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We bare, the majority of us, have not A PLEA FOR enken the law into our own hands. We have not sent, our enemies on to the water, or into it as they would have done, if they and been in the majority.
The resolution applause.
varried ALS
THE DEPORTATIONS
amid
It is estimated that over 2,000 persons Fought admission to the Shanghai Town Hall on February 24th, for the purpose of passing resolutions dealing with the barbarous treatment by the enemy of Allied soldiers who fell prisoners in their hands, and the repatriation of enemy subjects. Sir Everard Fraser, H. M. Con sil-Glaneral, who presided, was supported on the platform by the Allied Consuls, by Admiral Tsai (in charge of the localPatriation of enemy subjects in China. I think that in a step upon which this meet Branch of the Bureau for the Repatriaing will be ready to congratulate the
Chinese Government (applause). tion of "Enemy Subjects), Mr. E. C. the Municipai Chairman vi Pearce, Council, and others.
DEVILISH CRUELTY
LEN,
" TO THE WEAX.
Sir Everard Fraser, in opening the meeting, said -We, or perhaps I should say the majority of us, were apt in the early days of the war-those days that the constant thrills of four years of crowded history have made to see re- mete indeed, to look upon the war e a struggle between professional forces Convention. It nitigated by The Hague took time to convines us that the war was a matter of intimate concern to every one of as- struggle big with personal consequences, in which was being fought out the everlasting conflict between right and wrong, in which the highest duty self-sacrifice and from was demanded selfdenial, the grandest cause known to men--the cause of right and freedom.
Our conversion from spectators to par. tizans was wrought by nothing so much the acoumilated proof of the de- vilish cruelty towards the weak and the in which our enemies gloried. helpless When that reathed our cars, an unassail alle proof that The Hague Convention had been contemptuously cast aside by our foes, that the great law of civilized
of irantment warfare good
prisoners of with righteous wrath. hearts were red, then indeed pur We realized that compromise was impos sible, and that we were engaged in a life and death atragle.
да
ננו
war--had been
OFFICIAL BRUTALITY.
It is right, therefore, that wow the struggle has ended in victory we and car Allied friends should assemble to re- curd our Getestation of the treatrught which has been imposed upon our prison era by German officialdom (applause), for that treatment, just as the horrible outrages of whirl the Germans are guilty, was an official treatment; it was not merely through individual bestiality: guilty shall receive due punishment (ap- plause).
The first resolution, which follows, was osed by Mr. H. G. Simms and
by Mr. 1). Siffert.
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The following correspondence has pass ed between Inissionary at Allind natiaBty and a certain British Cinau), In calling upon Mr. A. W Burkill to
Co the draisk ('unsti)
February 1, 1910. propose the second resolution, the Chair man said:-China was ready a year and
1 take the liberty of writing you more ago to deport the enemy from its borders. When that fell through a great regarding our German friends and es many people supposed the enemy influencessionaries in this province, as we have was even greater than we had been led heard that they are to be seaway, and General
and to expect. A short time ago, however, already guards are at their doors,
their missionary work is likely to bu there came a mandate ordering the re
uterfered with. I trust you will do, and have done all you could that the mis- It N sionary body should be respected. usal to do thin, for we ary (professedly, at least) olitical and pro Chinese and are working entirely for the benefit i of the Chinese demselves. I am aware that one or two have been so I consider it) unwise in displaying flugs and in certain talk, but many British and Ame rican workers do this yet. I protest, as wo are here entirely representing the Court of Heaven, and should keep of politics. Viceroy Chang well said:
The inissionary has no Consul but Jesus. Christ." I know all the missionaries de not agree on this.
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But even the best of measures bay often their diffienities and this measure is open to the danger of exemptions undue You possibly, many of you, exemptions. know that since the armistice the German propagandists have been very busy ex plaining that the armistice was flue, not to any military defcus or any awkward military position, but solely to economie pressure and Amurican dollars, and have explained to the Chinese, plaining to the Chinese, that course they will persuade America to keep her dollars to herself, and they will arrange their economi difficulties and that then they will come back and take revenge.
