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|Breaking with Tradition.
DAY BY DAY.
There was a most interesting item of new in yesterday's tele- grams to the effect that President]"
IF THOU WOULDAT KNOW AND Woodrow Wilson is shortly to LEARN ANYTHING TO PURPOSE visit Esgland, for, during the LOVE TO BE UNKNOWN AND ES whole of America's history, there Kempia
TEEMED AS NOTHING. Thomas has never been succession when the President has gone so far sheld se Europe during his terro
To-morrow's Anniversary. To-morrow is the 18th anniver- of office. Indeed, we believe there jury of the relief of Peking, have only been two iustinoes whan ja President of the United States
has gone beyond the borders of bis The opening rate of the dollar |conatry-onde whea Mr.on demand to-day was
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fishing trip, went outside the three-mile territorial limit; and once when Mr. Roosevelt thanks a batoh of periodicale for We desire to acknowledge with paid a visit to Panama. There the troops from Mra, Chandler. is nothing in the Ameriben Con-
Feast of Assumption. Plitation which probibits the Thursday, the 15th inst., being President from leaving the the Feast of Assumption, Mass country while ia chce, bat, will be paid at St. Joseph's throaghen the long accession Church at 8 a.m. of Presidents, it has become al- most a fetish not to do so, The intended visit al President Wilson to England is, therefore, some- thing in the nature of breaking
with tradition. That be will receive
Charge Withdrawa. A Chinese was charged at the Palica Ocurt this morning, on remand, before Mr. J. R. Wood, in connection with a stabbing
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The Hongkong Telegraph. enthusiasm, while it will at the cute af puerperal fever and one
88me time strengthen the bondom-fatal oase of plagas, allout, and because the plaints had 5,000 (nearly $2). When the ships, were bailt in Philadelphia
HONGKONG, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1918.
POST-WAR TRADE DEVELOPMENT.
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A Question" of Right to Procred | A Scaodat of Chinese " Justice.
with an Action.
The Chibli correspondent of A Full Court was held at the the N.G. Doily News, writes as
A young officer who had been *** and “returned wounded Saph as Court this morning, follows: composed of Sir Havilland de
was telling me the other day Sanmaurez (President) and Mr. Mili was a woman who lived in paper) that one of the impressiona To the od refugees' camp'at (says a correspondent to a Home Justice Gomperts, when an ap- tatror" of being sold by her hus which be bad brought back with. peal was made against a decision band as soon as the camp was him was that courage was a voLy given by the Chief Justice
breken up.
Sbe repeatedly im-over-rated virtue. It was so com. (Sir Willism. Rees Davies) io April 1set,
plored some of the camp officials mon. I see that there must be a The action is between the Kin Tye Loong her; if she had to be sold, perhaps but to the onlooker safe at home. to find some means of rescuing certain trath in that, of course, fim, merobente, of 27, Bonham Strand, West, appellente, and the to take ber, and so eave her from seems impossible, at any rate, to they could flad some decent man it is difficult to accept it. It Wing Hang Hong firm, and
him Strand West, respondents. others, rice merchants, of 6 Bon-being sold to one of ber busband's believe that such courage as is. villainona zesociates: Two of recorded in the latest list of the assistants in the osmp
V.C.a is in any sense "commop, Mr. Eldon Potter, and Mr. Fbethought themselves of a man in or ever can be. Lieat.-Colonel 0. Jenkin, C. B. E., (instructed Tipu who wanted a wife; a Forbes Robertson, who saved the by Mr. Crew of Messrs. Elastinge after consultation they approach line by the continued most reak and Hestions) appeared for the ed the husband, who was often less exposure of his life, after his appellants sad the Hon. Mr. siting about outside, the camp: horse had been thrice woanded, B. Sharp, K. C., B. E, and Mr. they said that they understood and be had been five timesthrown; 0. G. Alabaster, O. B. E, (in that owing to hie poverty he was Captain Pryce, who, with 40 structed by Mr. Grist of Messre. unable to keep his wife, and sak- mer, held back a German batta Wilkinson and Griet) appeared ad if he would be willing to hand lion for ten hours, and was last for the respondents.
