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FIGHTING IN MOROCCO. NOTABLE FRENCH GAINS,
Paris, September 13th French gains are described in dry- patches from Fer, notably the capture of Jebel Amirot Mountain, commanding the whole of the Teroual district. The French lowes were slight,
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NEWS.
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BENEFIT BY AMNESTY,
HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TE 1925
"WHERE CHINESE DRIVE!"
FEW CHINESE IN ENGLISH
LITERATURE..
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WIRELESS TO AUSTRALIA.
HOW THE NEW STATIONS IN LINCOLNSHIRE WILL WORK.
ARMS POSSESSION. ^ SERIES OF CASES AT KOWLOON, Mr. W. Hamilton and Mr. R. A. D. The Post Baster-General's announce Forrest sat in conjunction at the Row-
THREE YEARS" GAOL,
Mr. Homilian said "that : he and hin colleague were of the opinion that a con viction should be registered. The prin cipal tenant was very malevolent, and under other circumstances they would not have convicted. However, he hadly deli- berately lied when he said that, he did tor, take the polley to the other matsbed
The vrience was that he foresaw the next question which would
[BY PENGUIN IN THE
ment that a at Wirthorpe, near: loon Magistracy yesterday when a series China is, in these days, easily boating Peru in the amount of space which, its Skegness, and another site at Grimsby of cases of possession of urais were dealt RUSSIAN CER EMPLOYEES WILL observation occupies in the newspapers, have en put in the hands of the con
The first cas was that of tractors in connection with the beam wire. and it is natural that the thoughts of he
NOT BE PROSECUTED.
with
Chiness
hackney writer should turn towards less services. between England and Ausvook who was charged with the possession and apparently the only reason was that
PERING, September 14th,"
A message from Harbin states that the
China in search of copy. But although
and India, marks a new advance of a revolver.
Court bas announced that proceedings "the teeming millions of China" have towards wireless telegraphie communica-defendant was accosted 'in Mougkok Road 3 he asked him; as to how he knew of a Tangier message mentions that a agniast Messrs. B. Oustrounoff, Goudatti, found their way into the perorations of Dion with the furthest Dominions of the ion August 18th and when two constables other gang who had arm. They must
friendly tribe repelled a Riff attack. The Mihailoft and Stepunin (employees of the Riffre strongly pressing on the Chinese Eastern Railway charged with Spanish western front, especially at faimppropriation of funds) have now been Darben Karrich, to the south-west of abandoned. Tetuan. The enemy has been reinforced by seral thousand men on the Branes
front.
REPORTED SPANISH VICTORY. Laspex. September 13th, The Spanish Embassy reports a great Spanish sucess this morning on the Western front at Kucia Paluar, where the anding was defeated with great lons."
IBANE HEIGHTS OCCUPIED.
PARIS, September 13th
Le Temps mtblishes & message from Tafrent that the French have occupied the Biban brights without resistance.
The "enemy were
The Freuch offensive has been generally alted for the paries of consolidating the positions united. dispersed south of Taza with heavy losses The French captured two guns on the Tafrani front.
SECURITY PACT. FOREIGN MINISTERS TO CONFER
GENEVA, September 13th. Signor Mussolini has accepted an in- vitation to attend a Confernce of Allied the proposed Foreign Ministers on Security Pact, though he has not yet dreided whether he will personally attend.
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It is anticipated that the projected Conference will be divided into parts, the first dealing with the Western pet, in which Belgium will participate, and the second thealing with the Eastern pact, which will be attended by repre ntatives of Poland and Crecho-Slovakia.
It is learned that Mr. Austen Chamber- lain has already held conversations with the Foreign Ministers of Poland and Czecho-Slovakia on the subject.
FRENCH AIRMAN KILLED. COMPANION SEVERELY WOUNDED.
Paris, September 13th...
The aviators, Messrs. Thierry and Coste left Etampes aerodrome at 6 o'clock this morning to attempt a non-stop flight to Constantinople, Baghdad, Bunder Abbas, and Karachi. They had high hopes of beating several records, but at 10 am. their machine crashed and was wrecked in the New Forest.
"M. Thierry was killed and M. Coste severely wounded and conveyed to hos pital at Freiburg-
LATEST CABLES. [ECUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
PRAYERS ANSWERED,
BROUGHT IN ATLANTA IS "BROKEN.
