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SEPTEMBER 2018, 1917. THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY.

POLICE RESERVE DISCIPLINE SHIPS IN EXCHANGE FOR

PORTUGUESE CONSTABLE AND,

HIS PATROLS.

The case was resumed at the Hongkong Magistracy yesterday. in which Mr. L. A. P. Leite, a Hongkong Police Reserve Constable, way charged (1) with being absent from punishment patrol on August

31st, and (2) with being absent from patrol on September 7th.

Mr. Eldon Petter (Discipline, Officer) prosecuted, and Mr. M. K. Lo appeared to defend.

The charges were taker together,

FOOD. NORWEGIAN AND DUTCH OFFERS TOAMERICA,

THE REVOLUTION IN S. RUSSIA

A PICTURE OF ODESSA. MUCH TALK AND LITTŁA WORK. Irnosi THE TIMES" CORRESPONDENT IN

THE LALKAN PENINSULA.]

ODESSA...

BRUSSELS UNDER THE GERMAN

A SHOW OF GAIETY.

(FROM THE TIMES SPECIAL COLBESPONDENT AT AMSTERDAM,]

Dr. Nausen, nusurupanied by M. H. H. Bryn, the Norwegian Minister, called

A gentleman who returned last week from a long stay in Belgium tells me that at the State Department, Washington, last month, and explained to the Assist

Odessa is the real capital of South the Germans there are greatly depressed, ant Secretary, Mr. Phillips, Norway's Western Russia, though the administrauth military and civilians, thinking that need for food and abio her willingness to tive centre of the Province of Kherson if it had not been for the Russian collapse pat: Norwegian ships at the disposal of is the town of that name. This once busy the German Army would have been de the Allies. Mr. Phillips said that bend cosmopolitan port, from which the fented this year. Educnted Germans at would put theifacts before the Export foreign element has largely disappeared Antwerp said recently that they would Council. Probably Dr. Nansen will since the war being replaced by refugees not be surprised if the English were in asked to appear before the Council toro Roumania and elsewhere--has now Ghent by the late summer.

Geen tits cherish the belief state his case.

become the centre and focus of regola Before calling on the State Department councy activity in the southern regions that will issue unbeaten from th

war, but for auch an issue they rely ex Dr. Nansen declared in an interview that

great lustress of Ukraine ho rule faith to the Army has been transferred. Norway was willing to barter ships in only serious rical ling Kieff, the clusively on submarines, to which their exchange for food. "Before the war Norway possessed 1,000,000 Tous of shijere, at Odessa, assemble the inner They would he pleased if they can avoid able congresses, conferences, and co-defeat for their Army. My informant ping. Tiermany bad destroyed 1000,000 liters which proclaim to the world the said he saw The Times while he was in pus rosolutions on every topic, social,

Mr. Potter, answering the arguments put forward by Mr. Lo at the previona. hearing, prefaced his statement by saying the there was one matter in which he would like to make an explanation. That Was that the reason why that case had been brought before his worship when and Norway required: 'unother resolves of newly-fledged democracy, and Belgium, but he did not enjoy the plea-?

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million for her own wants. The remai der she was willing to devate to the carry ing needs of other countries,

The Dutel Minister has also declared that Roiland is willing to exelang, ships for food, on condition that the ships are The Dutch not sent into the danger zone, Gyvernment was ready, he declared," "to, devote chips to the extent of 80.000 tona to transport purposes for the relief of the Helgians if the United States accorded Holland foodstuff, for her own use. The unsillingness to permit ships to ply within the danger zone was due, he said, 19 Holland's colonial trade.

The United States (vernmeal, throngh the medium of the neutral diplomatists, has requested, information concerning the food condition prevailing in the North ern European neutral countries. The in sention, is to restrict found exports to the latest necessities. To prevent foodstuffs or the food they replace from reaching Germany, assurances are to be demanded that no food produced in Amerien shall be re-exported or used to supplant goda exported:

CERANSING TITE MUNICIPALITY.

en-

tical, and ceonowie, affecting there of reading it, as the copy he saw was welfare of humanity in general and of being taken by an orderly to a military The German military Hassin in particular. He also is discommandant,

The Times also cussed, no longer in secret, the formid-authorities are close students of the able Jewish question, for which Fire British newspapers. Kassia is bound to provide an early and circulates clandestinely among the popu- satisfactory settlement.