her over to a friend of theira, on esen engaged in a hand-to-hand The Chief Justice had held in payment of $10. He readily struggle with overwhelming a magnificent welcome when here in Kowloon City, Inspector his judgment that the plaint accented, sccepted the money,nambers; and Private Jack
Davitt said that be was instructed firm the appellants-having so departed in peace to her Bets foot on English acil goes with by the D. 8. P. to withdraw the cepted a dividend in the Bank
new Counter, who offered to oaIKY B
mearsge after seeing five sucos ous saying. Since America's entry charge, as there was not sufficient raptor of the defendant firm bad into the war, President Wilson evideras. His Worship accord. thereby elected not to proceed and betbought himself of a fresh task shot down-these must be Shortly after, the former husb-aive volunteers for the same grim a chown himself to be a grestingly discharged the defendant. with sa action in Original device, and brought a charge exceptional men. Yet the same leader of s'grest people; & man
Jurisdiction claiming damages against his successor (named Lac heroic spirit is found wherever in whom the qualities of trae
During the week ended the against the defendants for fraud Hsing) of baring robbed him of the copssion is there to call it stateemanship sre eplendidly
10th instant, there were notified in connection with the sale of his wife and broken up his home, forth, and is expressed in desde typified. His declarations of Allied sina baro, had the real cases of plague (all fatal), six large quantity of rice.
A esle of The yamen people played up to that lend eloquence to the baldest ring of democracy about them, of enteric (three fatal), five rice was made by the plaintiffs to his tone, and Lao Hsing waserrest official phrasing. and he has stated the Entente of spotted fever (all fatal), and the defendante, but after the ed and imprisoned, and chained ideals as few other men could one fatal occurrence of diphtheria, transaction the plaintiffs alleged by the peak to a heavy block of
that they had discovered that wood. By payment of "500 With the new inclination to have done. Add to this the won-
Chinese aufferers
the defendants were guilty of ash" he got released from this war-time aseptre, it may be worth.. iderfal
regard theriveter's hammer as the sobievements of the Baye two Japanese CBSEB
frand and they therefore daimed fetter; it sounds a paltry sum, recalling that the pneumatic American nation under his in of enterio. For the forty-the return of the rice, or its value, bat one has to understand that riveter, by which all the recorde spiring leadership, and we can eight hours ended yesterday, well predict that his visit to Eng-there were notified two cases of over $18000. When the defead-
s decimal ayatem has long been are made, narrowly escaped total were made bankrupte a adopted in yamen circles, and in condemnation on ita firat serious will be marked by counes of great spotted fever (one fatal), one fatal
dividend on 28 per cent was paid their peculiar perlance 500 mesne trial,
Two huge liners, sister |secapted $4,000 under this, the between the two great English being Obiness.
defendants alleged that the plain the prosecutor gave bis
Bocused was brought up for trial, with the new tool, and all the |speaking democracies.
tiffs had there by elected not to
world wondered till it was found A Chinese was charged before proceed with their satin forty for though he denied that the rivet heads were dropping Modern Methods Needed.
Mr. J. R. Wood, at the Magistracy damages. The plaintiff claimed ledged that he had been paid $2, herring. They were re-riveted by haring received $10, he acknow from them like eoslea from & freeh There was an observation in the this morning with attempting to that they were still free to pro and thus admitted that the trane hand in at English dock. After British Coucal's report an
commit euicide laat night by ceed, and when the case gamesation had his consent. trade of Canton for last year, imping into the barbour.at Han before the Chief Justice he held
The dae inquiry it was found that the which we pablished in our issue. Tak Wharf Bergt. Blackman said in favour of the defendants. The accused to bring hia two middle-work only too well, drawing up
magistrate thereupon told the
pneumatic machine had done ita of yesterday, that deserves some that defendant was in the employ plaintiffs are
дож appealing
men to the next session of the the rivets closely and so rapidly emphasis. It was the statement of a certain Ohinese commander against that decision.
