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MR. T. Z. KOO.
SOME IMPRESSIONS OF A
CHINESE ORATOR.
"By permission of the Lord Bishop of Fictoria the pulpit of St. John's Cath dral will be occupied on Sunday morning by a Chinese layman, Mr. T. 2. Koo, who it now on a visit to Hongkong being engaged in werk among students in eon- nection with the YMCA. Mr. Ron has heen speaking much in England and has always left the impression of being a great spiritual force. The Archbishop of Canterbury on hearing him compared hion to the great Wesley." The subject of Mr. Koo's sermon will be Chinese ronception of Christ.""
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, '. MARCH 13, 1926
When I heard Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Lloyd- George and Mr. Winston Churchill for the first time I realised, from the general appearance of each of them, that there was power, personality, something that convinces one that the man was above the average man. Now Mr. Koo failed to do that. Yet after he had been speak ing for two minutes he made us "Sit up and listen." He made us realise that we are in the midst of a great drama, the issues of which no man living can foresee. Most important of all he made us realise that, whatever may be our personal pre- jadices, our old convictions, we must listed to reason.
THE BANK LOAN CASE. WITNESS STATES THREAT TO SELL SHARES JUSTIFIED. CASE CONTINUED YESTERDAY. AFTERNOON.
AN AFFIDAVIT CITID. Mr. Jönkin: You had numerous inter- views with Mr. Ross, "the special man- ager of your estate, in connection with! this and several other matters --Yes.
Do you know that Mr. Ross fled an affidavit, in this action -No
The case in which Messrs. Moxon &
Mr. Jenkin Teid extracts from the Taylor are suing the Man Chaen Bank Affidavit, one of which was to the effett for the recovery of $37,600 alleged to that Messrs. Lammert, were the agents have been lent to the bank through of Moxon & Taylor. Messrs. G. P. & H. A. Lomuert, was Mr. Jenkin (to witness): You never continued before the Chief Justice, Sirold Mr. Rows that you were agents for Henry Gollan, in the Supreme Court yes the Man Chuen Bank -I don't remem terday afternOOD
Mr. Eldon Potter, K.C. (instructed Mr. Koo tells us of the many questions by Messrs. Johnson, Stokea & Master), that the Chinese students ask themselves, appeared for Messrs. Moxon & Taylor,
ber.
You can't say whether you ever told Ross that you were agents for the
Man Chuen Bank-I cannot say....
Did you ever tell him that you were don't know.
When Mr. Koo spoke at some student He hints how the iterature of Europe and and the defendant bank was represented agents for Messrs. Moxor & Taylog
conference meeting in England he so im- pressed the representatives of the Timer that a column of that newspaper was levoted to the report of his speech. When he was at Geneva, Na a representa- tive of China at the Opium Conference, the British delegates said that he was one of the outstanding personalities at the conference.
Mr. Koo is now in this Colong. Rather reluctantly one member of this local com- munity was persuaded to go to a meeting
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America has set the minds of the student by Mr. F. C. Jenkin (instructed by class ablaze. He makes us smile when Messrs. Lee & Russ), " he speaks of their demands to manage the
Mr. Jenkin continued his cross-exami- colleges and to dominate their teachers nation of Mr. H. A. Lammert. “
Asked is to whether he desired to add In the end he convinces us that we can- noe ignore the student class of China.anything to his evidence the day before! What they need is a great leader, ke with reference to a transacting docu- Jowett, the Master," who was a moulderment, which showed that on the contract of minds at Ballinl., Will Mr. Koo be his firm would lose, witness reiterated come the real friend, philosopher and that he could only think that it was guide to this growing student class inelerical error. China! He will most certainly be a great influence amongst them. Let us he grate- ful for the fact that his influence is on the side of law and order; that ho op: poses gambling, militarism and cruelty in any shape or form,
a which Mr. Kne was to speak-reluct- tantly, because „ne had heard so many
young Chinese speak
Good luck to you Mr. Koo; you have an unrestrained
a great task but a wonderful opportunity manner on various political, social and religious subjects. When young Chinese No wonder that the representatives of the old EnglishThunderer. thought that sponk in the English language, they are
son were worth a column. Walk warily usually fluent, but often they use language keep away from the intrigues of the from splitting that is very highly coloured. "They are politicians: keep away tub excited, ton emotional for the matter-straws about dogmin; keep always before of fact Englishman who has a fixed belief on the splendid ident of peace and good will and you will earn the gratitude of that this is by no means a perfect world millions, including any of the Anglo- but'n world that is based mostly on facts. Saxon race... It is not too much to say that the ever- agh Britisher in the Far Enst not only hides his own emotions but suspects any one who attempts to speak about the
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AT THE UNIVERSITY.
