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PEG O MY HEART
THE HONGKONG
MONDAY, MAY 16, 1921.
TELEGRAPH.
DAY BY DAY.
NOTES & COMMENTS.
Damaging Assertions.
It will only take a few more people like Mrs. Neville Rolf to make the name of this Colony well nigh abhorent to the average Britisher at Home who relies for
OPIUM ON WARSHIP.
TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.
CANTON NEWS.
all
In view of the financial SILENCE IS ONE GREAT ART OF Imprisonment for Chinese It is sometimes assumed, with-difficulties of the now Govern- CONVERSATION, HE IS NOT A
Firemen.
out sufficient warrant, that the ment, the Provincial Treasurer, FOOL WHO KNOWS WHEN TO
Two Chinese firemen of B.M.S.Speaker of the House of Commons Ma Yak-long, invited the mom HOLD HIS TONGUE. Hazlit!, Moorhen
receives a title generally a vis-bors of the Canton Chamber of were on Saturday morning charged before Magistrate county and a pension as a legal commerce to a dinner on Satur Orme with the unlawful possession right when he rotires from the day night. About forty members a on board the vessel of 730 lbs. of House of Commons. But although attended, to whom Ma explained it seams to be pretty generally the position and appealed to taken for granted that Mr. them to, purchase threo lahke of Mr Leo. d'Almada, who up. peared for the second sccused, eaid Lowther will, go to the House of provincial bonds. They that he understood the police were Lords with a life pension of agreed to assist. prepared to withdraw the charge £4,000 a year, he could enforce It is said that a number of claim either to one or Hongkong merchants have been against his client, in view of the fact no
the other and the
granting invited to become members of of a poerage is that the first man had admitted all
@ com the Finance Committee in the responsibility.
Inspector Tim Murphy said thatparatively recent development, now Government, but that most Was entisfied from enquiries regarded as a matter of course, of them have refused the invita- made that Mr d'Almada's client the long history of the Speaker- tion. At a meeting called by the bad not "come into the picture ship. In the past a peerage was vice-minister of Finance, a Mr. until after the drug had been rather the exception than the Yang of Hongkong was among brought on board by the first man. rule, and many very eminent those present.
that The vice-Minister for Foroign He was also satisfied that all of the Speakers never attained
We are asked to remind our his facts on what other people readers that there will be tell him. We have already come Musicale at the Helena May In-raw opium. under considerable notice by stitute on Thursday the 19th May:
of the "child slavery" at 5.15 p.m. reason campaign and if we have added to this the ignorant and damaging
An armed robbery took place at statements of people like Mrs. Rolf, who seriously told a Homo Shaukiwan early this morning, audience that the death rate of when four men entered house No. the Colony is far higher than the 29 and stole property of a value birth rate, we shall earn a title not ascertained at present. Two far from complimentary. We men have been arrested by the
were especially pleased to wol-Police. come the explanatory statement made by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs and we trust that there
is Hongkong Chinese commercial directory
promised
a
be
d'Alanda's client.
When charged, the other maa admitted having taken the drug
has been sent Home an official Moon, according to the statement/10 Chinese members of the crew dignity, while in soms other cases Affairs has addressed a protest denial of Mrs. Rolf's wild and of Mr. Siow Choon Leng, of the had a knowledge of the matter, but a man who had been Speaker to the British Consul General
assertion. This thoughtless
Chinese Directory and Press Ltd. the first man was the prime mover obtained his peerage for other against the action of the Secret- services. An excellent case ary for Chinese Affairs in Hong in point is that of Robert kong in having prohibited any holding up of Hongkong to the of Singapore. He is at present in in the affair, and he proposed to public as the home of all that is Hongkong organising the work proceed against him alone.
The Magistrate discharged. Mr Harley, whose earldom was not celebrations of the inauguration. bud together with the absence of which will be en lines similar to
the fruit of his three Speakerships. He has also complained of the any reference to the incalculable the Singapore production.
Robert Onslow received his title unfair words used in the notice amount of good that has been
six years after he ceased to be advising the Hongkong Chinese achieved here by British rule is a
Speaker, and Arthur Onslow, after not to buy provincial bonds. It is Whilst a raid was in progress aboard. really serious matter a matter
33 years in the chair, received said that the Consul General has The Magistrate said he would like that affects us all, and it is high on a house at Belcher's Street
pension but no title. Nineteenth agreed to forward the protest to Saturday night A inan to bear evidence of discovery. time that some organisation made on
contury Sponkers were more the Hongkong Government. Able Seaman Victor James Find.