a Chinese that a potable festure of late has who was living in
Mr. Eldon Potter made a long meat of the money.
court, as witnesses to the pay that there was nothing left for the been the incressing activity, by boarding-house. He immediately opening statement, in which he Departmental Committees appointed by the Board of Trade to means of correspondence and got in touch with his epiferated that a writ was issued by situation changed: for the yamen
Bat at the next session the contraction on cooling, and the
heade bracked round." enquire into the after-the-war position of the textile, engineering, reading matter, of American who said he was "a little bit off the plaintifs against the defen iron and steel and electrical tradea, pabliebed their reports on their manufacturere. British firme in his head." A Chinese gave evid dante on May 10, 1913, for
subordinates denounced them aa enquiries recently, making a series of recommendations which, if Canton, we are told, are receiv-ence of resoning defendant, and $18.000 add, being the price of particular as a man sgainst York State club, life may be led a set of villains, sad one of them Even in fashionable New carried out, should prove of immense value. Among other things ing many such communications Mr. Wood in recognition of his the 700 bags of rice gold and whom they had a charge of rob well. The test came to the most the committees wish to see is that the general export trade, after the saying that the writers had their services, told Sergt. Blackman to delivered. war, is subjected to as few restrictions and pampering conditions names given them by the local give witness $10 from the poor esme year, they filed a petition in man, La Chin, was thereupon military depot had been establish On May 23 of the bary of some years back. This sensitive part of the organum. A as possible a very laudable wish sad one which, it is trasted will american Consal. The writer of box. Defendant said that be lost bankruptcy against the defendant arrested; the other two men had ed in the city, and the slab threw be respected, having in mind the bad effect some of the conditions the report advocates the sdoption of money in gambling and was in frm, although that really had to find zecurities, but were then its spacious rooms open to the imposed daring the war have had on the Empire's industry. When we similar business methode. Ameri- debt, ac be tried to commit! again follow our peace-time avocations, we shall want as much free can business houses have brought suicide. His Worship remanded Big to do with the action. allowed to go, and the woman men in khoki. Bat these werd
On May 30, the plaintiffs dom as can be allowe, and to be antrammelled by regulations advertising up to a fine art, and the case till Friday at 10a.m.
was allowed to remain in her new forbidden by D.O.RA, to share in discovered that the rice had
the millionaires' cocktails and boms. which, have all too frequently proved to be a mill-atone they have profited immensely The Currency Puzzle,
been obtained by fraud and to those who, having the advancement of British trade interests at therefrom. British tradere bava
So, as is usual in yamen highballs, and grief and theme. axommon was accordingly taken heart, have worked under conditions which, to say the least, terions to move with the times if they are the Magistracy this morning, aut sgainst the firm, and its gab. praetics, one prisoner is succeed. fell upon the elabruse.
They ly mitigated against the fartherance of their projects. The fact that to bold their own after the war, before Mr. J. B. Wood; with an- purchasers, for leave to smended by another. Thie man was finally decided that inssmuch as Committees such as these are actively working now, while we are and they cannot afford to stink to lawfully attempting to export the writ, asking for the retard of Chained by the wrists in that their guests could not make merry in midst of war, gives promise that many of the dificulties by the old conservative processes silver dollars. Sergt. 'Bleckman the goods. On June 26, a receiv particular way which makes it over the wine cap, neither should which British merobants have in the past been beset, will be brash, which they have favoured in the prosecuted, and said defendants ing order was made against the to get food to his mouth. After describes as total abstinence by it almost impossible for the victim they. This a correspondent ed aside, never again, we hope, to crop up.
