Mr. M. K. Lo, for the defonce practice with all the papers of the beautiful original Spanish Love he defeats. his enemies
Colony to regard anything which Danco," a parody of the famous energies literally with flying
told the Magistrate that the defen- dants did not retain proofs of everything they printed.
The
colours,
red to a depth of a quarter inch and before the flames had been extin-
guished.
Douglas Fairbanka, Jr., enacts
proofs were kept for a few days important and required the attento great advantage. The conclud. an Important role with Mary Brian treated with the contents of the ex-|
only, and then, if no trouble way anticipated, they were destroyed.
dancer and actress Signorita was not crossed out as passed.
The Editors would submit only Raquel Meller, in which Mile.
A burning tin of petrol was next matter which they thought was Ninon's perfect figure will be seen then of the Censors, and in
tinguisher and this was also put con- ing item will be the latest dance in close support. The cast in-out within a very few seconds. To nection with this practice there had craze "Aero-Doodle." as presented cludes many noted stars, and the motor owners the fourth test was] Replying to Mr. Lo's suggestion actually been correspondence be- in l'Abbaye, Paris. Eleanors Ninon picture, constructed in co-opera- the west interesting in view of the that it was possible that the tween his own paper and the S.C.A. and Leo Mantin have had the tion with the U.S. Air Mail autho- fact that a car was utilised as a slogans had been submitted on The circumstances which caused honour of appearing before royalty rities, is a notable achievement.
subject. Gasoline was thrown on some sheet which the witness had this correspondence were that the on more than one occasion, and
to the engine and a match applied." initialled, Mr. Lum repented that S.C.A. had called his attention to among the many famous pleasure!
Giving the fire sufficient time to he had never seen any of the certain matter published which had resorta at which they have appear-
get a hold the demonstrator handl- stogans.
not been censored and had threatened are the Folies Bergera, Parts,
ed the extinguisher and in less ed to take proceedings.
Maximes, Madrid, Au Negrasko,
than ten seconds had put out the fire. Nice, and Hotel McAlpin, New York.
Mr. Lo handed up a sheet which the witness admitted that he had seen before, but denied that the initials on it were his.
Counsel mentioned to the Magis trate that one of the slogans for which his ellents were prosecuted actually appeared on the proof in question.
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HAS THREE EUROPEANS BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE.
The witness wrote to the S.C.A., pointing out that the practice was not to submit anything for censor The chief picture at the Queen's) ship which, according to the Theatre at all performances from paper's ideas, was not objectionable Thursday to Saturday will be or was in accordance with Govern- Metro's big screen version of Sir amongst the Chinese as the "kow Police Sergeant Kelly, known ment requirements.
James Barrie's Comous play,
"Censored and Passed."
on
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Ad-
Europeans, before Major C. Willson at the Central Magistracy this for breaches of .regula. morning Lums. ·
Mr. Glen, of No. 8, East Point- terrace, was fined $4 for allowing his dog to be abroad without a muzzle.
Mrs. Kemp, of No. 1, Norton-
In order to demonstrate the minor damage to the engine the car was started with the crank and "turned over" in good order.
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terrace, admitted two similar sum-disease in the Colony, according to monses relating to two dogs owned reports to the Medical Officer of by her, and was fined $4 on each Health, was as follows:- summons.
He received no reply from the "Quality Street," with Marlon Wong" (dog king), summoned three Producing # copy of the Tai S.C.A. to this letter, which was Davies in the leading role. Kwong Po," Mr. Lo asked the wit-sent on October 9, 1926. He took vance booking for all performances ness why a certain heading, bear-it that his silence connoted the is now open at the Queen's Thea- ing the words "Universal Indigna- Department's acquiescence to the tre. tion" was allowed to appear in that arrangement and he carried paper, when in the same date it with it. was not passed for his clients.
Mr. Lum replied that the words It was on May G that be publish- were struck out from the "Sun" ed the article advocating the boy- Po" on the instruction of the chief cott against Japan, which article Censor. The proof of the "Tai was censored and passed. Then Kwong" article did
pass followed two meetings which the through the witness's hunds, other Editors of the various papers had wise he would have cancelled their with the Censors, one before and the other after the publication of Mr. Lo said that all he was these issues, of the 9th and 10th, trying to do was to show up the At the first meeting, the Editors "rotten censoring."
were warned against pubilahing Pressing his point as to the dif- anything against Japan in strans ferentiation between the various or violent terms, but nothing was papers, Mr. Lo naked the witness, mentioned in regard to the ques- whether a certain open letter to the ion of an anti-Japanese boycott Japanese by "The Association of all
The impression witness gained classes of people in Kwangtung" from this was that they could con was allowed to appear in the "Wah tinue to publish the advocation of Keung Po," but not in the "Sun the boycott. It W49 not until Po."
after the present proceedings were instituted against his paper, that an intimation to the contrary was conveyed to witness.
heading also.
