October 28, 1896.1
the richest man in the islands, and who rtunate enough to escape to Singapore, been confiscated by the Government, have been taken possession of by dge of Batangar, but the rebels have fore- him and are in full possession of the place, driving out the troops on duty, over 70 odd. Every day balloons are being sent up from the rebel lines on all sides of Manila and are plainĺ visible. These are evidently signals for some preconcerted attack.
This morning it is reported 800 men belong. ing to one of the native regiments have re- volted, but so far there seems to be no confirma- tion of this. That something is wrong, however, if örident from the hurried return of the Gov- ornor General and large reinforcements of Spanish troops sent up via the Laguna. HOME SPEECHES MADE AT A BANQUET TO NEW-
LY ARRIVED OFFICERS FROM SPAIN ON 18TH OCTOBER.
BENOR D. RAFAEL COMENGA-Gentlemen, in the name of the Spanish Casino, which in the present time does not grudge any sacrifice, I welcome o brave soldiers who are around us and
with joy and enthusiasm, full of love for nie country, enatifying us like a wave of fresh juvenile blood now running through our veins by magic art. (Great and ex- traordinary applause). Welcome then ye who are to be the bulwark and stay of our honour. (Fresh applause, drowning the voice of the speaker.) Ye have just arrived in time; the bannibals are still in the woods, the beast of prey is still hiding in his lair-(bravo)—and the hour has come to exterminate the savages; all fero- dious animals should be killed-(hear, hear)- bad weeds must be plucked by the roots. (Great applause). The object of war is destruction; ita civilising virtue works like a burning iron on the ulcer, destroying its corrupt tissues in order to secure a perfect cure. Show no pardon! (Hear, hear.) Destroy! Kill! Pardon is a prerogative only belonging to the king and not to the army, to the city, not to the camp, and believe me, from there, from that historic, hon- onred, and dear old land of Spain, which we all love with delirium, no words of peace come against these traitors; on the con- trary, rigorous punishment and justice which the voice of the people clamours out shall be severe and not tempered with meroy. (Frantic applause several times repeated, entirely drown- ing the speaker's voice). Soldiers! you are the arm of Spain. Execute, exterminate if necessary; amputate the vile member to save the body, out the withered branches which impede the circulation of the sap in order that the tree may burst forth anew with fresh leaves and flowers, (Sr. Panarando: "That is the way to speak." Brave and great applause.) The variety of uniforms which you see mixed up here will clearly show you how necessary war has been and still is. These you see here in battle array are not military men (speaking of the volunteers) but civilians, who in view of an infamous re- bellion, steeped in obscurity, fleeing from the light like infernal animals, have been obliged to shoulder arms and exchange these in place of the biretta, the office desk for the horse, the pen for the rifle, and all for the glorious flag of Spain, which we have sworn like you to die for ather than see it humiliated. (Great applause and Viva Spain). We are not playing at soldiers; are defending the country and our lives. applause). Spain conquered this land. thanks to the incomparable efforts of Juan de Balcedo, the strategy and tactics of Martin de Goiti, and the sound policy of the patriotic Miguel Lopay de Legaspi. From time imme. morial, after each truce, after each profession of friendship, followed a rising. (Voices, "It is
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is true." Silence, silence). Our be- country was able to say to these people, so we have the Divine right and the force of our arms, like the poet said to the Turks:-- Vile alava‘of vile Constantinople, I will bind thee with my chain and I will crush thee with my (Great applause)-But no, we did not do this. We raised them to the condition of cavaliers, the sons of those ruffians who came from China, made their posterity noble and slew the yello necks of their most deadly enemies We have made them doctors, lawyers, chemists, neers soldiers, and even ministers of reli, and they in return, not troubling themselves nots of their race, bite the
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hand which caressed them, they rise up against a nation which has enriched them and which has made them pass in three hundred years, in less period that any other nation, that long voyage which commences in a savage and ends in civilization. (Great and deafening applause). Tell me now if they have any cause for rising, for having made them human beings out of savages (Hear, hear). If some native troops were not dying side by side with us, we might become desperate and abandon the civilizing influence carried on by our fathers. But dying side by side with us they redeem their caste and become worthy of our respect and our love. To these heroes I drink. Soldiers! You belong to a grand nation, not like the rest of them who count their days of glory by the victories they obtain, but by the reverses we suffer. The heart of every true Spaniard is prouder of the disasters of Sagunto, Numancia, Otumba, Zaragossa, and the 2nd of May, than the taking of Antwerp, the siege of Milan, the battle of Cerinols, and the victory against the Travaltecas. It seems that victory always bows to the flag of red and gold, which without doubt we have placed in our emblem to show that in the hour of need neither gold nor blood has any value for us. (Enthusiastic and frantic applause). Well, gentlemen, I think we must rectify our history and begin to count our days of glory according to results. If you accept my thoughts, drink with me for the triumph that is near at hand; for the victory we shall gain the day that our valiant troops go out to the campaignbled y such brave officials, to whose health I-drink and invite you also to drink. (Thundering applause.)
Many other speeches of the same kind were given, but the foregoing serves to give an ides of the whole.
ALPHIA
SUPREME COURT.
21st October.
CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
BEFORE HIS HONOUR DR. CARRINGTON (CHIEF JUSTICE.)