peat. We believe that there is a were employed on board Govern- defendant firm and on July 168 a week or more I was informed courtesy. Perhaps the most interesting report is that of the Textile great fatore for British irade and maut requistioned ship, when etetement of claim was filed, by his relations that they could Committee, which has put forward some useful and valuable commerce, but only if we move they were caught on a sampan which was based entirely on fraud. suggestions for the development of this important industry. As a with the spirit of the timea.
having the money in their The plaintiffs alleged that they through to him, though they had get neither food' nor money "result of the enquiries of the Committee considerable good should
George II, has no great reputa- pickete. Defendante, pleaded were entitled to recover the rice seen him. The only thing I could tion as a wit, but he once made a ensus. Inter alia, this Committee pats forth the recommendation A Serious Offence.
guilty, but said that they jaat hack, that every possible effort should be made to secure a more extended Tue fact that yesterday at the attived from 8pgapore, and they ought to prove that the original letter to the magistrate, request. So, the ancestor of the late Dake sad, to do that, they think of was to send 31 with a distinct ecore. Sir Hagh Smith- growth of cotton within the British Empire, advising that to Police Court Mr. J & Wood were ignorant of the regulations. contracts were fraudulent and ing him to see that it was used for of Northumberland, had assumed farther such efforts a blanding advisory committee should if c'ed the still penalty of $500 They had received their wages thatthe sub purobasers were sware feeding the prisoner, who I ander the name of Percy, and saked the be appointed, including representatives of the Governments on a man who had been die in Singapore currency so they of the fraud. On August 30, the stood was unable to get food. I King for the Order of the Garter. of India, Egypt and the colonies and dependencies, the covered in possession of arms and exchanged for silver dollars, with defendant firm was adjudicated have had no answer, and I know Britisk Cotton Growing Association, the Imperial Institute and many rounds of smagnition, the intention of taking the money barkrupt and Mr. J. H. Sath and others who are interested in the growth of this very necessary clearly indicates that His Wor to their relations, in the country. two Chinees gentlemen ware ap Do more. commodity. This is one of the anest suggestions for the ship regards the cffence as a most His Worship fined then $20 pointed Trustees. The Chinese Shenobaibeien, Chihli. carrying into effect of the mach-talked of development of cotioneerious one. Few people will each, and ordered them to re- gentlemen guaranteed the pay growing in the British Empire, that we have heard for a long time, disagree with him. Notwith-change the dollare into 1 notes.ment of a 26% dividend within a and it should have very fa-cesching results. Too little attention atanding the fact that havy fines. No Building Permit. month. Mr. Crew, the solicitor for hes anferionstely been paid in days gone by to this important side bave been imprsed on Chinese Two Chinese, one the owner of the plaintifs, then bad to consider the Trustees filed a Declaration of the tile industry. One has marrelled that, having in view who have been found to be entrep-a house, and the other a contrac his position and he came to the in Bankruptcy which clearly atterance" We must cease to the vast leads ander British rules steps have not been taken lang ere titiously keeping arme, it is only tor, were charged at the Police conclusion that if the goods were showed that that they fully wik French. Let us rather tatt this towards establishing on a firm basis the business "of cotton too true that there is still a large Court this morning with having obtained by fraud be was entitled apprehendel Mr. Crew's position Low Geraan "is just one "of growing. Too much have we been dependent upon supplies from traffic in them. Something may erected a storey in s house to recover the whole of the sad that they were taking certain those occasional, dicta which foreign countries and too often have we had to face shortages be said for the returned emi-without having approved plans smonat or the return of the rice, stena to fight the action of frand. make an Englishman think he resulting in the stopping of our manufactures. If the question grants from America, who have submitted to the P.W.D, and but if the contracts were found to It was clear from that declaration really must be mad. But it is had been tackled before, when, it must be borne in mind there often spent the greater part of without being the necessary be genuine he would be entitled that they contemplated the action quite in the regalar Pezamien was very incentive to do so, we should have had supplies and to their lives there and who equip permit, Mr. Edwards, of the to go into the bankruptcy and being fought. On October 27, the tradition. Bismarck took just the spare. Excellent work has been done ip India in thie direction, and themselves with weapone to P.W.D., prosecuted, and Mr. Leo get the 26 per cent dividend. plaintiffs filed their proof in Bank- there is no earthly reason why the efforts of other countries should defend themselves when returning d'Almada appeared foz the Mr. Crew took steps to safeguard raptey, and that proof specifically nothing bat German to some esme line. He insisted on talking not be attended by the same success.
