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Penang Scholar's Success.
A wire from Hongkong, received in Pening, staten that Mr. Henry Arthur Phipps, of St. Xavier's Institution has bзen'! awarded the King Edward VII Scholarship of £140 a yeur, tonable for five yours at the Hongkong University, sayes the "Staite Echo. The scholarship was open for competition to ali British subjects within the Empire. The successful scholar, who is the eldest son of Mr. J. H. Phipps,; Acting Auditor, Penang, is only foventeen years old. At the last Cambridge Senior Examination he took first-class honours and we .. Are
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his career 'nt the Hongkong University, where he intends to study medicine, will be quite na saccess fil ng bia scholastic career, which has been exceptionally brilliant. The many friends of Mr. J. II. Phipps will join with in congratulating him upon his son's success.
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e) resident, currying on busi ness, or being in the enemy ter ritory," Nationality is not so much as mentioned here. The By the common law of Esgland row is supported, too, by the the outbreak of war to which dictum of Lindley in the latest Bi'sin is a party automatically House of Lords decision, Janson. bringe into operation the doctrine, Driefontein Mines, Limited, of non-intercourse to put in cad 1002, p. 484 and 505:- to non-hostile relations between being erected on the Association's the subjects of the mutually own ground in Brickfields Road. hostile States. Trading with the The new building, which is to enemy at once becomes illegal, cost about $20,000, is to be a and, according to their nature, simple one storey building contracts, exialing at the date of designed with a view to the war betwein Bach subjects are addition, when funds permit, of a suspended in operation until second storey in which shall be peace, or forthwith abrogated. included secretary's quarters and These legal results, which follow living rooms for young man. from the outbreak of war, are Towards this second programme dealt with in the Trading with about $10,000 is already in the Enemy Proclamation of 5th band:
doubtless The present building, August, which was in course of erection on the issued in order to draw public Routhern end of the padang attention to some of the effects of belonging to the Association, has war.
treated as an alien enemy. The validity of his contracts does not depend on his nationality, nor even on his real domicile, but on the place or places in which be carries on his basiness or busi
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The Proclamation says nothing about enemy nationals who re- main in this country, and even though it might be difficuls to argue that registration under a been designed by Mesara. Swan, It is not easy to apply these police measure like the recent and Maclaren, whose local agents, principles, which were laid down Aliens Restriction Act Mosers. Russell ad Berry, have by the Courts of Common Law equivalent to an expreas licenca had the supervision of the work.and Admiralty during the from the Crown to remain bere, With a front of about 100 fast, Napoleonic word, to modern it is, we think, a negative in- 6 verandab 1 ft. 6 in. runs the conditions of commerce, and little ference from the Proclamation whole length. A hall 58 ft. 6 in light is thrown on their ap- that transactions with them by 27 ft. 9 in. has, opening out on plication by the few cases which for their ordinary subsistence or either side, a reading room 24 ft. more decided after the Crimean employment, or oven contracts in by 27 ft. 0 in. and a billiard room and Boor Wars. The American the ordinary. Courεo of 24 ft. by 32 ft. Opening from courts, which apply the same business, are not illegal, Oa the ball is a gymnasium 34 ft. by principles as our own, bad the other hand, it is expressly 33 it. with verandabe on either frequent occasion to do so after decided side. There are also a small bar and an office. In an annexs to which leads a covered way will be "boys" quarters, kitchen, dressing rooms, lavatorioa, ote (M.M.)
the American Civil War, and it is probable that their decisione will be followed in the litigatione which are bound to arise out cf the present war. They are con- veniently summarised in West- A"Hypocritical" Movement,
lake's "International Law," vol. The Japanese Consul General 2, pp. 44-51. Several are given in at San Francisco reports as fall in the well-known American follows:-Another peace meeting work, Scott's "Leading Cases on was held at the Golden Gate International Law.". Park on the 20th instant under
What is an Enemy?
that without GX- press licenes from the Crown to remain in this country an alien enemy canrot sus in our outis during war (Alcinous v. Nigreu (1854), 90 Eag, Rev. Rep. 425), and that euch licence cannot be inferred from mere residence in this country unless expressly sanctioned by the Government after the commencement of host- ilitea (Bolton v. Dabree (1808); 2, Camp. 183). But even if these
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slian enemy is sound it remains to EXPERIENCED HAIRDRESSERS. consider what kind of tradingwith the enemy is illegal. Obviously any direct dealing with an enemy in
the auspices of the Examiner. It It may be said in general that cases. were now followed, they was attended by a large number trading with the enemy has would merely affect the alien's of people. Ceveral men, inolad, several well-settled consequences remedy, and the defence of alien ing the Mayor, addressed the in low. A British ship engaged meating. All the speakers dwelt in such a venture is liable, with my, it should be pointed out, may be waived by consent of on the necessity of the world's its cargo, to seizure by a British parties (see Janson supra). Ex- peace, but none of them referred cruiser and to endemnation by press licence has been given to the perils between the Occident a British Prize Court. The con- to the German and Austro- and Orient: The San Francisco troot relating to the venture is Hungarian banks in London, and Chronicle published a series of illegal at common law, and the Sir W. Plender, the controller, articles for three days com- British party to the contract is has anounced that paymente menting on the peace agitation guilty of a misdemeanour, if not in America. In the course of the of high treason. But since prizs Presumably they might sue on may safely be made to them: articles the journal remarked that cases are decided by Courts of tactions which they are the advocacy for bloated arma- Admiralty and the legality of con- licensed to undertake. ments for America as against the trasta by Courts of Common Law, Orient, while counselling peace it cannot be said that the defini- in Europe, can only be called a tion of" alien enemy" is settled in hypocritical movement prompted the same sense for both. It is not by selfish interest. The advocates easy, therefore, to say with confi- of pesce, if they are really sincero dance how the term is to be defin- in their protestations, should ed. The former courts reject my territory is struck at, whether the sending of goods or make no distinction between the the test of nationality and hold to remittances from the one country Eastern and Westora peoples in be an enemy anyone whether
or the other. The American courts the preservation of peace. In- enemy by nationality or not, who
have repeatedly affirmed contracte crossed armaments are not likely has his commercial domicile in or legal transactions are not affect to provoke war. A peace move-enemy territory. Thus not only ed unless they involve intercourse ment that does not aim at the German or Austro-Hungarian between individaste resident in reduction of armaments must nationals but British or neutral the mutually hostile territation. needs be insincere in its professed nationals who reside and carry The intercourse must be inter- object.
on business in enemy ter course across the sea, or at least ritory would be held in oross a frontier or border. Thus Admiralty to be alien enemies. they have held that a daly Conversely, enemy nationals who thorised agent, from ons ter you have lost your appetite continue to reside and carry o ritory may pass into the onemy's one of the big variety of business here would not be alien.
Country and there. discharge a dainty dishes at the ALEXAN- enemies. It is submitted that in debt due by an alien enemy DRA CAFE is sure to tempt a court of common law the de
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