CORRESPONDENCE).
HONGKONG OBSERVATORY.
(TO THE EDITOR OF "THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS,""]
Fatecosted Mariner states that on the
Merning of 13th July the Hongkong Ober- vatory, formenst war Typhoon about 250 mile E. of Luzon, its direction of motion is at present yoknown.” „
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4TH, 1922.
AN EXCHANGE TRANSACTION BANK OF EAST ASIA SUBS
CHINESE FIRM...
į separate contracts,
Le
of
REVOLTING BRUTALITY TO
SLAVE GIRLS," CHINESE WOMAN FINED.. $300.
Now, Sir, in roferring to the foregoing I must call your attention to Interested Mariner's farther statement that he left this port, for the North. At 10 a.m., on the 13th, and that up to that time no signal on bohalt of, and as manager of the decept such a plea if the maximum Eine 61 $250 was imposed, and under "such war were hoisted, and further that the quoted fendants, agreed to soil to the plaintiffs the cumstances, if the ene was imposed, the weather report, was obtained from your of you 30,000 st exchange 153. A woman was abe willing to pay adequate paper of the 13th July. Now I contend,
compensation to the children and to see that it should have been perfectly obvious
that they wery looked after in future by to anyone, that the weather signals of the
the To Leung Koh. ins.. 13th
could Rot bo hoisted
The statement of claim set forth that by an agreement in writing, dated April 19th, He understood that the Captam 1920, one Chan Hung Pau, acting for and Superintendent of Police was prepared is
NEW DESPOTS FOR OLD.
THE FIGHT FOR PEKING.
The following article appears in the (360), Daily Nurk from " a special corres pondent, wearing a Nanking date-line:-
NANKING, July 4th.
It
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At the Supreme Court. yesterday, be
A most revolting case of brutal cruelty fore the Acting Chief Justice (Mr. H. H. 1 we little slave girl" was hened at the
a Chim
It is now perfectly clear that ChapE STR.--I would draw your attention to
J. Gompertz), un action was heard in which Magistracy, yesterday, when
T-in and Chang Ha and passbly Teas very glaring inaccuracy in the letter of
the Bank of East Asia claimed" from the woman dood charged with the offence,
Am are not supporting Wu Peru For Interested Mariner," published in your Kin Cheong Chan
Mr. F. C. Jenkin (instructed by Mr.bang Tso-lin has demanded that Chang Arm
Hsun be appointed Tuchun of Anhui and Inspeetop-treneral of the Yangtzee And paper of the 31st July, which, in all fair 18.581.40, being difference in exchange of Leo d'Almade appoured for the defauce. ness to the Director of the local Obser¥.150,000, purchased by plaintif under two
Mr. Jenkin stated that the defence that smacks neither of a battle against would be tint the womna used a burning militaria no of good government, vatory, should be corrected.
archist restoration. Mr.-W. Hi Drammoodfinstructedwick merely to cure the child of builds pure like the pigtail army, like & Things may be taken for granter. Mr. Cully, of Mesars, Deacon, Looker, as was the ordinary custom among Chine: One, that Wu, Peisfu wa Minerre, is his Deupon & Harston), appeared for, the as the child was suffering with boils. She desire to destray the military lique in the government of China. And might have exegerlod what was reasonably entrul plaintiff.
Defendant was neither present nor repressary for the purpose," and on that the other that the Anfu Club was
treacherous, malevolent, selfish organiza basis only abe was prepared to plead guilty tion. With these two facts as a priso presented by counsel.
