The Hongkong Telegraph.
NEWSERIES No. 8221
Birthe.
CONTENTS
Leading Artiolos
Public Bathing Places.
The Excise Department.
Straits Anti-Oplum Conference.
Crime in Hongkong..
The Trade of Hongkong. The Educational Association,
Self-Denying Ordinance."
The Viceroy'
Not "Rodbey Stons,""
Canton Opium Monopoly,
Legal Intelligenoa :---.
The Administration Action,
The sa, Shut On Qase. Money Loan Association Case,
Shipping Company Bued."
Who in Suing.
The Hollywood Road Once. Bankruptcy Conit. ....
Correspondence:-
Piracy Perils.
British Income Tax and Non-residents. Kowloon British School,
– Mivoslianegus Articles and Reports:-.
The Kival Routes to Casion.
Lady May "At Homs,"
Notes by the Way, ̧..
Canton Day by Day.
Banning Railway.
Hongkong's Rival.
Rubber Valuations.
Glenshiel Estatos,
Kuiacks (Amoy) Municipal Council. Canton River Tragedy, Chinae Labour on the Rubber Fields, The Unrest in Ohida, King George,
Imitation of Trade Marks.
The Terrible Accident at Yokobams.
The Dry-DockTM Doway."
Rajah Brooks's Retama. -
A Question of Exhumation?
Rival Canton Routes,
Sad Death of a Hongkong lindy.
Farewell to Sir R. Dredon.
Sball Transpor:
Arrival of Japanese Oruizers,
Water Return.
The Colonial Cemetery,
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machines and ask permission of the Govern ment to fail off slices of the beach for 1st class six proce, and class threepence, 3rd class and bring your owe towel and bathing suit one penny? Or will come club acuirea la of foreshore and build a nice bathing house and set for subscribers to be balleted for but we give it up. What ever happens bfr. Osborne is to be thanked for bis kind thought for others and his public spirit...
Will tomee
THE EXCISE. DEPARTMENT,
MAIL SUPPLEMENT.
(ESTABLISHED 1881)
FRIDAY, JUNE TO.
78B TRADE OF HONGKONG,
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4, and wish to preface our remarks on for vast sums of money. · Much may be the impression it leaves on our mind in favour of at once regulating men's passion by an immediate declaration that we are for gambling and enriching the State by Lhus in sympathy with the publishers, namely, making lotteries a Goverment monopoly, the Educational Association of China, to The British think that there is so much.. garding their general object and purpois, and more to be said against it that there is, an that we heartily recommend all who are far as we know, not a single lottery conducted engaged in feducational work in the East to by any State or Government, howerar press. join it u life members... It will cost themed for money, under the British Empire. only Sao Mex, and will keep them in touch. The Chinese Authorities have been tempted with the great educational movement now by poverty to grant concessions to gambling la progress. Having said so much we companies, and monopolies in various kinds regret to have to criticize and find fault with of gaming. Trouble has almost always boon - the official organ of that useful association, the result. The Amoy lottery company We do not quarrel with the almost exces came ta hopelen grief, and its promoter bad to flee the country and hide, abroad. This is only a natural consequence of so Imegularides and abuses, without number in many of the foreigners engaged, in educa connection with these monopollet hayo.com- tional work being missionades first and stantly excited the public indignation And educators afterwards. But we cannot help distracted those entrusted with the duty of attempting to save the very Cause these men safeguarding the public purca. ↑ The diff. have at heart from being grievously injured, culties of abolishing licensed gambling al not by enemies, but by themselves. Let us together are manifold, but we need only try as softly as we may to convey our lesson mention two of them. The Government is without offence. Practically all medical mes, in desperate straits for money to carry on the and all serious observers of the growth of administration and without the funds derived). human beings from childhood to maturity from the gambling monopolies some other. are agreed that icdulgence in tobacco during means must be devised for mising money, or that period militates against the finest de the already inadequately and inefficiently velopment of physical strength and endur. | fulfilled task of Government will becomd ance. Opinions as to which form of smoking more hopeless than ever. Again, if this vice is most deleterious are divided. Most of be not controlled and regulated to some ex those people who really know. very little | tent by State direction, and total abolition about it condemn the cigarette as more be aimed at, it is necessary to provide addi- injurious than the pips or cigar. Experi- ments have proved this to be an error, The quantity of nicotine poison, taken when smoking a cigarette is actually less than that taken into, the system from a cigar or a pipe The danger of cigarettes to youths les rather in the number smoked and the manner of smoking, Far toomanysmokers inhale. This is of course injurious to the throat, lungs, heart, and the nervous system. We do not