If the negotiations between the be a very erroneous impression. an upper floor and sustained lay, who said that on May 7 the generously rewarded, and it is
rib in the fall. Moorben was at anchor in Wuchow worth noting that in nearly every Public works Department and After all is said and done we are a broken
party opposite the Customus House, dépos-case the title conferred has main- the Electric Light Company are a part of the British Empire and He Britishers cannot afford to let of gamblers whom the Police ed that he saw the firemen bringtained its place in the peerage. successful the streets in Canton Addington's title of Lord will be better lighted, says the such an impression go unchall-were seeking. Several men who aboard five baskets and a leather
Sidmouth hag survived, the Canton Times. A plan for change We of Hongkong have were arrested on this charge bag, which the latter first said con- Manners Sutton title of Canter-of electric light globes and iron enged.
the tained tea, and then under pressure bury and the Ahbot title of lamp posts on the streets of much to be proud of and very were brought up before
As these replies little indeed to be ashamed of and Magistrate this morning and medicinal herbs,
Colchester have been handed of Centon are now under negoti- were considered
unsatisfactory down, while of the last fivo ation and it is hoped that the plan it would be a thousand pitios if, fined.
the defendant
and Ab Sing, Speakers only the title of Ossing-will be accepted and immediately by reason of an indulgent silence,
was helping him to
ton has disappeared. It will be executed by the Electric Light the baskets in the 00-
AS, WATSON & CO., LTD., it its business to counter what may jumped from the verandah of
HONGKONG.
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way
HÒNGKONG, MONDAY, MAY 16, 1921.
either in or out of the East. And
fancceeded in
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NEW LIGHT-WEIGHT CHAMPION.
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have
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tution and to become, in part, an elected assembly. Finally a
may be that Mr. Lloyd of the implied suggestion that George's neglect -of the a peer is still eligible for the House of Commons has weakon- Premiership, states a writer ined the feeling against peer a home journal. Constitution-¡ Premierships.
ally he has never ceased to be Kowloon C.C. v U.S.R.C. eligible, but it has been agreed
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an enormous
of the sinister
wo tacitly inferred confirmation" The big increase in opium-who of all the evil reports being cir-smuggling into the Colony has led storo culated by either ignorant
we shall or Revenue Officers to adopt what gineers storeroom, were locked in noted as rather a curious fact that Company. Instead of the present vindictive people. Only this is, for thein, an
unprecedented the storeroom with the baskets for in recent times Mr. Speaker Peel single lamps
was the only one who cared powerful carbon arclights and week-end
following the writer heard course. Recognising that other the night.
name of Commons high and unsolicited praise ac-methodsthan those of watching for morning the baskets were found toto preserve an honoured House instead of the wooden poles we lis shall have artistic iron lampposts corded the local Government by the smugglershave become necas contain a thin layer of herbs cover-
that will greatly beautify the THE TIENTSIN CONFERENCE.
a widely-travelled American, who sary, the revenue offients are looking packets of some suspicious peerage.
streets, bosides giving better declared that Hongkong was the ing out for opium divans Rubstance,
A curious point of practical lights. The newly constructed is involved in the wide roads of the city have con- Fragmentary and sometimes conflicting reports of clamest city he had over soon as possible places of conceal locked in the magazine natil the
that vessel's arrival in Hongkong, when politics
handed over to the suggestions now being made invinced the most conservative what curred at the Tientsin Conference have found their when we come to ponder over raids are now being systematical. they were
should take over the leadership advantages and if they are better into print. From the sum of them it is possible to that remark it isn't so very far y conducted against every likely police, who arrested the defondant some quarters that Lord Derby businessmen of their immense
By the Magistrate: The witness of the Unionst party and per-ghted, they will obtain a glimpse of what transpired, if it is not casy to wrong. We have nothing to hide opium den in the Colony, and in and Ah Sing.
alternative appreciated by all concerned.. Several did not know at the time that the bap become that form a coherent picture. Since the trouble in Mongolia, and we are certainly not housing most cases the result has been
in connection with baskets contained opium. He had Fermier" for whom the political world is always looking out. there have been rumours that Chang Tso-lin. Manchuria's all the unspeakable vices credited what was anticipated.
informed social reformers. If the discovery of small stocks never seen opium before.
Lord Derby's views on tho war lord, and Tsao Kun, the Inspector-General of Chihli to us by zealous but only half-arrests
After farther evidence sentence illicit opium have
subject aro not immediately were coming to Peking or Tientsin for a conference only these people would be con-of
The rumour was tent to speak about matters they been made, followed by the usual of twelve months' imprisonment to the point; the really iu-point for curious reflection,-it
teresting question is with Chin Yun-peng, the Premier. repeated and contradicted so often as to become farcical really understand and leave the fines imposed at the Palics Court, with hard labour was passed.
their fellow-countrymen who are but just when it looked as if the much-heralded just government of this place to It is known that a syndicate Conference would die of, ridicule. the uncrowned better qualified than they, they business principally, consists of king" from Manchuria and the super-Tuchun of Chibli would save themselves and others the disposal of the smuggled actually appeared upon the scene, to be joined a few days a lot of heart-burning. And what drag to the dealers through sur- later by General Wang Chap-yuan. head of the league of is more, they would help to pre-reptitious channels.
