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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, MAY 24th, 1928.
RED RUSSIA.
REAL PEOPLE IN A GENERAL'S NOVEL
THE TSAR'S LOST' HALO.
The Russian General Krasanoff, a distinguished cavalry commander during the war and Ataman of the Don Cannacke, who successfully dehed the Bolshevists in 1915-19, bas written a novel (" From Double Eagle to Red Flag": Allen and Unwin, 1.) which is of the Brat importance.
ROU
THE POLICE | COURTS.
A BATCH OF MINOR OFFENDERS.
YESTERDAY'S CASES.
Cases
2
and two
AGED HAWKER'S PLIGHT.
A seventy-two year old Chinésé who was brought before Lt. Col. F. Eaves at the Central Magistracy for hawking without licence pleaded that he had no other means of earning a living.
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His Worship was about to re commend the issue of free licence
STREET-- FATALITY, NEAR CAUSEWAY BAY.
LITTLE BOY KILLED.
DRIVER EXONERATED AT INQUEST.
as a result of a motor-car accident.
Lieut. Col. F. Enves, D.8.0. Acting First Magistrate, sat as Coroner, and was assisted by a jury.
An inquest was held at the Cen.
Only two
of serious when he was informed by the officer tral Magistracy yesterday into the nature. before the police in charge of "the hawkers' depart-circumstances of the death of
were Courts yesterday, and occasionally ment that no more licences could little Chinese boy who was killed,
little humour. was introduced be issued this year...
What will become of him if he into the routine of the Magistracy proceedings. Four alleged pirates cannot earn a living!. Ho caatiot were remanded
bont get a licence, and there is no poor people, a mother and son, heavily house where he could go "to,"
The accident took place in Yeo It gives us for the first time a sentenced for having arms and am observed his Worship."
Finally be told the man that the Wo Street near the Causeway Bay comprehensive, intimate, and con-munition on their craft, viacing picture of the collapse of An old man whose offence was Court could not help him and ad-Tramway terminus, the boy being Russia. There are 983 close pages hawking without a licence elicited vised him to see if he could not knocked down, by an Essex Sedan- of its terrible length-but it holds the sympathy of the Magistrate, get some assistance from one of the car, No. 247, the property of Mr.
Chinese Hospitals. the reader's interest uawearied to but the Court could not assist him beyond discharging him with a caution. Another man, also with- out a licence, put shoe denlots to shame by selling his footwear."at
the end.
It is an astonishing literary feat for a soldier, after a gruelling career of war, to have sat down in a remote village in the Doa country and made this living and lavish record of one of the greatest de bacles in history.
DRINKS DURING PROHIBIT
ED HOURS.
Acting a complaints made by cents a pair, but he had to pay a penalty of 82 for imposing on officers of the Queen's Royal Regi the Court's leniency. The question ment stationed at Shamshuipo Camp that soldiers were in the of stages of drunkenness came up habit of getting drinking during at Kowloon where it was asserted prohibited hours, the police kept a the Imperial Cafe, a man was hopelessly drunk He watch on
Nathan Road, Kowloon. As a rẹ: admitted, however, that he
Was sult Mrs. Anderson, proprietress of only "a little so" and left the this establishment, was summonsed Court quite satisfied at being only at the Kowloon Magistracy before. Mr. W. Schofield for selling beer during prohibited hours, namely, 85 poorer.
at 9.30 p.m. on May 14th.
The whole thing is there. We have the pre-war Ruseia, with the extravagant splendour of its mili- tary and Court society; the spread ing disaffection that followed the war with Japan; how Russia went to war in 1014; the swift collapse which followed the Revolution; and finally, the nightmare ruin that remained. Out of this vast mate- AN IRREGULAR" LICENCE. rial Krassnoff has buiit a story which is as strong as a tower.