to beis homes in China. No doubt defence. Mr. d' Almada said that the plaintiffs' rights. The whole mentioned that action. On Bat ons of the best suggestions made by this committee is in many care they are pot aware technically his clients were guilty point was whether, in what November 6, a farther extension Thiers, I think-to whom he was unfortunate French statesman- that anti-dumping legislation should be exacted in England upon of the laws against their being in bet they were ignorant of the Mt. Orew did," there wea of fourteen days was asked for in the lines of that of the United States, and that for a period of not possession of these dangeroue law, and as soon as they were, an election to proceed an affidavit, and on. November Excellency, I know no German," "But, your giving audience, less than a year after the conclusion of peace the import and export weapons. In this case, however aware of it they had the storey with the action. Mr. Cres had 19 the dividend was received. observed his victim, plaintively. of textiles and the raw and partly manufactured texiles between the there were none of those extenuat-pelled down Mr. Wright bad discussions with Mr. Seth, as a Eventually the rice in questiongis mussen es lernen, zatarted British Empire and enemy States should be prohibited except nadering circumstances, the case being wiston a letter to defendant result of which Mr. Seth agreed was old and the money paid into the grast man, grimly: licence. This earely is a step in the right direction and one which all the more marions in view of the who immediately wrote him back, that the plaintifs should file the International Bank, jointly by will go far towards relieving the barden under which we have fact that the revolver and cartrid but in reply to their (defendante) proof and receive the dividend, Mr. Seth and Mr. Crew. The too frequently grosned. A further suggestion made by the 60s were discovered in a house in letter they received a summons, without prejudice to their right appellants' case was that they had Committes is that in those markete in which extended credit is an which the Police ware searching for Mr. Edwards said that Mr. to go on with the action. On never elected not to proceed with A Great "Throw. established practice, means mast be found, either by our existing to to 1ceive the possibility of such charge of the case, and he had taken out by Mr. Crew adding
stolen property. It is not dimoult Wright had asked him to take September 20, a summons was the sation.
"Hen" Jardin, the Cavstry banks or otherwise, to provide facilities to British exporters and
Mr. Potter proceeded to detail men's great catcher, hurled a" merchants of least equal to those afforded to German merchants, another tragis happening so the exmined the house, and it was the Trustees to the action by points in the cass and to argue baseball 382 feet, eight inches, On this question of long credit we have heard much, and the evil Gresson Street fair, which is his opinion that the story was not frand. All that was done before on them.
recently at Shanghai and earn- of it, especially in the manner in which it was perpetrated by the still fresh is our minds, under very secure as the walls were not any proof was filed. On Septem This afternoon Mr. Patter con-ed $25 for the Red Cross and the Germane, is fully realised, but it is very consoling to find that each circumstances na these, In very strong. His Worship ber 30, the Trustees applied to tinued to cite ossen and adduce same for himself, Before he leaves active mesinres are contemplated which will combat it, for Germany view of the seriousness of the adjourned the case till Aug. 27th the Court in Bankruptcy at an points from them in his favour. Shanghai he will try to beat the will be the first to drop the system of extended credits when she offence ona applands the decision and fixed bail at $100 for the extension of time in which to pay
The herring was adjourned world's records for throwing both finds that we also are in the position to play the same game,
the dividend, and on October 4 until (c-morrow morning, the baseball and the cricket ball:
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"I am the firet Percy who has been refused it," he pleaded. You are the first Smithson who has asked for it," was the King's retort. However, he got it event- ually.
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