THE MANSLAUGHTER IN QUEEN'S ROAD.
Lam Hung, a 'ricksha builder, was charged with the manslaughter of an assistant in a 'ricksha builder's shop in Queen's Road East. Hon. H. E. Pollock (Acting Attorney-General) prosecuted and the prisoner was undefended.
The following jury were sworn-Messrs. Cheng Peng U, E. A. Hardoon, R. T. Gribble, V. J. Remedios, A. Abdoobrahm, F. M. de Jesus, and E. M. Robarts.
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gers. Ho Tsui Bang then got rather demon- strative and said he had 200
the women. Then the first prisoner said he ad 200 cash and he ought to be taken for a row because he got into the boat first Some kind altercation then took place between Ho Tsui Sang and the first prisoner as to which of them should go for a row. The mistress of the sam- pan in her evidence would say that Ho Tsui Bang said to the first prisoner "I'll beat you to death," and that thereupon the first prisoner hurriedly left the boat and went ashore and he was followed by the other five men. The two prisoners went quickly into the stables and im- mediately came out again. Ho Tsui Sang and Chan Tsui San (who was also murdered, but whose case the jury were not concerned with) were walking ahead, and when the prisoner came up to them the first prisoner set upon Ho Tsui Sang and the second prisoner set upon Chan Tsui San, with the result that both the men attacked were stabbed to death. prisoners then injured the other two men wh had been in the boat and they then se parated. The first prisoner went to Mr. Kennedy's stables and saw Mr. Bailey, to whom he said "I have stabbed three or four men at Causeway Bay He then produced a knife with which he said he had committed the attack and mentioned that the men had punched hi In regard to the second prisoner, the prosecu tion suggested that there must have been some concert between the two prisoners; that they must have had an agreement to attack the four men, as it was almost impossible to conceive that they would independently have come to the conclusion to stab the four men. Therefore, as his Lordship would doubtless point out to the jury, if these two men did agree to stab the four Hakka men, and if in the course of the attack Ho Tani Sang was killed and the first prisoner was the man who inflicted the blows which caused the death, the second prisoner would be equally guilty of the murder of Ho Tsui Sang.
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Evidence was then called. As the witnesses. and the prisoners spoke different dialects three interpreters were employed, the Court inter- preter interpreting the witness's evidence, Mr. Salas interpreting on behalf of the first prisoner, who spoke Mandarin, and Inspector Quincey for the second prisoner, who spoke the Shanghai dialect.
24th October.
At the conclusion of the case for the proseon- tion Mr. C. A. D. Melbourne addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoners and said that in regard to the first prisoner he asked the jury to say that the injuries were inflicted in self- The jury found the prisoner guilty and re-defence. At most the case was one of man- commended him to mercy.. He was sent to slaughter. The knife used was not a deadly wea prison for three months.
pon; it was only & penknife; and the act was not premeditated nor was it the result of malice. There was no evidence to show that the second prisoner was concerned in the affray and counsel asked the jury to acquit him.
23rd October.
THE CAUSEWAY BAY MURDER.
Chun Tai Yan and Wong Tong Shui were charged with the murder of Ho Tsui Sang at Causeway Bay on the 19th September.
Hon. H. E. Pollock (Acting Attorney- General), instructed by Mr. Johnson (Crown Solicitor), appeared for the prosecution and Mr. C. A. D. Melbourne (instructed by Mr. Reece) defended the prisoners, who pleaded not guilty.
The following gentlemen composed the special jury:-Messrs. C. A. Tomes. H. L. Dalrymple, Fung Wa Chun, N. A. Siebs, J. H. Garrells, R. K. Leigh, and E. W. Mitchell.
The Acting Attorney-General (Hon. H. E. Pollock) submitted that there was nothing in the evidence which could induce the jury to reduce the crime from murder to manslaughter. He also contended that both were acting in concert and therefore were equally guilty,
His Lordship summed up and first of all pointed out that the essential ingredient of offence of murder was malice and the jur be satisfied there was malice before the convict. His Lordship then closely reviewed
the evidence.
The Acting Attorney-General explained the facts of the case and said that the two pri- soners were jockeys employed at Mr. Kennedy's stables, Causeway Bay. Both came from the north, while the murdered man, Ho Tsui Sang, was a Hakka man and was employed as a mafoo. On the evening of 19th September, about seven o'clock, the two prisoners went on board a sampam which was lying a few feet from the shore at Causeway Bay and smokerl cigarettes. About a quarter of an hour afterwards Ho Tsui Sang and three Hakkas, who were also employed as mafoos, went on board. Ho Tsui Sang asked
The second prisoner was then removed. a woman and her daughter who were in the
His Lordship then sentenced boat to take them for a row in the harbour, but the sampan women said they could not as the o death. At the conclusion sampan was licensed to carry only six passen-ion of the sentence the condemn
After an absence from court of twenty min
utes the jury unanimously returned a verdict of guilty of murder against Chan Tai Yun and a verdict of not guilty against Wong Chun Shun.
His Lordship. Mr. Attorney, you have an- other indictment against the second prisoner
The Acting Attorney-General. Yes, my I and against the first. With regard to the first prisoner I ask that a nolle prosequi be enter on the other indiotment.
His Lordship Let the second prisoner taken down.