minimise the dangers of the abuse of tobacco, and is a mild way we re- commend abstention. In the case of grow ing youth we are strongly against the use of tobacco in any form whatever. But we see no reason why grown men should not enjoy their smoke, cigar, pipe or cigarette, in mo- deration, if they want to. If they abuse it, they will suffer, not we. It is, like eating chocolate creams or burnt almonds, merely a question of moderation whether a harm less personal pleasure becomes a dangerous and culpable self-indulgence. With what regret therefore we hear such silly and por nicious utterances as that on page sa of this "Educational Review." It says that "Cigar ette smoking bids fair to take the place of opium as China's greatest come." Buch a statement is an immoral statement...!! An
Boxing seems always to have been, pras- enemy hath done this. Not that we theantised by virile nations. The Greeks and to describe the writer of that shocking Romans practised it. The Roman costu phrase as a conscious coemy to the Cause differed widely from our English boxing of Christianity, or of right reason. But he glove, and a blow on the side of the head was inspired by that deadly enemy from it must have been something to re- of all good Causes, the demon of member. When the Roman youth comed
tional police and expensive cumbersome machinery which will probably full to pre- rent illicit gambling even of a kind more pernicious than the old one. Viceroy YuLD seems to have been in cordial agreement with the Self-Government Society in at least his ardant desire to wipe out the disgrace of gaming concessions under bis jurisdiction. The Provincial Deliberative Assembly also are practically unanimous in this matter. The Viceroy had hopes of getting incressed revenue from kalt and other sources, but difficulties swarmed round him, sad threa tened to overwhelm his efforts. That he c was insufficiently supported' in Peking would appear from his threst to retigo office if his recommendations were not adopted by the Imperial Government. He would therefore seem to be in deadly earn- eat and to be prepared to sacrifice himself and his own personal interests in attalolog what he is convinced is for the good of the |Liang-Kwang Provinces sad the millions of human beings committed to his rule. Vincal,
the father and mother of the people, and enrich the receivers and encourage the thieves cared for them and cherished them as such of Hongkong. The conduct of the Police that this kind parent had paternally warned - Forca fir, as was to be expected, very satis. him and advised him to become cured of his factory We notice that poly, six of the fatal habits, and all in vain... Ho this kind European contingent obtained certificates parent must, therefore undertake the cure of for knowledge of Chinese. Isn't this rather him, that disobedient ofspring, himself. So a pity? If the inducement to these men to in a small bigh walled courtyard, with a make themselves proficient is so small an heavily barred and padlocked dour, in a very only toattractsix out of a force of 122 men, it narrow cage indeed, was placed the cou surely ought to be made more alluring. The firmed vagabond and oplum smoker, No Indians appeared to find it worth their while one could even see him there save the to acquire a knowledge of the language of magisliate himself, from a small balcony in the people they are employed to protect as A survey of the arid figures of Lieut. Beck-the upper story of his quarters. "And just wall as to watch and supervise. One hundred with's report and the very few facts communi. ss he was getting quite cured of smoking and seventy-seven of them obtained carti- cated by it leaveson one's mlad two impres- opium," said the magistrate in a dreamy reficates. We have often wished that these In-sively missionary " tone of the magazine. sions. The first is that no estimate can be made molscent, tone, "he died," It was pointed dian.constables spoke better English, or even from it of the probable amount of revenue out with some heat by a European that he spins English. Fifty-four of them qualified in the future to be derived from liquor taxes, had killed the man. "No," gently answered in Boglish during the year. This report We are told that this revenue will show a the bland official, "I did not kill him. He recalls two very end events, sad not only to marked increase, as, in the course of time; died," Presently he added, "My cure was the comrades of the men who fell in the the old stock of liquors stored before the efficient. Now far be it from us to suggest execution of their duty, but to the whole Ordinance came into force gradually be that such a spirit, reckless of human misery, community. The death of Lance-Sergeant comes exhausted. After the old stock is callous to suffering, and intolerant of even a Mills in the act of arresting an armed rob. used up we shall begin to be in a position criminal's rights, animates the member of ber at Yaumati and that of two In flan con- to answer one or two questions which the "Anti-Opium Conference of the Straits stables in charge of crown-routs on their