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CORRESPONDENCE.
THE MILITARY SERVICE BILL TO THE EDITOR OF THE "KONGKONG DAILY PRESS."]
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH, 1917.
[TO THE EDITOR OF “THE HONGKONG
DAILY PRESS S1-May I be permitted to draw at tention to a misrepresentation of fact in the Governor's reply to Mr. Pollock's
EXTENDING BUSINESS.
APPLICATION BY SUN CO,
HONGKONG MAGISTRACY,
ALLEGED THEFT OF MONEY.
A Chinese accountant was charged with
At the Hongkong Supreme Court yerlerday (before the Chief Justice, Sir William Rees. Davies), a petition was the theft of $340, the money of bis, em BTR-The principle of the Military speech in the Legislative Council last made by the Sun Co, Lid, Hongkong,ployer. The case
was adjourned, bail
Service Bill has been so fully discussed that I do not propose to add anything to the discussion. I might point out. however, in your leader of this morning that men in uniform, were actually for bidden to attend the public moeting which was held on the question of tho exclusion of the Germans, and that any public ceting in the future may be sup pressed by the Military Authorities by the simple expedient of ordering a parade for that day-a good example of the oblique attacks to which you allude.
In case it may appear to some people that the whole of this discussion is now
Friday?
Regarding the question of night work His Excellency is reported to have said:
this night-work does not amount to very much, thanks to the numerical strength of our local forces I am told that a man has to put in
extend the objects of the Company, as set out in its Memorandum of Association. Mr. Eldon Potter (instructed by Mr.
E-Davidson) appeared for the applicants and said this bis lordship doubtless knew, the Company carried on extensive business both in Hongkong and
being fixed at $600,
ALLEGED THEFT OF CURRENT.”
Two Chinese were charged with stealing
gitctric current, and also with erecting additional installation without the
night work about once in seven or eight in Canton as universal, providers. The Permission of the Hongkong Electric
wecks. I do not think that alone will do a very great deal of him. Anyway, I do not believe that any of the men who are doing this night work would willingly he exempted from it. They all enjoy it."
order they were asking for was an order which was entirely covered by an order already made by his lordship in a similar case in January last year, in the case of the Wing On Company, which was also a company of universal providers. Therefore, he thought it would be unneces
Company.
Mr. F. X. d'Almada appeared to de fend one of the men, and the case was adjourned; bail being fixed at $100 each.
RETIREMENT,
These conditions of night duty obtain on
A venerable looking Chinese, who has storm in a teacup, the main point Lotte post, but surely His Excellency is
sary to quote any authority to his lerdeen in the United States for the past having been conceded, it may be interest-not ignorant of the fact that other poststipther than the order his lordship and 39 years, and who y
was passing through. ing to notice how the powers of the Act are manned by business men who have to made, as he thought this case was even hongkong on his way to the country, with the intention of geing into retiro am going to be used in the immediate put in n turn of night duty every 6 or 7
stronger than the case his lordship, had future. The number of parades has days, and that these duties have only already beard. The Memorandum of As, was to have been charged before already bien altered from 50, as ma-recently been reduced from one in every sueintion of the Wing On Company was
Air. Dyer Ball with being in possession of tioned in the first draft of the Schedule. 3 or 4 days.
similar to that of the Sun Company. The revolver and 128 rounds of ammunition. to 30 in addition to parades and atte In such cases Mr. Harston's remarks
The man did not appear when his name dances ordered for muskatry instruction are undoubtedly true that the night petition set out all the relevant facts, and
was called, and his bait of $25 was estreat or musketry practice. Men of the in-work performed amounts to more than his lordship would see that there was no fantry battalion will, therefore, bave 50 those who perform it are physically cup-given to the shareolders. The Company opposition, although full notice had been
parades à pour, plas anything from 3 to able of if they are to pursue their ordi-
had its registered office in Hongkong and 10 parades for musketry instruction,nary avecations during the day," and
its capital was 83,500,000 divided into half-a-dozer ́ afternoons for fring the the men who are performing night work
25,000 shures of Sine each. Counsel musketry course, and 2 or 3 whole day do not enjoy it."- for field-firing The members of the
"If there were any evident necessity added that the Company wished to extend machine gun sections will have the same,
its Articles to cover insurance business, shipping, banking, and the business of with the addition of 5 or 6 long parades for tus partially disabling men
thentre proprietors. He admitted that the for fring their cours, and at least one business the situation would be ac cepted although never enjoyed, but with whole day for field-firing.
extension sought covered a wide scope of This is a fairly formidable list, but it Bumerous military men available, whose is capped by the 8 days in camp. Catup duties can be equitably allotted to any business, but he pointed out that modern 18 unnecessary in this Colony. In Eng-hours of the day or night, the present universal providers all had refreshment land it is necessary because Volunteers or system is sheer waste of man-power-Icons, and some bad added cinematograph Territorials can get no collective train-enclose muy card, and remain, Sir, Yours ing except in camp, and, I imagine, faithfully. would have great difficulty in doing
their field-firing other than in Camp.
