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IS IT A PRACTICAL PROPOSITION?
PREVENTION OF QUICK AND
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BRITAIN'S WAR TIME EXPERIENCES.
(Contributed)
SUNNING FARMER'S TALE OF WOE.
ROBBED BY BOGUS CONSTABLES,
'ONE PRISONER SENTENCED.
THE TIENTSIN ARRESTS.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
BRITISH CONSUL'S LETTER TO CANTON FOREIGN OFFICE.
danta.
A $500 CLAIM.
EUROPEAN AND ACCOUNTANCY WORK.
WALLER & CO. AS DEFENDANTS.
In the Summary Coart yesterday Mr. That he was held up by four men on
a great I. H. O'Brien, of the Advertising and the pretext that they were constables A few weeks ago there was searching for arms, robbed of $50, and outcry in the Kuomintang papers over Publicity Bureau, claimed against å. G. struck by one of the men with a hammer, the arrest of certain members of the Waller and Co. for $300 for accountancy which caused injuries necessitating treat omintang in the British concession at work during June.
Mr. F. X. Remedios represented plain- ment at a hospital, was the story fold by Tientsin. It was alleged that these mea
Plaintiff said that he was employed by Chinese farmer from the Sanning dis bad been handed over to tho Fengtient and Mr. C. Gordon Least the defens trict when he appeared as complainant military authorities and the British had
as assistant manager of the Imports and in a case before Mr. B. E. Lindsell, at adopted this procedure deliberately, the defendant firm in April of last year knowing full well that the arrested Exports department In April of this the Central Magistracy yesterday after-
persons would be shot immediately."
year he received verbal notice, owing to noon. Two Chinese were charged as a
It will be re-called that a long protest trade depression, and he left at the end on the subject was cabled by Canton to of May. His salary was 8300 a month.
"Before dismissal Mr. Waller approach- question was raised in the House of work during May. There was no agreed lee Plaintiff agreed to do the work but Commona
did not know the extent of it. Although his employinent terminated as the end of May, plaintiff was shown the account I consisted of entering up the books ary work by Mr. Waller on June 4th. which had not been kept from January to May. Mr. Waller asked plaintiff to Sia, With reference to your letter of write up the books and agreed to pay him $100 for every month in arrear, the and December, transmitting a copy is slaintiff did and completed the work of the communication which the Canton Government telegraphed direct to His on June 25th. He had asked Mr. Waller Alajesty's Government in regard to the several times for the agreed fee but had arrest of certain members of the Kut been told that defendant was pressed for Cross-examined by Mr. Leask, plain- Tents, I am directed by His Majesty's payment. mintang in the British concession at money at the time. He had not received. minister at Peking to communicate for tiff denied that the work he did in June
The following letter, addressed by the British Consul-General at Canson to the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, 8ives the facts of the case.
The Consul-General Writes :-
Lenin and the Russian Revolution, it has been said, sounded the death knell of democracy. Communists, indeed, pro- claim the dictatorship of the proleteriat, knowing that the proleteriat does not realise that dictatorship of any kind sequel to this affair, one with pretending means its own implicit obedience under to be a constable and with larceny; whilethe British Foreign Office and that aed him on the matter of accountancy the direst penalties. Mussolini, who is the second man was charged with gault- humane and more successful, disciple ing the complainant with a hammer.."
Mr. H. S. Lo appeared for the pro of Lenin declares that democracy is the gorgeous trappings that a rich nation secution, and Mr. C. A. S. Ruas defend might wear," but which Italy cannoted the first prisoner.
Mr. Lo said that the complainant came afford In America the President is a temporary dictator and the tendency is to Hong Hong from the Suaning district to elect a man of proved strength and on. December 8th, and deposited $200 administrative capacity who will exer- with a Chinese arm in Queen's Road cise his powers, like the present holder West. On December 17th, the complain of the office, rather than eloquent au drew $50 of this money and while dreamers or amiable demagogues like he was in Connaught Road Central four Woodrow Wilson or Taft.
