THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, APRIL 2nd, 1914.
TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS. ECHO OF THE RECENT TROUBLE.
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A JAPANESE WIFE'S CONFESSIONS.
HUSBAND MURDERS AMERICAN DOCTOR AND A KOREAN,
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CHINA SERVICE.
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A BRITISH RAILWAY LOAN.
LINE FROM NANKING TO CHANGSHAN Tokyo, April 185.. A sensation has been caused in Koren
PEKING, April 1st. The British-Chinese Corporation has by the murder of an American, Dr.
signed agreement with the Peking Stryker, of the Suas Mines, Korea, by
Government for a loan of £8,000,000 Japanese ex-convict, whose wife con- fessed to having had illicit relations with payable in 45 years, to be used for the the doctor and also a Korean Thesuraged construction of a railway line 3,000 miles Japanese killed his wife and her Korean long running from Nanking via Nan- paramour, and then shot Dr. Stryker chang and Pinghsiang, to Changsha, with dead in his office,
abranch line Wuhu-Kuantechow as a
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RUSSIA AND THE FAR EAST,
BERLIN, March 31st. The official Dalny Fouad reports the intention of Bussja to instal a military Governor-General in the Far East.
LONG-DISTANCE TELEPHONY,
BERLIN, March 31st. Telephonic communication has been opened between Berlin and Milan
RECORD ZEPPELIN FLICHT.
HERLIN, March 31st.
IN CANTON.
AN APPLICATION FOR EXTRADITION OP A CHINESE.
ACTIONS AND REACTIONS IN CHINA.
VI-FOREIGN MISSIONS-THE ROMAN CHURCH.
(Continued.)
At the Magistracy yesterday, before. Mr. J. E. Wood, the Assistant. Crown Solicitor (Mr. P. M. Hodgson) applied As the toleration clause in its fullest for the extradition to China of a Chinese form (in the United States Treaty) was named Tan Wai Yuen, the offences in its inception and negotiation largely alleged against him in the requisition of the work of the United States ex-mission- the Tutuh of Kwangtung being that beary, Dr. 8. Wells Williams, with whose stole 30 rifles and 5,000 rounds of ammuni- nam it is usually associated, it will be tion, and misappropriated a sum of 845,000
Mr. H. R. Pollock, K.C. (instructed by Mr. Philip Goldring) defended.
The doctor was married; and his family connecting link with the Hangcho from Friedrichshafen to Lako Constance, order was given that the Hip Division Treaties of Tientsin, there was under the
It is not believed are highly esteemed. that he had been unfaithfal, THE JAPANESE NAVAL SCANDAL.
APURTHER ARREST,
TOKYO, April 1st The naval scandal now involves three Vice-Adinirate.
Vice-Adotical Matsumoto, formerly Commandant at Kuru Naval dockyard, has been arrested.
Mr. Takarabe, the Vice Minister, has been examined by Procurator Matsup, and is alleged to have confessed to illicit Tolations with foreign firms.” “
JAPANESE POLITICS.
Torvo, April 1st Viscount Kiyoura is forming a cabinet.
OVER FIFTY. DEFENDANTS.
CHINESE CREW AT THE MARINE COURT,
The dock at the Marine Court was filled to overflowing yesterday with the Chinese Crow of the st. Salame, à Glasgow steamer, and no less than 51 of them wore charged with various offences comiaitted en route from Cardiff to Hong- kong.
Those offences included dis obedience of orders, threats, and doing damage to the ship's property and store The charges were heard before the Marine Magistrate, Commander Basil Taylor, R.N., and Mr. W. B. Hind, on behalf of the large gathering of defind- ants, pleaded not guilty.
Ningpo Railway. The employment of a British Engineer-in-Chief, Director of Traffic, and Auditor is secured by the agreement. The Railway itself is to form Recurity for the loan.
NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE QUINTUPLE GROUP.
PEKING, April let.
China has entered into negotiations with the Quintuple Syndicate for a loan to enable China to repay her short-term loans, also for the carrying out of mone tery reforms, and the redemption of Provincial bank-notes. The loan is to be taken up only in case the receipts of the Salt Gabelle prove sufficient security. The syndicate is onwilling to lend money
for administrative purposes.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM IN CHINA
COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
PEKING, April 1st.
the Constitution The Committee fo recotomendy the adoption of the American system of administration with a Becretary of State responsible to the President.
bevere
If accepted, the proposal wou mean y blow to the Cantonese Party under the leadership of Liang Shi-yi, as they hold to-day the Ministry of Com- munications and the Secretariate of the Fresident.
THE PAYMENT OF OFFICIAL SALARIES.