The witness's reply was that he did not pass the "Wah Keung Po's” article.
Prlor to the meating, for several
Dr. Lo: "Last time I put it to Mr. Lau and he said it was Mr. days, other papers had been strong Lum. Now, I put it to you and in advocating views relating to the you say it was Mr. Lau."
adoption of a boycott and other
In reply to the Magistrate, Mr. strong measures, and in some cases Lo referred his Worship to the even went to the extent of advocat~ statement made by Mr. Lau in the
ing war. There was at least one witness box that "it was passed by
paper advocating the severance of another censor."
economic relations.
Two Censory,
Shown a paragraph from his His Worship auggested that that need not mom the present witness, own, paper advocating the discon- tinuance of the use of Japanese whereupon Mr. Fitzroy enid that silk, witness said that Item had there were actually two men em- been passed and censored as was ployed on the work of censoring, the whole sheet in which that item the witness and Mr. Lau.
Pressed by Mr. Lo, Mr. Lum then appeared, on May 9. He assumed said that the "Wah Keung Po" in that it was passed because it was submitting the article in question, not crossed out.
had deleted certain passages which
Ten Slogans.
now
they thought were too violent,; Regarding the other matter com. whereas the "Sun Po" did not do plained of, which appeared on the this: Consequently, the whole of 10th, witness said that altogether their article was rejected.
ten slogans were submitted to the Asked why he did not strike out censors, of which four were
complaint. the objectionable parts from the the subject of the "Sun Po's" proof, the witness said Those slogans were all passed. that they had instructions to strike Replying to Mr. Lo, witness ex- out any article which involved too plained that although not having many deletions,"
the same words, the slogans were Mr. Lo submitted that the genin substance and in phraseology eral inference to be drawn from practically identical with the gen- the appearance of various anti-eral printed body of the sheet. In Japanese articles in other Chinese other words, all that was done was papers was that there was no ob- to lift the same ideas from the jection to such articles. He also general body of the article and maintained that the meeting of
distribute them on the sheet as Editors at the S.G.A,, did not take. marginal slogans. place until May 11, when they were;
Mr. Lo: My case is that every told not to use violent language.
the 9th paragraph submitted on Not a word, however, was sald about "boycott."
and 10th was ́ carisored.
"Seldom Read The Papers." In further examination of Mr. Lum, Mr. Lo produced a copy of
The case was again adjourned,
the "Yin Cheong Fo" and referred Tokyo, Yesterday On the to certain passages which the wit- ground that he has accomplished ness bad to admit advocated a boy- the stabilisation of the financial cott Anked it it would not be situation, far which he took office, right to say that there were many Junnosuke Inouye has resigned the papers which advocated a war or Governorship of the Bank of Japan. other forcible steps against Japan, Kuocho.Hijikata, the Vice-Gow the witness replied that he seldom ernor, has been appointed to suc read the papers.
ceed Inouye, while Eigo Fakai auc- When the Magistrates asked who, ceeds Hijikata Reuter censored the article, in the “Yin j
Cheong Po" the witness replied
that, he could not remember.
Singapore, Yesterday. The
Then followed some discussion Federal Connell hasized. between Mr. Lo and the Magistrate the rubber export duty at one cent
as to the advisability of proceeding a pound. This will becom further on the line of examination. tive on July 17 Reuter
"The Blue Danube," said to be the result of an inspiration from the famous waltz from which is derived it's name, is the special at- traction at the Queen's Theatre for final showing to-day.
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The third defendant Was Mr. Gobbin, of the United States Navy, whose local address was given as No. 48, Queen's-road Central.
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He was summoned for owning a allowing it to be abroad without a dog without a licence and for muzzle. He admitted both offences.
$5 on the first count and $4 on the The Magistrate imponed fines of
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Small-pox: 1 case from the city, 4 from Kowloon-total 4, 6 deaths during the week.
Diphtheria: 2 cases from Kow loon, I death.
Enteric fever (typhoid): 6 cazes
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Paratyphoid fever: 1 death dur- ing the weck.
Influenza (not notifiable): 3 'death during the week.
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