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HONGKONG, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1922.
TUESDAY, MARCH 14 -1922.
NOTES & COMMENTS.
1
DAY
BY DAY.
Our Retort.
Did the Government give way to the demand that the arbitration:
¡Canton ?—No.
Did the Government give way
No.
I
DIOCESE OF VICTORIA. THE SHATIN INCIDENT.
The annual Church of England Diocesan Conference opened - at
bulld
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to tha
Enquiry Resumed This Morning.
King spoke to them in Chinese warding them to return pasce- - fully, saying if they, proceeded THOSE WHO HAVE THE GIFT Annual Conference To-day.
further the military would shoot. The most affective method of OF OPEÈCH AND ARE ORATORS
The crowd began to get very, die “ replying to to-day's leading| HAVE, IN THE MAIN, A GREAT
orderly, waving bata and sticks articla in the Daily Press, and INSTRUMENT OF CHARLATAN- one which will prevents con TISM: HAPPY ARE THEY IF TREY/the St. John's ¿Cathedral Hall MORE POLICE EVIDENOK. A man in white, who appeared fa":
and shouting "Strike! Go onl fusion of issues, is to deal with DO NOT ABUSE IT.-Saint Bawie.the purpose of discussing the incident at Shatin was continued also a ringleader in brown
this morning. It was held for The inquiry into the shooting be a ringleader, cams forward, the essential paints in question
activities of the Church in the at the Magistrany, before Mr. J. Mr. King tried to catch hold of and answer form, as follows ~ Capt. G. H. Bromwich has just Diocese of Victoria, Hongkong, R. Wood, and a Jury consisting him. Mr. King caught him.
Did the Government give way arrived from England to take for the past year, and presided of Mars, W.L. Loath, F.C. Hall The to the demand that the seamen over the past of Chief Engineer over by the Bishop, Dr. Doppay, and A. K. Ferguson, to-day. Mr. past
arowd then rushed abould be employed solely at the Naval Dockyard.
who was supported by the Chap- G. H. Wakeman represented the King, rescued the man. Witness and bustling Mr. through the Union *--No.
lain of the Cathedral, the Rev. Crown and Mr. W. E. L. Shenton Bred one round into the ground Did the Government give way The number of ships in harbour V. H. Copley Moyle, and by the appeared on behalf of the police in front of them. The crowd took to the demand that no agresment is decreasing daily. There are Rav. Archdeacon Barneti. officers concerned. As between owners and men now 100 vessels in port, amount-
no notice and they stepped to one should be valid unless witnessed ing in all to 194,360 tons.
The devotions incidental to the The coroner referred to the side The crowd pushed past' by the Union --No.
opening of the conference having, Jury's decision not to visit the and Mr. King give the order been proceeded with, the Rov.scene. Mr. Wood explained that "Fire one round, low." Aftar Injuries to his head were sus J.T. Holman prasented the new decision was come to on the the round was fired the crowd conference should be held in tained by a Chinese as a result of Pastoral Staff and Signet Ring, evidence. It was quite possible that remained still. The three police a fall from the first floor of No. 13 the latter accompanied by an after hearing further evidence the offers went forward to the front Jury might wish to visit the noena.jof the crowd and Mr. King told Did the Government give way Temple Street yesterday. He insurance polley for two years.
They would decids that paint them if they moved any further to the seamen's demand regarding was removed to the Kwong Wah
Bishop's Address.
after the evidence was closed. he would order the military to the personnel of the Arbitration Hospital in a serious condition.
In the course of his Presi: The Coroner intimated that he fire again. First aid was then Board --No.