Intion, high prices being paid for smug- gic copies. Gerinaus endeavour--lo esenpe military service as far as possible, Arriving here during the early days of may seeking plaers in the civil adminis the revoluciou, I found the town perfertigation. My informant was not impress

ringui: there was no external trace of the great position ransormation whiched with the efficiency of Germans as had just occurred, The civic authorities rganizers, which he declared was over- bad been deposed; the municipal council aced. Soute 10.000 officials were chamber-a veritable den of thieves-land played in Belgium, where, with better been cleared of its occupants; some prangan, a much smaller number. winent nietakers

skontie suffice, :f the reactionary coterie known as the Black Hundred had been placed under luck and keys the police force, an institution which main tained itself by blackmail and intimida tion, had been disbanded and it's place taken by an unprofessional force of students, veteran soldiers, and others, Most import known as the "militia. ant of all, the Black Sea Fleet and the garrison, largely owing to the influence of Admiral Roltchak, had declared for the revolution

contrusficente, Thus the great change had been accom plished without the shedding of one drop of blood. Revolutions, it is said, are not made with rose-water, but in Southern Russia, at least, they can be made with- out bloodshed,

Although in the centre of Brussels a certain animation is noticeable, this is artificially encouraged by the Germans in order to prevent the city from being too afterly depressing. The contract with the Brussels, of former days was clearly noticeable by anyone acquainted with the city before the war. No bicycles, tele phones, motor-cars, or horses were to be seen. Provisions were very dear, but à good dinner was still obtainable at the restaurants. Que paid 25f, for a dinner whien before the war cost 61.

there was new legislation now in existence giving certain powers to the C.S.P. for dealing with defauits was becaus. "thint presreution wag, brought before the new Ordinance was passed, and; furthermore they were aware from the letters that they bad received that the defendant, had con sulted Messrs. Lo & Lo and also Counsel, and they were desirous that in open cunr the defendant should have in oppurtunity of bringing forward any defence thought fit. Dealing with the arguments. Mr. Potter sail that they had been told that the defendant was a Poringuese subject and that statement had at ben chailenged, but this mere fact of his bring a Portuguese subject was to defener to this charge. The questions of law, in volved depended apon Mr. Lo's cuten tion of the has the point at issu which was to the effect that the Prace Preservation Ordinance, and the Puljer Reserve Ordinance, 1914, were edlirely. separate and distinct in so far as their application to the Police Reserve was cop- cerned. That contention really amounted to this, that once a Police Reserve came under the Peace Preservation Ordinaner then he ceased to be within the Polic Reserve Ordinance and became liable to the Peace Preservation Ordinance, and to that alone. He thought his worship had fully made up his mind on that That contention of Mr. La's was entirely Wrong, and even if he were not wrong Buglers and. Brummers and Maxine ventive measures have, therefore. been universal antong the Germans in Belgium,

HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.

ORDERS ISSUED BY 317. F. C. JENKIN, IV. (R.).

SERVICE BOARD.

(3)-All Units will attend before this

· Board· at 'lendquarters' Club at any time between à nur spam. as fol ¡Jowa: ---

Monday, September 24th, Nó, 3 Platoon, Tuesday, September 25th. No. 1 Platoon Wednesday, September 26th, No. 1 1la

toon.

Thursday, September 27th, No. 2 Platoon Friday, September 28th, Mounted Police

Gunders

(2)Medical Exempts and men on leave Bus attend. Uniform optional, but Armlets to be produced, (3)-The Surgeon Supt will arrange

for the attendance of either himself, the Assistant Surgeon Supt, or Surgeon Iuspector Thomas at ruch pitting.

BYLNNOTÍ.

bulance) is permitted to resign on leaving the Colony.

PROMENADE CONCERTA.

The mural of the Belgians was good, ard they were all looking forward con fidently to the redemption of their coun try, though experiencing bard times. The

The prevailing tranquillity here was all the more surprising in view of shipper middle classes are now obliged to bad occurred in the town during previus part with valuables, such as pictures and periods of revolutionary exelenient. plate, white the wealthier classes through- Happily, the langer, for the present at out have done all in their power to assist least, has been averted. This fortunate their poorer follow-countrymen. My in circunstance is due solely to the fact that formant met many Germans married to the new authorities, urlike those of 1905, Englishwomen. The men's families who deliberately insed the mob against were in Enginud and the men themselves the Jews, are determined that no disint

were employed in military capacities in bance hall take placy. Should an out-Belgium. They speak English extremely break occur, they could only count on anwell, and desire nothing so much as the amateur police and an army with novel end of the war, which feeling is indeed and shadowy idea of discipline.