ATLANTA, September 14th. The drought, which for many weeks hae heavily damaged the crops in most Southern States, broke yesterday,
Many people gathered in the church and prayed for rain which, in some cases, fell immediately after the services. The people in Atlanta were drenched as they Jelt the churches.
a good many missionary sermons, and doubtless have always existed in the number of Chinese whom we
ter in English literature is disappointing
British Empire.
Work has already begun on two, other stations at Bodmin and Belgewater for beam communication with Canada and South Africa, while similar stations are in Their bail will be returned to them after all. Excluding living writers, such course of peection, in Canada, between as Mr. Sax Rohrer and Mr. Oppenheim, Montreal and. Quebec, in South Africa, ten days.
whom I read with a mixture of satisfacnear Capetown, in Australia, and in tion nad scepticism, it would, I think, befodia. difficult to muster a score of genuine high- cheeked, "almond-eyed Chinese who are to be found in English novels.
The reason given for their release 1 that an amnesty was proclaimed when the Chief Executivo, Tuua Chi Jui, assumed office.
[Note-After the signature of the Mukden Agreement, in October, 1994, Mr. B. Oustrumoff, the Engineer-in-Chief of the C.EE, and the other officials men- tioned in the cable," all of whom are "White" Russians, were dismissed and placed under arrest. They have been in prison at Harbin until last week. After their arrest, the control of the CER. was vested in a Board of Directors com- posed of five Soviet and five Manchurian officials.]
CHINA AND EXTRALITY."
PEKING TO INVITE COMMISSION OF POWERS IN FEBRUANT.
PERINO, September 14th,
The vernacular papers state that the Central Government of China intends to invite the Powers, signatories to the Washington Treaty, to send an extra- territoriality conumission" to China "in February."
CASE OF DR. HOWARD..
CHINESE HOSTAGE BEING SENT TO BANDIT CAMP.
PARING, September 14th.
The Chinese authorities are planning to send a Staff Officer to the bandit camp, as a hostage for Dr. Howard, according to a telegram to the American Legation from Harbin.
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It
that the bandit chief, who appears was expected to arrive at Hunchuan last week in order to enter into final negotia- tions for the release of Dr. Howard, changed his mind.
PORRIDGE A LA CHINOISE.
"A CONFLICT OF OPINIONS.
Writing from East "Croydon, Surrey, À propos the recent publication of the views of Mr. Kirkwood, M.P., ne to how Scotch. porridge should be made, Mr. It Hart Maze says:--
The present Commissioner of Customs at. Hankow, China, who is an Ulster- man, told me some years ago that no purridge served to him in his nativo land was more wholesome and palatable than the stirabout prepared by his Chiness cook during 1008, when he held the Commissionership of Customs at
For ways that are dark, and for tricks that are vain. The heathen Chinese is peculiar he seems to be proving this just now and I suppose Bret Harte's Ah Sin, whose management of cards so moved Bill Nye, will be one of the first Chinese to come into the minds of many readers, Another of the same writer's creations deserves even closer at
tention. whose fate at the hands of Christians so well described in a pathetic little story Closely connected with Wan Lee is Hop Sing the chief factor of the Ning Foo Company, of whom Bret Harte gives us a full account:-
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WBS,
These new stations will he used purely for commercial telegrams, and will work separately, having no connection with the Rugby station now rapidly nearing com pletion...
ENORMOUS POWER.
The Rugby station," stated an official worldwide use. Being a station of enor of the G.P.O. on August 19h, "is for mous poker, it can transmit to and pick up messages from almost any station in the world. There will also be experi mental apparatus set up for use in con- nection with the proposed telephonic com-
attempted to search him, he bolted.
Sentent of threa therefore, conviet. In the chase he threw
away à reyolver
passed. which being recovered was found to be years with baril labour was
"Aceused's, récord showed that he had been. fully loaded.'
Accused denied possession and said that.unished for life in Canton from the he had been wrongfully accused. He Straits Settlements. stated that he was passing by when twa men ran past him and threw the revolver in the roadway, Immediately afterwards the police came up and arrested him
When it was pointed out to him that it was very late in the night when be was apprehended he stated that he was returning from a visit to a friend at
Sham Shui Po
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He was found guilty and sentenced to four years. with hard labour, the sentence to begin from the 16th August, the day of his arrest.
