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ANTI-CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT.
RUMOURS IN CANTON.
COMMUNISTS DESIRE TO CON- TROL "ALL EDUCATION.
PRECAUTIONS TAKEN ON
SHAMEEN,
[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.}"
OB
"GET TOGETHER
SPIRIT
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20th, 1927,
MURDER OF CLUB CORRESPONDENCE.
CARETAKER.
SHAMEEN CONSULS ENTER TRIAL OF CHINESE SEAMAN
TAINED.
DINNER GIVEN BY CANTON GOVERNMENT,
A PLEASANT: SOCIAL `GATHERING..
CONCLUDES.
"PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE NOT
*UPSET."
PRISONER DISCHARGED.
The trial of Chinese seaman charged with the murder of A
SHAMSHUIPO MARKET INCIDENT
STALL HOLDER
THE NEW DELHI PARLIA. MENTARY, BUILDINGS:
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE ного кож
DAILY PREŠÍ *** ti
QUARREL OVER FIVE CENTS.
Six-The present chase in China of preserved olives between two A quarrel over five cents worth tends ta 4 certain extent to ata-bolders led to a fight and in preclude matters relative, to the the course of the scuffe, one of the Indian Empire from occupying the men was alleged to have hit the altention of many people at the other across his spine with a heavy present time.
heard at the Kowloon Magistracy. iron bar. The sequel was a cane yesterday afternoon before Mr. T
The State opening of the new
The defendant was represented
The Chinese dinner given by the local Nationalist Government off- There may be some basis for the cials to the Joreign consula, their report current that the extremiats wives and daughters, on Monday Chinese caretaker and accountant Parliament buildings at Delhi are planning another anti-Christian evening is expected, says the of the Sik Ying Seamen's Club, 19. nevertheless demands some emphasis W. Ainsworth movement for political purposes Canton Gazetle, to be the first of Cheung On Street, second floor,in. the local press. The news that but the rumour that the persecution many social gatherings in which Kowloon City, was concluded be the completion of this great mona- by Mr. A. J. O'Donoghue and Mr. of Christiana will begin
the local officials will meet in-fore the Chief Justice (Sir Henry ment to British statesmanship was. T. Prior appeared for the com- February 15th is discounted by formally representatives of foreign Gollan) at the Criminal Sessions attended by a gracious and inspir plainant many responsible people who are countries residing in Canton
yesterday afternoon. Mr. H. Smering message from baka fajesty the closely watching the development Monday's dinner was given at et Fitzroy, for the defence, sub- King-Emperor will be welcomed by Provincial Government Headquar-mitted at the conclusion of the my fellow-countrymen the world It is understood that the Bolsheters, and was attended by the concase for the Crown, that insum-over. vist section of the Kuomintang isular body, local provincial and cient evidence had been produced desirous of controlling every chan- city officials, their wives and other nel of education in South China All Christian and Mission schools are required to register under the
of events in Canton.
.1
that the defendant in the bolder of Cutlining the case, Mr. Prior said stall No. 12 and the complainant Bus is not this important step of stall No. 73. Both stalls are at was a foki employed by the master towards the advancement of India the Shamshuipo market. On Daz- singularly significant at the present ember Bird, a Chinese woman went time, when Russian influence is to complicant's stall and bought Kuomintang and to provide a corridor, was festooned with decora Kemp, EC.), directed the jury to long conservatism of the Chinese As the two stalls were almost touch- doing its best to undermine the age- five cents worth of salted elites. curriculum of instruction accord. tions and electric lights: for the return a verdict of "Not Guilty," nation 1 Students of current hiring each other, the purchasers.in-l
Buesta..
Dr. Sun Yat Sen's picture, which hangs at the far end of the entrance
occasion. The military band an-
to upset the presumption of inno- cence of the prisoner. The Chief Justice, following a reply by the Attorney General (Siz Joseph
which was done, and the prisoner
and played throughout the dinner.
nounced the arrival of the guests was discharged.
of the Government officials, wel
General Li Tsai Sum, on behalf
comed the guests in a short after dinner speech. Mr. Douglas Jen kina, United States Consul-General, answered for the consular body.
Políce evidence was given to the to the manner in which sounds such effect that tests had been taken as
a save life" would travel beyond the premises.
Inspector Reynolds, asked by Mr. Fitzroy if he knew anything of tily certain marks with the aid of Triad Societies, said he could iden
a book.
ing to Kuomintang principles. In addition, the Party has already ordered the closing "of some 600 Confucian schools of the old type in Canton City alone.
Some Christian Schools bare slready been registered and other institutions such as the Linguan University and the Pui Ying] Callego are expected soon to follow auis-General of Belgiam, Italy and With the exception of the Con- auit. The willingness of the Chris Japan, who were absent in Hong tion Schools to registar in order Kong, all the members of the local to preserve their organisation has Consular corps were present, in- taken this Bolshevista by surprise cluding U.S. Consul-General Jen- They want to see Christian institu-kins (Senior Consul), Mra and tions eliminated altogether. It is Miss Jenkins, HB.M believed that the rumours that the General Brenan and Yrs. Brensa, persecution of Christians would French Consul-General D'Anjou, so. I think he was a police officer. Sir Joseph Kemp-I don't think commence on February 15th were German Consul-General Crull, the His book is taken as an authority started in order to discourage Consuls-General for Portugal and in Secret Society cases under the parents from sending their children Holland.
ordinance.
to Christian Schools next term.
