CORRESPONDENCE.
THE REGISTRATION BILL.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.I
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 17TÉ 1932
UNIVERSITY OF HONGKONG. MISSION HOSTELS SUPPLEMEN TART APPEAL.
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The following extract is made from the docuinent:-
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probably be indignant at the mere sugges
CANTON NEWS. tion. Of the other two, one is chosen by
GENERAL CHEN'S RETURN. those hundred and twenty men who have L
selected from amongst their
After a souncil with his staff at tellows, by some occult and inscrutable Shaklung General Chen Chung Ming|
Hating the warm support of the system; to bear the honorife title of boarded special train and arrived at Authorities of the Hongkong University SIE,-When I kicked my army boots off Justices of the Peace. The last of the Tai Sha Tow Station at 3p.m. on the and incorporated in its appeal, a supple- my legt for the last time and duly
can-quartette represents the Chamber of 18th. He was welcomed by the leading mentary document has been issued by the signed as somewhat doubtful suit of Commerce." All this my confrères should military commanders and after shaking Missions Hostels Joint Board making an khaki to the dustbeap. I Aattered myself: know, but, even if they have forgetton it, bands with them went in a motor car with appeal on behalf of St. John's Hall, that I was rid for ever of the petty it is surely amusing to fnd erstwhile General Ip Kue to the White Cloud C.M.S., and Morrison Hall, L. M.S." fogging inquisitions of every official champions of the expert legislator Mountains where a banquet was heid in, busybody except the Income Tax collector. calling upon the "public representatives" the evening. For three years I, and many others like to save them from former friends!
Ip Kue, Hung Shiu Lun, Chang King The Hongkong University reeds addi me, have lived under this delusion, going
Tong, Hung Leuk, and other prominent tional Hostel accommodation for its atu- to bed when we liked, shaving our upper The Telegraph does not object to com- men in Canton held a meeting at the dents. The Missionary Societies lips if we cared to writing letters which pulsory registration, and the irritating Eastern Gardens prior to General Chen's anxious to meet this need," by the recon- ao inquisitive Consor man should see. All details which must accompany it if we leaving Sheklung and his decision is,struction and extension of St. John's Hall along, we have felt it was too good to are to have real German bureaucratic.
Morrison Hall, Architects' plans have last-the bid old days would come again. eficiency-so long as it is not to be apparently, the outcome of the unanimous and by enlargement to completion of request. He has not accepted the post been prepared and approved by the And here at last we are confronted with accompanied by its natural corollary,
of Civil Governor' and it has been sug-University Authorities. It is desired to the shuttering of our delusion. Here at industrial conscription. Personally.
the same spirit of Oficialdom has loathe restraints and regulations of all gusted that the office of Commander-in-complete all propesáls in time for the
Chin! be abolished. Chen's subordinates opening of the Auturan Session, 1623.
For the purpose, St. John's Hall re a us to earth, threatening our liberties kinds. Some, admittedly, are necessary. în precisely, the same way as they were but their number should be kept down suggested that he should take a position quiries $10,500 and Morrison Hall re handled in the midst of the War, to the absolute minimum." is the possas Military Commissioner with headquar- quires $78,000,000 120000 Masquerading, as it did then,
asibility of another general strike, such maters in the President's Palace in Tuck Soo- In addition to those specified in the Patriotism, it is nothing more nor less we had in the Spring, suficient to justify Khan Prussianism, of which there was the Government in tying us up with red plenty and to spare during those four tape for the remainder of our lives? Lan't it rather like using a Nasmith hammer to crack a nut?
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Malor, and re-organise the Kwangtung Army. As to the Civil Governorship, Tang Shao Yi seems to be yielding to the numerous invitations and has replied that he will consider, the appointment if the civil control is entirely separated from military domination.
General Appeal, donations and subscrip tions to the Missions Hostels will have recognition on an ordered scale.
(a) Subscribers of $500 and upwards, to
either of the Hails, may have their names recorded on a suitable per- manent tablet, following the usual practice.
(6) Subscriptions of $10,000 and "up- wards to either of the Hostels will be acknowledged by the offer. to find place within the Hall's pre- cincts for a framed portrait of the danor,
() Subscriptions of $23,000 and up-
wards to a Mission's Hostel entitles | the donors to have corridors in the Hostel called by their names.
() In the event of one subscriber giving the total sum required for the carrying out a Mission Hall's plans, the new wing shall be named after him.