Mons. Rean, the local Consul- dantial address, the Bishop refer proposed to sit until o'clock rendered to the injured. Some to the demand that the Union General for France, is shortly to red to the purpose of the con- to-day and tomorrow and on of the crowd then com should be reopened before the proceed to Franes on leave. ference as being brought under Thursday if necessary to sit late. menced to return to Hongkong Mr. Shenton put in copies of and some said they would not delegates came to HongkongDaring bls absence the duties two main features, that of helping
the Government connected with the past will be
Gazette ex-return until the wounded had been Did the Government give way administered by the Vice-Consul church life, and of enabling traordinary for February 25th. removed. Dr. Smalley arrived them to review their 'work. In and March 4th. issuing pro-and the wounded were sent to to the demand that all persons Mons. P. Kremer. arrested in connection with the;
regard to the former, he said that clamations dealing with parsons Tang Wab Hospital in the ambul strike should be released No.
it seemed evident that the leaving the Colony and calling anca With the facts thus. what be- Brigade to Queen's Road East at to administer to a
An alarm brought out the Fire Church here would always have up the Volanters.
Cross-examined, witness eati- come of the Daily Press assertion nine o'clock this morning. The colonial population, and this in-
migrators Inspector Pitt's Evidence. rated the crowd at from 2,000 to that "with the single exception Fitchen of the first floor of No. 36 creased the difficulties of their witness called to day. The In-Shatin 3,000 or more. To try and Inspector Pitt was the first 2,500 at the water works and at NEVILLE-A the Government Civil Hospital to Mr. and Conference in Hongkong (instead defective Blue. The outbreak pecially in the direction of build the morning of 3rd. March he trancheons would have been use- of insisting on the holding of the was found to be alight, due to a work in many directions, es-spector said that at 6.10a.m. on stop the crowd with bayonets of of in Canton, as the Seamen's was extinguished without much ing up a corporate church life. Caion demanded) the Govertrouble.
received instructions to proceed less. They would have bean with all available assistance to overpowered. The crowd treated ment gave way all along the
Proceeding with a review of line." To assert, too, as our coz.
the historical side of the colonial the Kowloon Water Works and the polica with contempt. temporary does, that the Govern- Suffering from the effects of an work, the President mentioned also to inform Sergt. Gray to pro-If the shooting had not taken ment abandoned the principle of immersion in the harbour, into that in addition
ceed with him. Witness reported place there would probably have arbitration is equally ridiculous. which he had jumped from the sve churches of the Chung the strikers were taking. Witness police, which might have resulted to Mr. King as to the direction been a violant assault on the It was the seamen who abandoned Pottinger Street wharf in an at-Hwa Sheng Kung Hui at it, but, as events turned out, tampt to take bis life, a male which services were held in the telephoned Sergt. Darling at Yau-in death. there was no necessity for arbitra-Chinese, aged 29. WAS
The Coroner:-Did it appear taken vernacular, every Sunday, there and asked him to take tion, because the parties to the yesterday to the Government were three Colonialchurches in the witness to the water works in his that the crowd wanted to attack dispute eventually came to agree- |
Civil Hospital.
Colony. He spoke of the splendid sidecar. He arrived about 6 39 am the police? ment on all outstanding points,
work achieved by the two schools with Sub-Lospector Field. Sergt. Witness considered that they THE SOUTH AFRICAN OUTBREAK.
Servant Control.
There will be a big attraction maintained by the Diocese and Gray and witness got into the did. If the police had not stopped at the World Theatre this after-by the Missions to Seames, and side-car and went to the Taipo the crowd they would not have During the period when the noon and to-night, when "Reputa said that if they were to progress dropped. They passed through a attempted to stop them by other Rosd junction, where Gray was assaulted them, but if they had domestic servants of the Colony tion," featuring Priscilla Dean, towards coberent diocesan life The deplorable news from Johannesburg is relieved were out on sympathetic strike, will be shown. It is a magnificant the Chinese work and English large crowd and arrived at the means witness considered that somewhat by later tidings to the effect that the Government the housewives of the Colony alm based on Ella Whealer Wil-work must be more closely related water works at 545 Witness there would have been an assault. has burried up reinforcements, with General Smuts in learned a thing or two regarding cor's story of that name and has than it was. He concluded wii constables with rifles and charged said he saw no signs of firearms turned out the three Indian police In reply to a Juryman, witness personal control of the situation. This, as we said, is a the manner in which houseboys, drawn big houses wherever it has an appeal for greater support for
cooks and amaha carried out their been screened.