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The next two cases, in the first of which a Chinese was charged with the posses
A DR BARNADO... The four other men were then charged. Two of them, in their statements, bail alaiitted ownership of the revolvers In the lock they denied possession.
The first accused said he had only re- cently come to Hongkong. He came down from the country after receiving a letter frous a man named Ho Min. There is godd business. down here, Ho Min had stated," there is a good price being paid for chickens, and look at the price of purk. We will go up to Shunchun and bring down pigs. Is will be good busi
Des
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The second prisoner said that he arriv
He is Wan Lee, the pagan Dunication with Rocky Point and the sion of a dagger, and the other in which from the country in August. He had
East coast towns of America.
"Until, however, experiments prove successful this apparatus will not be för public use, except for telegraina.
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four men were charged with possession of two revolvers and one dagger, were relative...
Sergeant Flattery stated that the accus- ed in the seond case we arrested at
come by train from Shumchun. He had no work, and'a man named Mok Sum had told him to go to the watshed to. alwp.
The two other accused also stateil that'
sleep in the shed.
Soon after work, was in hand at Rugby, the G.PO. was approached by the Marconi Company with their new system of directional short-wave trans-
at Shum Luk village, near the Taipo means of far with that "system as distant communication. As soon as the Road. He and a party of detectives had Dominions decided to erect experimental beep led there by the defendant in the stations, the decision was arrived at to
mission, and it was decided to experiment 4.15 m.in. on September 1st in a matsheu Mok Sum had given them permission to
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This does not mean, however, that Rugby will becoine a white elephant Ragby will be kept very busy, for it will be able to transmit at all times and under most ecnditions, and to most stations in the world."
c.
Mr. Hamilton: This mac, Mok Sum,
The first two, accused were each sen- is certainly a Dr. Barnardo.
The others were discharged.
CHINESE PRISONER'S DEATH.
Major C. Willson, sitting as Coroner at the Central Magistracy yesterday
Before I describe him, I want the "average reader to discharge from his mind any idea of a Chinaman that he may have gathered from the pantomime, He did not wear beautifully-scalloped carry on a similar policy here. Therefore first case who had been arrested a teased, to four years with hard labour. drawers fringed with little bells--we are erecting two sets of two stations, acoden hut at Shum Shab Wan on the He each station having two sets of a previous day. In the garden near the never met a Chinaman who did.
paratus,, pne for reception and the other on the whole, a rather gruve, for transmission.
matshed where the four men were sleep- His decorous, handsome gentleman.
ing. two loaded revolvers and a dagger complexion, which extended all over his
were found concealed underneath an old head, except where his long pig-tail grow, was like a very nice piece of
flower pot.. glazed brown paper muslin. He wore dark blue silk blouse, and in the streets on cold daya a short jacket of Astrakhan fur. He wore also a pair of drawers of blue, brocade gathered tightly over fis calves and ankles. His manner was urbane, although quite serious. He spoke French and English fluently. In brief, I doubt if you could have found the equal of this Pagan shopkeeper among the Christian traders of San Francisco.
The work at the giant station at Rughy is proceeding rapidly and it is expected that it will be ready for trials in Novem her of early December, and the engineers, are already talking of "getting the juice" into the acrials.
the
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The Magistrates' decided to hear, the afternoon, held an enquiry into the cir
custances surrounding the death of enues singly
Teang Fuk prisoner at the Victoria, Gaal who was undergoing a term of three STURY OF A QUARREL,
years imprisonment, having been senter possessed on January 18th, under the Banish Wong Fai, was charged with
nient Ordinance. Falcn of a dagger.
The Juty which comprised Messrs. E Sergeant Flattery said that he bad a. Lees (foreman) H. Low, and, 07. received information and in consequence Hyman, after hearing the evidence, visited the wooden hut at Shum Shahbrought in a verdict of death from natural Causes duc tuberculosis 8" Three years before the publication of the "Citizen of the World," there ap. Wan. There he saw prisoner and the aggravated by valvular disease of the DEFOE'S CONTEMPT OF CHINA.
peared Horace Walpole's witty satira on principal tenant of the hat. A Chinese heart." Chinsmen made their way into English the execution of Admiral Byng, entitled constable, eventually found the dagger A Letter from Xo-Ho, a Chinese philo- literature long before Ah Sin, or Wan Lee, or Hop Sing was born. You can sopher at London, to his friend Lien Chi stuck in the side of the hut.