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Starting under the guise of an innocent -sounding bill intituled "Ordinance to provide for the Registration of Certain
The authorities ought to have learned Persons," there is absolutely no limit to the enough by their recent experience to be Owing to conflicting proclamations by manner in which the Authorities can use able to draw up a scheme for meeting the Finance Department and Dr. Sus this new weapon as a means of curtailing any similar trouble without keeping a regarding the validity of certain notes! the liberty of the individual. They
sort of standing army in existence for issued by the Provincial Bank there has derive intense pleasure from poking their carrying out all its details at a no heen a further drop in the value of the noses into other poople's business and inment's notice Organised industrial dis- 81, 85 and 810 notes, the quotations being supervising their actions to the utianst of putes of a widespread nature do not round 50 per cent. The premium on their ability. If they adopt the same spring up like mushrooms in a night, Hongkong notes (for subsidiary coins) is lines they followed in the War, they can The classification of a couple of thousand down from 20 per cent to 17 per cent, demand an answer to all sorts of imperti men should not entail much delay, this being, probably the result of the mer- Dent questions.
especially if it be taken in hand in good chants ennfidence in the ability of the
(invernment to preserve peace.
Although conditions are improving the price of rice and firewood is still very high. The junk-ferries from Canton to Tsang Siag, Shan Tak, Kong Moon, Sam The Bishop of Victoria and the Rev. T. W. Pearce have been included among If the Government really want to do Kong, Heung Shan, Siu Lam, Hok Shan the members of the General Appeal Com Gap at midnight, so as to keep the pre- the job property they must have com- Wai Chow, and Shiu Hing, have an-mittee of the University. Subscriptions parations as secret as possible.
"At any moment of the day or night,pulsory service, not necessarily now but nounced resumption, in the course of the and donations, earmarked as indicated, some hilarious Government official may when the emergency arises.A short Bill next day or two. As pirates are still may be forwarded to either of these gentlemen, who will be glad to supply deem it expedient to call a geners! for this purpose, applicable only to in evidence on the West River, Ip Kue farther information concerning the Mis mobilisation of categories A to K in order
"British subjects of
pure European has espatched more troops and armed sions Hostels
could be
launches to protect the traffe to restore the equilibrium of an over descent" (I suppose), turned tramear.
through all its stages in an hour. With Moreover, in the event of a Inbour dis-out this, what is the use of the elaborate Tute in which Garemment is in-denier compiled and carefully kept of us will find-in up-to-date in the meantime ? What guar
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No sooner shall we be registered as pro- time. Anyhow, the delay, it seems to me, ficient at baking, carrying bricks, or would be less of an evil than the alter pushing people about, than we shall be native of compulsory, registration, and required to giva exhibitions of our pro all that it connotes under the "Bill. wess twice weekly, preferably by Wanchai
volved, then they
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THE BICE PIRATES.
LOOTING ON THE CANTON DELTA.
Subscriptions and donations should be paid through some fiember of the General Appeal Committee, and the gifts should he duly earmarked for the specific bencft of Mission Hostels.
The appeal is signed on behalf of the Mission Hostels Joint Board by the Rev. T. W. Pearce and the Rov, C. B Shann
THE POWER OF ARREST. spite of official assurances to the contrary unteo is there' that those whose names)
Further details of the piracy of a launch THE PORE GUILD'S ACTIVITIES. --that we shall be called up, marched like are duly inscribed on the card-index will and lighter, which took place in the puppets to u Pollee Station, armed with immediately and unreservedly volunteer Canton Delta briefly reported in the news representative of the Chinese Fork Guild A question as to the authority of a their services? If no fears are enter toy truncheons and turned on to any dirty
papers last week-end, are now to hand, to order the arrest of people, for offences old work the authorities care to make tained on this head, why resort to com-
pulsion for the mere purpose of regis that whilst on a voyage from Hongkong Court case, yesterday morning. It The compradore of the lighter states against the law respecting the pork trade, us perform.
was raised, by Mr. Hamilton, in a Fotica tration? The last strike is fresh enough to Rongmeon the steam launch La Fat appears that, on the representations of the was a well-known saying during in the memory, surely, to convinen people towing a lighter was held up by pirates Guild sout, a policeman, brought up to
Thore
the War, that the Army can do whatever it likes with a man except make him give birth to kittens.
And I'm not at all sure that this new Registration Bill couldn't do that Yours, etc.,
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KENTISHMAN.
RANDOM REFLECTIONS. After working, openly or covertly, for the retention of a form of local govern- went that is inimical to the growth of indepenilence of character and the asser tion of popular rights, some of my journ alistic confrèrex appear to be disappoint
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the Central Police Station a man and a
of the desirability of registering. If there when passing the Sai Ma Ling village on woman. The man-a roast pork dealer
is no recurrence of trouble this feeling the early morning of the 10th. The charged with selling fresh pork, which is
regulations. No offence could be charged
ing the pork from the man was quite sgainst the woman, as her action in buy- legal. She was allowed to go without any charge having been framed against her, tive brought before, him and asked hin Mr. Hamilton had the Guild representa his authority to give people in charge, from the Fork Guild to do so.
The man replied that he had authority
other words, the zense of sectanty will no doubt, will gradually fade away-in pirates were armed with rides and reas offence against the Sanitary Board volvers. They drove the crew into the grow with the continued enjoyment of security-and that is just as it should before-peak, opened up the hatches of the | lighter, and stole 2,600 bags of rice valued We don't want unduly to prolong the
cling that we are on the verge of Civil at $23,000. In addition they also looted the crew's personal belongings and stole War. In Great Britain, where they have clothing, money and jewellery to the value men and coal-miners, they have not had three paralysing strikes of railway of 8000 thought it necessary to keep a register of voluntary workers even without the aid of penalties.
