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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THUESDAY, MARCH 1918, 1909
BOAT
-TWO PIRATEB SUFLOSED TO BE KILLED.
The following account of a píratical attack! on a missionary boat is given in the Shaughaz Mercury
nothing beyond advising blm to cable to the word and thrashed fames. Next day the defen- | PIRATES ATTACK A MISSIONARY Governor of Hongkong, which be did, and davis refused duty, and said they would not received a reply by esble advising him to apply work until the boatswain had been tried in a court of law for ill-treating Hughes. That was to the British Consul at Saigon. Neither the Coural at Saigon nor the Consul at Puklici the only reason they gave for their action; they could do anything, however. None of the said nothing about the coalition of the ship. defendants ever said anything about the ship The boatswain had never -treated Haghes, not being senworthy except McIntyre, who rebut Hughes had abused and threatened the marked: You know, captain, the ship bostawain, and warned him once. Wait till it touched bottom in Hainan Straite." With gets dark and I'll rip yon." Hughes was drank regard to flugbea boing dick, the man many a time, and witness carried him to his was examined by two French army doctors, quartere twice, who aid that although he was not a roun
Mr. Ferrers read a long list of damages done mas he was quale Bt to perform ordinary to the ship in the storm off the Philippines, work shout the ship. Witness know notlung and said it seemed to him that everyons on shout Hughes having been ill-treated by the board was in imminent danger of being boatswain. On several occasions he asked the drowned. For four days the crow were engaged defendants to resume their work, and said he in clearing away wreckage from aloft, but with would forgive them if they did so and took the it all, and in spite of her labouring and the ship to Rungoon. This offer, after half-an-heavy weather she experienced, the ship was hour's consideration, they ruftsad.
quite seaworthy, witness mid. Mr. Ferrers action had cost the ship and the witness a great suggested that she sustained damage by being deal of expouse, the total up to the 17th inst.nearly ashore" on the way up the river to kinotiating to £3495s. 24., increasing every day. Hongay, and got the reply that the river There was a Lalance of wages due to each defen- dant, amonuting in the aggregato to over £150, His Worship Is there ary phanos of a nettlement between the parties!
Their
Mr. Ferrers-Well, I don't know, your worship; the ship does not soon to be in a seaworthy condition.
Several of the defendants-No, sie; we won't go back,
was so Durrow that even when a ship was in the middle of the stream, in deep water, she was nearly ashore.
This concluded the evidence, and Mr. Ferrers and Mr. Hastings addressed the Court on behalf of their respective clients.
His Worship said he found the charge against the defendants fully proved, With reference to the suggestion of the defence that the ship was unsesworthy, there was not a tittle of evidence to support list suggestion. The evidence was all the other way, and he was quite satisfied that the ship was in a one of the seaworthy state. The cam was worst possiblo kind and he felt it his duty to ladist the maximum penalty of the law. Each defendant would be imprisoned and kept to bord labour for twelve days and forfeit 78 days' pay.
James (the coloured defendant)-Can we say something, sir?
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appointment of a Minister of Commeros was suspices of the Chamber of Commerce. Later be'd last month. at Southampton, under tha Cheats, Szechnen, 6th February. there was a public meeting hall, Dr. Milner As you will no doubt have heard of our being White, president of the Southampton Chamber attacked by pirates at Mo Tze-chang and of the of Commerce, presided at the confereses, and result of the attack, I foel. I ought to let you he was supported by Mr. Louis Bluclair, M.P., bave a few lines stating the real facts. On the the mara and sherift of Southampton, morning of the 21st of funtary about 4a.m., representatives of the Southampton, Porte- we heard a bost rowing, and, thinking it was an mouth, Paolo, and other Chambers of Commerce, early passinger best, we paid no attention. But The president said that too much importance ss we bad arranged to have unrly breakfast to let could not possibly be attached to the offles the captain transfer some goods, as we were too which represented the trade and commeres of heavy to get up the rapid, we called out boy to this great nation. We beasted that we were a light the fire. The rouging ongód, bat by the nation of shopkeepers, and, while we welcomed time the fire was alight it commenced. again, a high state of efficiency in the War Office, in We, thinking it was another boat passing, paid the Navy, and various other Departments, we must look to the future greatness of the no attention, but concluded it must be later than we had thought. Just than the boat came country in her commerce; and the best man crash alongside: a great row ensued, but we which the Prime Minister had thought it was our boatmen quarrelling with should be ronde the Minister of CommersACHEE & CO.,
