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ECHOES
OF
1858
64,-Civil and Milltary Authorities At Loggerheads
recommends us to go on the pa- rade ground and "we "may then see that it is possible to load a piece with just so much powder as shall send a ball a certain length and no further."
PIECE GOODS CLAIM
Late Delivery and Bad Quality Alleged
The hearing was continued yes- terday before the Acting Chief Justice (Mr. J. R. Wood), of the claim for $1,910.76 by David Sas- soon and Co., Ltd, against the Yan On Firm.
DECEMBER 6, 1858. Our readers are of course aware that a fre broke out yesterday
Continuing his evidence morning at nine, either at Hin
Lo nam's shop or next to it-that the
Chung Ming, managing partner fre engines were useless as usual
of defendant firm, alleged that from want of water-that by im-
The pieces brought dowa on after he had returned to the mense exertions of the sailors of Sunday were guns, not mortars plaintiff's one of their arrivat the feet. houses in the vicinity even had they been mortars how-notes, it was sent back to him were pulled down." and the limits
ever, they could not have been with the date altered. of the devouring element circum-adapted to a Afteen or twenty
“That 1s the forgery," said scribed that Messrs. Schaeffer yard range, unless they had been Co.'s establishment was entirely
burnt. and that the Oriental Bank had a most miracuous escape, al- so attributable to that dauntless intrepidity, physical force: and rare discipline. which are the cha racteristics of the sailors in our
navy.
Now let us see what our sapleut authorities did. The Lieut. Gov- ernor ordered Captain Twiss of the artillery to bring down two heavy down Messrs.
guns
to blow
Schaeffer and Co.'s house with round shot. When they came, the Captain asked for orders (written of course) the Lieut. Governor saw responsibility in perspective, round shot at his feet, thought the two as Jack would and synonymous,
Major Mann, sar. hauled of. Commanding the artfilery, was ap- plled to, and refused of course to sanction such folly.
Certainly it seems to us that if Captain Twiss 'had not been such a steady efficient ofcer, he would have fallen into the Lieut. Gov-
ernor's views. Had he done so. certainly one ship at least would have been hulled every shot, and any quantity of lives lost..
DECEMBER 10, 1858. Our nebulous contemporary, in condemning our mannerty at- tack" on the Acting Governor Caine, for desiring Captain Twiss to fire round shot into Messrs. Schaeffer and Co.'s house, with a view to destroy it when on fire,
claimant..
elevated almost to the zenith, in Mr. H. G. Sheldon representing which case we would have sug- gested the prudence of standing
The claim is for breach of con- from under. The practice on the tract by non-acceptance and non- parade ground that was running payment of goods ordered in 1931. in Bellico's head. was clearly cric-Plaintiffs eventually auctioned 'the ket. It is however refreshing to goods and the amount claimed is the difference between the con- see that he can agree with Colo- nel Caine on some point, and a tract and the auction price plus pretty mess they would have made interest and commission.
Mr. D. McNel for defendants of it, if the singular coincidence of helr wits jumping had set the
The Colonel submitted that his clients had al- artillery a-going. must have been using abusive lan-ready paid for some of the goods guage towards our contemporary, which, however had not been de we think, and rushly passing the livered. The money he alleged. limit beyond watch forbearances had been put through another ac- ceases to be a virtue, caused Bél- count.
Mr. Lo in the course "of his lico, to embrace him and asked forgiveness, or at least forgetful- evidence said he informed the ness, for the little misunderstand. broker that he would not accept ing there has been between them. the goods because of their inferior the last ten or twenty years. Nay, quality and late arrival, and he but we are joking? Did not Belll-was informed that there had been
thea number of similar complaints. co so do to the grinder of hurdy when he rattled past the limit of forbearance as if it had been a scare crow? And what can he mean by accusing us of having
A special effort was made in made a most unmannerly attack
words)
Colonel Calne? Is no one to find fault the afternoon to finish the case with the discreet Colonel but him as Mr. Sheldon is leaving the Co- self, or have they fraternized and lony to-day for a short holiday. embraced? If the latter we hope The Court Sat up till 5.15 p.m. the sapient couple will demon- when the evidence for the defence Mr. Sheldon then indicated that strate "Bellico's short range" at was completed. on the Parade an early day
in view of the nature of the evidence for the defence be would Ground.
like to apply for leave to call Mr. A. H. "Compton and Mr. Wong. Mr. Sheldon said that Mr. Leo D'Almada. junior, was being in- structed by Mr. MacKenlay to ad- dress the Court.