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Capu D. G. Gardiner, infster of the vessel, spoke to various instances of
PRKING, April lat. disobedience, more especially when the
The Cabinet has decided on
મા Dew ship was in the vicinity of the Suez Canal,
method of paying the salaries of the No doubt the root of the trouble was that the crew know they were going to Hong-officiels. The new measure will come in kong and did not trouble what happened force on April 1st, and consist in the to them.
As to the damage, witnes said payment of half in coin and the other that several formis, were sawn up and half in interior loan debentures, beds were also broken up. Until that Bay he did not know the crew alleged that the forms and beds were danged during. rough weather.
In reply to Mr. Hind, the Maser mid he did not enter the offences in the log-book at the time they were committed,
THE CHINESE MINISTRY.
PEKING, April 1st, Hsu Shi Chang, after an interview with
Sun Paochi lasting two hours, has declined to accept office under the present
The Master's story was supported by the Government. mute, who mentioned a particular justance in the Suez Canal where a meniber of the crew refused ro go on the lookout.
"Mr. "Hind called several witnesses from among the defendants who flatly denied.
THE NEW PRESS LAWS.
PEKING. April·lest.
Uscent" to Ha
convenient to notice it laber, though, of course, it operated as much to the advant age of Roman Catholics as of Protestants, both Churches being expressly mentioned. Mr. Hodgson said that during the Its broad effect was to cancel the various years: 1911-12 there wore amongst other anti-Caristian Edicts that had been iswed troops around Canton's body known as the by Yung-cheng and Ch'ien lung, and to Hip Division, there being two regiments make it no longer illegal for a Chinese A new Zeppelin airship made a voyage in this division. "About May, 1912, on subject to become a convert. Prior to the
should be disbanded, and the fugitive was Treaties of Nanking, Wang-hia, and Switzerland, and made an
appointed as the official to disband them. Whampoa, a right of residence at the five | height of 3,000 metres, which, ia a record. It would be proved in evidence that on open ports and of erecting churches, sto, the disbandment of these troops arms there. and under the protection of this CANTON CUSTOM HOUSE.
and ammunition. were handed over missionary work was carried on “ts far to the fugitive by the Commanders na possible, and it was the torture and FOUNDATION STONE OF NEW BUILDING LAID.
of the Regiments. - The first charge; judicial murder by the Chinese of a French The foundation stone of the Canton was concerned with the farms and priest, Pere Chappedelaine, at Si-lin Custom Houes at Canton was laid on the ammunition of the second of the two Hsien in 1856 that furnished Napolcon 26th ult by the Civil Administrator in reguments belonging to the Hip Division. | LIL with the desired excuse for worlike association with the Superintendent of In regard to the second charge, that of adventure in the Far East. (Bi-lin Haien Trade and the Commissioner of Custonus, misappropriating the money, it appeared is in the extreme west of Kwangsi, which The function was of a simple nature and from the evidence which would be brought gives some indication of the extent to only attended by the local Chinese officials before his Worship that upon the disband. which the missionaries had penetrated and various members of the Customsment of these troops the fugitive asked into the interior of China even at that Service.
the authorities for the sum of money date.). THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, baforementioned in the charge to pay the In the Treaty concluding this war, calling upon the Civil Administrator to troops. It would be proved that this there occurs the famous interpolated perform the ceremony offered his con- money was handed over to the fugitive, claire which was, for thirty years, the gratulations to the Engineer-in-Chief, and the Mr. Dick, and the architect, Mr. C. D chopped with what purported to be the right of missionaries of any denomination application for the money, sole and dubious ground on which the
Arnott, upon the excellent sigo drawn fugitive's chop, would be produced. It to purchase and hold land in the interior up by them, and stated that the building would be shown that the troops never did (n, away from the Treaty ports) wES would not only be the finest ever crected receive this money in fact, which it was based. Article VI of the French Peking by the Customis, bal would constitute one alleged the fugitive misappropriated. Convention, 1960, reads: of the most imposing structures in Chind. The mone He finally expressed the hops that the Maritime Customs would continue in the future as in the part to reader faithful and officient services to the Chinese Government
THE CIVIL
AUMINISTRATOR then ascended the platform and laid the stone, after which he stated that he desired to associate himself with the Military Governor, who was unavoidably a in availing himself of this occasion to express his appreciation of the valuable services which had been rendered by the Commissioner of Customs, ir Maze, to the existing Provincial Government; that
money ought to have been paid over to the troops in May, 1912, but it was difficult to lay an actual date for the misappropriation Mr. Hodgson also mentioned that evidence would be called that the fugitive went to a friend's house in Canton with a certain amount of arms and ammunition; and stored them there.
Evidence
reminded
was called, and the case
UNREST IN KWANGTUNG.