suggest themselves in connection with this Settlements. Bat of the seven resolutious way to Tai Po, reminds us of the perils revenue and its. source. We cannot now under discussion at their last meeting, there constantly affronted by a force which fre form any opinlog worth expressing on the are several which are extremely dangerous quently commande our admiration, and al- difference, if any exists, between the amount in their tendency. We shall not attempt to ways out gratitude.js of alcohol consumed since the Ordinancs deal with them all. We must leave for a and that consumed before it came into future occasion our consideration of the operation. Therefore we cannot tell with sweeping proposal "prohibit the smoking of any degree of assurance what the revenue oplum and the display of oplum-smoking
*(8th June.) will probably be in time to come, We do implements in all clubs, meatres, hotels, "Two and two must make fpur," said -belleve that the increased price of liquor will lodging houses, ticksba depots, and places Somebody, we think it was a Judge, ia a cause a decrease in drunkenness. It may, of a public or semi-public_nature." This Scottish Count, who added, "what else are and, probably, will cause a diminished quan- will engage our attention in the future. The we bore for?" No, they don't," his colles tity to be, consumed by many moderate resolution which "requests all employers of gue retorted."Two pounds of cheese and drinkers, and by a few who are qualifying to labour and heads of business houser to give a pair of girl's shoes don't make four." Or be catalogued as immoderate. But short of their pledge to no longer keep opium words to that effect were said. It is quite prohibitive penalization in cost, the mere smokers in their service," is objectionable in lege that two blacks and two whites do not price of liquor will not make unwilling men its wording and, if at all acted upon, sure to make four, and things of different de even attempt to be sober. We have not heard produce regrettable results. More liable nominations cannot be added together. I that the bars and such like drinking resorts still to grave abuse, and likely to become an It de no contradiction of this to say that appear to be less frequented than before, and instrument of oppression is the proposal to solbetimes two asses and two men have we, as well as others, have observed no dimi- enforce compulsory registration of all opium. been known to make four-it is merely a aution in the number of tows and visiting smokers in the Straits Settlements and the question of definition, not of statistics. drunkards. In this interesting inquiry, Federated Malay States. This sounds to It has been untruly said that "gures cao- therefore, the report will not help us. The the ears of the anti-opium enthusiast a capi- not lie," for as we have pointed out before, second impression which it is bound total method of restricting the babit, by the statistics may be represented or misrepre- make is out of gratification at the ability very difficulties and annoyances it would sented to mean anything. The optimist and efficiency shown by the new Preventive place in the smoker's way, and the inevit-will pick out those items which most flatter Service. The work of this department is able publicity it would javolve. But to his hopes, the pessimist will draw the unavoidably unpopular and is extremely anyone not deal to the voices of reason and gloomiast deductions, from selections made difficult to carry out without Irritation and moderation, and of that cautiousness which for the purpose of making himself or other friction. Self-restraint and the wisest mon bids us tread warily in the direction of in people miserable. There socis very little deration are needed in enforcing new regula terference with other men in doing that of to encourage the pessimist, we think, in tions which affect two of man's strongest which we strongly disapprove, but which Commander Basil Taylor's report on the appetites-his pocket and his drink, We they have hitherto been free to do, it will be Trade of Hongkong for last year." This mean, of course, the appetite of some for apparent that such compulsory registration port depends on its shipping, and here we money to all their pockets and of others for must inevitably tend to an intolerable ty. And it clearly Vatated that the total of the liquor to pour down their throats. Interferranny. The espionage to which it would thighing entered and cleared during 1909 ence with these almost always leads to lend itself and its concomitant blackmail are amounted to 527;380 vessels of 34,830,845 trouble. But the Preventive Service of this repulsive even to think of. And where are tons. This shows an increase in tonnage Calony has so far succeeded in a thankless we to draw the line? Are only oplum of 215,604 toos. Some may be found to re- and difficult task in a manner that reflects smokers to be registered? Why not cigar gret that only 704 individual ocean vessels. ette smokers too, for a prominent American entered, instead of 745 as in 1958. This does the highest credit on all concerned.