BY ON
due
Meanwhile they hope with these inferees with which they are very familiar and most skilful, to have quite a number of people left with us. sionaries (laughter) ye, missionaries. I will not any missionaries of the Gospel, At any rate the Gospel as we know it. also
150 very experienced
gentlemen in charge of hongs and, of course, doctors (hisses). Well, gentlemen, if their plan surede,
afraid the ordinary Chinese will be tempted to believe in the doctrines which they are preaching. Therefore, I hope that we may add our voice to the protest against any exemption except for really serious cases of health. (Applause).
NO EXEMPTIONS.
The second resolution, which was pro posed by Mr. A. W. Burkill and seconded by Mr. E. Pearce, was as follows;
This assembly of Shanghai residents nction its appreciation of the
Appreciating, us a fellow worker with them, any help you can and have given these people, whom we greatly nerd in the province, I am etc., etc.
(From the British Consul)
February 20th. 1919. an in receipt of your letter of the 19th instant.
Though I must myself concerned with | the deportation of missionaries and others of enemy nationality. I must confess that am not in the lens in sympathy with the views expressed by you,
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You state that the missionary body represents the Court of Heaven. But did any of the enem, missionaries on a single public occasion express any disapproval
bestialities the lenthrone
111 Bel- witted by their countrymen
at 21 France, the hideous gium Lacbarities inflicted Ly then
of Ende unfortunate prisoners of war, of the Chinese Government in repatriat; the callous brutality of their submarine ing the Germans resident in China, nt warfare, of their slaughter of non-com the same time voicing the hope that to batants, or of their breach of every law exemptions will be granted, and that on of bumanity! If in these matters enemy Germans will reenter Ching until such missionaries allowed their allegiance to March 6th, 1818, at 10.30 A.M., at their time as may be agreed upon by the Allies: and that the Chairman be requested to their country to override their principles ask his Allied colleagues to telegraph this Christiane, it is not possible for then resolution to their respective Ministers now to inke up the ground thing as emis for
be held free from the political disabili tice of their nationals.
The Undersigned have received instrac- STORE tions from . M. VICTUALLING OFFICER to sell by Public Auction,
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and, therefore, we all demand that those ment munication to the ("hinese Govern- aries of the Court of Heaven they should | ELECTRO-PLATED WARE AND LINEN
no way
You appeal for their exemption from deportation and repatriation but did
LIV
seems A. W. Borkill said: --It incredible that there should be people in Shanghai who are so soon forgetful of the awful and almost unrealizable ernel
enemy missionaries raise their voices ties and atrocities perpetrated by the against the diabolical deportations of This assembly of members of civilized Germans in the past four years (Voices civilians from the towns of Northern "Shame" people who have forgotten the France, when the men and boys were led nations records the sense of horror and indigation with which it has learnt of
way the Germans in our midst celebrated
off to slavery and the girls and women the inhumaa treatment to which prison- the sinking of the Lusitania and that a fate worse than death i ers of war have been subjected, by the these saine Germans have in
You may not be aware that most mis- enemy powers-treatment of such brutal-shown that they were not one with the ity as would shame the most barbarous German nation. In fact their behavioursionaries in China during the last four race and, while expressing its deep all through has only gone to prove that years have been very active anti-Ally once a German, always German." propagandis, agent, of their governments. sympathy with the survivors and its com
Had they all studiously refrained from so miseration with the relatives of those (Heur hear). who succumbed, desires the Chairman to
We have, however, unfortunately to acting and had they dissociated them- DOMIYOY to the representatives of the face the fact that there has been a move-selves publicly from the savagery of their Allied Powers the request that they im- ment on foot for some time past to own people, it is possible that they would press upon their respective Governments exempt the German doctors, and why, no no now be under sentence of deporta its conviction of the necessity of bringing one can tell me, but of one thing we pay tion. As it is, if they are truly imbued with the principles of Christianity, they the instigators and perpetrators of such he certain, and that is they will not con an outrage on civilization to a punish fine themselves to their medical duties will find greater scope for work in the ment commensurate with the heinousness and as proof of this I have here in my application of these principles to the of their crimes, in accordance with the pocket a letter from a Germans out to reformation of their blasphemous and
appointing be repatriated
German usuage of civilized nations towards com-
rulhanly fellow-countrymen than in the doctor to act on his behalf. (Laughter). mun inalefactors."