A golf msich was played over tacitly for some years now that Writing in the Buxton Literary the Central Provinces. The last-named, since the decease serve their own fair nate.
King's Park course on Sunday be. no Premier of the future can Magazine on "Paris, During the tween Kowloon Cricket Club and be confined to the House of the War," the Marquis of Harting- of General Li Shun in the autum, has been the only one To Ex-Servicemen.
We wish to congratulate the
the United Service H. C. The Lords, and there have eventon says "On one occasion we
some who capable of disputing prestige with the war lords of
game finished all square. Kowloon bean
have based had a good laugh at a certain Manchuria and Chilli, and doubtless one of the chief Committee and officers of the
this an argument in worthy professor who, like a good
of allowing expeditious reasons that prompted (hang and Tsau to come along to Hongkong brunch of the British Ernie Rice Beats Ben Callicott. . C. were lending at tiffin time by on
Prime many others, had been enrolled Contests for the light-weight paints, but the game in the after-favour
to address both into the Intelligence Depart- Tientsia was the prospect of deliminating the area of Legion for
manner in which they have Lonsdale Belt and Championship noon took a complete change, their Ministers
at will. No doubt ment. This painstaking man, General Wang's influence so that it should not encroach
organising the have been events of rare occur opponents.coring 6 to Kowloon's Houses
who was engaged on the To avoid such a danger Chang and Tsa, branch. It is but a short while renee in recent years, and hence, making the match equal. It some of the prejudice against poer upon their own.. at least for a time, sank their own differences, which have back since the meeting was called the widespread interest aroused was decided to arrive at a result Premiers rest on the disastrous detection of leakages in the been somewhat acute. By appearances the Big Three have by Major General Sir George in the meeting between Eenie and the two leading pans (Nos. 1 experiment under Lord Rosebery, blockade, wrote
there have Rice, of Hounslow, and Ben and 2) played another four holes when the Premier was hardly on memorandum been able to settle matters to their own satisfaction, leaving Kirkpatrick, but
But Hijos, in Spain. In eighty pages observers to surmise how far the understanding is likely to already been sent out forms of Callicott, of Plymouth, for the which the U.S.R.C. players won, speaking terms with the leader of ramifications of the firm of E
application for membership and title at the National Sporting this winning the match for the the House of Commons. we know that the Committee has Club. Since Fred Welsh won U.S.M.C. This was one of the best more of it rests on the solider of typewritten foolscap he traced inure to the benefit or otherwise of the country.
There is this much to be said for the pact between the met and straightened out a deal the belt outright in 1912, and also games the two clubs have had, and ground that it is intolerable that the workings of this ruffian, show- militaristic trio that, since they represent, both metaphoric of organisation work. All those won the World's Championship, in spite of the inclement weather the Prime Minister should be ed how he was more or less inter- ally and actually, the heavy guns among the warring factions. ex-servicemen who were not at there has been only one contest everyone enjoyed it, all looking unable to address the representa ested in every firm which was the risks of internecine conflict are proportionately diminis-the original meeting and who, in for the title, and that was in forward to the return game. The tives of the people, and that the smuggling iron ore to Germany, more important amouncements of supplying enemy submarines, or policy should come to the Com- otherwise acting to the prejudice ed while the understanding between them continues. It is received a form from the Hon. the veteran Johany Summers,
mons only, as it were, at second of the Allies, and in a masterly intimated that they have so far settled terms as to have Secretary are advised to apply to the old welter-weight champion, D.J. Mackenzie O Capt. Leslie.
Smith... 1 hand. In part the new suggestion aum.ning up suggested a means agreed upon partial disbandment of troops in order that him (the advt, appears in this Marriott having dropped out of
issue on page 4) and we sincerely active participation in sport and D.C.R. Smith... 1 Mr Lindsell may be a counsel of despair, since of checkmating him. Next day
"alternative Promiors" are not he learned-and he was Premier Chin may be enabled to carry out a scheme of re-
hope that something like returned the coveted belt, the C. Clarke 1 Mr Hooper... 0
1 Mr Franks numerous. trenchment. If this is meant seriously, it will be an unanimous response will be made. two men who met in the ring last D.G. Nicoll
1 Capt. Glover portant step on the road to the reform so urgently needed. There is wide scope and great night had clearly
Lt. Bevan... Having regard to the course of events concerning the opportunity for really useful work their right to combat for its S. Gray
G. H. May Mr Fraser... 1 soldiery and to the characters of the parties chiefly con by such an organisation, not only possession.