In practice democracy both in national men, two of whom were said to be the and municipal affair in Great Britain defendants, stopped him, and said "don't has meant the rule of the amateurthe gentleman with time on his hands, the more we are police constables searching your information the enclosed text of " should have been completed before his enthusiast with a mission to the world, for arms." The complainant submitted reply which was recently given in Parlia departure Plaintiff admitted that before
in which the facts are correctly stated.
ancy work.. the lawyer, hoping to enhance his pro- to being searched, and the first defend me to a question on the subject, and joining Waller and Co. he did account- I am further instructed to point out Shown the arm's books, plaintiff ad- fessional position and the gifted deinngo-
inmitted that they were in his writing but gue capable of winning votes by credent, he alleged, took the 850 from his promises and cruder personalities at the pocket, and then ran away with the other that the Canton Government are
three. The complainant gaye chase, and error in attributing the arrest of "these maintained that all entries had been bustings.
He seized en to British hostility to the Nation made in June. None had been made In the piping times of peace, notably caught the first defendant. the forty years before the war, the system this man's coat but the second cefendan:list party and they are equally in error before then.
Plaintiff's notice was called to an entry in stating that the men were handed}
This had worked fairly well in England. Such came up and struck him with a hammer.
Complainant appeared in Court with over to the Fengtien military autho of $500 for accountancy fee.
rities. They were handed over to the been crossed oat and solicitors' fees an assembly of ralers was negatively good. The ministers were guided by sticking plaster near his left eye.
Although half stunned by the blow, Chinese police, who are the property inserted above the amount. Plaintiff said their permanent officials; in the House
such cases. His Majesty's Government was claiming. It was inserted with Mr. private members anxious to please their complainant hung on to the first defend constituted authorities for dealing with that this was the amount for which he
have no reason to suppose that the Waller's consent. constituents were ever ready to pounceant, who was arrested by a special!
Plaintiff was cross-examined us to his upon small abuses and injustices by the constable of the Labour Maintenance Chinese authorities will be guilty of such time honoured method of questions. Bureau, Shortly afterwards, the second barbarous or illegal treatment of prison- relations with Mr. Wailer. They were
was arrested by another Trade, local authorities, and the Fight defendant ing Services were left alone as long as special constable of the Labour Mainten-ers as the Canton Government appear to friendly, he stated, and had borrowed all went well and any big Government ance Bureau. Complainant was taken to suggest, but neither His Majesty's Gov. sums of money from each other from
can be held responsible for the actiona scheme or reicrm of any sort whatever hospital for treatment. No money, it was erament nor any Foreign Government time to time. provoked so much opposition that in the found on the first defendant when he was of the Chinese Authorities. end, little or nothing would be done.
arrested. In municipal affairs it was much the same, personalities, endless debates, re-
Evidence was called for the prosecu tion, and the complainant gave evidence.
Asked whether he thought it reason- able for the Court to believe that, having. His Majesty's Government have always been employed at a salary of 8300 British concessions in China were not Waller to do 25 days extra work for held the view that Chinese residing in month, he would have been asked by Mr. ports referred back to committees till¦
What Right to Arrest,
by the fact of such residence withdrawn 8300, plaintiff" said he thought it was every one was wearied, were the common
Mr. A. A. G. Waller denied that he While the special constable who ar from the jurisdiction of the Chinese reasonable.
It has been their settled routing, except occasionally, when a man like Joseph Chamberlain, by force of rested the first defendant was giving authorities personality asserted a virtual dictator-evidence, in reply to a question by Mr. policy not to allow British concessions had engaged plaintiff specially for ac- was work which should have been done ship and, in his case, cleared alums and Lindsell, he said that he arrested the to be used as an asylum for criminals, countancy work in June and stated that, drave wide streets though Birmingham's defendant, although the complainant had or as a base for conspiratore belonging by plaintiff during the period of his en
to any of the political factions in China,
ployment. He had pressed plaintif vested interests, and not the oldest alder-made no complaint.
air. Lindsell: What right had you to and they are confident that the Canton several times to do it before he left at man dared protest.
Government, when thus fully informed The War was the rude awakening. make an arrest and bring the man to of the facts, will recognize that the action the end of May and as it was not done to do it in June Men with the pleasant Parliamentary Central under these circumstances? manner and a sound knowledge of the Witness: I saw coraplainant and de of the British authorities in Tientsin then. plaintif agreed
was inspired by a regard for the as a friendly act.