bishop some time ago described cigarette not really matter, as the tonnage was greater, smoking as that "dastardly, degrading ruin and the ships cleared much oftener. The | exaggeration. This instance is particularly to be athletes and became voluptuaries qus vice, and why not also alcohol drinkers? collective tonnage was increased by 343,878 balelul, because to place cigarette smok.
content to be mere spectators of con Moderation is all important in everything, tons. Of course as time goes on the size ofing is to perpetrate--we must use the only tests in physical prowess, the sceptre but in nothing is it more vital' than in any cargo carriers must Increase. We cannot phrase for ita perversion of truth. We (6th June,) We need not remind our readers that we thing which encroaches on privacy and understand anybody being at all low in his
liberty.
mind about the shipping of Hongkong. It are in sympathy with those who wish to sco
may be true that certain kinds of cargo no humanity freed from such wholesale curses as alcoholic intemperance and the abuse of
longer are trans-shipped here in the same vast quantities as formerly, and more goes that valuable gift of God, opium. All effort to attain that end commends' our approval, We learn from the report for 1909 of the direct to Chinese Ports without even coming as long as it does not merely substitute one Captain Superintendent of Police that during into this harbour at all. The Chinese Ports evil for another, or interfere with freedom, that year there were in all eight hundred and will of course take more and more as time or so upset existing fiscal systems as to dis- thirty policemen in Hongkong. Of these goes on, and so, say we, will Hongkong. We locate the public finances. It is possible to 328 were Chinese, 380 Indians, and the don't grasp the reason for imagining that do ineparable harm while nominally en remaining 122 were Europeans. This does an advancing East" as somebody has On May 13, 1910, at "Trofeath, Peasiske aged in a virtuous enterprise-especial- not include a further 114 men employed as called China and her neighbours, and at a Home seamen, coxswains, engineers and stokers. time of great development in every kind (gear Guildford), Surrey, Engian, to Mr. andy if that enterprise be "anti"
thing. The well-meaning .are' constant= This is not by any means too largo a force of commerce and industry, the fact that doing this. Such instances of human with which to cope with crime jouse oflier ports secure, a portion of the fallibility are saddening to a philosophic population as large as our here, and trade that formerly came here must neces One is arily point to the degeneration of Hongkong mind, but sometimes they become distress of such a mixed character. ing, and must be considered as worse than the evil originally combated. This occurs when the well-meaning become reckless of consequences, holding one and only one
Royal Hongkong Golf Club, ̧ Rubber.
The Maces Frontier Difficulty. The Death of King Edward.
The Price of Opium,
Reforms and Progress in Korea:
The Canton Tragedy.
Fight on the s.. Ņippon Maru.
United Singapores.
Shall Transports,
Interport Pola
The Unrest in China.
The Sunken Dewey...
Illici Chanda.
The China Motoal Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
Oplum Monopoly.
For Rubber Investors.
Beri, Beri in the Philippians.
The Dred or " 5%. Enoch,”
Linggi-Plantations.
The Japanese Customs)
Affairs in Korca."
Pulhu Dast Plantations.
Ap Old Sarawak School,
Stipet Names Au Omission.. Oplam in Cantos.
Our Japazozo Visitor. An Appeal.
Dantoa Viceroy Cashierad.
Leiteries in Japan, Nippon Yusov Kaiska, The Nanyasg Exposition.
Fire at Yokebama.
· Logaland-General.
Commercial-
Weekly Share Report, Freight Market. Yarn Market. Rubber Market.. Bullion. Exchanga,
BIRTHS.
Mis. Joko A. W. Loureiro (late of Weibalwoi), a daughter.
On April 21, 1910, at Haddington, Basing stoke, England, the wife of E. A. Albridge (formerly asst, and medical officer, 1.M. Customs), of a son......
STRAITS ANTI-OPIOM
CONFERENCE:
CRIME IN BUNWRONG.
