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DIRECTORY THE "AND CHRONICLE
FOR
1920.
JAPAN,
COREA,
INTIMATIONS
THE
|RUSSIAN VOLUNTEER
FLEET.
virtua of Russian National Laws
Bonnigated by he former Impens
Government and not abrogated by any of the successive Russian Provisional Govern ments, every Russian enterprise or company bound to have its Head Ofice or Board of Directors within the boundaries of the State: On the ground of these Laws and in con formity with the constitution of the Russian Volunteer Fleet, the Provisional ZEMS- Government PRIMORSKAYA KAYA TERAVA-The Zemstvo of the Littoral Provinces) on the 36th day of March PHILIP-1920 established the Board of Directors of
CHINA,
STRAITS INDU - CHINA, SIAM, SETTLEMENTS, MALAY STATES, NETHERLANDS INDIA, PINES, BORNEO, Era.
FIFTY EIGHTH ANNUAL ISSUE.
THE DIRECTORY covers the whole of the ports and cities of the Far East, from Netherlands India to Siberis, in which Europeaza reside.
Not only is the Directory as ful and complete in each caso as it can be made, but each Colony, Port, or Bettlament is prefaced by & DESCRIPTION, carefully revised each your, most of which will serva za accurate GOZDAS FOR THE TOURIST, giving every detall in connection with the places, their History, Topography, etc.
the Russian Volunteer Fleet with a tempor ary saat in Vladivostok (Decree No. 187).
HONGKONG, PRESS, DAILY MONDAY, APRIL 1978, 1980.
THE VICTORIA GAOL,"
ISTRATION REPORT ON THE ADMI
OF THE GAOL Wo, reproduced in our issue of Satar day last the first portion of a Report by a Committee appointed by His Exbellency
the Governor to inquire into certain sub- jects respecting the Administration of the Gaol arising out of the outbreak among prisoners at the Gaol last December. Following is the remainder of the Report:
(3.)-Comments on and suggestions for" the Reform of Gael Administration will
now be made, and will be accompanied by occasional references to the Verdict of the Coroner's jury, a copy of which has been forwarded to us.
(4.)-The first suggestion of the Coron- Mr. A. V. PRIGARIS, the known. Fromotor of the All-RUSSIAN ZEMSTVO CO-er's jury is that the numerous implements OPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS, has been found in Cell 63 after the cacape of the appointed Chairman of the Board of Diree prisoners could not all of them have come bors of the Russian Volunteer Fleet and there without some collusion between the Captain D. & Lakhmanoff, Russian prisoners and the officials of the gaol. Volunteer Flest Agent at Nagasaki, has been We think that probably this is so but nomineneral Manager of the Russian proper supervision in searching tho Flest for the Far East and prisoners on their going off daty and in Executive Director of the above-men daned searching their bella ought to have made Board. (Ordinances of the Provisional such collusion impossible. We are als Government Nos. 167 and 71 dster Marub fed that the non-discovery of such imple ments in Cell 63 by the Warders who searched that portion of the gaol on Saturday the 13th. December, 1919, was due to gross negligence on the part of two Indian Warders, who have since been We are, however, clear that the chupatti and the ginger which were dismissed
found in Cell 63 must have been intro- duced into that cell by direct collusion between an Indian Warder and Prisoner 201
26th, 1990.)
With
establishment of the legal Board of Directors within Russia, the former Board which expatriated then.selves taking scat in Constantinople aid since acted arbitrarily at their own discretion and with unjustifiable responsibility before, the Stats is declared The right and capacity of all Eussian invalid by the Provisional Cavezziment Volunteer Fleet Representatives abroad acting on behalf of the above depatriated
by the
pre- sent legal Board, at Bussian Volunteer Fleet, as National Establishment, would not hold any respon sibility for their acts after this declarations
The Information in thees Descriptions, Board' would not be ok and the
anslating of a hundred interesting articles, packed with facts scncisely set out, and containing statistics of the TRADE of sach Country and Port, would sione suffice to fill a large volume.