the Victoria Diocesan Association magazines with 10 rounds. While in the crowd. relief from the point of view of preventing hostilities from duties. Mang ware the ravela-
sad a reference to the personnel, this was being done Sub-Inspector Another Witness. becoming widespread. Unhappily the fact remains that tions that were made, most of
Field and Sergt. Dorling esch The next witness called was Laat week's health return in one of our large Colonies British workers have resorted them reflecting very decidedly on shows 16 cases "of plague (all
Diocesan Reports. fired one round into the bank Sergt. A.J.W. Dorling. This wit
The bead of the to arms in opposition to constituted authority. Of late the servant class. The
crowdness said that on the morning of con Chinese), of which 12 were fatal';
Separate reports on the differ- ent centres of the Diocese were
was coming round the bend March 3rd. he went to the Ho Yik year Labour in the sub-continent has adopted a peculiarly has been a revival of the nine of small-pox (one British and then submitted by the Rev. V. H. Witness fired two rounds himself Theatre and saw spout 500 Chi-
idea of some form of servant eight Chinese), of which
into the bank. He then posted nase, who in about an hour in- Copley Moyle (3 John's
three Indian constables across crossed to about 1,000. About Cathedral.) Ray. A. G. 3. Se the road, about 40 yds. from the 5.15 m, they began to more though not to the present extent of actually employing years past. The more the ques non-fatal); two non-fatal cases of (St. Andrew's) Ven. Archdeacon who speaks Chinese duantly, each. Witness followed them as
(St. Peter's) Rev. G. R. Lindsey commandoes appropriated tion is looked into, however, the paratyphoid fever (one Bristan Barnett and Rev. Blanchart went amongst the crowd and far an Ysumali School and then organised forces. The term
Sab-Inspector Field, away in two bodies of about 500 by these striker-combatants has a sad irony, recalling the difficulties. That there is decid-fatal case of puerperal fever feature of these reports was the spoke to them. They gradually reported the matter by telephone.
more is it found to bristle with and one Portuguese); and one (Christ Church, Canton) South African War, when our soldiers had to fight the ed room for improvement so far (Chinese). Boer commandues. To-day the action of the misguided as domestic service goes needs no
worked themselves graster interest displayed in the
forward Witness picked up lassector Pitt towards the guard. They were and pr ceeded on his motor. workers has necessitated calling out the troops to coun-emphasising. But to bit apoo
past year and the progress teract attacks by our own kin. When such things can be, any practicable scheme which is
was attained in many directions. getting hostile and
of cycle to the Taipo Road. Foar control, shouting "go In his speech on the progress and waving their hists and sticks.a crowd of Chinese. They put on" the water works they passed we to this Coby may congratulate ourselves that the late likely to work well is by no means DEATH_OF_CHINESE- strike, save for isolated instances, was free from violence. worth recalling
easy.
CUSTOMS OFFICIAL
of the institution, the Rev. W. TWitness telephoned Featherstone, Haadmastar of the King. who had already left.mained on the road.
for Mr. the motor-cycle away and re- Adequate material is not available here for judging few weeks ago Shanghai rate-
Diocesan Boys' School, said that Witness returned to the road and spector Field and witness drow Sub-In- of the merits. We nuderstand generally that the men's payers found themselves unable
that so far $320,000 had bean some Indian P.C.'s arrived. They revolvers and fired one round each objection relates to the employment of coloured labour for to devise either a compulsory Nephew of Sir Robert Hart secured towards the erection of came through the crowd and into the bank. The crowd stopped
the new school buildings.