Before Sinolnir observed that as at present constituted the other boat for running into us. we had time to hear what was really the trouble the Board of Trade, with its phantom three big, burly well dressed fellows rushed into components, had become a by-word in the land, ur sleeping speriment. Lifting the curtain, and particularly to commercial men who had they stood not three feet from us. I at once studied the problem of competition in England. jumped out of bed, when the man Dearest Hitherto the failure of the movement for atrack at me with a sword, bat fortnately it reform was due to the fact that they had not the advantage in the House of Commons of caught in the curtain and he missed me. Before he bad time to repeat, I seized my rifle having a backing of public opinion and com. and brought the barrel over bis shoulders. The mercial mea behind them. They must provent blow rather staggered him, and he made for the their home mackots from being farther invaded; front room followed by his two companions. I they must prevent their food supply from being followed too, plying my rifle over their heads in danger, and their mercantile marine from and shoniders. On entering the front room I slipping away. Thoir administration at the found five chaps awaiting me. They stood for present day was the same as it was 50 years a second Lot finding the rifle barrel heavier thau ago, and then their commerce was only a third they had korgained for, made for the outer door, of what it was now. Instead of the present But on going out one of them with a backward office of President of the Board of Trade he stroke of his sword struck me on the nose, i should like to see a President or a Minister cutting the masal artery. The blow brought of Commerce; assisted by an effective board we to my knees, but he, not knowing what he which eat ragularly once or twice a week, a had done, rashed on. This gave me time to get board of permanent officials, each official the case off my rifle. On geing outside I found representing a certain department and who about 20 or 30 wen. Striking right and left had an intimate knowledge of that department. with the burl of my rifle, they made e amplified this suggested sobome, and said for their bost, which was held alongside these officials should form the advisory board On reaching it a shot was fired in my face bat to did not bit. me, whereupon I opened my Win- chester and fired three shots into their boat. They at once cat loose and I know from the Ah ya! Al ya! that was called out as they
Cross-examined by Mr. Ferrors, witness Eaid ho beard that Hughes had served in South Afries, but was not aware that the rheumatics in the man's shoulder resulted from his cam paigning. Witness never offered him $20 to leave the ship. When he offered to lock the boniswain up in his cabin, he did so to facilitate, if possible, the getting away of the ship, and did not mean to imply that the boatswain was in the wrong. He did not consider thine the boatswain was in the wrong. Describing the weather during the vogage, witness said it was variable, but never really heavy. Off the Philippines a squall carrisil away the fore topgallant mast and the main topgallant mast, and in clearing away the wreckage a small boat lying on the main hatoh was stove io; this boat, burever, was not a ship's boat. The vessel touched bottom in the Ilainan Straits, bat sustained no damage and made no water. Mr. Ferrers asked if it was the case that the witness was habitually under the influence of liquor on board the ship, and received a denial. Mr. Ferrers pressed the Administration, in the course of a recent address drifted away that some one was hit, but inet mooting, when Mr. Sinclair characterised the pelot, and suggested that the entries wade by the witness in the log-book were not those of a sober man. The handwriting was
His Worship-No, you may not say anything. Let the defendants bo removed from Court...
ANGLO-GERMAN CO-OPERA-
TION IN CHINA.
STEEOK Y 812 EDWARD OREF.