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Besides 'asval Alphabetical List" of Firms the Directory gives the CLASSIFIED LISTS of TRADES and PROFESSIONS. at the larger Commercial Centres.
The
ALPHABETICAL LIST of RESIDENTS in the Far East contains the names of over
30,000 FOREIGNERS,
arranged, with the Initials sa well as the Surnames, in strictly Aphabetical Order that any na e an be found instantly.
THE MAPS AND PLANS
the principal ports in the Far East, have be engraved by one of the most eminent Fius in Great Britain and are sunnally corrected and brought up to date.
All banks, concerns, and individuals stand- ing in business connection with the Russian Volunteer Fleet are hereby earnestly warned not to pay any amounts owed by them to the Russian Volunteer Fleet, to the Representa
tives not furnished with the authorization of the Baard of Directors at
Fladivostok.
All particulars concerning the legality of the Russian Volunteer Fleet presentatives abroad can be obtained from the Board of Directors at Vladivostok on application.
Capt. D. A. LUKAMANOFF, Executive Director of the Board.
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(5.)-As regards searching the cells of prisoners, we understand from Mr. Franks, who has had some years' experi ence at Dartmoor and Brixton gools, that it is the custom in England, sa it is here, to search the cells only once a week in addition to the ordinary daily inspec tions
We desire to point out that such daily of inspections are only for the purpose Bocing that everything is tidy and are inadequate for the discovery of any hid den implementa We also have to point out in connection with the searching of cells that, at the time of the occurrence in question, owing to the shortage of the staff, which has since been remedied, it was the custom to have such searches of cells conducted entirely by Indians in- stead of as now, under European super- vision. It is certain that two of the wea pons, (fashioned out of files) which were exhibita in the murder trial, as well as the key for opening the door of the cells. (also an exhibit) were manufactured at the tinsmith's shop. It also seems prob able that the key of the gate, leading out into the yard, was manufactured at the tinsmith's shop. The above shows in our opinion an extraordinary lack of supervi TR. N. D. FEDOROFF, Russian vid
под Bating Agent for Central Japan, by virtue of Art. 54. of the Constitution of the Russian Volunteer Fleet, is discharged from his Office by the Board of Directors of the Russian Volunteer Fleet.
RUSSIAN VOLUNTEER
FLEET.
TO "ALL" WHOM IT MAY, CONCERN.
The dismissal of Mr. N. D. FaDozer has been legalized by the Minister of Trade and Industry of the provisional Government (The Zemstvo of the Littoral provinces)
In consequence of this The Russian Volun- toer. Fleet waras all banks, concerns and individuals against Mr. N. D. FEDOROFF's acts on behalf of the Russian Volunteer Fleet, for which acts the Russian Volunteer Fleet would not bear any responsibility after this
announcement
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The CHRONICLE covers the notable events together with the Tarts of all the most important Treaties concluded with the countries of Eastern Asia, the virions Customs Tariffs, Trade Regulations, Cham bers of Commerce, Scales of Commissione,
all questions arising from the contracts. Conralar and Court Focs, Hongkong Stap agreements, obligations, etc, already signed Duties, Portal Guide, Signal Codes, Chinese by Mr. N. D. FEDOROFT, & the Representative Festivals Tables of Money, Weights and of the Russian Volunteer Fleet, the parties Modeurs and other Commercial Informs interested are invited to apply at once to the duly authorized Executive Director of the Board of Directora of the Russian Voluntees Fleet, Capt. D. A. LUERKANOFY, CAPO OF Nagasaki Agency of the Russian Volunteef Fleet (Address: Our Bund No. 4, Nagasaki)r
CAPT. D. A LUKEMANOFF, .
Executive Director, Board of Directors of the Russian Volunteer Flest
tion.