Pre

taken, the chief of which is the absolute prohibition of the sale of intoxicating beverages and the sealing up of all wine and spirit stores. Odessa consequently remains tranquil and sober.

My informant, who saw General von Biesing's funeral, said that the Germans made a show of uniforms, otherwise there was nothing remarkable about the cere mony; the population simply turned their backs on the procession.

KAISER'S THANKS TO HINDENBURG,

The Kaiser bas sent the following tele gram to Field Marshal von Hindenburg:

I take pleasure, my dear Field-Marshal, at the conclusion of the third year of this greatest of all wars, in which with brilliant statrgy and art, you have defied the superior forces of the enemy and cleared the way for our armies to victory, in expressing to you once mare my bound- less thanks. I confer on you the Cross and Star of my Royal Order of the House of Hohenzollern. The badges will be posted immediately.-WILHELM, IR.

THE JEWISH PROBLEM. The Jews, who at first were considerably alarmed, have now taken heart, but nie quiet and wisely abstain from serious pro- Vocation, One day, indeed, a Jew, seated Joined--C. T: Thomson (Lieutenant in a tramcar, blew smoke in the face of R.N., retired) to Water Police. his neighbour, a Russian colonel with the

a soldier who sat opposite; but the excep

At tional incident had no consequences. Elizabethgrad an influential rabbi appear: ed before his congregation with a stout: Chief, Staff, Company and Platoon In-stick in bis hand and threatened with con spectors are asked to place themselves dign punishment any one who should be at the disposal of Staff Inspector guilty of provocative conduct by demand Arculli, Chairman of the Committee,ing extortionat prices. As in 1905, the on the evening of Saturday, Septem: Jews are, no doubt, armed, but under the ber 22nd. They should attend in okl régime the possession of aring was for

hidden

The uniform at the Public Gardens

now it is allowed to all. Jewish problem lends a special interest to the situation at Odessa. For the moment the Jews await from the revolution the attainment of complete political equality and this will inevitably entail the emancipation of their race in neighbour ing Roumania also. Latterly they have received an earnest of the satisfaction of one of their claims from M. Kerensky House, where he sold his handcuffs by who, during his visit here, declared that auction for £100--and subsequently pre- free Bussia knew no distinction of races posed to the Government to send him c and zominated the first Jewish lieutenant a special mission to Kishineff, where some in the Russian Army. No protest has disturbances had occurred, in view of his followed on the part of the troops, who great influence" with the population of it was said, had vowed that they would that place. never submit to the orders of n Herbrew officer.

8.30 p.m.

By Order, T. F, Hoven, A.S.P. (R). Hongkong, September 19th, 1917.

BOMANOFFS DISFRANCHISED.

A majority of the Provisional Govern ment has passed a resolution depriving the Romanefs of the franchise at the forthcoming elections.

then the defendant would be liable. The principal Ordinance in dealing with Polier Reservists was the Police Reserve. Ordinance, and the Peace Preservation Ordinanes was brought in by reference. The Police Reseve Ordinance, 27 of 1914, Section 18, ine-srporated the Peace Pre- servation Ordinane merely because it was thought alvisable to do so. If the terms of the Peace Preservation Ordi-Resigned-Pe. 169 Lem Chung Po (Am-result that his own face was slapped by nance enflicted with the terms of the Police Reservé Ordinance, then it did not apply. It was impossible to constrne the two Ordinances a show that Mr. Jenkin wng, merely a phantom person in charge of a phantops. force. As to the question of resignation: Mr. Potter contended that the Ordinance made, it clear that a person could not resign without permission, or until the Proclamation was rescinded; then and the only could a member of the force be released. Also, Section 12 of the latest Ordinance was retrospective, and was really brought into force as a reqult of his worship's judgment in another case. That section put the matter beyond all possible doubt, that at all time during membership of the Palice