Where are we after all these battles and manifesties} to the excessive use of the process of burb
We are exactly where we were befor
Instead of Tuan Chi-joi and Little Fau
and Tao Kua and Chang Hyun, And as war lords, we shall have Chang Toxin this trio is more dangerous to the welfare of thina than the others. They luck in administrative ability and they are atursus of the pre-revolutionary Chinese. Unies these men are driven from Chines public life as Tuan and Little Hit have ten, the situation is pfinitely worse than it was even in the haling days of Nishihara fland Twao, Julin,
DISCREDITED ALL ROUND, Chang Hsun or as disgředited man, his attempted restoration of the Manchus tid not have evờn Manchu Support. He has not a Trind even among the must object
He fed from friends and enemies into the Dick Lega- tion and he was permitted to return to
Chiuse left wy nly after Is Shih chang felt that the public mind, was more distracted b. Shantung than by mouur- chical pluis. That he was ever permitted to participate in Chinese affairs is only one of the many instances ost uility on the part of the present l'resident in China. And as soon as he got a chance he recom "nenged his efforts to bring back the
What for? What is his mo Manchus, tivel
What high patriotic nim guides
equntry? These questions never enter hin
Hsn back to where he can control "an consideration and that is to get Chang army, feed men, clothe then, and squeers what is left of the economic life-blood of the Chinese Lovernment
other agreement, dated April 27th, was also entered into by the same person to sell yen 100,000 x exchange 193. The defend by 10 am on that date, and "that the anty refused to carry out wholly the agree
The Magitrate (Mr. Smith): Of course
weather report in your issue of the 13th Tent und as a consequence the plaintiffs; there is always a chance of imprisonment
iast, must have been the one of the day previous (12th "inst.) as the Daily Press is
suffered dainage to the extent of $16,361.42: without the option of a fine. It is a bad
Mr. Drummond said that the case came, cre
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published in the early morning, and it, up before the Court na July 17th and Mr. Jenkin: I quite agree. I am purely of the Chinese peopley
therefore, follows that it is manifestly impossible for your paper to state the furveast, for the day current.
(This, should have been pointed out by you, when Interested Mariner's" letter was given publicity, and his attention
drawn to the fact that the weather report in your issue of the 13th was for the previous day, the 19th, and that it was dated accordingly).
Grikäli smendiments were made in order to ut a substituted service of summons, That had been carried out and everything neces sary was complied with: The action wa
two contracts by which plaintiff pur. chased from defendants two sumus, gamely, on April 19th yen 50,000 at the exchange rate of 135, and on April 27th yen 100.000
mentioning that the Police are willing to accept the plea,"
CILSE.
Mr. Smith: I know nothing about the I think we had better have the It will be the easiest medical evidence. way of finding out how we stand
Dr. To, of the Government Civil for pital, stated that on July 15th about 3
at exchange rate of 183. Subsequently on p.m. the elder of the two girls was brought
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May 27th a telegram was received frous; to the hospital and was examined by him him. How does he intend to benefit the
'plaintiff's agents in Japan to the effectShe had a contesef wound on the letz side
If Interested Mariner depends on that yen 30,000 had been delivered to the of the bead; lacerated wounds on the lips; type of mind. He is worried by only one
the local Press for his information regard ing, weather, he should be careful to note the date heading the report, for to read
and the whole of her chest and the upper agents in Kobe, "leaving a baisnes still Qué
part of her abdomen were covered with to be delivered under the contracts of bruises and burax The whole right and -yen-120,000--Ev+i-posible-step had been left for the shoulder to the hand, a weather report inaccurately, and thiet taken to endeavour to get defendants to were covered with bruises of various sizes.
WE PEI-FU SACRIFICED. Wu Pei- is being sacrificed by this, turn round and call down the Administra-¦|
carry out the contracts, but without The left elbow joint was badly bruised and trio. Wu Pei-fu was permitted to descat tion of the Observatory, as he has done, is success. They had exercised every patience swollen. The whole right groin was badly Little Hsu, but he will not be permitted not playing the game, and he should now
bruised and there were a few small wounds to enter Peking. Nor will he be permit -and-waited-until-May before the lets groin. There were brutted to carry one his programme of the be the first turudmit it.
chasing the yen in the market at the, also on both legs and thigh. The whole destruction of militarism in China. It was the back was thickly covered with never meant that that should be done. wounds on the shoulders; Ther were when Wa Pei-fu's troops have paved the should have been obtained from defendants'numerous burns on the chest.
way with their blood, the war lord of Witness said he next examined the little Manchuria, the Inspector-General who girl and she also had bruises of various cannot leave his city without
Japanese After hearing the evidence of the Chief Sizes on her body, more particularly on permit, was to claith the credit... And be
the right wide, the right arin and the right is claiming his
friend, that his pig-
cost of that purchase and the price which wo
braises and there were two superficial | It was meant that at the last moxiest,
resulted in a loss of $16.361.49 cents-
Accountant of the Bank, His Lordship ga The right groin was badly bruised that his monarchie He is demanding"
judgment for the plaintiffs,
i will nowy Sir, give you the main current rate. The difference between the portion of the weather report as issued by the local Observatory at 11 8.m. July 18th -Warning to Hongkong, Paullen, Manila Coast Porta, etc. Typhoon within 30 miles of Lat. 19deg N Lang. 124deg. E., undking N.W."--at the same time, the signals conveying this in- Blackhead formation, were hoisted on Hill Inst you, therefore, what cause had Interested Mariner," for a grouse I contend he had no cause. He read the report of the 19th, called it the 13th, and did not even trouble to get into touch with the Observatory to obtain the latest infor- mation available.