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Mr. Franks is opposed to the closing down of the tinsmith's shop on the ground that it is useful for minor repairs and for making food tins and iron buckets, but we are of opinion that, on the whole, it is desirable that the tinsmith's shop should be closed, and that the work of the tinsmiths who are about ten in num ber, should be carried out otherwise. In the course of our inspection we found one of the prisoner tinsmiths mending one of the locks of the gaol under European supervision, but we consider that such a practice and also the practics of repair- ing the keys of the gaol in the tinam shop is most undesirable; and it is signi. ficant that one of the prisoners who escaped is an expert blacksmith.
At the same time we may add that there are other weapons in the carpenter's, shoe-maker's, and tailor's shops which necessitate a much stricter search being mada on prisoners when they come off duty than has been the case in the past, In fact some of the exhibits in the mar der trial, such as the part of the shoe- maker's knife, were probably conveyed by a prisoner from the shoemaker's or-car- penter's shop
(6.) With regard to the prisoners hav ing escaped in suite of plain clothes, they probably smuggled such suits (commisting of grey shirting material, out of the tailor's shop) ander their prison cloths, and we are quite convinced that, with the small staff then available for supervision, such muggling would have been a compara tively easy matter.
(7.)-As regards the lighting system, if seems to us that the yard in the neigh bourhood of the block from which the prisoners escaped, requires farther light ing, and we would suggest that electric lighta be put in to supplement the pre
in the gaol cells, by which a look is only screwed on to the door from the inside of the cell instand of being riveited on it is a bad and precarious one, and in this connection wo. indorso Mr. Frans recommendation that long iron bars in alote' obould be placed, each lar to cover three colle, in sockets outside of every cell so as to prevent the cell doors, all of which open outwards, from being opened by the prisoner even if the lock is removed or otherwise tampered with, "
-We consider that the practice which has since been followed in F.Block, of locking one of the in- ternal gates in the upper corridor,
·is" good, as a purely, tempórazy measure and should be continued until the grille for the Reserve Guard in F. Block is complated. (i)-We also consider that the recom
mendation by Mr. Franks, that good Yale locks should be put upon the various gates, leading from the various blocks down to the. yard, is a good one, and should be carried out as soon as possible, as that vill mean two focks on those gates, instead of one, and we consider such an additional lock in the more desirable in view of the key which has been missing since April last. While we think it regrettable that some remedial measure was not adopted after the loss of the key in April last, we think it only fair to add that:-
(1)-The defaulters' book of the Gaol
from 1994 to 1901, which is the only old defaulters' book which Mr. Frank has been able to get hald of; shows that between the years 1884 and 1901 keys were lost by Warders, on no less than eight occasions; the punishments vaTY- ing from a reprimand to a fine of $9.50. In the present instance the Indian Warder who lost the key was fined $3.
Buch a punishment by a amall fine for so grave an offence is, in our opinion, wholly inadequate, and we recommend that the Gaol Regulations be amended so as to make the loss by an officer of the Gaol of any of the gaol keys punishable by instant dismissal from the Service. (That the key, which was lost in April last, would appear to have
been lost between D. Halt and the
lower yard or else outside of the Prison together, and that node of the prisoners who escaped could. have picked it up as they were all employed in another part of the Gaol.
(3.)That the system of repairing locks"
and keys in the prison which we have already condemned above, and the fact (already referred to) of a cell key and daggers having been made in the tinsmith's shop inclines us to believe that in al probability that key with which the
escaping prisoners opened the gate into the yard was also manu- factured in the tinsmith's shop. (12)To sum up, we report to the Government as follows in regard to the subject 'referred to us:-
As regards (a) that there is no founda
tion for such statements. As above stated, however, in dealing with the complaints of the prisoner Mok Sing, we recommend that a new measure, .a., & 16 oz. measure," be adopted.
In regard to records of complaints by Prisoners as to:-
(a)-Food;
(b)-Ill-treatment.
We End that such complaints are very much mixed up with other matters in the Records, and are conse quently difficult to extract for pur pose of comparison; and we accord ingly recommend that a new book, to be called the Prisoners' Com- plaint Ledger, be started for the purpose of recording complaints made by prisoners and that such Ledger be divided into three columns beaded respectively:-
1. Complaints about food... 2-Cam
plaints of ill-treatment. 3.---Other complaints.