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THE FUTURE OF CHINESE
TURKESTAN
CEASELESS SOVIET INTRIGUES
Land Of Rich Soil And Oil Deposits
Cross-examined by Mr. Sheldon witness denied that his version of conversations with Mr. Compton and Mr. Wong, were "absolutely false."
The as Late last spring
minor relatively unproductive. ย
on" the saults of Chinese capitalists upon occurred revolution
Central Asia. deposits of red, black and green plains of Chinese Led by the
who copper so rich that pure copper is Moslems,
ane smelting, have comprise an overwhelming ma- produced at
the been mere scratchings, since the jority of the population, 2,000,000 residents of Sinkiang, the Chinese do not know how to carry westernmost province of China, a shaft to any depth: Ignorant of revolted against the Nanking Gov- boring and refining chemicals, they ernment. They drove the Chinese have merely skimmed the surface governor-general, with all his off of the rich-"Ferghana series" of cials, from the province, and set up oil-bearing strata which lies across to west. a governmerit of their own, with a the province from east Moslem general, who is friendly to Agriculture, of which cotton is the chief product, meagerly realizes the Soviet Union, at its head.
Although for all practical pur- the possibilities of the rich soll, poses Sinklang has seceded from since the irrigation necessary to China, Nanking will not yet ad- all cultivated land in this region mit its loss and is negotiating with 15 carried on by a system of primi-
tive wells: the rebel leaders for the installa-
Badly Managed Wealth. tion of a new Chinese administra- tion. It is thought, however, that
Bince 1925, when they concluded the leaders of the revolt are under the influence of Soviet Russia, a formal trade treaty with Sin- whose territory parallels the wes-, Klang, the Soviets have viewed it tern boundary of Sinklang, and Ereat and badly managed wealth there is a strong probability that with covetous eyes. Along the 1300- Einklang may either Join the Soviet mile frontier which separates Rus- Union or submit to a protectorate alan Turkestan from Chinese, they of the sort that Russia exercises are carrying forward ambitious projects in scientiae cotton cultiva- over Outer Mongolia
tion and building gigantic indus- If the Chinese are successful in
trial combinats such as the cre their negotiations with the Sin-
now under construction on the Klang rebels, another crisis in Bino-shores of Lake Balkash. To them, Russian affairs will have passed, expansion across the Ill River into and a day of reckoning will have the rich country beyond seems
deferred. But if Chinese Inevitable. Turkestan-as Sinking is popular-
been
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Their ambitions have long been ly known-adheres to the Soviet
fed by sharp political unrest in the Union. the world will see
Although theoretically climax to a drama which has been! Sinklang. running a quiet course for eight the equal of the other seventeen years. And the end will not yet provinces of China, Chinese Tur be in sight. The denouement bikestan has always bowed to the the play may have something to do with how far China herself will go on the road to Communism.
y!
tradition of an autocratic gover- or-general. The reputation of the recently deposed Gen. Chin Bhu, Jen for being incompetent A Strategic Point.
and rapacious was known-tó Nan- After having conquered and lost king, but so great are the powers it a half dozen times since the first of the governor-general once he is century BC., China annexed Bin ensconced in the province, due kiang conclusively in 1877. The partly to its remoteness and partly province is a strategic point in to the traditions of the omce, that Asia, both geographically and it was helpless, to recall him economically, Its 400,000 square The Chinese residents of - Bin- miles of towering mountains and kiang are a mere handful be; gov- fertile valleys, barren deserts and ernment officials, traders and fresh cases, have long been a bur- colonists. But from the governor- fer between Russian and Chinese general down, they have always And it contains rich deposits of conducted, themselves as a ruling copper, oil, jade and gold, which race. In the past, Chinese « ad- will add heavily to the wealth of ministration has kept the natives any country which exploits them contented in their subjugation by
an active concern for their pros systematically..
perity Jobs were provided for (Continued on next column)
China's management of them thus far has been haphazard and
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His Lordship: What me you going?
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are
Mr. Sheldon: At noon, my Lord. Could we leave the case till 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.
Mr. Sheldon: I am afraid, I can't.
The case was then adjourned until Saturday morning at 10 a.m
everyone, and food and clothing were kept cheap. Since 1926, how- ever, when the governor-general who developed it was assassinated, this policy has been on the wane. The working day for native labour is now fixed by the individual (Continued on Page 12.)
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