When a Chinese was charged at Poace-And Rasputin, the Kowloon Magistracy with sell The drama is shown through the ing cloth without a licence, the eyes of the hero, Sabiin. This rich man produced a document which and aristocratic Guards officer saw he asserted was his licence. After it all. There are brilliant pictures examination his Worship said it of the Russian army at pedee was an affirmation for distress and mancuvres and of the magnificence had been curiously filled in. of the Court functions. The Tear The defendant said that the docu- -and-Taaritza pass-frequently acrossment was given to him by a man Later, neputin ap in the compound of the Central pears, that uncanny and loathsome Police Station and he paid 827 for villain, with hir adoring, women it. He knew the man as a Chinese victins. He betrays Sablin's wife. teacher who gave lessons to Euro- peans and he would be able to re- rognise him again. ̧-
the scene.
The defendant said that it was raining at the time the soldiers entered the Cafe and she was strongly tempted to treat them to drinks with their meal. She also treated two of her friends.
Divisional Inspector Ogg stated that two police recruits also accom- panied the soldiers and they were all served with beer. He agreed that it was raining and it was possibly on this account that the defendant supplied the drinka
His Worship said that ander the circumstances he would register a conviction and a caution
GUARDSMAN AND FIREMAN FALL OUT.
Company;
D. H. Perry who was driving it at the time. The accident occurred at about 0.30 p.m. on the 13th inst. and the littlo fellow, who was only 11 years of age, was taken to the Government Civil Hospital where he died the next day at 12.30 p.m.
Dr. G. A Thomas, of the Govern ment Civil Hospital, said that the boy was admitted to the Hospital on the 13th inst. suffering from injuries to the head. He died the next day without regaining con- aciousness, The post-mortem re vealed that the left side of the skull had been driven in and there had been extensive cranial hemorrhage. Death was due to fracture of the skull, secondary shock, and cranial hemorrhage.
the witness said that apparently The assault was alleged to have takes place at the Laichikok beach the boy had got up and run back to the pavement after being knocked at 3 p.m. on May 13th.
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SCREEN.
The Frontiersman," which will
be shown at the World Theatre from to-day to Saturday, is a tale of the days of General Andrew Jackson and of the events which occurred
during his endeavour to promote and Indian Colonel Tim McCoy friendly relations between settler and Claire Windsor are the leading players.
Mr. D. H. Perry, of the A.P.C., told the Court that he was driving along Yee Wo Street at a very slow speed of not more than 10 miles per hour when suddenly he saw someone" dash from the pavement, on the right side of the road Following tis he felt a bump, and immediate- ly stopped his ear, and getting out "He was tall, this, had black hair trimmed in moujik fashion,
saw a crowd of Chinese around a AMERICAN HISTORY ON THE a black moustache, and a loag Sergeant Hargreaves told his
little boy who was bleeding freely shining back beard which de-Worship that the defendant had
from the head, He took it that acended in waves trom "his ex- apparently been the victim of a
A sub-officer of the Kowloon Fire tremely pale face.... But the fraud and the man appeared to even of the man were his most be genuinely antisfied that the Brigade, Mr. J. Hau, was the com- the boy had run into his car. Mrs. remarkable feature. Huge, al document was a licence. A pre-plainant before air. W. Schofield Perry was sitting beside him in most entirely white, shaded by vious licence held by the defendant at the Kowloon Magistracy in the car at the time. The boy was black eyelashes and thick eye had been cancelled three years ago, charge of assault preferred against about 30 or 40 yards away from brows, they shone with an inter- but he ought to have been able to Guardsmann John Duncan, of this car when he first saw him, and
Flank Right nal fire from under dark, sunken notice the difference between evelide. They seemed to see proper licence and the document Guarda. what no one else saw, but no given to him. thought was reflected in them. The Sergeant added that the man There was something demoniacal who gave the document to the de- fendant might be the person who in the lustful but powerini gaze. obtained 825 from a woman recent
In answer to the Magistrate the The Tear is drawn with a symly by pretending to be in a posi- pathetic intimacy only possible to tion to obtain a hawker's licence
witness confirmed his statement A writer who knew him well for her..
that the boy had not run in front Krassnoff emphasises the import-
Defendant was discharged and ance of the superstitious awe felt told that the “licence"
of the car; but had evidently hit for the Tsar by officere, soldiers and
lu order.
the right rear mudguard. He peasants alike.