Sir Edward Grey, MP., who was Under Secreisty for Foreign Affairs in the Rosebery
to his constituents alluded to Great Britain's Co-operation with Germany in Venezuela and
once returned to the inner room, whers Mrs. what damage was done we did not know. Iat Fergusson and Florence, my daughter, were,
Cabinet Minister, a man who would be listened to by the Prime Minister and who was in the Cabinet by right. Later a resolu- tion embodying these ideas was carried. Mr. Peter Stewart presided over the evening
obsolete and unfair to British traders, who, commercial administration of the country as
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told him to wait. After waiting for two hours in Germany with regard to ourselves so vary should swim ashore and escape to report libel suit brought against them by exchange 18. 74d, I dine as I could not dine la
He was not a post, and if he bad the gifts of a poet be would not use them to try to promote bad blood between any two Europeon countries; but he must say that he was not surprised that co-operation with Germany was not popular in this country at the precaut time, (Cheers.) The memory of the fueling which was displayed but he saw the Assistant Harbour Master who Commander Rumsey appeared, but absolutely recently was still fresh in our minds; ond it refused to see him. "kent he supposed to must be remembered that however friendly one assist me ?* went on the witness. "I told the Government might be towards another, unless eccond Harbour Master to tell the Harbour there were real friendship between the two Master that the master of the Kirkcudbrightshire peoples neither Government could depend upon wished to speak to him, but he refused absolutely the other for support and alliance. (Renewed to sea 140--said he could not see too." The shears.) But there was more than that to bear witness then described his journey to Jardins in mind. We had to bear in mind that the Matheson's, from Jardine Mathasons to the premat British Government had again and Harbour Office, from the Harbour Offiss back again engaged in co-operation with Ger- again to Jardine Matheson's, and then to Mr.mony in different parts of the world, and Hastings, bis aplicitor all this to have his he did not think that the co-operation had boon satisfactory. We put our troops in China under command of a German general. We accepted the command of the German general more fully and more thoroughly than did any other nation. He did not think that was satisfactory with regard to the position of our own troops in Chine. We entered into an engagement with Germany which was noderstood to men that we would co-operate with her in searing the "open rivers, and in the ports. Wo thought that was a general arrangement which was to operate over the whole coast of China, but it was interpreted in Germany, not as being a general arrangement applying to China, but as being something which applied to the Yangisze. That meant that the agreement way to apply whore British sommartial interests held the
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wound was bleeding profusely all the time. Mrs. Fergusson soon get the wound washed and bound up, Then she and Florence went aboard the boats which had come alongside, and co- were ready to drop down the river if they should return in larger numbers, for we hardly knew circle around our boat were lights. The natives what to expect, since on the shore in a semi- asid they had a guard placed in case anyone think more likely it was to help to carry off the spoil they were waiting for. However, there were about tea lights on the shore, but they want eat or disappeared shortly after the boat drifted off. Two shots were fired by the pirates in all, but neither of them did any damage to of their beds all the time, and it was all over any of us.. Not one of our boat crew moved out before the captain and the others from the back came out. Every one was frightened half to death. Our boy, who was up lighting the fire, was compolled not to speak, under the penulty of having his head cat off, and he concluded better our hands than his, so let them come right in on us without warning Next day we learned that they did not stick to their boat vay long, and that all our fears of their reloru were groundless; they had quite enough of it. We were sorry to hear of the sad fats that befel two of their unmber, cud to
The Matin publishes a list of the creditors of feel that we had shed blood and, if the report
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man) was scraping the ship, Witness a dour" in China, at any rate on the coast, in the of them were left in the boat, une shot through at present. The total amount of her liabilities mako Mr. Wyndham's fortheowing Bill agree of the colony sa it is at present... Altogether,
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the neck the other through the shoulders, while two more were wounded. Yet it was a matter of life and death to us, and I did not fire until after I was fired on, and when they fired the shot I did not know how many more were to follow or what might be next.
standing on the rail, and saw him "skylarking with somo women in a sampan. He told James to got on with his work, and James called him sand said he would not work for Lim. Witness told him to come off the stage if he was not going to work, and James left the stage and came on deck. He pulled out his knife and tried to stab witness, who caught his wrist and bold him till the knife was taken away from him by an apprentice and thrown over the side by the equal footing with British commercial interests twenty in disguise and twenty armed, to hunt
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Now my wound is almost well and I feel little attempted to strike the witness, but strack the already held the field. The agreement as to chief officer instead: The bar was taken away. Manchuria was apparently regarded in Germany the worse for it, and soon hope to have nothing more than & scar to remind me of the adven Bad James thereupon bit the witness in the dead letter altogether. That sort
That ture. Mrs. Fergusson's nerves received a con- thamk, and was given a good thrashing in of co-operation was not business. returu, Hughes was another who abused the
sidamble shock, but we trust the effect of it will witness. He called bim everything he could
BOOL, pass away. Most people food it will be some little time before they attack a boat with lay his tongue to, and said he was not James if he took out a knife he would use it. Witness
foreigners on again. I hope it has this result. caught him by the shoulder and shook him, but did not strike him. He never struck Hughes at any time, and had had no previous quarrel with him.