There are two omissions from the Bill
After the piracy the crew were released and allowed to proceed on their voyage
to Kongmoon.
POLICE RAID A COINERS" DEN,
TWO ARRESTS MADE.
Is the Pork Guild the Hongkong Government queried Mr. Hamilton, and the man replied that his instructions were to wize those people selling fresh pork.
**If you hand people ever to the police. and they are discharged, what then I Will it be the Pork Guild or you that will have to go to prison 7" asked the Magisträte.
The man denied responsibility and
A raid was carried out on Tuesday by said he did not arrest them. He only
ed at their inability to lash their readers which call for comment ons is women, into a becoming state of indignation ofer the other Chinese. If we are to be the compulsory registration, Bill. Cua thorough we cannot dispense with the one be surprised it prople are lethargic help of the women in an emergener. In Mr. T. H. King, Deputy Superintendent called the police, after being regularly dosed with soothing the last strike worden did a lot of very of Police, Kowloos, and a number of The Magistrate: If the women had syrup Less than a year ago, when useful work besides that of feeding the police on an unnumbered matshed on brought a charge against you, you would popular representation was under dis brute; they attended the hospitals, for raid was a complete surprise and a quan round bullying people like this
Tung Lung Island, Fu Tau Mun. The have been in trouble." You cannot go. cassion, The Telegraph was loud in its instance, when the coolies and amahs tity of incriminating machinery was admiration of expert legislatore trained deserted the sick and suffering. It must found and connecated, including tools, expressed the opinion that the Guild re- In dismissing the charge, Mr. Hamilton in administration, but now that it is
dyes and presses for tha manufacture of threatened with the type of legislation only sew and cook, or even that they can to the Water Folice Station."
not be taken for granted that they can coins. Two men were arrested and taken presentative would be a useful man to that bureaucratic experts delight in, its enthusiasm appears to be waning.
SoWor
cook. Those who are unequal to
the f
of boiling an egg successfully may
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work in conjunction with the Sanitary Board, and in this connection be pro posed to have a talk with the Sanitary Department on the matter.
THE S.P.C.A.
THE NEW INSPECTOR GETS TO
WORK
able to drive on aatomobilé. We resignation the sins of omission of which When the second reading of the cannot have any nonsense about chivalry the Government is guilty the failure, for Registration of Persons Bill comes up for if we are to emulate the Prussians in means of transport which were promised example, to provide hospitals, house and ponsideration on the 17th inst." (says The emergencies.
long ago but even here they resent Telegraph) "" we shall be able to judge
active interference with their comfort had whether the Unofficial members of the
The exclusion of all people of Chinese freedom. Even the word tums when trodden upon, though it does not shop Legislative Council really represent the race those who are British subjects as at the passer-by-If the measte goes Inspector Fred. Fisher, recently engag public. If they do not oppose the well as those who are not-from the through, as I have no doubt it will, ed by the Society for the Prevention of tessure in its present form we shall have scope of the Bill rules out many who substantially as it stands, it ought to Cruelty to Animals, brought his first coac Dr option bus to come to the conclusion might be of great assistance, including the Constitutional Reform Association. Court yesterday, when two Chinese mean a useful addition to the ranks of of cruelty, since his appointment." into
that they are unacquainted with popular the budding engineers at the University. If it does not the victims of the Ordinance were charged before Mr. Lindsell with feeling in relation to this proposed I fully expect to find the unofficial great deal of truth in the saying that of ducks no the Wanchai Market.
will deserve no sympathy. There is a not providing fresh water for a number nactment, This, of course, ought to put Chinese members of Council rising in people get the kind of government they The Inspector said that be visited foo The oficial members on their mettle if their places to day to protest against this deserve
market and saw a number of crates of they had ever pretended, in anything latest example of ** racial discrimination.”
ducks in No. 50 Stall. There were no more than a rhetorical sense, to represent
As an example that we are out-receptacles for holding water in the Heroding Herod in this matter a quote crates. In his opinion the ducks were in the public. Two of the four non-Chinese
Although I have said that I loathe tion may be cited from an article by the a distressed condition members are solely indebted to the regulations, and restrictions I rejoice as late Lurd Northeilla describing his four The first defendant was said to have told Governor for their appointment, and, so a Constitutional Reformer at the Intro in Germany Writing of one of has the Inspector that to give the ducks too duction of this piece of Continental stopping places he said We were much water would spoil them. In Caurt far or I have ever been able to observe, legislation Experience teaches people asked to sign no visitors book, nor any the man denied making the statement they have never claimed to be repro in this Colony to bear with humility and police form, tor to show any, passport. The Magistrate imposed a fised of 20 sentative of the hus pollos. They would! (Continued at foot of next column.)
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