examined the car the next day and It was the chief prop of the old régime. It was
found a dent on the mudguard. widely believed that the sunshine which invariably attended military
Witness also stated that he pulled A mother, ber son and her functions when he was present was Four men arrested by the police daughter-in-law were the defend-up in eight or nine feet. Divinely, ordained for his glory. in connection with recent piracies ants in a case heard at the Kowloon
When the Tsar, wearying of Court on board trading junks and fishing Magistracy yesterday afternoon be attempted to pick him up and take He went over to the boy and life, began to come out of his boats were brought before the fore Major C. Willson and Mr. Whim to the Hospital, but the boy august seclusion and accept private Kowloon Magistrate. The men Schofield. hospitality his halo faded, Little are alleged to have taken part The three defendants were boat | struggled free and ran away, but by little the god descended from in zu armed robbery оп A the clouds and men saw no longer fishing boat in Lung Ku Tan a god bat an ordinary mortal,'
Harbour, New Territories, on May They began to criticise him.
Disillusion had gone far when the cused of holding the master of the war broke out. Even the devoted boat for ransom, hospital work of the Tearitza and
Sub-Inspector Dorling applied her daughters was scandalously for a date to be fixed for hearing misinterpreted. Her utter submis-of the case. The defendants were sion to Rasputin could not be for remanded for one week and will given. When she visited the Tsar appear before the Magistrate again at the front she was met and seen next Thursday afternoon. on in a cold official way.
Some of the generals gave her to understand that owing to her visit army columns had been de- layed to let her train pass, and that the consequences were likely to afect the position at the front. shes told there were rumours that she travelled to the front purposely to help the Germans by interrupting the transport. Infinitely sad is the glimpse of the Tear as a docile prisoner in the palace after the Revolution...
Priscusts.
was not
ALLEGED JUNK PIRATES.
16th. In addition the men are ac
TWO OFFENCES WITHIN A WEEK.
was discharged with a caution On Tuesday an elderly Chinese when he was brought before Lt. Col. F. Eaves, D.B.O., for hawking shoes without a licence.
Defendant thought little of the leniency shown him by the Court and continued his trade of selling shoes which he said were only cents a pair
In fining the defendant 22 yes The soldiers," relates a friendly terday, Lt. Col. Eaves remarked officer of the guard, speaking of the that he had cautioned him only the Royal family, never leave them previous day for hawking without alone; when they sit down on a licence and he must not do it bench immediately soldiers come again. and sit down beside them, etart smoking and try to speak with them and carry on most objection ab e conversations among them- selves."
ALLEGED OFFENCE IN
KENNEDY ROAD.
In ecenes of striking realism the
Chung Yu Fan, an eighteen-year- whole process by which discipline old schoolboy, was charged before at the front, after the Revolution. Major C. Willson at the Central crumbled and gave way to hideous Magistracy with indecent behaviour orgies of murder and brutality is in the presence of two European revealed
ladies in Kennedy Road at. 7,30 p.m. on Monday,
The complainant stated that he was calling seven indies and two gentleman as witnesics, while the defendant said that he had three
witnesses.
Hearing was adjourned until next Friday afternoon at 2.15.
MOTHER AND SON GAOLED.
people and they were charged with later returned with his parents." having on board their sampan one automatic pistol, magazines and Mrs. Perry corroborated the evi- ammunition. Mr. C. A. 8. Russ dence given by Mr. Perry.
defended.
An Eye Witness's Account.