Such Ledger ought to be entered up
daily.
We also recommend the institution of a similar book for the Visiting
As regards (6), namely, the steps neces WEIHAIWEI FAMINE RELIEF sary to be taken to prevent similar inci- denta in future, we recofumend :-
(i) The abolition of the tinsmith'
bop. (i)-Adequate searching of prisoners when they are coming off work, under European supervision. (The putting of iron bars ontaldo
the cells of prisoners in scoure sockets, so na to prevent them
FUND.
AN APPEAL.
We are asked to publish the following sppeal:-
WEIHAIWEI, March 3rd.
Owing to the almost entire failure of
from breaking out even if they crops last year in the Territory of Weis succeeded in emoving or opening haiwei a large number of the Chiness
the locks.
Cir.) The provision of electric lights in inhabitants is on the verge of starvation the yard and corridors including and a Committes, composed of British special emergency lights.
(v.)The building of a grille across the and Chinese, has been appointed by His entrance hall to F. Block for a Honour the Commissioner' to taka im- Reserve faard; inside of which mediate steps to relieve those who are grille Bould be kept an alarm,
slectric switch board, and are suffering from want of proper food. servo óf firearms.
It is estimated that at least 10,000 Chinese are in dire need and shat 10,000 dollars a month for the next four months will be required for the relief of the most
(vi.Another armed Reserve Guard, to be placed at another point in the Gaol, to be determined upon by the Superintendent. - (vii)-That two European Warders be always on duty at night inside the guol (vii).That all searches of cells be made
ander European supervision, and that the weekly search he of a most thorough and effective character. (i)-That additional locks, of different
necessitous cases.
The Committee has already arranged, for the purchase of grain to the value of 10.000 dollars and distribution of relief commenced on the 21st inst. Subscrip tions are being collected locally among the members of the small British commu
nity and the Chinese merchants who ars make from the present, be pro- doing all in their power to help; but i vided to all the gates of the will readily be understood that it will prison leading out on the yard. be quite impossible to obtain locally fanda (2.)-That no prisoners be kept on the sufficient to feed for four months those side of the gaol west of the tunnel, who are starving and that it is necessary which should be practicable when to uppeal for extraneous aaristance a the new convict prison is built.order to be able to meet the expenditure (On this side of the gaol there is required to cope with the situation. a house whose windows and bal- conies overlook and almost over- bang the Gael). (zi.)-That the Gaol Regulations be amended, ' above advised, namely:- (2) To allow of Prison Officers below a-certain rank being scorched on entering and leaving the Gaol; (1) To allow of loss of a gaol key being punishable with instant dimissal from, the Service. (xii)-That all food and stores for
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An appeal for help has been made by the Chinese members of the Committee to their countrymen in other parts of China and abroad, and this appeal is now addressed by the British members of the Committee. to their countrymen in Chine, Hongkong, and the Straits Settlements in the con- dent hope that they will be ready to help the Committee to provide sufficient and proper food for the unfortunate but patient sufferers from famine who have been trying to subsist on the busks of grain and the dried runners of sweet potatoes.
The following. is the Committee Chairman His Honour Sir James H. Stewart Lockhart, K.C.M.G.; Vise- Chairmen: Mr. A. P. Blunt and Capt. ACM. Binoy; Hon. Treasurer: Mr. B. W. Roberts, Members; Rev C Barnett, Mr. P. D. Crawley, Mr. E. N. Hill, Mr. W. E. Southcott, Mr. J. W A 16 oz. measure, be adopted (zv.)-That two Prisoners Complaint Wilson. Mr. Ku Ming-bun. Mr, la Y
Ledgers be instituted, one for the chih, Mr. Liu Wen ching. Mr. Lan Hei Daily Record of such complaints. Mr. Shao Flag-ming, Mr. Shih Lang and the other for record of com-hean, Mr. Sur Hsin-tien, and Mr. Wang plaints by prisoners to the Visit-Sheng-ch'en.