11PERIAL.
Hongkong, 3rd September,
for
In this Colony we can do, and have done, | ALLIES ECONOMIC POLICY our collective training and beld-firing on
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG Sundays. Thor is, therefore, no
DAILY PRESS."! reason for having camp at all. There are several serious objections to it. The mere
renl
face of drawing such a large body of men away from their occupations for 8 days is a substantial objection, and when these withdrawals nfl take place in the sauc month the objection becomes a grave one, and it is xedingly grave if the selee Tion of the days is to be in the hands of si: Military Authorities and not of the
Inst
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to
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sntertainments.
His "lordship granted the petition.
THE FRAWLEY COMPANY.
" JERRY."
As Jerry." the title role of the delightful comedy which the Frawley Sin,- I would draw the attention of all Company are giving at the Theatre Royal thinking men to the statement of Lord this evening, Miss Billy Burke made what Robert Cecil published in to-day's tele is probably the greatest sacceas of her grams regarding the potency of a fan-carrer. The whole play, of course, centres cial. commercial and economic isolation
"Jerry's "
She around
UVINIPEG who of a nation determined to force its will
Lu gong
visit her aunt
liver upon the world by violence. It would
very in a
fashionable section of seem from this expressed opinion of the actunt Minister of Blockade that by the Philadelphia, and during the short time that the course desired to be pursued against Gershe is there she succeeds in changing the It is themselves. regulation says that the days need not many by the Hongkong Chamber of Concourse of four lives--her aunt's, the man be consecutive, but this is not n very merce, and endorsed against Germany by she picks for her husband, the man who great safeguard. There does not seem to the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce, and xup to be anything to prevent the Autho endorsed practically unanimously at the rities from ordering any one
subsequent public meeting held in the attend at camp from such and such
Theatre Royal, we here in Hongkong have date and onwards for 8 days. A great seized upon the vitally weak spot in the many married men object to leave their armour of an aggressive nation like Ger- families alone for our night when they many. With the defeat of Germany's go on guard, considering it unsafe te armies in the field, it is not to be expect leave their wives and children in the ed that an immediate conversion to peace hands of Chinese servants, possibly inful ideas will take place in the mentality many cases in districts thickly populated of the German nation; they have been by Chinese. This may, perhaps, be over- too thoroughly imbued with the teachings cautions, but one can hardly blame a man of their Government and public men for who objects in these circumstances 10 the past forty years. Ten years for re- leave his family entirely for 8 days. If pentance is really very short in the life it is objected that he need not go for 8 of a nation, and i think we word very Consecutive days, the answer is that it moderate indeed in wishing to limit in does not appear that this matter is in tou years the period during which no his hands, and that, even if it is, it would Germans should be allowed to enter the be quite impossible in many cases for him Colony.
We
to arrange to go on sight separate days. Lord Robert Cecil also states that
1 notice that Officers are to be obliged | hold that in this struggle economic con-
COBBLERS AT VARIANCE,
Two Chinese cobblers were charged. before Mr. Dyer Ball with fighting.
It seemed that both the workers inf leather claimed the same pitch, and, following an argument, they set upon cach other with cobblers' implements, but thanks to the early intervention of the police, no serious damage was done.
Both the men were fined $5, and wore also bound over to keep the peace for six
months,
OPTUM.
A Chinese was charged before Mr. Wood with being in pussession of a quan.
tity of opinm.
I was stated that the man's' defence was that he was sent to the chief steward
of the Ho Ho to fetch wertain parcels, and the parcels were found to contain
the opium,
Mr. P. X. J'Almada remarked that be would be able to prove without a doubt that the man did not know that the pareris be was sent to obtain contained apium. The vessel had now left Hong kong, and it would not be possible to complete the case until the boat returned from Shanghai.
The case was accordingly adjourned.
FLYING THE WHITE PIGEON.”