"It has been more than once an-
Sir Joseph Kemp:-Stanton?. Witness:-Yes.
George Stanton who translated the Sir Henry Gollan:-Is-that Bir
Consul- Tai Ching Lub Lait
nounced-in-the-Kuomintang-Press BIG LEVY ON LANDLORDS that Borodin does not support the anti-Christian movement.
FOR WHAMPOA.
Extremists are again trying to work ap trouble in the Customs and the Post Office, the two Government Departments in Canton still con nacted with Poking and supervised by foreign employees of the Chinese Government, but so far they have met with little success. Only a few holding minor positions on the cut door staff appear to be interested $100,000 monthly towards in the labour movement. Neither scheme. "the 'Customs nor the Postel em:
In order to make a beginning with the much-talked-of" Whampoa Development Scheme in Canton, the Komintang has decided to levy
ployees in Canton have taken any step to join the movement in Hupeh
and Hunas.
In the opinion of the Enomia- tang perhaps the precautions, now being taken by the Consular antho- rities on Shameen against possible anti-foreign riots are: unnecessary. Both the Foreign Office and the Police in Canton have given orders
tory will have followed recent
events in India with keen and close interest, but is it not their duty to interest and general indiference to enlighten those who, for want of
the advance of Bolanetism in other lands, fail to keep in touch with Indian progress under British administration ?--Tours et in
V.-RUPOHAND.
Hong Kong, January 18th, 1997.
ST. PAUL'S BAZAAR.
-CONCLUDED LAST NIGHT.
THIRD AND NINTH PRIZES DRAWN BEFORE CLOSING.
The
advertently paid the money to the next stall, where defendant's wife was attending at the time. manded the money to be returned mistress in complainant's stall de
to her, but defendant's wife only handed back two cents. A quarrel ensued and abusive language was exchanged. The complainant inter- fered on behalf of his mistress and he was seized by the defendant's wife. He shook her off snd after shouting more expletives at each other, the troubled subsided. Later, defendant came back to his stall and was informed by his wife of what had happened Defendant was alleged to have taken an iron bar and struck complainant from who struck him, but when he was behind. "Cocoplainant did not see
Yesterday was the last day of the bazaar which has been in progress on the first floor of the China Baildon the ground, be looked up and ing since last Friday
saw defendant standing there with The iron bar in his hand. Com- Hospital later in the evening of the plainant was taken to the Kowloon
same day.
denied committing the murder, and
his statements,
prisoner went on to give details as to his one movements around that time. Stat-
Evidence was given by various Interpreter from Yaumati Felice palice witnesses, and a Sergeant
Just before closing at.7 Station produced statements which gross receipts umodated to over p.m., the
were made by the prisoner when$14,300, which, after paying ex- he was charged..
peases, will go towards the building In
Girls' College. of new premises for the St. Paul's
contribution equivalent to month's rental from every landlord ing that he went to the country on or property owner in Canton The the 13th day and returned on the Ministry of Finance at Canton has 19th day. been instructed
appropriate
to
the
The Chinese Customs House at Wuchow, Kwangsi, has hoisted the
WAITRESS ROBBED.
SCREAMS ATTRACT, MORE
THIEVES.
he examined the complemant in the Dr. J. T. Smalley said that when
14 The Lucky Dip."
hospital, the man was in a very The Fint motor-car, which is the juries to his kidney and he was critical condition. There were in-
had not been drawn up to 6.30 p.med that the complainant had a rup- first prize in the Laicky Dip "
passing blood. The diagnosis show last night..
be operated upon. Witness feared tured kidney, but he was too ill to that the complainant would die and
taken from the complainant. How- reported the matter to the Police in order to get a dying deposition ever, complainant palled "round" after four days.
No Case To Defend.
Two other of the first ten prizes Mr. Fitzroy submitted that the
were drawn in addition to those evidence to upset, the presumption yesterday. They were the 3rd and Crown had not produced sufficient already published in our issue of of innocence of the prisoner. Nath-8th, the former
2 gramaphone
Red Standard of the Kuomintanging had been said that took away drawn by Miss Yeur Sing Yau, over its buildings.