An with skilled or semi-skilled work, and it is an objection that voluntary scheme of registra
tion. We have every sympathy The death took place in the additional $50,000 was required were posted with the other three telling them to go back to Hong- magazines charged they and witness went towards them. will meet with a very considerable amount of sympathy, in with well-thought-out plans for General Hospital, Shanghai, on for an immediate start on the men across the road. The crowd kong Inspector Pitt came along saying which we are not alluding to racial distinctions, securing better service, but we do the 6th. inst., of M. Pierre Huber, work, the total sum ultimately but to the economic phase as viewed by white workers. think that this is a question formerly of the Chinese Maritime wanted as an addition to that shouting "Strike: Go!"
getting very disorderly, with three Indiaos. Inspector There is, however, another side of the economic question which will require very careful Customs. M. Huber had not been already obtained would be crowd were seven or eight deep, volver into the bank. The crowd which it may be impossible to ignore. If mines have handling. If it does not, it may in robust health for some consi- $125,000,
all carrying sticks and bundles. were not quiet; there was a great ozly succeed in aggravating the derable time, but only recently to close down simply because they cannot pay under trouble rather than alleviating did his condition become serious, Graves of British Pioneers. One, who seemed to be the ring deal of shouting going on. The existing conditions, the workers are not helping their metters.
leader, came close to witness and three Indians were posted on the and his death
quite The Rev. Mr. Hoskin suggested shouted to the crowd to come rosd, some 30 yards from the cause by insistence upon their objection. According to The Tipping Habit.
unexpected among his numer-that arrangements should be on. They all ous friends. The deceased gentle-made for the exhumation and and thir Came the South African Chamber of Mines, however, the
forward crowd. The crowd became noisy, And the same might be said man was a nephew of Sir Robert cremation of the remains in the to one side. Witness fired & spoke to them and they quietened
men pushed witness Sub.nspector Field men are under some misapprehension, the Chamber assert of another post-strike activity. Hart, his father, who at que time British cemetery at Whampos round into the ground sad the down.
again ing that the contemplated rearrangement would only allot In the focal newspapers of the held the position of Commissioner which was badly in need of crowd stopped.
Later they became the same proportion of coloured labour as hitherto. What- past two or three days there has of Customs, having married.Mise repair. They were chiefly graves reached the Indians by this time. in European sigle, who was in the They had not noisy again and one man, dressed ever be the fact in this regard, the circumstance that been appearing an advertisement Elizabeth Hart, Sir Robert's of East India Company's men Witness again ran to the 'phone.front, took up the cry and tried stands out is that nothing could justify the strikers GRATUITIES." The
reading --" The Slogan, NO sister. M. Huber was born in and naval men. After cremation While there, he heard a consider to push past Inspector Pitt. The obvious Chips, and after completing his the remains could be removed to able amount of noise and shout latter fired his revolver foto employment of arins.
idea which animated those who education entered the Customs the cemetery at Shameen. General Smuts has issued a statement declaring that caused this advertisement to be service. Shortly before the war After some discussion" it was and saw the crowd forcing the arrived, and these men loaded ing. Witness ran out to the road the ground and five more Indians the revolutionary movement is the work of extremist inserted is that the habit of he went to France on leave, and decided that a committee should Indiaos back, the Indians trying their magazines and took up agitators. who have used the strike to disseminate tipping servants in Hotels, Cafes while at bone hostilities brake be appointed at Canton in order to prevent them with their rifles. position with the others. Witness Syndicalist doctrines. To this may be added the encourbe stopped in view of the action the French Army, being. posted
and other establishments should out. He immediately enlisted in to raise funds for the purpose.
They had to go back about 40 got on his motor-eyele and thisa agement received from the Nationalists. Their leader, taken by these servants during the to the 69th. Regiment of In-
Missions to Seamen. yards. The police were placed rode through the crowd to Yau-- General Hertzog, it is announced, does not countenance strike. We cannot help thinking fantry, and although always of
fon one side and the crowd filed mati to get assistance, The Rev. G. T. Waldegrave, past, raising their fists and half way down the bill, he_met About the formation of strike commandoes." This is satisfactory that, no matter how disappointed rather delicate constitution, he Chaplain of the Seamen's In giving contempinions
exhaustive About
smiles. the C.S.P. and a military officer. as far as it goes, but the fact remains that the "connten man might be at the outcome insisted in taking his part in the stitute, gave
15 minutes ance given to the strike by the Nationalists probably to strike at those who only did soldier, as numerous citations men during the year. He said three Indian soldiers, arrived in and they would not be able He was a brave account of the Missions to Sea European military officer with crowd was getting out of hand of the strike, it is a little unfair front line.