A university is the best agency towards international co-operation, because here future rulers of the world are taught, according to Me, T. Z. Koo, a secretary of the World Students' Federation and a Chingae Delegato of the Opiunt. Confer-,
emotions and the deeper things of life Poetry, or anything imaginative is out of place (he thinks) in this work-a-dayence of the League of Nations, who ad- dressed a large audience at the Hongkong world "of life in the Far East..
University yesterday afternoon, under the the University Christian auspices of Association. The Vice-Chancellor of the
THE PROPHET
Perhaps the most noticeable features of; Mr. Koo's oratory are the restraint and the wonderfai choice of words. His de livery is almost perfect; considering that when he is speaking in English he is using an entirely different language to that of his parents and of his boyhood it is,
· "indced, prâctically a perfect delivery. It vannot irritate the most fastidious critic. Many foreigners, especially Asiatics. somehow or other, do jar a ner sympathe tic listener..
Mr. Jenkin: Messrs. Moxon & Taylor would be entitled to receive from you at any time the names of your clients Yes, from the Stock Exchange.
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Do you suggest that the transaction was one which was covered by Stock Ex. change rules?—I do.
Do you mean to say that you left it to Mr. Ross to gather what he could 7- I thought that Mr. Rows knew all along that we had to get the money back for Moxon & Taylor.
Further pressed, witness agreed that he had told Mr. Ross of it sometime of other, but he could not remember the date.
I put it to you that you never told him that you were acting as agents for the Man Chuen Bank.-He knew we were.
the brokers in the case, and I left it to
his common sense.
But you give him no inkling that 'you were acting for the Man Chuen Bank 1- That is not a fair question, Mr. Jenkin. His Lordship: It is perfectly fair, Mr. Lammert-Well, I cannot remember.
Mn: 099's POSITION.
..In response to further questions put by Mr. Jenkin, witness said that he re- And that the rules and bylaws of the collected the meeting held in the Official Receiver's Office, on October 6th, when Stock Exchange apply to it --Yes.
Do you say that the by-laws endorsed Mr. Rose, the special manager, was pre- at the back of the contract applies to sent. He had filed his petition, and had to Mr. Ross that the Man Chuen Bank the loan it is my opinion.
had borrowed a certain sum of money These by-laws also apply to the con.through him from Messrs. Moxon &
Taylor: tract between you and Moxon & Taylor?
→→→Yes.
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Then the letter of September 7th. 1925, from Moxon & Taylor demanding margins was fully justified?-Yes.
Yesterday you 'told me that it was not. sol-It agrees with clause of the by.
jaws.
Mr Jenkin: If this money was paid on October 8th where do you suggest that it would have gone -I cannot say.
What if it had been paid in November as agreed upon i-It was out of our hands then.
Would it have gone into your estate
Moxon for paying creditors or to Taylor 1-I cannot say.
The reason for this meeting was for It was such a letter then as you would the collection" of outstanding debts owed expect to receive from Mason & Taylor? to your estate 1-1 know that Messrs. Moxon, & Taylor had approached Mr. Yes.
Ross to push the matter of the money Have you always held that view, Mr. owed by the Man Chuen Bank. Lammert? Yes.
Did you hold it yesterday afternoon?---
Yes.
115APPREHENSION.