(7th June.)
on the whole surprised to find that there is of her, diminishing prosperity. Some of far less crime in the Colony than might be Mr. Haldane's favourite clear thinking expected, and that it generally meets with the might help us a little bere. It should detection and punishment of the culprits. surely occur to most rational observers
NUT "RUDNEY STONE."
weak to be doubled into fista.: Barbarians.
must refrain from considering here the moral Passed from bands that had become too aspect of opium-smoking. It is sufficient for from Danubian forests exercised, the us to say that we agree that we or any of our reader woull endure almost any personal power but not the moderation of Augus suffering and risk in order to save one whom The Engilah, a virile and conquering we loved front so dangerous a babit. But as race, naturally combative, yet careful and even scrupulous about human › life, and for cigarette smoking or eating too many averse from bloodshed, have for ages loved marrons glaces, they may well be left to Nature's remedy. In the case of a growing boy of course we should loot eave the cure to Nature, but would do it, if necessary, with
a switch.
THE PICEROYS " SELF-DUNI:
*ING ORDINANCES
(9th June:)
The success, or want: of success, of all official attempts to put down gambling in
to settle with fiste those disputes which in
The Hongkong Helegraph object, their anti-whatever-it-be campaige It would not be surprising if more than nine that it must take many decades before Chins, or for the matter of that in any coun ar without gloves. And for that reason per-
MAIL SUPPLEMENT,
- ISSUED GRATIS TO SUBSCRIDERS,
·HONGKONG, PRIJAV; JUNE 10; 1910.
· PUBLIC BATHING PLACHS.
(4th June).
sease (they are often much the same thing) | peas: The ordinary cultrated young Bri-
fiercer races like the Celtic or Latin too often ended in blads-drawing. When dielling began to go out of fashion among the gilded youth, a passion. for the noble art of self-defence "!- by the scientific use of the fists came into vogue, and a young gentleman of fashion who could not "put up his dukes" WAN FD- garded as a milksop. Nowadays ordinary young Buglishmen rarely have occasion to use their fists lo anger after they are four-s teen or fifteen years old, but most of them can give good account of themselves, with in view. We remember a cafe in which a murders were reported in a year-this is six any Chinese port can have the remotest try, depend not only on the sincerity and hape we all enjoy seeing a fine glore fight, well meaning Chinese magistrate became in less than in 1908-or if in more than three chance of equaling Hongkong in its hitherto ability of the executive, but on that between bravo men on fair terms. We aflike course of time oblivious to consequences of them no arrest had been made. We unrivalled advantages as a centre of distri- elusive but very real force, public opin the brutalities of the prize fight bare-fisted, when prosecuting his darling-project of an are rather inclined to congratulate the bation. Apart from natural position and on. Open and shameless gaming is now so and can confidently brave, an uber which nibilating the opium habit within his juris Police on having been at least fortunate, advantages, the enormous capital necessary diction. The local "bad 'man". had to and we are bound to attribute their to make any port present any sort of in repulsive to the collective good taste or moral might be directed at us on the score of soft peatedly been brought before him on one success to efficiency more than to fortune. ducements to trade sufficient to divert it of civilized communities that it is generally fisher of George V.'s time would be able to charge or another, usually for larceny or fraud A small increase in the number of cases from its woated way through here, is certain prohibited by the laws, which are usually so stand up to any ordinary hawbuck of George in order to obtain money to spend in opium reported to the Police must be considered to be baiter invested than in such doubtful framed as to make evasion very difficult. Io IV's days. If we like leas blugin Atthe moning of the Legislative Council smoking. The magistrate at last grew tired inevitable under the conditions here. Larterprises. As for whether Hongkong still the United Kingdom gambling in public with our lights than our ancestors did s on Thursday the Hon. Mr, E. Osborne raised a of having him bambooed and gave him a cenies provided all but twelve of the two occupies the proud position of third or places is of course forbidden, but the con- are just as keep as they were on having every question of practical interest to the great month's time, during which he should get hundred and fifty-seven cases of crime in sunk to the depth of being only the fifth in majority of the, community. He asked the
meaning of the Act" will be long temem- wish our American friends, to understand Goverment to reserve paris of the beach at completely cured of the oplum habit, and excess of those committed in the previous point of tonnage entered and cleared of all every as to what is a place within the thing fair and square and above board. We