The Chinese constable said that he re- find several of them in the second part of at Peking."
Victorian novelists seem to have believ-ceive the information that defendant Robinson Crusoe, where, I am afraid, little that is good is said, either of thed that China is too far away to be had a dagger from Tau Hing, the prin- interesting, and James Paya's By people of the country:-
Proxy" is the only Victorian novel with cipal tenant. When he found the dagger a real Chinese interest that I can re- the principal tenant pointed to defend member. It opens with an account of the nt, saying that the dagger was his, adventures of two Englishmen, Arthur
Jengyileh, which is in the western projected to a Government qualified only though most, readers of By Proxy" possession w
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to
THE WOOLLEN TRADE.
BRADFORD REPORT.
Describing the Bradford market om. July 31st Messrs. Robert Barbour & Brothers State
WAS
There's not a fortified town in China (Robinson Crusoe assures us) could hold
The opening of the fourth series of out for one month, against the Batteries
Colonial wool auction sales in London this month which comprised a cata- and Attacks of an European Army and at the same Time, all the Armies in Conway" and Ralph Pennieuick, who are whereupon accused said Old man, do not logued quantity of 142,000, baler Chinn could never take such a Tastenvelling in Northern China. Pengo against me." Continuing, the con marked as anticipated and with but a Dankirk, provided it was net ficuick is arrogart in manner, and constable said that accused "ndmitted that few exceptions by advanced rates. The large majority of the daily offerings starv'd; no, not in Ten Years Siege. Lemptuaits of everything Chinese the dagger was his. Replying to Mr. were keenly contested for by home and They have. Fire-Arts 'tis true, but they brings disaster on the party by attempt are awkward, clumsy, and uncertain in ing to steal the Shay-le, a sacred relie Hamilton, be said that he had not cau foreign buyers whose attendance and tioned him before questioning him. His biddings, were much above the average. For this crime he is sen-
wero going off: They have Powder, but it of Buddha.
varieties of fise to medium Merino is of no Strength: They bare neither tenced to death, but Conway, in accord. Worship then pointed out that the state The classes in most request Discipline in the Field, Exercise to ance with Chinese custom, is allowed to ment was therefore inadmissible.
Lou Hing, the principal tenant, said wools and different grades of Crom their Arris, Skill to attack, or Temper take the place of his friend. The desat defendant had lived in the hut for breds for which the demand was un. to retreat; and, therefore, I must con-criptions of Chinese scenery and habits
ed were 72,000 holes for the Continent, fea, it seem'd strange to me, when I are, I will not zay, accurate, for I do about a month and he had tried to turn ally ective. The actual antes record came Home, and heard our People say not know, but at least convincing. And him out, but he would not go. He had 40,000 for home consumption and, over quarrel with accused, and the latter 2,000 bales on American account the such fine Things of the Power, Riches, the same is true of Fu-chow, the captain threatened him with the dagger. He remainder being held over till next Glory, Magnificence, and Trade of the of the escort of Chinese soldiers; of Chinese,, because I saw, and knew that Hwanghi, the red-button imandarin; and then reported the matter to the police. series. British wools have maintained they were a contemptible Herd or of Sheer Singh, the gaoler. James Paya Continuing, he said accused, used to go firm quotations with a fair amount of joyed in some cases an improved turn- Crowd of ignorant sordid. Slaves, sub is a novelist who has passed out of vogue, out every night with the dagger in his business. In yarns spinners have en- over but the prices realized were little vince of Yuanan. Upon being com
When asked by Mr. Hamilton why he to rule such a People.
will, 1 fancy, agree with me that this had not reported before the quarrel, that in excess of the cost of production. plimented
that 00 its excellence,
Stocks have recently accumulated and Perhaps in these days the Chinese mind neglect is undeserved.
accused a dagger, witness gave
until these are considerably reduceil Celestial, who was, the Commissioner was occupied more with other matters
DICKENS AND CHINA.
no satisfactory reply. glso mentioned, a culinary artist, then the business of war, to which Ro Dickens, too, mentions China and Accused said that witness's wife had prospects can hardly be, eapsidered
satisfactory. "plained that the meal was steeped over binson Crusoe and his fellow-Christians Chinasen sometimes in his novels. In Sorrowed $10 from him and he demand- The dress goods trade shows little "Pickwick wo hear of the copious reviewed repayment from witness, Witnesa ebange in plain fabrics but in fancies night in cold water," and the porridge paid so much attention.