It is, perhaps, only natural that exuber-. Rewerve a member was liable to the Peace

ant joy over nowly won liberty should Preservation Ordinanes; and there was

Odessa is tranquil and sober, but it sometimes display itself in eccentric and even childish manifestations. It was to good reason why the Ordinance should be

would be a mistake to suppose that it is during the French Revolution, and here silent On the contrary, the town has bee we have seen indies in red revolutionary constroed in that way. The reason was

visited by a cataclysm of eloquence which raiment appearing in the streets, the abat the Peace Preservation Ordinance

possibly may be blessing in disguise, as modern counterparts of the Goddess of was compulsory, and the whole object of

various energies which might otherwise be Reuson. But the truculenge of the days. dangerous find a safety valve in words of Danton and Robespierre absent; the the Ordinance both here and at Home was

Apart from the congresses, conferences, Russian is by nature averse from blood- In the course of further argument and committee meetings already alluded shed and from cruelty of every kind, and to enable the authorities to be able to

Me. Lo submitted that the defendant was to, reunions of all kinds representing so long as he is sober he will abstain from place their land on any man to make perfectly willing to volunteer for service various interests guilds, trade unions, excesses" The crowds which listen to him assist it preserving the peace when men were asked for the Special professions and occupations, legitimate street orators here for hours go away According in Me. Lo, if a man was called Police Reserve, and he certainly had no and illicit, are continually held, as many quietly when they have had their fill of objcetion to small punishment such as as twenty or thirty of these being often rhetoric and come again for another sip one day he would resign the next if extra patrols, but when, under the new announced for a single day in the news instalment next day. The soldiers and e did not like it. That was an entirely Ordinance, he found that he was liable, papers. Even the pick-pockets have bad sailors who mingle in these crowds, s wrong construction. Again, the Pro after volunteering his services, to be lock their conferences, at one of which a self well as the workmen, mechanies, and In Russia every one has clamation of September, 1915, laid ited up for seven days in prison he took denying ordinance was passed imposing others, all seem to have nothing parti-

exception to such legislation, and he abstinence from their lucrative activity cular to do. down that members should continue to be wanted to resign. Such involved legisla. during the May-Day douonstrations. On pleuty of time, and to-day more of it than

the following day a member of the coever. Special Constables until the Governor lion by reference, added Mr. Lo, was a

Hi fraternity called at the police court to pernicious syster of legislation.

his colleagues had These are indeed haleyon days for the inquire whether

proletariat of this great commercial, town; shall by proclamation cancel such enrol client became alarmed at the extent of

observed the regulation. meat. in view of those facts be did not it, and all he wanted to do was to resign.

The convicts who by some mysterious little work, enormous pay, and interesting Besides and statesmanship. Mr. Wood said that he would reserve agency were liberated from prison on the excursions into the unknown realm of

politics think that Mr. Lo had made out a case his decision in the case, but added that day of the proclamation of the Revolution, Sundays, there are many holidays; the which would acquit the deferdant of Mr. Lo should advise his client to go also had their meeting, which was attended shops close at six, the eight hours day is

They

the rule, strikes are frequent, and every blame It was also absolutely absurd to book to duly and to do any patrols he by representatives of the Press.

was ordered to de pending the counidera-pansed a resolution to amend their lives, works just as much as he pleases. contend that because the defendant was tion of the decision.

and their president, who it is said had He was of the opinion that would not be punished for anything he editors of the various newspapers which

had done in the past if he resumed duties, had sent reporters to the meeting. if an American soldier. were in charge bat it he disobeyed orders in the future then appeared on the stage of the Opera

(Continued at foo; of nezt column.) (Continued at foot of nezt coluran.) he would be punished,

of an English officer at the front and refused to obey orders he would receive the customary sentence and be shot at dawn.

At this point Mr. Wood remarked that he was of opinion that the defendant could aut resign in the way he had, and he also held that at the present, time he was a member of the Police Reserve,

-A GLUT OF MEETINGS.

a Portuguese subject he was not liable for Mr. Potter remarked that the defendant committed 40 murders, called on the punishment.

suddenly informed that no meals can be Eren at the beat hotels the visitor may he served, as the whole staff has gone out for

the day he repairs to the restaurants, but finds they ar, all closed. The servant, iu fact, bas become master.

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