Mr. Simms said: Stirred by the de- Further, 1 am sorry to say, that quito evangelization of China.--1 am, etc.- tails of the devilish cruelties perpetrated recently certain influential Chinese busi.-C. Daily News.
nese nien have taken it upon themselves on Allied prisoners in enemy territories, and by the knowledge that what we had to press for the exemption of various is hut a title of the crimes which senior Germans, on the plea that their officially recorded by the Allied Govern- presence is necessary for the welfare of to be more gives, vent the trade of China,
foolings
Lastly, deep sympathy
understand that pressure is with those prisoners in the terrible auf- being brought on the Chinese Government ferings they have been called upon to for the exemption baar, and of pride in the calm fortitude aries. they displayed under deplorable condi tions, conditions
and physically. Feelings of bitter sentment that men who have performed the highest duty to their country, who went through the of the battlefield, trials and dangers should be called upon to face the cruel and humiliating treatment meted out to them in a spirit of revenge and hatred by perverted nation
ments
of
Ето
German mission-
to break them mentally calculated or necessary. (Hear. hear). Their pre Therefore we cannot let 'our enemy sub
Stera justice demands that the guilty be punished, that the wanton destruction
of property wrought by German hordes
in the occupied territories, and by the German lepers of the sea, be made good
GOODS, Comprising:-
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Terms: Cash,
HUGHES & HOUGH, By Appointment Auctioneers to the Admiralty. Hongkong, February 22nd, 1919.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
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A QUANTITY OF USEFUL HOUSE- HOLD FURNITURE
etc.,
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Terms: Cash.
HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers. Hongkong, March 1st, 1018.
On FRIDAY, March 7th, 1918, at 2.30 PM, at No. L Basilea Lyttleton Road, West Point, Hongkong,
We then ask you that no Germans bele. permitted to re-enter China until such tine as may be agreed upon by the Allied Powers. (Hear, hear).
Mr. Siffert, in reply to the Chairman's invitation to those who desired to speak to the resolution to come forward, said: Now none of these people are wanted Only a few words. Wo qust be humane. ence in China would mean a continuance jects go on very beautiful and nice big of that propaganda against the Allies steamers without their good doctors. that has been so much in evidence in the (Applause and runs of laughter). past, and to grant exemptions on this cannot give our Allied doctors the tempta free scale will undo tes good results that tion to give them an overdose. (Applause we looked for, from the Chinese Govern and leughter).
Germans in ment's decision to repatriate
Mr. Wilden, Consul-General for France, Chins. If we can get all the Germans
trust
to the said that in this war France had drained country, we enn Allied Powers to see that they do not the cup to the bitter dregs. But nothing. come back again. What we have to stand amongst the many atrocities of which she
ris for
out of this
"(Applause). no exemptions."
THE OSXOXIOUS GERMAN. Mr. E. C. Pearce in seconding, said:
THE GERMANS AT LILLE:
We
to shoulder the full lize that wars of prisoners in the clutches of that merciless and mothers, and this disgnet and this
Only then will she aggression do not play.
It must be forcibly brought home to the German people that there can be no forgiveness for brutality; that wantom suffering inflicted on helpless men, women and children cannot be condoned.
MESSENGERS TO GERMANY.
GERMAN LYING AND RECEIT.
has been the victim, nothing has raised the indignation of the people so much as the way the Germans behaved towards the by Germany; that she be made to restore We all know that it was no fault of China inhabitants of the invaded countries and of war. The deportations the prisoners overything she has stolen from those ter that Gormans were not deported months
helt 35
called
at the last of Lille, in the beginning of 1917, would ritories. Only then will Germany begin
ago-the burden of her crimes. moment due to threatened reprisals up never be forgiven by the French husbands
clan of
of German persecution. The Allied
repulsion-hat was too nolile a word to Governments at Home knew full well the describe the feeling would be transit- terrible sufferings our prisoners were ted to future generations. No soldier undergoing and all honour I say to those wanted peace more than the French one soldier, but he knew that he was keeping Governments who were able for moment to case the agonies of our poor the gates of the cage. men, even though we in China may have felt how obnoxious was the mere presence of Gormans in our midst. Now that China, with the assistance of Allied shipa has taken the definite step of repatriat ing, let the Germans return from whence they came and let them, if they can, crow
dung-hill I am on their own
crime. (Applause).