of a work on Chinese metaphysics, wished to evade paying it, and therefore of the latest, novelties and fashionable dished next morning immediately it
- GOLDSMITH'S MANDARIN.
styles a fair amount of activity is in began to boil.
which appeared in the Fataawit Gazette, sought to get him into trouble. Fum-Hoom is a Chinaman whose name the writer of which obtained his infor
When he was asked whether he had evidence. Makers of woollen and worst has been made familiar by Goldsmith's mation by reading the "Encyclopedia taken the police to the matshed at Shuined piece goods for clothing sequ
Citizen of the World. But Fum-Hoam Britannica he read for metaphysics Luk village in consequence of which, four ments are not busy and much machinery. have been in better call than Inst was known to English renders 25 years under the letter, M. and for China under other men were arrested, he resolutely is only running half time Blankets before Goldsmith's book was published. the letter C. and combined his infor- denied it. Ho was, if authority is to be accepted,mation." Arthur Clennam's "father, in
Sergeant Flattery was recalled and month Travelling rugs quiet, Opera The horse was owned by. Bir Clifford was seldom, he never missed his port the creation of a Frenchman named Little Dorrit." went to China to take reiterated his former assertion. He was tions in carpets so far are worse than" ridge, no matter whether he was in the Guellette, and he came to England in care of the business there while his wife also corroborated by a Chinese detective, they have been for one or two years, Straits, Siam, the Philippines, China book called "Chinese Tales, or the Won managed it at home. In the opening
Mr. Hamilton You are positive past and present prospects offer an signs of improvement No movement. or Japan. He has tried all kinds of derful Adventures of the Mandarin Fam chapter of Edwin Brood we encounter Witness I am very certain of it, be of any importance has taken place in so-called porridge on his travels, from Hoam, translatel:(not from the Chinese a Chinaman in the opiam den, and later cause on the way I was afraid that he flannels and what small trade there is the sloppy unsalted mess made à la but from the French) by Bisbot Petey in the book Princess Fuffer contrasts her might try to get away, and I put adding is confined to immediate require
Bummer flannels which weren Chinois to the scientifically prepared Goldsmith evidently liked Fum-Houm's establishment with that of "Jack Ching-rope around his waist, so that I might meats Reuter sends a correction dated Sep- cereals of America, but the only real names. He appointed him First Pre man ther side the court. He ain't got hold himath, that he expected to sell freely have been most
porridge, in his opinion, it that which sident of the Ceremonial Academy at the truther The Magistrates then ordered the four disappointing tember 13th to a previous cable, sent in his mother made up in Bootland in the Peking, and made him the recipient of charges as much ne me that has, and other accused, who were seated, in the There is no change of moment in the correctly and printed in our columas way described by Mr. Kirkwood For the delightful letters written by Lien mord if he can get it." Considering, dock, to be taken to the cella EAT Eastern markets and quotatioES
HORSE'S RECORD LEAP.
'WORLD'S RECORD BROKEN AT
CALGARY.
VANCOUVER, September 14th. Barra Lad, a horse belonging to Mears. Welsh Brothers of Calgary, has broken the world's record high jump.
The horse cleared 8.feet, 11 inches, [The previous record, as far as shown in reference books available, was 8 feet, 1 inch. This was made by a horse sumed Confidence, at Ottawa in 1912.
Sisson, and ridden by Jack Hamilton.]
NEW FRENCH TAXES.
CA CORRECTION.
We know a Scotsman, says the China Bepress and Telegraph who spent twenty-five years in the East and who boasts that, excepting when ill, which
yesterday, dealing with new Freach ridge is not porridge, he asserts, unless Chi. And Lien Chi, too, travelled in this however, that there are about 350 millions taxes. The cable should have contained the spoon can stand up in it when it country before he began to write the of Chiness, in fact, it is to be regretted the words income derived from capital, cool, and, he adds, they don't get the letters: Goldsmith has communicated to there are not a more representative aum. not income and capital.
right meal in China
"(Continued on next Golume).
her of them in English fiction.
Mr. Hamilton: Again, is it a fact that you took the police to this village You cannot be heard from the cells. Accused I took the polico. there.
"generally are in favour of the pur chaser A very disturbing element in the different centres of the wool in- dustry is the ages dipate which has Assumed nosterious developma