Contributions should be send direct to ing Justices.
the Hon. Treasurer, Weihaiwei, or through (13) Generally, we recom (1) That Indian Warders should be the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.
recruited from India instead of locally.
prisoners brought into Gaol be weighed and checked by or, in the presence of an European Officer and entered by him in a book kept for the purpose. (i.)-That a much bigger reserve of blankets be kept in future. (sv.)-That a new measure for rien,
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(2)That the Superintendent of the
Gaol ought to be entirely distinct A from and independent of the Cap- tain Superintendent of Police, se was formerly the case; in order that full responsibility may rest upon the actual Executive Head, (3.) That Chinese Justices of the Peace ought to be allowed to minute the Visiting Justices Book in the Gaol in the Chinese language, if they abould so desire. (4)That, if possible, on the recon- struction of the Gaol, crank, shot drill, and stone carrying be abolished and be superseded by other forms of hard labour of an useful and reformatory character. (6.) That, so far as possible, frequent
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changes of the Medical Officer of the Gaol should be avoided. Since January, 1919, the sequence of Medical Officers, has been Dr. Koch, Captain Burn, Captain Archer, Dr. Woodman, Dr. Valen- time, Captain Archer.
-H. E. FOLLOCK. R. O. HUTOHISON. HO FOOK.
12h.. April, 1920.
HONGKONG TRADE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REPORT.
The Fortnightly Price Current and Justices, in addition to the ordinary Market Report, published by the Hong Visiting Justices Book, for the entry
of complaints made by prisoners to kong General Chamber of Commerce, the Visiting Justices under similar states:- beadings.
As regards (6) :—
Cotton piece goods and fancy cotton
sent gas lights, and we would also sag()The procuring of carpentering in goods-The market remains quiet, Buyers
gest that in the interior of the block, from which the prisoners escaped, (which is the biggest block in the prison), further electric light should be put so as to permit of all the corridors being flooded
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-- (6.)~~As regards the alarm think that the addition, which has been, made since the occurrence, by which the alarm calls up the Police as well as the Gaol officers, is a considerable improve ment on the practice existing at the time. of the murder; and we do not think it necessary to make any further recom mendation upon the subject except to say that in F. Block the alarm should be placed inside the grille enclosure, which we recommend hereafter for the Ruerve Guard.
(9.)The recommendation of the jury that no less than two European Warders should be on duty inside of the prison at the same time at night has, we under- stand, been carried into effect,
(10.) With reference to the jury's re- commendation that ** an adequate supply of firearms should be readily available in case of necessity," the Committed: dri of opinion
in
plements for their cacape and
PRAYER FOR LANDLORDS. IN THERAYER-BOOK OF
RD VI
There w
yer in the Prayer-book of Edward". Jong since removed, that might well-be inserted in these days of rapacious landlords. It was to be found Bandry Godly Prayers for Divers among Purposes, under the tule A Prayer for Landlords. It was as follows:
"We heartily "pray Thee to send Thy Holy Spirit into the hearts of them that *possess the grounds and pastures of the earth, that they, remembering themselves to be Thy tenants, may not rack or stretch out, the rents of their houses or lands, ¡por yet take unreasonable fines or moneys after the manner of covetous worldlings, but so let them out that the inhabitants thereof may be able to pay the rents and to live and nourish their families and remember the poor. Give them grace also to consider that they
· are bat' strangers and pilgrims in this world, having here no dwelling-place, but seeking one to come; that, remem- bering the short continuance of this life, may be content with that which is sufficient, and not join house to house and land to land,, to the impoverish- mont of others, but so behave them selves in letting their tenementa, lands, and pastures that after this life they may be recieved into ever-lasting habitations.