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ALLEGED ASSAULT. EUROPEAN CHARGED.
BAIL ESTREATED.
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and swollen. There were un buras found on her body..
Mr. Smith: Were these woumis curable -Witness: Yes.
No chance of then being permanent - -No.
Mr. Jenkin: The children were suffering from boils-Witness: I could not find by trace, They might have boils now, but they did not have them when I first examined them.
Burning by wick or paper is the usual for curing boils-Not for boils, but for process, is it not, amongs, Chinese people inflanimation of some kind.
Chineos doctors, think, apply the burning process —It is customary.
Mr. Smith: Is it a sort of canterisa- tion, or is it just a counter irritans
Witness: A counter-irritant.
Sergeant Moss, of the Water Pelice, on Monday, received a telephone request for European constable to be sent I also happen to be a Mariner, and know to No. 8, Lochiel Terrace, Kowloon, of all the anxieties attaching to the pro occupied by Mr. W. J. Cooper, fession during the Typhoon Season, but when marine officer. Sergeant Stimson was sutting out for a voyage at a time when sent. On arrival at the house, the Ber- weather conditions are unsettled. I have geant interviewed Mrs. Cooper. While always made a point of interviewing the the Sergeant was talking to Mrs. Cooper, Director of the Observatory, or telephon- Mr. Cooper, whe is alleged to extensive. ing him (Tel. No. K80) for the purpose have bera under the influence of liquor,
is said to have appeared, and ́told the. —of obtaining-the-latest-weather-news, and
have invariably had the results of all the Sergeant to get out of his house, Mrs, information to hand, made available to Cooper, however, refused to let him go, I have, further, had a5 years' experi-ying that she needed his help. Mr. ence as a seafarer in the Far East, and Cooper, it is, asserted; then, without warn- ing dealt the Sergeant-a-heavy-blow-on the jaw.
Mr. Cooper was taken to the
134,
Mr. Jenkin: That would be such burns as in the present case-These are more
You found no necessity for the burns?-
The burns-were-not-recch them were quite recent,
No.
The wound on the head of the elder
child is not necessarily the result of ill- truaigent No.
They were the chief injuries?—Yes, and on the groins.
In neither case was it necessarily the result of ill-treatment-No.
fail friend, be given authority over the Yongize." And will Hsu Shih-chang rehuus? Has Hou Shih-chang ever refused anything Has he not played both and all sides of every game? Has he not issned mandates dismissing Little Hand niso dismissing Wu Peilu and Trao Kun! Has he not called the Chibli Tuchons to Protingfu to confer on how to destroy Anfuism and has be not denounce the fighting 1
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A GANG FIGHT FOR OFFICE. eiples.
The fight may have started for prin
But it has degenerated into per: sonalities. It may have started for good government, but it has degenerated into a gang-fight for offices. Let us see who the Little Hsu, Chang Tao- personage are lin Tao Kun, Chang Haun, Tsao-Ju-lin, Le Tang-yu, Chang Chun-hsiang, Ting Shi-yuan. These are the leaders. Will China be silent!
ÄRMED.
ROBBERS
DISAPPOINTED.
-STAR-FUIKI-TO-GET-A-KEY.