Mr. Leask claimed that the plaintiff. classics were roughly awept away and fendant struggling together, and also saw
sovereign rights of China, and not by had dot proved a contract to do this extra proconsuls of the type of Lords Milner,
any feeling of bostility towards the work which was more in the nature of Curzon and Kitchener, at whom all peace
(Ed.) J. F. BREAN, time political parties looked askance as had been heard, Mr. Russ submitted that Nationalist Party.I have, etc., were the evidence was insufficient to convict
Acting Consul General, unpopular with the voters,"
No money was hastily called in, Business administrators the first defendant.
Canton, like Lords Rhonda, Devonport and Weir found on him. He put it that complain- H.B. Consulate-General, took a band, with varying success, and ant grabbed the wrong man. There was
December 23rd, 1926. the new principle was tacitly accepted no corroborative evidence of any kind.
STATEMENT IN PARLIAMENT. the best maa for the job-not the politician It was also very extraordinary that this whom the people were supposed to should have occurred in one of the busiest
Reply given by the Parliamentary like. A small incident to those outside parts of the City. They had heard of Under Secretary of State for Foreign England, Lae unmasking and imprison people being held up by bogus constables Affairs on December 13th, 1928, to a ment of Horatio Bottomley, dubbed by and robbed in some quiet place, but not in question asked in Parliament by Mr. party agents the strongest political can such a crowded part. Complainant had Trevelyan, M.P., on the subject of the didate in England, threw still further said hardly anyone was about at that recent arrest of Kuomintang members discredit or democrazy and platform me but they all knew quite well that "in the British concession at Tientsin. eloquence,
there were always plenty of people there uuring the day.
There are problems to be solved, let us have "men who know their jobs, who are not puppets in the hands of their officials, but who will work with and not against their experts," has become "the modern day demand
that complainant had been injured.
After the evidence for the prosecution
The first defendant went into the wit nest-box, and said that he saw a crowd running on the Prays and retreated, but was seized by the complainant, who shouted stop him, arrest him. Witness. protested, about being arrested.
So we have in Englund a new type of Cabinet Minister, brusque and business.
Discharged and Sentented. like in speech as a company director and
Mr. Lindsell said he could not convict generally a man who has given years of study to the work he undertakes. Mr. this defendant, as the only evidence Neville Chamberlain served his appren-against him was the complainant's word. ticeship to the position of Minister of notes were found on him, which seem-- Ilealth the active supervisor of bousing ed extraordinary if complainant's story. and local government a town coun- was true. The evidence for the prose cillor and Lord Mayor of Birmingham, cution did not justify a conviction.
Mr. Lindsell then discharged this de- Mr. Baldwin, as an iron-master, bas personal knowledge of the problem of fendant on the ground of insuficient evi- relations between master and man. Mr. | desce.
The second defendant said he was set Amery, the Colouial Secretary is an authority. on Imperial affairs, and Mr. upon by several men near the Central One of Winston Churchill at least understands, Market for no reason at al after a wide and troubled experience, these men had a hammer, with which he the methods and routine of a govern aimed a blow at witness, who, however, mental départment. This is no special snatched the weapon and mude off. Ho plea for the Conservative Government; was arrested while running away.
Mr. Lindsell.convicted this man on the for the more responsible section of the Labour party, lead by Mr. Sidney Webb, charge of assault, and sentenced him to were largely pioneers in the systematic three months' bard labour. His Warship study of the art of modern government dismissed a charge of possession of a
In Parliament the Government, too. hammer.
fronted with a weak opposition. and In reply to Mr. Lindsell, a police officer armed with the closure" can force said that nothing was known against the what they will through Parliament and second defendant.
onto the statute book. The interminable Mr. Lindsell: What about the first debates and obstructions of Parnell's defendant? (This man had already been time are things of the past.
discharged then).