NO MONEY TO PAZ THE TROOPS.
Included in a letter which has been sent he had much pleasure in laying the to a Hongkong reside.t) by his brother foundation stone of the new Custom in Canton appear the following sen House and that he trusted that the new tences: There is rumour of another building would be a success.
revolution, and several Cantonese are
TER SUPERINTENDENT OF TRADE then mixed up in it. The soldiers have not delivored a lengthy address in the course been paid for the last eight weeks aid of which he said: The new
there is no money in the Treasury, All
Canton
Custom House is being rebuilt, and as I Sung Shao-chông, happen to be Superin tendent of Customs here, I associate myself to-day with the Civil Administra- tor, Mr. Li, and the Commissioner of Customs. Mr. Maze, in performing the ceremony of laying the foundation stone. Numerous other guests have likewise attended the ceremony. poet says, "Fang Yu Lo Chi Wa Hu Yiu sal," that is, carefniress at the begin ning ensures solidity for intumerable
The ancient
years. In the olden times speeches were made to celebrate the erection of build
the interior ports are already feeling the effect of the tightness of money, and soldiers are revolting."
RECRUITING FOR ANOTHER
RISING IN CHINA.
Reuters correspondent at Canton, in a recent message appearing in northern papers, says he learns that several former revolutionaries were in Canton last week
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été confisquées auj Chrétiens pendant les persécutions dont ils ent été les victimes serent rendus à leurs pro- prietaires par l'entreraiso du Ministre de France en China, saquel le Govern ment Imperial les fera délivrer, avee Is cimitières et Its autres édifices qui en dépendaient.
AND
JEWELLERS.
The version of this given in the Chinese SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS
tex: runs as follows, however :-
BY
W. F. STANLEY & CO., LTD.,
E. R. WATTS & SON,
LONDON.
It shall be promulgated throughout THEODOLITES AND LEVELS. the length and breadth of the land, in the terms of the Imperial Edict of the zeth February, 1840, that it is permitted. to all people in all parts of China to propagate and practise the teaching of the Lord of Heaven, to meet together for the preaching of the doctrine, to baild churches and to worship; further, all such as indiscriminately arrest. (Christiana) shall be duly punished; and such churches, schools, cemeterics, lands, and buildings, as were owned on former occasions by persecuted Chris tians shall be paid for, and the money! handed to the French Representative at ⠀⠀ Peking, for transmission to the Chris tians in the localities concerned. It is, MAPPIN & WEBB. in addition, permitted ta. French Missionarier to rent and purchase land: in all the provinces, and to erect build-
·ings thereon as pleasure."
The divergenes between the two versions is striking enongh apart from the itali. sized sentence at the end. This was inserted surreptitiously by one of the
The draft of the new Press Laws muzzlesings, and the celebrated Chang Lao in Canten was highly successful, and text, which, it was provided, was to be thei
all the charges and said that the forms, the Press in an unprecedented manner.
etc., were damaged in a rough sea and OPERATIONS AGAINST “WHITE that they had then boen sawn up to make
tables and chairs.
Detective Sergt. Pincott spoke to board-
WOLF"
uprising which, they declare, will shortly French priests acting as interpreters) as, take place. They claim that their mission however, it does not appear in the French
that this time many · Tutuhs, civil the Chow Dynasty, when the high official
governors and army commandera are final authority in case of discrepancy, the Chao Wa of the Kingdom of Chur first supporting the movement Chinese would have been perfectly justi had his new habitation built, Mr. Chang tubs and other high oficials were only fed and within their rights in denouncing
They said that many of the present Lau was present and, offering bis felicitas outwardly followers of the President it. That they have never done would tions, said, “Mei Tsai Lün Yin, Mei Tsui When asked how the coming struggle to imply their tacit acquiesce in Huan Yon what a grand and beautiful might be avoided, they replied that it building!
China's post fadum the irregularity. Therefore I Sung Shao was necessary for Yuan Shih-kai to
repeal aft Jaws that he has made without acquiescence cannot altogether condone the consent of Parliament, to reinstate the means by which the concession was precedent, now desire to make the all representative assemblies, including following remarks in verse-Ever since Parliament, provincial legislatures and obtained, but Protestant missionaries, Foreign ships began to visit the Central district councils, to suspend the even when criticising the methods of the Flowery Land. trade with distant further negotiation of foreign loans, to Roman Church, have never scrupled to countries Eas resulted and prospered. grant free speech as provided in the avail themselves of the privilege obtained Foreign vessels now sail in the morning Provisions Constitution, to suspenal
PEKING, April 16%. ing the ship on its arrival at Hongkong. The eighth division of the Chinese Army, He saw the damage alleged, and said that under the command of General Wangcheng, taking this ancient example as a
the members of the crew agreet with one Wu Hsien, has been ordered to Bianfu.
who said that “they were all in it.”:
THE JAPANESE POLITICAL
CRISIS.