Did you not tell me yesterday that University, Mr. W. W: flornell, C.I.E.. if this was a loan, then Messrs. Moxon M.a., presided, and was supported by & Taylor had no warrant for writing you the Rev. T. W. Pearce, LL.D., Q.B.E.. such a letter? In fact Mr. Nissim said and Mr. C. H. Lim, president of the the same thing. I have must misunder University Christian Association, who stood you.
welcomed Mr. Koo to Hongkong on behalfThen the opinion you now express is
the opinion that you bold?-Yes. of the local students.
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Mr. Jenkin: I did not notice it. His Lordship: Neither did I. If it had been so I would have certainly check ed you, Mr. Lammert.
He was using his official position as special manager to collect monies which were to go immediately to Messrs. Moxon & Taylor I don't know.
I put it to you, Mr. Lammert, that the real reason why you did not inform Mr. Ross was because the transaction was between you and Moxon & Taylor?--I had told him the facts.
He
Mr. Jenkin: All that trouble was taken and not a cent was to go into the estate. It was all going to Moxon & Taylor- Naturally we tried to recover people's money for them.
I say you did not. Then I am lying, or else Mr. Jenkin?
Mr. Jenkin: It appears. 30, your recollection is at fault on that point.
Witness "agreed that he had on one occasion gone with Mr. Ross to see the Mr. Koo, who has visited many quileges. That change of opinion is entirely due Manager of the Man Chuen Bank for the and universities in Asia, Europe, Americh, to misapprehension of my questions yes purpose of collecting the moner
had no idea where the money would have and several islands on the Pacific during terday 1-Yes, in fact I think I was
gone when it was collected. He did not 16 months, including a period of some
rather rude to you yesterday, Mr.know that. Mr. Ross bad written a letter four months in India, since 1923 gave
demanding the money, nor did he know Jenkin.
the Bank's solicitors had called on Mr. Ross. The writer was most certainly not insene, of his observations and experiences "connected with tour. Mr. Koo said that sympathetic mood when Mr. Koo com
the forces preventing international co- menced to address his audience in Hong-
uperation in all parts of the world to-day kong. In common fairness it must be were political fears, economic competi stated that he "fell" to the spellbinding tion, cultural backgrounds," racial effects of Mr. `Koo's oratory. This is one jadice, and religious differences. Ile illus "who will be numbered amongst China's traced these by noting that many con tries in Europe were afraid of a possible prophets.
"Red" invasion; that certain peoples Yes. We English pride ourselves on our were still trying to keep some of the adaptability, and that characteristic has special privileges they had previously something to do with our success in the exacted of other peoples, while those call on the Man Chuen Bank to pay practical affairs of life. We have, for having lost, were trying to recover them; margin, although it was, à pure loan - all that our remorseless critica may say, that many having different cultural Yes. a fundamental sense of justice and fair backgrounds were unwilling to associate. play. We do try to see the other fellow's with others; and that many religious con point of view. After listening to Mr. Koo troversies were still going on.
As steps towards international co-opera. it seemed to me that. despite my many years of residence in the Far East and tion, Mr. Kou believed that there should my travels up and down the China coast, he an international-mindedness as well as
A LITTLE BLOW.
of Young Chias. It is, in itself, a proof
pre
Mr. Jenkin (to Witness): You claim that Moxon & Taylor were justified in saying on September 7th that if 80,000 margin was not paid they could sell the shares although they were a pure Joan 7
And that you, in a like manner, could
And this gentleman was paid out of Up to November eth you never gave the estate for the work!-I don't know. Mr. Ross the slightest hint that you were the agent of the Man Chuen Baak, nor that the money would not be paid into your estate -I think you are wrong, Mr. Jenkin
As a result of a letter sent to the Bank, Mr. Ross was called upon1-I don't The Bank took up the attitude with "Messrs. Moxon & Taylor would be Mr. Ross that your firm oved them entitled to know the name of the bor-money t-I believe Mr. Ross did tell me rower from you at any time 7-They could
He did not knów until sometime be- only demand the game through the Stock tween November 8th and 9th anything. about the "suggestion that you were the Bank's agents-Perhaps he took-legal | Exchange.
advice on the matter.
Replying to further questions, witness
know.
that.