Though he has been bofore the. Jack
Cpt. Murphy Of Woodman Major Lloyd cerned--for apparently the Premier has, willy nilly, played for the benefit of its members out a secondary part in the proceedings-no great amount of for the benefit of the men of public for some years, generally Dr.
We have out against bigger men than H. Overy....... O ME Balter... the regular garrison. confidence can be at present reposed in the promise. There previously commented on the himself, Rice's reputation reste J. McCubbin... 0 Mr Folter... 1
said mainly on his achievements dur-K. R. Macaskill 1 Capt. Mere- is too much ground to apprehend a repetition of previous fact that nothing was
dith... 0 fiascos, for we read of disbandment, but not of disarmament, regarding this side of the Legion's ing the last few months, and go that the war lords have only to re-engage the soldiery activities at the inaugural meet-more particularly on his perfor. W. T. Elson... O Dr. Smalley 1
ing, but we hope that it is a side mance in the recent Ring light-J. Hyde 1 Lt. Dodding- But we shall see.
that has not been overlooked. weight belt compotition, in which
ten ......... The results of the Conference are understood to comAt any rate, it is a side that the he passed through triumphantly H. E. Stoneham 1 Mr Brown ... 0
members can soon in great style, beating all his men C. M. W. Rey- prise support of the present Cabinet, the aforesaid re- general
nolds .... O Capt. Hewitt 1 trenchment scheme, by which it is proposed to reduce the interest themselves in and we in summary fashion. His form combined administrative and military expenditure to feel sure that the Committee will was then convincing. Callicott,
gladly co-operate in any sugges the Plymonth man, claimed the Total D Total G $5,000,000 per month, the coming out of the original tions that have as their object longer experince and, incidentai-
Capt Leelie programme for a parliamentary election, and negotiations the bettering of the social life of ly, the greater skill as a boxer, D.J. Mackenzie
uniformed units. but they are both possessed of a and D R. Smith and for the resumption of allegiance by Hunan, Szechuen, Hongkong's
Smith Mr Lindsell Yunnan and Kweichow, who, tired of continual civil There was so much in common punishing punch.
Both trained, Splendidly they C. Clarke and Mr Hooper and between the civilian and military were the picture of health when D. G. Nicoll 1 Mr Fraaks... 0 strife, have sent delegates to General Wang with that view during the days of the late war To some hopeful observers this has reopened a vista of populations of the Empire that they weighed in in the afternoon, J. Stalker and Capt Glover and unification, especially as General. Wang, whose area of we should avoid getting back to Rice scaling 9 st. 811⁄2 lb. Callicott
B. Gray 0 Lt. Bovan... 1 G. H. May and Mr Fraser and influence is to be the Lower Yangtze and as much the pre-war attitude. And it is was a pound lighter.
J. Jack... 0 Capt. Murphy 1 of the South as he can obtain control of, has under-up to ex-servicemen, if anybody. [Since the above contest, Rice
Woodman Major Lloyd and taken to serve notice to quit upon Dr. Sun Yat-sen to 800 that their late comrades has defeated the French boxer. Dr
are not given undue cause for Georges Papin, for the light and H. Overy 1 Mr Salter 0 while Chang Tso-lin directe his attention to the recovery complaint. Civilian residents of weight championship of Europe... McCubbin Mr Potter and
and K. R.
Capt of Outer Mongolia. A separate conference of provincial this Colony have been censored
Mackoskill... 0 Meredith... 1 delegates, so far incomplete, has been assembling at Peking a good deal in the past, but we to discuss a sort of federal scheme. It is within the bounds see in this new organisation a
Stoneham Mr Brown Dr Smalley and J. Hyde 0 Lt. Doddington 1 of possibility that China is moving slowly and painfully chance to remove much of the towards a better state, but the only point to emerge or super-Tuchuns, are clearly is that the Tuchuns, still in control, which detracts from what encouragement the Conference offers.
might consequence,
cause.
not have 1919, when Bob Marriott defeated scores were as follow:
DECEASED ARTIST. The body of Mr. Marcus Stone, R.A., was cremated at Golders
Green.
Kuwlcon C.C. U.S.R.C.
established J. Stalker
GIANT FALCON KILLED.
to wing has been shot at Penarth. A large falcon, 4ft. from wing For years it has haunted the neighbourhood, preying pigeons and other birds. It had defied for a long time an organis- ed vendetta among sportsmon,
ол
W.T. Elson sod
and C. M. W. Reynolds ...
Total......2}
and Capt. Hewitt....... 1
Totul.. .50
never
It may also be due allowed to forget it-that 'e Hijos' to the feeling that the House of is simply the Spanish for and Lords is about to alter its consti- sons.*"
Between
Ourselves
By Robt, MacWhirter.
OUT--FISHING AND
CETTING WET.
BACK TO-MORROW.