Mr. Hind contended that there whe lack of evidence throughout the case, and in the course of his remarks said that in that part of the world captains were very keen on getting rid of crews shipped
TOKYO, April 380 in England, as this one was, because out here a crew could be booked at much The Mikado has entrusted Marquis cheaper rate. He did not accuse the Yamagata's right-hand man,
Viscount master of the vessel concerned of such in action; he always had to follow the Kiyoura, with the formation of a Cabinet: "agents" instructions. But such cases were nlways liable to that construction.. He added that a crew for the Salamis could be shipped at £78 per month cheaper in Hongkong than in England, and that was a good motive for any exaggeration of facts.
the
EUROPEAN SERVICE.
A PETROLEUM MONOPOLY IN
GERMANY,
BERLIN, March 31st...
The United States Ambassador
to
Commander Taylor disan issed charge of leaving the ship without leave for want of sufficient identifica tion. For unlawfully disobeying the commands of the officers, 14 of the men Berlin has requested information regard. were sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment with hard labour, and on the third ing the draft rules of the Petroleum
protest.
charge, that of doing wilful damage, one Kenopoly, of the men was sentenced to six weeks hard labour and the remainder to four interests. weeks hard labour cach, the gaol costs to be deducted out of their wages.
Mr. Hind asked permission for bail in view of an appeal, but subsequently asked the Magistrate to state a case for consideration:
The Master said that the ship was sailing on the morrow, and such a proce dure would probably delay the vessel.
Mr. Hind said that that was
question for the agents, who had to take whatever responsibility might accrue.
The Magistrate undertook to state
as touching
American
He has not handed in a
ALLEGED MALADMINISTRATION ON MANCHURIAN RAILWAY
BERLIN, March 31st.
It is said that several Senators
(Russian) will zet ne auditors on the Manchurian Railway in connection with alleged maladministration.
CARL ZEISS. JENA.
Representatives
LTD..
LONDON.
ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS,
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CALDBECK,
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THE OLDEST FIBM OF WHISKY
and steamers arrive in the evening. The martial law, and to call for a peace con by it and resting on this dubious founda- Pearl River flows for many miles and has forence, inviting Wu Ting-fang, Tang tion. In any case, the point is now numerous affluents, any cargces of Shao-yi, Kang Yu,wei, Liang Chi-chao, obsolete, for the right of missionaries to father, furs, and ivory make business Sun Yat-sen, Huang Hsing, and per hold land in the interior for mission prosperous and advantage the worksen. haps Liang Shih-yi, who all, as a body, Foreign merchants came to trade from might call other persons to consider ways purposes has been officially conceded, first BLENDERS IN THE EAST. beyond the seas. Therefore the Maritime and means of uniting all parties and by the Gerard Convention, and finally by Customs was established, and foreigners interests in the Republic, in order to the United States Commercial Treaty of are empowered to control Customs work. The new Custom House is being con- and cause great misery to her people. Chins became more and more opened
prevent a condition that may ruin Chine 1903 structed and will be of splendid propor- tions and imposing as the eternal hills. It appears that these agents represent
It is centrally and conveniently situated, a new party which did not exist during up after the Treaties of Tientsin, the and will. I hope, soon be completed. I the recent rebellion. They have refused missionary problem (to adopt the Chinese offer my congratulations on this occasion to furnish particulars relating to
I hope, also, Chins will always be a rich
ALICE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
ALICE MEMO
activities of amule
to the Commissioner, Mr. Maze, and wish their urganisation or their supporters view) grew more and more complicated, and in particular the secular and him much happiness and lengevity. I but they claim to have much influence.
political
missionaries increased. It is common to stigmatizs thee activities as illegitimate strictly The Hon. Treasurer of the Alic speaking, they unquestionably are not a Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals begs to acknowledge with thanks the following part of the work of a inis.onary, but donations to the funds of the hospitals: they are none the less natural and
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and populous country, and prescrve friendly relations with Treaty Powers and finally trust the new Custom House will last throughout the ages.
Refreshments having been ærved, the proceedings closed, mis
The building is designed in a modern readering of Italian Renaissance; the principal façades will be faced with granite. The foundations, columns. roofs and floors will be in reinforced concrete, and all joinery work in teak, A clock tower dome will surmount the building containing a three dial West minster quarter chiming clock,
Mesars, Fai Wah Cheong Co. Canton, are the contractors for the building, and Mr. Jones is the clerk of works cunervis ing the construction.
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