this presumption. Prisoner had daughter of Mr. You-Shi Wing, simply been seen at the Club at compradore of Mesars Dodwell & certain times. There was no evid Co. The ninth a crochet bedspread, ence of any quarrel having taken a secured by Miss Iris Lee place between him and the deceased,
The committee drew numbers All the Crown had established was from the dip" fdr absent ticket At eleven o'clock on Tuesday Therefore, Mr. Fitzroy submitted last night, and the winners will be that the man had been killed. bolders, after the bazaar closed for the protection of foreign in- night, a waitress employed at a tea that the Crown had established no
notified in due course.. terests and nothing untoward hea house at No. 18, Caaton Road, was case for which the prisoner could happened along the Bund which set upon by two men while she was be called upon to defend himself. might affect Shameen. It appears, walking down a lane at the back There was no evidence of any sort however, that Shameen is leaving of Ashley Road. Her screams at to connect prisoner with the nothing to chancé and the gates tracted three other men to the scene, murder. are being carefully guarded, but the newcomers promptly joined in the attack the five getting away with 1 gold chain and 830 in cash Shortly afterwards the waitress saw, so she alleges, one of the men
the 18th. It was true prisoner was afterwards found in possession of articles which must have belonged to the murdered man, but the pos The Attorney-General replied that aesion of those articles might mean The greatest menace to peace and
there was evidence to show that the that they had been stolen, or that order in Canton" is the presence of
prisoner was at the Club the day they had been given to prisoner: several thousand strikers who are
before the murder, and that he now without employment and the
went to the country, and that when out, that unless the jury were The Chief Justice then pointed Administration is again renewing in another lane in the neighbour- he was seen again he was found satisfied beyond reasonable doubt of its talk of Whampoa Development hood and promptly caught hold of with property (clothing), which the guilt of the prisoner they could in order that work may be found him and screamed, attracting the had been in possession of the mur for some of these men.
attention of a constable who took dered man and which at any rate, the man in charge.
had been in the place where the murdered man was.".
DISBANDED SOLDIERS.
HUNDRED ON BOARD THE "HAICHING.”.
BOUND FOR SWATOW AND CANTON.
ARRIVAL IN HONG KONG,
not convict him
witness denied that complainant In answer to Mr. O'Donoghue, was in an advanced stage of con- sumption, and that a light kick Complainant had a fair amount of not have caused, the injury, fat on hiz
Complainant in the witness-box
severe cross-examinations by Mr. sve lengthy story of the hap penings and was subjected to s O'Donoghue. After which the case was adjourned till next Wednesday afternoon.. Bail was granted" at | $1,000.
A DENTIST'S MISUSE OF
CHLOROFORM"
SIX MONTHS HARD LABOUR. The case in which Wong Cheung,
of her jewellery, replacing same Chinese dentist, was charged with
with cheap imitation while the attempting to rob a Chinese girl
istim was under chloroform, was brought to a conclusion yesterday morning before Mr. E E
at the Central Magistr Lindsell,
"I have come to the conclusion, said the Chief Justice, that it Mr. E R. Dovey, Government would not be right to call upon the Analyst gave evidence that the accused for his defence. There is bottle found in the possession of
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Prisoner Discharged.
Only Circumstantial Evidence. The soldiers travelling to Canton
The Chief Justice said that there apparently thought that the Har was nothing consistent in the evid thing went to that Port and when ence with prisoner having commit they found that she did not they led the murder. There was a ver showed a certain amount of ill-tain amount of circumstantiai humour, but there was no serious ovidence, but there was nothing de After a brief consultation to THIEF SENT TO CAOL TO trouble.
finite to connect prisoner with the Court, the fury returned a un
gether, and without leaving the The Hatching did not call at Crime There was nothing to his animous verdict of mot
GET
FED Swatow, as usual, because follow mind which would enable him (the and the prisoner was dischar About a hundred diabanded soldiers took passage on board the reference is made elsewhere, the that there was evidence, with which that he had considered the case very with unlawful possession
A Chineno was charged before Mr. ing the trouble at Amoy, to which Chief Justice) to say to the jury after the verdict had been returned Magistracy, yesterday morning The Attorney-General commented, R. E. Lindsell, at the Central Halching at Foochow Forty of British Consul instructed the Cap- them wished to go to Swatew and tain to proceed direct there. When they could connect this man with carefully before bringing it into number of empty glans bottles. sixty to Canton. Upon the arrival omitted the Swatow call a few of ing showed that he had committed sidered there was just qufficient three times for being unlawfully in
it was found that the steamer had the murder, of the deceased. Noth Court, as to whether he should find Defendant's previous
sa, indictment of the vessel at Hong Kong yester- the passengers attempted to rush
affall He had
con- showed that he had becorde
been day the Police took charge of them with the idea of getting the money brought prisoner into the neigh
the compradore's office, presumably the murder. The evidence only evidence for him to put the case be possession of bottles in 1924, and will doubtless arrange for them back. The compradors was given bourhood of the act. There was no with you Sir Joseph. The cass was know watersran fore his Lordship and a jury, His Worship Why you should The Chief Justice: I quite agree specialise in glass bottles. I don't protection and after the position direct evidence that he had been one to be investigated, but after had been explained to those protest ing there was little further dis seen on the scene on the night of carefully considering the evidence of the defenddat, his Worshipare Then poffcing the famished look I felt must direct the jury as I marked end him to gaol to feed him up a bit. Four weeks."!
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