All this makes for eficiency, but it
The police officer: He was arrested
is tot democracy-the carrying out of once before for the sune sort of thing, the wishes of the majority. In fact that but was released. doubtful ideal has never been a practic Mr. Lindsell:
Due to insuficient
NEW YEAR POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.
able proposition. Every government, evidence. tyranny, autocracy or democracy must interpret the steady desire of the people or perish in popular revolt. But demo- cratic methods fimit the power of quick and decisive action. They and their ex- ponents were swept away in England On New Year's Day the General Post- during the war and have not been re-Office will be open from 8 s.m. to 9.30 placed The new system tends to chiciency.m. and the Branch, Post Offices from and in necessary in these times, but 8 am to 9am. England, most of us would say, has be There will be one collection from the come a far less pleasant country in which pillar boxes, and one delivery of ordi- to live. The coal strike, with both Mr.nary correspondence, as on Sundays, Cook's antics and the liberty allowed and also one delivery of registered cor- bim, have utill further disillusioned our respondence at 8 am, countrymen regarding the blessings of The Money Order Office will be entirely
closed: demoneracy and free speech,
an audit. He asked the Court to And that plaintiff had been originally engaged to do accountancy work and that the work in June was that which should have been done before. It was only after Chinese New Year that the plaintiff had been engaged as assistant manager of the im- Ports and experts department.
Mr. Justice Wood reserved judgment till to-morrow.
SUMMARY COURT. CLAIM AGAINST LANE, CRAWFORD'S FAILS.
On November 23rd, the police of British Municipal area at Tientsir, acting on information given by the Chinese City police to the effect that certain premises in that aren were the headquarters of a treasonable and anarchist secret society, which we menace to the peace of the community, raided the house in question, arrested 14 people found therein and seized Hammatory literatare affording pring facie evidence that the house was used for propaganda" inciting to violence against foreigners and against all con- stituted government. At the time of the raid the British Municipal Police
Mr. Goodall: Were you told had no knowledge that the premises were the headquarters of the Kuomin- November 10th that your services were tang Party, nor did any of the arrest unsatisfactory and that you would not ed persons claim to belong to the Kuo-be required after the end of the month? mintang or to be political refugees. Plaintiff No, I was not told that or After cffecting the arrest the Municipal I would not have gone to the trouble- Police then reported the matter to His and expense of bringing this case,
Mr. Goodall called the Chinese cashier Majesty's Consul-General, who direct-
Before Mr. Justice Wood at the Summary Court yesterday, a former. Café "boy" claimed 840- from Mr. D. M. Goodall, Manager of Lane, Craw ord. Plaintiff alleged that he had been dismissed without notice."
Plaintiff stated that he had been engaged on October 25th as salesman at the counter at a salary of 840 a month, On November 30th he was dismissed without notice.
Cross-examined by Mr. D. M. Goodall, Manager, plaintifi admitted that it was made clear to him that he had only been engaged on trial.
од
ed that the accused should be held in who had acted as interpreter on that. custody by the Municipal Police while occasion. This witness said that plain be referred for instructions to His tiff was told that he would be replaced, Majesty's Minister at Peking. His as soon as another boy could be got.
12 The No. 1 sales "bor' Majesty's Minister directed the Con-3
at the Café sul-General to follow the usual pro was also called and said that he was pre cedure and hand over the accused on sent at this interview. Plaintiff bad production by the Chinese police of a been told that he would be replaced. warrant issued by the competent. Mr. Justice Wood found for the Café, Chinese authority. On the issue and with costs, but remarked that he did warrant the not think it had been made clear to the production of such prisoners were handed over to the plaintiff that his services would not be Chinese police on November 26th, required at the end of the month or else This action was in accordance with the be did not think the "boy" would have settled policy of the British authorities brought the writ. He mentioned this, in China that Chinese by the mere as not affecting his judgment but to let fact of residence in a British, conces Mr. Goodall know his view. sion should not be sheltered in any mode way from the jurisdiction of their own! authoritics.
In Tientsin thers are many contiguous arena under different police jurisdictions and it has always been the practice of the police of the -various municipal areas both Chinese and foreign to co-operate in every possible way to maintain law and order. Local. Chinese authorities, to whichever faction, they may have be longed, have constantly pointed out that if shelter is given to persons ent- spiring against them in foreign con cessiona, they cannot be responsible for maintaining law and order and for (Oontinued as foot of next column.)
protecting foreign life and property in Tientain: In order to expedite action in urgent cases, the British polies are provided with blank search warrants issued by the Chinese City. police. In this case the search was carried out by Municipal Police at the request in person of the officer of the city police, who ordinarily issaca such warrants, and therefore it was not con sidered necessary to complete a war- tant before making the raid. The prisoners have not been delivered to le the military authorities but are still in the enstody of the Chinese" "City police.