PROFITEERING
SINGAPORE,
AT
GOVERNMENT APPOINTS A
-COMMISSION.
plain clothes from the tailor's are contented to wait for prices to come shop by the escaping prisoners down, whilst importers, with the Man
35 dus to collusion or gross chester market remaining firm and the negligencs on the part of the Warders who were responsible for de line in exchange, are expectant for a
ries in market prices. The tone of the The Governor of the Straits Settlements the searching of the prisoners on their leaving "work, and for Manchester market is quieter, yet in spitë has imued a commission to the Hoa, W. searching their cells. This state of this, and a drop in cotton there is no F. Nutt, Dr. D. J. Galloway, the Hon. of affairs can only be remedied by sign of depression. Quotations, generally, Dr. Lim Boom Keng, Messrs. W. H. Mac- adequate European supervision. continue to soar apwards. MVA DE gregor, E. 8. Manasseh, A. P. Robinson, (ii)-The procuring by the prisoners of
Cotton yarn. A fair volume of business A. W. Still, and H. B. Ward, with Mr. weapons of offence for the per- petration of the murders of the was transacted and values ruled very Bartley aa secretary, to inquire into: Warders was due to extreme lack irregular, the nest result being a light of supervision in the tinsmith's advance in prices of lower counts owing shop, where such weapons were to the decline in Exchange Latterly, fashioned out of filet
however, owing to the financial panie in (is.The making of the key by which Japan, which brought down yarn values 3 out of the prisoners were lot there about yen 140 per bala during the out of their cells took place in the fortnight the market fére closes extremely tinsmith's abop and was due to | dull. : Quotations are:-No. 108 at 8225 to gross negligence in supervision. #265, No. 198 8242 to $280, No. 168 at Possibly the key by which the 2283 to $320, No. 20 at #315 to $300. prisoners let themselves out into Arrivals, 7,500 bales. Balan, 5,000 bales. the yard was also made in the Bhipments, mil. Unsold stock, 3,000 bales. tinsmith's shop.
Bargains, 18,000, kales. A (v.)-A proper and thorough search by the two Indian Warders (sizes dismissed) on the afternoon of the 13th. December of the cells of the
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Woollens, Martes quick and little doing beyond a low odd bots of woollens for near delivery.
inas-prisoners would have prevented Hasy Cotton--Demand is non-cristent
(i) That it is not desirable or necessary.
that the officers doing duty inside. the prison should be armed, much as prisoners might snatch the arms from the officers' the arms against them. (ii)That there should be as reserve of firearms in grilles, under the charge of Reserve Guarda (11.)—With regard to the present lock- S ing systém, we would observe Dent
(1.) That is clear from Mr. Franka. statements to me and from the way In winch Prisoner 791 got out of his cell, that the system of loc
the catastrophe.
(The European staff became sert and rates are entirely nominal at $38.to
ofisly depleted during the past few years, owing to the war and other causes, and such depletion of staff was brought to the notice
of the Government by the Assis tant Superintendent of the Gaol
Whether profiteering exista in the Colony, and, if it is found that it does exists, as to the methods by which it is carried on and further as to the stepa which should be taken to abate it, and ta reduce the high cost of living...
(a) the considerably increased cost of practically every kind of food; (b) the greatly increased cost of cloth- ing and general household neces sities;
(c) the increased coet of building mate- rials and all matters rölating to building of houses;
(d) the possibility of providing cheaper
means of transport by a greatly im proved tram-service, and a large motor-bus service and whether the same should be provided, maintain- $42 for Indian and 842 to $54 per picul
ed, and controlled by the Muni- cipal Commissioner, vanemate d for Chinese descriptions.
The Commission is given authority to Metala-Business dull. No enquiry. Flour market report Stock: About summon persons who may be in the Colony 220,000 saaks Quotations American to require the production of books, and patent, $3.75 per aack American cut off, to examine witnesses on onth The rapor
be made within two months,, power reports, #The
on the 12th August, 1918, in 83.20 per sark; American straight, $3.24 38 -0.8.0, 2737/1918, but was not re par sack; Shanghai flour, 2nd, $3 per being given to fire Interi
medico till after the recent escape lanck; Australian No. 1,824 per asck:
of prisoners.
Anouralism No.-23.10 per such