Murders, as we have noticed, and the great barbours of the world, we recombered and we have not heard that their that in the criticism which we are boun the eastern and wesion extremities of the strongly recommended him to go to one of year. town that they might be made suitable as the foreign missionary hospitals for that pur burglaries decreased, Cases of unlawful mend the inquiry as an instructive holiday bookies are prevented from carrying on the to express of certain aspects of the public bathing pl ces. Without doubt Mr. pose. They will cura you softly in possession decreased by as many as eighty task for the pupils of the schools, of this business at the great English raes-courses on their Continent, we are in nor Osborne has deserved well of the public in month, said the magistrate, "but if you ever eight. There must, however, be extensive. Colony during the coming summer vacation. They cannot, however, even enter a bet in a casting alur on their rett Nation Bus bringing this matter forward. The hiting of appear before me again as a convicted opium room for improvement in checking this would be as useful or as useless and quite note book ia the street or in a tavern. Lat: the truth If that a certain clairs of: du Irunch and getting together a bathing party is amoker & aliull myself, underlake your case, crime, and in bringing to justice receivers of animitating as any other holiday task, and teries are severely forbidden in Great Britain desirables in America have, ruined the ring. Afford the money, and still fewer the time it and shall cure you myself." The rascal on stolen goods, $210,160 worth of property while, giving the pupils (and probably may and the law is enforced with the utmost strict. The yellow section of the mor ocelule costs. A couple of bathers may, is is tos, take leaving the yamen was solemnly warned by was stolen in this Colony, it is catimated, parents too) plenty of trouble and plenty to mess. Missing word" competitions have press, top eager to pander to any popu a sampan and bathe from that. But there are the runners and gaolers, who were the most during 1909, and of this amount clever argue about, might hare two good results been condemned as illegal under the Lottery taste however, depraved, have identified many discomforts and drawbacks in this of them his friends, and was assured that thousand add dollars worth only appears to some might learn quite lot of what is Act, and the most ingealous of enterprising themselves with this Clus, Witness the method of getting a swim. Anyone who has these words of the magistrale were most have been recovered. It seems to us that nowadays called Commercial Geography,"
under the garb of competitions requiring skill, | over advertised prize fight betwee climbing into the boss a galla specially that of ominous, and, that if he valued his life he a little more than only about six per cent of add all would get, valuable experience of cells find it hard to disguise lotteries truly sickening columns of that paper on the
boat after a everybody was swim, and many who can't would literally do as he was told, and by any the value of property stolen herd might be bp much or how little of certain practical Although gambling does undoubtedly take boxer called Jobuson and a hite Amer would like to enjoy the healthful pleasure of a means, even foreign means, get cured of the recovered. We do not minimise the enormily is to be deduced from statistics when
"no doubt whatever of the perfect sincerity interviewing which dip in the ses it is therefore satisfactory to habit. But he was so addicted to it that he mous difficulties with which our Police are attempting not merely to forecast the fature: Place on our face-courses, there can be called Jeffreys. This negro
of the Government and people; of Great | published in the mote that the Colonial Secretary replied to Mr. preferred the present comfort of the pipe to hampered, nor do we in any way find fault buto read the present arightTMTM
Britain in endeavouring to put down public talk too E. Osborne that any application received at the unknown disconforts of a foreigners with them, or consider them wanting in "the present time jo' millise aty, panion of the hospital and the alleged velled threat of zeal" or ability. But we do think that x
gaming, and to minimise as far as possible basch for bathing will be cosaldered. He said greater discomfort under magisterial cure, resolute campaign should be conducted that no undertaking could be given to reserve the continued in his cell ways, and revelled against resetters, on the ground that the areas in the plicas: Jadicated. This seems reasonable, for the Government can hardly be in gloomy vices Lill the month's probation receivers of stolen goods, are more culpable expected to permanently devole a part of the time had long passed, and finding himself than the thieves themselves. We purposes exclusivaly: Cira without opium or means of obtaining any, heard it said the detectives of Hop unch when of the finest site” he was forced to commit robbery. He are far too busy, ferreting out illegal
required for some mɔre was capt and brought before Impas
a cosily and troublesome, business. Few can'
(be prestat the Abibor-
'siva...int
1ły, pro-1 direct their
EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIA-
TIONS
One the wisest men we ever know used Fyoung and 'ardent advocates
its lolurious effects upon the body politic The fact that betting on race borses; still, Jack contioues to such an enormout" extent should
constantly
hase basen skon'd