When Hongkong interned and then deported all Germans, from the Colony, did they make any exceptional If my memory server me correctly, none were made! Why, therefore, I ask should China excuse Ray? Or to bring it home, Capt. J. Gurney, who was passing why should Bhanghai excuse any! To through on his way to Biberin, gave pross my point I would like to quote some number of instances of cruelty to soldiers words so ably expressed in Hongkong told was of 78 British soldiers in hospital by in captivity. The most tragic story he to tell their own countryman auch thin any that we have not doing to be, BO wounded that they were unable to cara
Mr. Holyoak :-----
If It can for theunssivos, being left with but two
In seconding the resolution, Siffert, the Belgian Consul, said: I desired a meeting, like this three or four years ago because I think that public opinion rust bo expressed
as possible when circum as loudly stances demand it (applause). still of the opinion that if a long time ngo we had done this without the help of the Consule or any other officials we might have had our enemies out of Shanghai over the seas to their own country. You may as well ask me why Because I think they see the best agents to go and tell their own countrymen in their own country, they did wrong, that they made war upon the whole world unjustly. They are better agents than we
and I think they will be, and ought
HONGKONG'A 'EXAMPLE
and indeed that we will
of
Dr. Couper Patrick also spoke against exemptions being granted enemy engi ncers, missionarios and doctors. In con- nexion with the missionary claim to exemption, he pointed out that the Indian exempted Government had originally them, putting then on their honour that they would only proach the Gospel of Christ, but the Indian Government found that they did not keep their word. What guarentes, he rated, had the Chinced Government that the enemy missionarica in Chine would do any batter?
"THEY SIMPLY BOTTED,"
bo, naro successful than if we told be avoidet, associated in Shanguni, elcher, never tooved" in "their"beds, and, in any other way can tell their, dwn, socially or eommercially with amen or
nowspaper, by
or 'by tolegraph, countrymm» We have come back 10,000 women who thus far have tried to realize miles, and we don't like it ibis boonuse what honour justice, and noisy moan, of theen years of bad politik, of the who acknowledge neither international vers of bad design upon the world. You obligation nor treaty unless they stand have ill-treated, you he killed, you have to gain by doing so and host nature murdered, you have torlared your or there is no chord which to ie minore, while we 16 Shanghai had a life claims of either." of plenty and al llborty."
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THE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
&o,
Azal
therein contained, (Full Particulars from Catalogue). On view day of sale. Trams: Cash.
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers. Hongkong, March 3rd, 1919,
March
On SATURDAY,
8th, 1919, commencing 12 o'clock Noon, at their Balod Rooms, No. 8, Des Vaux Bood, Corner of Ice House Street,
NINE FOX TERRIES PUPPIES. (Froin three distinct litters)
and ONE WOLF J-A-P
4 H.P. single cylinder Motor Cycle with side-car and accessories in good running order.
On view now. Torma:-Cant.
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers. Hongkong, March 1st, 1919.
On TUESDAY, March 11th, 1919, at 12 o'clock Noon, nt thbir Salon Rooms, No. 8, Dos Voux Road, Corner of Job House Street, 100 case "ROBINS" BRANDY damaged by fire and water. "Tarma ---Cash.
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HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers Hongkong, March 3rd, 1919.
The Undoraigned_ have recolved instrao- tumir Balas Rooms, No. 8, Des tions to soil an Vox Road, Corner of Ies House Streety
quantity of netting (new) suitable for Tennis Court boundary
Particulars from the undersigned... TermaCo
of even the most necessary sanitary nitentions. Then nu, he said, laid thore for week after work until Thoy simply rotted." Meanwhile less wounded prisoners in other parts of the hospital. though they volunteered to end their comrades, were prevented from doing so.
The resolution was onrried with hoj, ST imation..
Hongkong
HUGHES & HOUGH, Austletoere.