Lights Of The Village. "The Boy Friend" is.showing at the Star Theatre to-day. The heroine, a village girl longs for city and ber lite. Her bay friend parents, with the aid of a book on etiquette, give a party in her honour, hoping to prove to her that mall town folk can be just as interesting as New York: people. Marceling Day and John Harron are in the leading rôles
MOSLEM HOLYCARPET. DESPATCHED FROM BOMBAY TO MECCA
The Holy carpet was despatched. The mother in her evidence said
A coolie giving evidence said that from Bombay on May 6th to Mecca. that a few days previous to their at the time of the accident he was This is said to be the first time rest, she went to Tsing. Island lying on the pavement opposite No. that Indian Moslems have been to fish. She found five tans on the 16, Yee Wo Street, and he saw the entrusted with the work of getting thing and the others were empty was about half way across, a motor. Benares had worked at it for shore, one of which contained some boy run across the road. When he it ready. Artisans of Delhi and She picked up the tins and brought car suddenly appeared and knocked months under instructions from them on board the sampan. Neither the boy down. The witness then Sultan Ibn Saud. The carpet and ber, son nor her daughter-in-law ran and picked the boy up and curtain, which, together, are known knew about the find. Later she carried him to the pavement. He e Mahmal, are said to be of ex- found that the tins were a nuisance could not say which part of the quisite workmanship with verses to her son's craft which was larger boy was bleeding freely from the them and were brought to Bombay in her own boat and she took them car hit the boy but said that the from the Quran embroidered on None of them know what the tin head. The motor car was travelling yesterday under special escort pack- contained until 3 pm, that day at an ordinary pare, and the deed in nine wooden cases, when the tin was opened,
Mr. Russ in a special plea on
ceased's father came up and took They were reverently deposited in behalf of the daughter-in-law said the boy from his arms. Witness a special marble room aboard the that as the wife of a Chinese boat- also told the Court that there was steamer to-day, well guarded day man, it was got her duty to ques-Aide street near by, but could and night by a number of maulvis and pilgrime. The Mahmal will be tion her husband about what he not say where the boy came from.
Traffic Sergeant Baker said that placed on the tomb of the prophet brought on board Even if she did know that her husband had con- when he examined the scene of the at Medina with grand ceremony. traband" on board, she could not accident he found several spots of leave the vessel or tell her husband blood on the road and Bab-Inspector to throw it away. In fact a Chi- Mason, Police Mechanic. said that THE POPE AND THE JEWS. nese wife was a nonentity. Mr. he tested the brakes of the car and Russ also said that the young wife found them to be in order.. had a child to nurse.
The magistrates discharged the daughter-in-law and sentenced the mother and son fo three years' hard labour each.
"A LITTLE DRUNK."
AN UNFRIENDLY SOCIETY
· SUPPRESSED.
Bouz
The Magistrate said that it was for the jury to decide whether or not there was gross negligence on the part of the driver. If they con- sidered that there was it was their The Society of the Friends of duty to return a verdict of man Israel (" Amici Israel "), to which slaughter; on the other hand should many priests and even some bishops they find that the fatality was due and cardinala belonged, besides to an accident they would find ac-laiby, was originally designed to cordingly.
Male pray for the conversion of the The jury without retiring pro Jowa, but recently it had begun to nounced a verdict of accidental work on anti-Semitic lines. As this death and exonerated the driver. is not in conformity with the spirit.
of the Roman Catholic Church, the Dompensation.
Congregation of the Holy Office has passed a decreo suppressing the Society and forbidding the publica- tion of any further anti-Semitic
With a smile on his face, We are taken to Petrograd in the
Japanese named Tajima admitted first days of Bolshevist rule, and A police officer stated that the that he was "a little drunk when sec Lenin addressing a crowd from Indies were walking in Kennedy he was charged before in. Schofield a balcony,
Road. On meeting them defendant at the Kowloon Magistracy with Lenin had short legs and a long dismounted from his bicycle, and being, drunk and incapable at the body with a stout, prominent committed the alleged offener. He Yaumati Ferry whart on Monda. stomach. He was dressed in a ran away leaving his bicycle be In reply to observations by the common-looking lounge suit. His hind but latet, thinking the coast Magistrate, Inspector: Marks said large head with its ugly face was was clear, he returned for the that the defendant had been several extended his sincere sympathy to pamphlets manifesting santiments poised on a short neck. He was machine and was arrested by a simes in. Gourt before. After keep the parents of the boy and express of hate, egsinst 4 people race the quite bald. His small, squinting constable who was lying in waiting steady for a few months, heed his desire to make a compen theet of God Made in eyes under their brows were for him,
would take to drink again.
sation to the parents This, he His Worship fined the man 85, or explained, was on compassionate seven days' hard Jabour.
grounds only.
gray.
The defendant was remanded for IL T. one week on hail of 8300,
Mr. D. H. Perry, then remarked to the Magistrate that he was ex tremely sorry for the accident, and
Pope Pius XI. has approved the decree and sanctioned its publica- fiom.