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sort of bargain way a one-sided bargain (Cheers.) Wherever we and the Germans met in any part of the world he wES all for being conciliatory, and for discussing our interests perfectly frankly, and for dealing with them at least in as friendly a spirit as with any other ustion in the world; but we had hitherto cultivated our good relations with By Mr. Forrors-The ship had smelt the Germany at the expense of our good relations ground," but she was in good, maworthy con with Rumin and with France, and we were now dition, and witness would go with her anywhere cultivating them at the expense of, or at any There were two foboats on board sufficient to rate at the risk of, our good relations with the carry all the crew. He know the defendants United States, with whom, above all others, we wanted to have lum tried, but for what he did wished to be friends. (Lond cheers.) He had not know. He had never heard them suggest dealt with this matter because it was exceeding that the ship was unseaworthy, and if it wasly important that one Government, being dislike of himself that kept the defendants back committed to co-operation with Germany, were go through with it. They must be was quite willing to leave the chip: He was bound to satisfied with his job, and did not soo what there bandle it as tactfully as they could. One did was to grambis at. There was plenty to eat: not want them to go back upon their word, Pablic opinion was, however, he was glad to (Laughter from the defendunts.)
Griffith Griffiths, the chief officer, described soy, pressing upon car Government that they the knife and iron bar incidents, and cald he must not pledge their word again lightly in told the beatswain to give James a thorough matter of this kind or involve us sgain in the good thrashing," which he thought he risks in which they had involved us this time. deserve. The boaterain took hira at his (Cheers)
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for too mode at admission, since her indebtedness Bill conceding those demands. It will be THE BOOK WILL BE FOUND TO BE A COMPLETE actually reaches the figure of 115,00,000 francs. introduced in Parliament at the end of Mr. Redmond and Lord Dunraven agres journal adds; it is an apotheosis.
of the It ceases to be a bankruptcy or a swindle the March, and, if passed, will accomplish what most in saying will be
ever extraordinarily peacefal revolutions effected. If Mr. Wyndham, for lack of funds or other causes, fails to meet the views of the Conference, he will have on his bonds, accord-
world has never seen.”
Mr. Redmond adds -" If this agreement of keenly opposing parties lacks fulfilment through the Goverment's refusal, there will be twice as many Members of Parliament in gaol and twice as many counties under the ban of the Crimes Aat, then there were prior to the present trace. This trucs will be continued until the terms of the Bill are developed, A great Nationalist Conference, at which Bourke Cookran, of New York, will be one of the principal speakers, will moot in Dublin in April to take action on the subjects.”
Details of the proposals submitted by the Commonwealth, with a view to the establish ment of wireless tolegraphy between Australia and New Zealand, show that its company stated that the establishment of their system would entalla preliminary expense of only £47,270, whereas the laying of a cable would cost up warde of £200,00. They asked for a enbaidy of £12,000 a year with a right to all the revenus received, and they would undertake to maintain the system and transmit messages with celexity and accuracy. They proposed to charge 5d. per word for ordinary messages and 3d, per word for messages relating to Government The Court of Sessions at Edinburgh, on the and official business. Whon informed that 17th ult, awarded the Government of Spain the present rates by cable from Australia to New £67,500 in the action began there on January Zealand were 34. (ordinary) and ed. (Govern- 9th by the Spanish Minister of Marine, Sanchez ment), the Company modified their suggested Tons, to recover £75,000 from the Clyde- tariff to 4d. and 24. The heads of the Common bank Engineering & Shipbuilding Com wealth Postal and Telegraph Department, because of the Company's failure to deliver in ecntiast time four torpedo.bont destroyers, Leving considered the poesis of the Company, which had been intended for use during there wted against them, on the ground that the Spanish-American Wer
Lord Kylischy, the presiding Judge, said he isting service between Australia and New Zalad answered all requirements and was Spain of 1897, had boon in a cheaper than the Marcouisystem. The Colonial thenght it more than probable that it overt on to establish a really effective blockade Office and the Admiralty had previously position in Cabs against the unloading of munitions of requested the Commonwealth Government, war, the insurrection might have been crushed having regard to Imperial interests, not to and American intervention have been avoided enterinin proposals from the Marconi Company the 135 weeks delay, to which she was entitled without consultation with the Imperial Govern-
He therefore allowed Spain £500 a week for
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LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. The C.P.B, steamer Empress of Japan arrived at Kobe st 7 sm on the 18th inst, and left again at I p.m. some day for Yokohoma, where she is dus to arrive at 1 pm, to-day. Singapore for this port yesterday afternoon.
The steamer Lightning, from Calcutts, left
The N.Y.K steamer Kumano Maru (Austra hinn Line) left Kobe via Moji and Nagas for this port on the 17th inst., p.m., and is exposted here on the 24th inst.
The N.Y.K. steamer Bombay Mari (Bombay
Laine) left Kobe via Maji for this port on the 16th inst., p.m., and is expected here on the
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