later, Witness told the C.S.P. that the acted as a stimulus to the hotheads among the workers. what thousands of others did, evidence. Returning to Chips that on the completion of the car. It is true that the Nationalist leader deprecated violence, namely, cease work either be-after the war he rejoined the East Praya Reclamation Soheme the crowd had advanced about Witness returned to the water Wilness informed him that to detsin them much longer. but it is none the less true that the support given to the cause of intimidation or by Customs, and for a time was some years hence, the Institute mile ahead and he then proceed-works and found that the strikers was liable to encourage them in extremes. The white population of this Colony owing to ill health, decided to referred to a proposal to raise & Field following on foot, with some
at Kongmoon, but, would require a new site, and ed, witness and Sab-Inspector crowd bad broken through. action of the Nationalists is aggravated morally by the wish to be taunted that they are retire. It is a sad circumstance mortgage for that purpose with the sepoys and police. Shortly after, the scene of the actual shooting Coming to what took place on fact that it cannot reasonably be doubted that they childish, then a batter way to that his wife and three children Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.. supported the workers in order to strike at
Mr. King overtook them with witness said Mr. King told Cap the ear that taunt could scarcely should have left for home only a The conference then adjourned Sergt. Dorling. Witness was Bloxham that in the event of any Government rather than from sympathy with Labour. have been devised than the few weeks ago.
for the tifo interval. It is being taken on the back. On getting trouble he would give the order method of withholding the ac-
continued this afternoon.
up to the crowd, Mr. King kept for one round to be fired at the shouting out to them to go back. feet of the crowd, The D.B.P, Witness pointed out two men Inspector Pitt and witness then whom be considered wore the went towards the crowd. The tingleaders. They overtook the DS.P. shouted to them and they
bittek
war strike it will be remembered that before the registration, which has been Chinas were fatal; three
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South Africa's Premier intimates that the situation is now castomed gratuities to those who well in hand, and it deserves to be noted that the Govern-wait on us. And it might just be for action than the present. Why ment has support from the burghers, besides which the that such a step will directly lead caunot we let things die & little general body of Labour has refused to be stampeded by to further trouble. We assume first before we do something| the agitators. As far as can be judged from the cables that "boys" in Hotels and Cafes which we all know will set the The military attaches of the military near the seventh mile- stopped. Later they advanced reaching here, certain Labour leaders had previously put regard their tips as being part of native population talking and great Powers recently witnessed stone, Mr. King took the silua- again, waving hats and sticks- themselves in the wrong by breaking away from ab cut those tips down to almost consumed with the mistaksa idea dirigible "Bra," at Rome. This is went about 100 yards further surged forward, Inspector Fitt their monthly earnings, and to thinking? Some people are so the christening of the new tion io band The military and shouting. When the crowd arbitration proposal without assigning a concrete reason. nothing might very possibly lead that the late strike was antithe smallest dirigible is the world, on What treatment is to be meted out to the ringleaders to a demand for facreased wages. foreign that they have lashed being only 1,500 cubic metres gas witness heard Mr. King say "You The C.SP. shouted to the officer, catting where fired one round into the round remains to be seen. In regard to the mass of the workers, We have long since been of the themselves into being anti-capacity, Lieutenant Ferrari, who may have to fra. If so, fire one "One round, low." The wounded let them now put themselves back in the right, as far as carried to annoying excess in this down the better. Our best advice Rome to Tokyo, of this ocoa fon menced to come round the bend. ordered to go to Yamati to opinion that the tipping habit is Chinese. The sooner they calm became famous for his flight from round low. The crowd_com were attended to and witness was may be, by submitting the dispute to some impartial Colony, but we cannot conceive to those who have made it s rule flow for the first time in a Mr. King, Sergt. Darling and witpick by Dr. Smalley. tribunal.
of a more inappropriate occasion to give tipe is to give them still.
dirigible.
nese zen towards the crowd, Mr. The enquiry is proceeding.
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