An armed robbery is reported to have taken place in a honse in New Street early” yesterday morning. Five men, who were on a wooden clog, that would cause some bound and gagged and the master was im- If the elder child fell from the cock-left seized the master and a fobi. The joki wan armed with doggers, entered a shop and
prisoned in a cubicle. The house was ran- Mr. Smith: Not all f—No. Mr. Jenkin: It might cause the larger sacked and as nothing was found the men injuries?-Yes.
demanded the keys of the anfe, Now, some of the injuries are such that, fuki refused and was stabbed in the abdo- a child might get in the ordinary, coure mon. The robbers then made their escape. Does not a child get a bruise --Yes, but The armed Chinese, who was arrested in
have a fairly intimate knowledge of the system obtaining here, at Shanghai and Police Station where he was detained for, at Manila, and have no hesitation in soveral hours and later he was bailed out injuries?—Yes. saying that I have the most profound by his wife, admiration for tho Administration of aliļ Yesterday when his name w28
to answer & charge of assaulting a Should the information issued by any of Police Officer, Mr. Cooper failed to ap- these Observatories be a bit later in coming pear and his ball of $10 was estreated... along-owing to cable delays they should
threo.
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not be blamed. I know by personal experi- | -ence that Manila has the sumpe difficulties to contend with, and is often at a lows th know-through - the lack of information 'coming through from Northern stations- whether a Tephoon is proceding in it "westerly course or recurving to the N.E.
With reference to Japan when you read no returns from Japan, etc., etc.," then Fou may take it that there are no returns.
called
-POSSESSION OF OPIUM,
$3,000 FINE.
Revenue Officer Marks charged a Chinese, yesterday, with the unlawful possesion of
taels of prepared non-Government plug
of its daily routine?-None of them,
nat to that extent,
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The
Bonham Road on Sunday, was sentenced at Some of the minor injuries are such as the Magistracy, yesterday to six months*,
child might receive in the ordinary hard labour. course of daily existence ?--Yes,
With regard to the little girl her in- juries were not so severe ?-Yen, the prin cipal injury was on the groin.
Was that necessarily the result of ill- treatment! No.
PREVENTION OF INFLUENZA. EFFICACY OF THE USE OF
CINNAMON OIL
The elder girl went into the box, and, while giving evidence, wept. Ebo said that she was a "slave girl." She was order? Dr. C. A. Bentley, Sanitary Commis The defendant pleaded guilty," Beed to go up to the cock-loft to get a laup sioner for Bengal, in a circular letter to aid that the drug was Amoy opium.for repair. She failed to get the lamo Chairman of District Boards and Munici
and her mistress assaulted her and broke, palités, etc., states that a statement receive "Interested Mariner's" reference ta The officer said that the defendant was her head." She tried to get some ropes from, the Chief Sanitary Officer, Asansol Miss Doberick in uncalli for, and is in searched as he was about to leave the s.a. to tio ber up and witness ran into the street Mines Board of Health, shows the efficacy distinctly bad taste. The same may trath Amakusa Mary. The drug was found tied for help. Her mistrem had ill-treated her of the oil of cinnamon preventive of fully be said of the concluding paragraphs round his body.
before. She had marks on her hand of his letter.","
The Magistrate imposed a fine of $2,500, showing that she had been tied with influenza. Among a total of 663 persons in ten collieries, who made a systematic use" Enclosing my card.-I am, Yours, etc. The drug was confiscated.
or, ia default, six months hard labour.rope. She was covered with blood.
Cross-examined.she said she did not fall of the oil, only 10 or 9.18 per cent. were off ladder.
Defendant beat her when attacked, with the disease. while out of -Hongkong August:Erd......1920:
she went up to the Cock loft, and when 2 who refused the remedy, na lem than ho came down, beat her a second time. 100 or 28.73 per cent. contracted it-The She pressed her on to the floor, placed & Englishman. stool across her neck and then knocked
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EXPORTING SILVER COINS.
Two Chinese mea and a woman were at her head with a piece of Brewood.
Siz Ceorge Frampton, R.A.the scalptor with unlawfully attempting to export $288 besten,
charged at the Magistracy, yesterday, The smaller girl had been frequently As a little illustration of how armies are of the Nurse Cavell Memorial, London, has worth of Hongkong sabsidiary coins.
A Chinese neighbour said that the maintained in China, the following para- bern elected a member of the Corps
The Police said that defendants were children were treated well.
graph may be useful--The merchants of Académique, Antwerp, in the place of the on board the Jaanamhoi as she was about Mr. Smith aid that people went into Namyung have written to the authorities famous Krench master, Rodin. This honour to sail for Kongmoon. They were search gol every day for asing much less protesting against the renowal of miscellane has been conferred on him in recogni- ed and the coins were found on Lasir per violence, but he thought a fine would meet on toxos because they have already paid tie of his beautiful memorial da Nursa, sonu.
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