THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
SECOND
EXTRA
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1915.
TO-DAY'S
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS.
NO OWNER FOR OPIUM.
J
Chinese Defendant's Successful
Plor.
[Beater's Servios to the "Telegraph.”]
GERMANS IN CHINA.
ATTEMPT TO PROVOKE REBELLION IN INDIA.
November 24,8.10 p.m.
At the Police Court, this after- noon, before Mr. Essland, a Chinese was charged by Orown Sergeant Caygill with being in un lawful possession of 102 lbs, of loose opium and 193 teels of opium dross, to the total valus of $1,050. The defendant was re- presented by Mr. J. H. Gardiner, A Chinese constable deposed that he went to 35, Tang Man
The Times Poking correspondent states that the sinister ohar-Lane, from information received, soter of the efforts of German in China to cause a rebellion in where heuw defendant following India are attested by the discovery of a practice that has been in behind ocolie who WALD vogue for some time of forwarding to Indis, from Shanghai, pro- carrying a banket and * olamations calling on Moslems to make a Holy War against Britain. bundle. The opolis put the The Proclamations have been written in Arabio and signed by things down at No. 35 and the the Sultan of Turkey, the Sheik-ul-I∙lam and Enver Pasha and defendant gave him ordera to bave been conveyed io India in false-bottomed trunks.
DUTCH COLONIAL AFFAIRS.
COLONIAL SECRETARY PAINTS.
November 23, 3.10 p.m. Reuter's correspondent at the Hague states that the Colonial Becretary, M. Pleyte, had just demanded a vote of confidenes on his religious polloy in the East ladies and was defending that policy when he fainted. He was sllerwards taken home in a motor car.
THE LATE HON. MR. E. A. HEWETT.
FUNERAL SERVICE ATE
HAPPY VALLEY.
take them upstairs. He (witness) stopped him from carrying out the order. Witness toked to see what was in the basket, but he met with a refusal, so he took defendant to the Police Station. Defendant got hold of his collar and asked him to go upstairs to take tea with him and also asked him how much he wanted. Wit near asked him what was in the basket, and defendant asid:-
There is opium in it."
Sergeant Caygill stated that when at the Police Station de- fendant denied that the bor was his, and aleo esid that he had The long train of mourners in-not a key for it. oluded:-
Defendant, in the box, said that Bishop Lander, Bishop Pozzoni | neither the box nor the basket (accompanied by the Rev. Fr. belonged to him. He was giv. Gabardi), the Obief Justice ing the coolie some luggage of (Sir William Reca Davies) his own to take to the house the Paisne Judge (Mr. Justice when another man gave the coolis Gomperis), the Capt Supt of the box and basket contain. Police (Mr. C. Mol. Messer), the ing the opium, and he Deputy Capt. Supt. of Police (defendant) placed his goods on (Mr. T. H. King), Mr. F. C. the top. That was how the con- THE COLONY'S TRIBUTE TO Jenkin (in command of the atable came to think the staff
A POPULAR MAN..
Police Reserve officers), the belonged to him.
The ... Kashmir.
Hon. Mr. W. Chatham, Mr. F. Mr. Hazoland said that he The respect in which the late A Hazeland, Bir Paul wanted to be satisfied as to who Mr. E. A. Hewett was held by all Ohster, Dr. Fitzwilliams, Mr. the opium belonged to and be olames of the community was Shelton Hooper, the Hon. did not know that. The defend- apparent this afternoon from the Mr. E. Shollim, the Consula ant would be discharged. number of people, of all grades and General for France, Japan nationalition, that assembled along and Portugal, the Hon. Mr. Wei the route to the Happy Valley or Yak, the Hon. Mr. Lau Cha- that followed the body to the pak, Messrs. H. Percy Smith, Protestant cemetery there. P. White, Berindongue, The Inte Superintendent. J. Gedge, Dizon, Thomas, of the P and O. had become, as it Lowder, Bo Fook, Ohan Kai were; an institution in Hong ming, Ng Hon-taz, the Rev. Mr. kang, and the general feeling of Tichborne (naval chaplain), Capt. mir, due to arrive at Hongkong The P and O. stesmern.a. Kash- bereavement consequent on his Lakmanhoff, Mr. T. Kasomoto, on the 27th inet., will not arrive sudden death has been most and the Rev. Fr. Robert.
|here until December 3 or 4; - marked throughout the day. The Volunteers under com Europeans, Portuguese, Indiana and Chinese were all very much in evidence,. and 80 wide was the dead man's sphere of in Major HaoDonald, V.D., Capt. fluence that practically every Lammert, V.D., Capt. Armstrong,
mand of Colonel Chapman V.D. and accompanied by the
following officers,
cognised organisation and hours V.D., fell in at the Stone Pier Marche Funebre as the corpse was of business was represented. As opposite Tin Lok lane, whether borne into the graveyard. goes without saying, practically the body had been brought
every flag in the Colony has been from the western end of the civilian authorities awaited the His Excellency and the various at half-mast throughout the day. city on board the launch Yau procession at the Monument,
As an old Volunteer the decea4-
ad was entitled to a military Les, convoyed by a Government here they fell into line babind
launch. The Volunteer Reserves the Volunteers.
funeral. Notoaly was this honour socorded to him but a very large other officers in attendance were the Rev. W. T. Featherstone, of were under Major Wakeman; The Funeral Servicewas read by number of army and naval officers Oapt. Bratton, Lient. Hancock, Dr. St. Paul's College, and, at its
followed his remsios.
The service took place on a
Demetery were H.E. the Governor; farther sugmented by the inspec- by the buglers of the Shropshire Among those present at the MoKenny, and Lieut. Evan Jones.close, the customary three volleys
At the Monument the cortage was
were fired. The Last Post, played H.E. Major Geneul Ventris, and Bear Admiral Antiruther sach tors, Crown sergeants and or Light Infantry, brought the ex- attended by his A.D.O., the Hon. Bosate of the Palios Reserve..
tremely impressive function to sn the Colonial Beorsary and the There was a great wealth of end. other heads of Government Dewreaths, one of which was sont in partments; Colonel lles, Captain the name of the Chairman and Ast plot of ground within the Cassel and other Stan officers; Directors of the P. and 0.
Cemetery and the coffin' wAS members of the Executive and On arrival of the launch at placed on an extemporised hier. Legislative Councils, the Sanitary Observation Fier, the coffin was The procession was no long Board, the Chamber of Commerce, placed on a gun carriage, and that The funeral service Justions of the Peroe, the P. and beaded by the firing party, from and almost concluded by O, staff, etc.
B. Company H.K.V.R., under the time the end of the procession The University (of the Court Sorgenal Oxberry, the prones had arrived at the Cemetery, of which Mr. Hewalt was, azion moved towards the The ceremony partook of the @flaío, a member) was represented cemetery. The men told off to the nature of a funeral by Sir Charles Elot.
drag ropes of the gun carriage service, and at its ponclusion, the
The members of the P. and 0, │and to not as pall-bearers were cofila wis removed. The decans. #tail who attended were :--Mr. B. 1 from the deceased's own (D.) Com- od gozleman's remains 'ero, wa V. D. Parr, Mr. E. A. Martin, Mr. | pany of the Beserves. The Band understand, to be cremsted, A. J.-W. Bonsor, Mr. J. B. Ma of the XVIII Infantry played The list of senders of wrestha Cana, Mr. P. Backls and Mr. W. the Dead March in "Baul" is unavoidably hled over till to, Robinson.
on leaving the pier and Chopla's moczow