A ense of what is known as flying the was before Mr. Dyer white pigeon
Jail.
would like to marry the aunt, and her own life. Al' are lifted out of the current in which they have been drifting and started on a fresh course that feads to happiness. and in the doing of all this "Jerry " brings no end of fun to the interested
A man and a woman were charged with spectator. It all happens in this wise. obtaining 838 by conspiracy. The prose- Jerry's" Aunt "Joan" has grown cation alleges that the two defendants tired of a love affair with Montagu came down from Macao and went to a Wads that has got no further than an boarding house. The man said that he engagement in twenty years. She would
was very poor nad had brought down like to be free and Poter Flagg" would his nice to get married. They were in- like to have her free, as he is almost sure troduced to a widower, and it was agreed that he would have the courage to make that the widower would give 8129 to marry her his wife. It is at this stage that the woman. The male defendant then -Jerry
comes along and takes fate in sked for 26 as bargnin money and left. her own bands the minute after she has the woman with the widower. Four days Sea" Montagu Wade" and decided that later, he demanded $12 to pay for the be shall be hers and the his.
"Jerry's 19 purchase of the woman's clothing. This first act is to announce in the society columns of the Philadelphia papers the
was paid, and the next morning the woman ran away. Both defendants were breaking of her aunt's engagement to Montago and bints at the approach-
The case was remanded.
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OLD MAN'S PLIGHT,
to buy serge uniforms and serge shirts, siderations are as vítal as purely militarying marriage of Peter Flagg" with thaught ou the Star Ferry pier as they. which are, therefore, presumably neces measures. This also, to me, appears to aunt. That is the first of a series of hep were buying tickets for Canton, sary for them. The men, apparently, are bo at variance with the policy of our pre-penings that turn things upside down in strong enough to stand the rigours of a sent Administration that seeks to create the hong Jerry" is visiting but by no Hongkong winter in khaki-drill. I also a semi-military force out of the business notice that the men are to be supplied men of the Colony who would be far more with Army pattern boots. If these are usefully employed in attending to the the kind of boots I imagine, it is likely economic strength and expansion of Bri to be a sore subject in the immediate tiub trade than in wasting their energy future. It seems rather hard that, after in military exercises until they reach the wearing out our own boots in Govern age of fifty-live-I am Sir, yours ment service without complaint for three respectfully, years, we should now be compelled to
wear
out our feet in Government boots for the remainder of the War.-Yours faithfully,
E. DAVIDSON. Hongkong, September 3rd, 1917. P.S.-I have no doubt that the boots are very good boots when you get used to them, but the trouble is we shall never get the opportunity of getting used to
them
It may be of some consolation to your British readers, however, to realize that, as against all these objections, they will probably under Section 147 and Section 100 Sub-se. 8 of the Army Act be exempt from serving on juries for the rest of
the War.
* COMMON SENSE."
CARDINAL MERCIER.
MEAN GERMAN REVENGE
Divans the last, for during the interim many events take place that cause conster nation on the part of the characters of the play and at the same time bring heaps of fun to the onlooker. The last kappening finds "Jerry" a prisoner in her own room on a diet of milk and eggs it is during this time that she dons her for misbehaviour, as her mother says, and pink pyjamas and sends word from out her prison walls that she is about to die from a dose of poison, which is only another of "Jerry's "tricks in her efforts to win the mary she loves. Of course, le succeeds and everything ends pleasantly.
GERMAN DIVISION OF BELGIUM
A very miserable looking Chinese "of advanced years was charged before Mr. Wood with attempting to commit suicido by jumping off a boat in the harbour.
It was stated by Inspector O'Sullivaa that the man came to Hongkong from the country two years ago with 830 in his pos- session, with the intention of proceeding to Singapore. Upon arrival here he found that big money was not sufficient for the journey, so he set himself up in a small business. After a struggle this business The Telegraaf publishes a message from the frontier announcing that Canon asserts that the resignations of Ministerial him. Things went from bad to worse, A Brussels semi-official telegram, which failed, and the old man's young wife left Vrancken, private secretary to Cardinal officials in connection with the division of Mercier, has been sentenced to one year's Flemish and Walloon territories are not
the administration of Belgium inth and, two days ago, the man jumped from imprisonment in Germany. The reason the work of ambitious persons, continues was rescued by boatpeople.
boat which was alongside the wharf, but in all cases voluntary, but appear to be ven for the sentence is that Canon werfinden, the carrying out of the Frencken stated last Whitsun that in separation will not be interrupted by August, 1914, when at Namur, twenty- Belgian intrigues. The German adminis four fathers of families were sentenced to teation has made its arrangements, and death, and, further, that a chaplain and the Governor-General, wherever it appears twenty-three young men asked to be fired necessary, will take severe measures at in place of those men Apparently the against open resistance, Belgian super real reason for the German outrage is to patriots will soon become aware that the punish Cardinal Mercier by persecuting only greatly harm their own country with his secretary and friend.--Central News their dangerous political intrigues."
A friend of the old man, who was in. Court, said that he would undertake to convey bim to the country, and Mr. Wood thereupon discharged the defendant, at the same time informing him that if he came to Hongkong again he would be sent to gaol,
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