Do you pledge your word, Mr. Lam- I had never really realised the difficulties a machinery for co-operation. One should said that he had been on the Stock Ex-
have a mind to respect another, to under-change for years. That kind of transmert, that although on October 6th, the stand others, and 'both sides of a ques
knowledgment that they owed a certain say whether the plaintiffs sum to your firm, that no reference was tion, as well as one's own. One should action was a very usual one, but he was Bank were being asked to sign an ac look at another moré as an "individual unable to instead as a type. Mr. Koo presented could demand the name of the borrower made to the fact that you owed them his theme most vividly by giving his experiences and observations.
of Mr. Kee's powers as an orator, that he made one feel that one was behind the times.
from him directly.
money 1-It was not referred to."
The sole object of the interview was to have repayment made to your firm
Mr. Jenkin: Do you hold no views on the matter 1-1 have an idea that they Yes. have no right, but they can get it through the Stock Exchange.
THE TREMENDOUS PROBLEM. Mr. Koo is too wise to say things that The speaker wore his Chinese gowns in
One of the objects of the meeting was are best left unsaid. He gives the im Europe while travelling at he used to do
to identify the bank-with-the loan t pression that he realises not only the dif. in China. One day he was taken to he a lady, while at another time he was
No. ficulties but the delicacy of the situation mistaken to be an Oriental Prince. Some
Even in a mere loan in which you act In your transaction with Mr. Tsang as agent 7-Yes, that. has arisen in the Far East. He ex times this Oriental Prince" could not get an American: to shine his shoes, as plains how it has arisen. The new forcese latter would not do such a thing for If it was a loan, can you give any he signed his name-Yes, with the ex- Questioned as to the money which he scem to be breaking up old China, and an Oriental. At a time while the once reason why there need be any hesitar ception of the 200 Wharves which were
"Prince" was riding on a train in tion in giving the names of the bar in the name of the Bank, that is what ninety-nine people in a bun America, he was asked if he were going rowers It is bad business to divulge borrowed from the Bank, witness said" the names of one's clients directly they that he borrowed it in January. He had dred wish to prevent. Mir. Koo did not to Black Mountain, Summer resort, as offer any evangelical remedies. There is a laundry-man. He pointed these things are asked for. They were not only burthen a number of China Sugars, stand- nothing of the fiery fervour of a zealot out to show how some persone have look rowers in this case, they were also our ing at $80. On June 6th they stood at 858. He agreed that if he sold them ed at or seen him and how unpleasant client.
Replying to further question, witness then he would have lost $4,500. He also like Gypsy Smith of General Booth about it was sometimes to be treated as a type at the cheque which he received agreed that if he bad repaid the loan on his style. He does not rant, and he does rather than an individual.
Mr. Koo said fundamentally every per- from Moxan & Taylor was on the Hong June 8th," since some of the dealings be- not rave. He has a slight touch of the
son had love and affection, but the ways kong and Shanghai Bank, and the chequetween him and the Bank were in shares, theatrical about the play of his hands and of expressing it might be different. He he gave to the Man Chuen Bank was on he would have lost $2,400. He also had the movement of his features, "but it is told, how Chinese children sometimes the Chartered Bank. He had not endor
by $7,500. He dieagreed that this factor not a bit more theatrical than the simi- would remain silent and respectful in the xed it because it was a matter of book other shares but they had depreciated presence of their parents and how some ing, and he had trace of it on the was in his mind on June 6th and denied lar mannerisms of Mr. Gladstone or Mr. European boys and girls would hug around paying-in slip. No entries were made in that he had not repaid the Bank owing Lloyd, George. Indeed he is really more their fathers and mothers with plenty of the firm's books on June 8th excepting to this..
rough book, entered by This closed the cross-examination, and reposeful than either of those famous kisses. They were all loving their par- note in a
ents, he said, some expressing it with the clerk. He had pot handed over the after Mr. Potter had re-examined wit speakers. He is as silver-tongued as Lord silent respect, while others with shouting same cheque because he had made a re-ness briefly, the case was adjourned until
Monday. and joy, Roseberry at the height of his fame,
cord of it.
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