THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1938,
Hongkong Newspaperman Who Drafted China's "Declaration of Independence SHOP FOKI WHO BECAME A
Dr.
WU TING-FANG
CHINESE LEADER
WHAT DID HE SAY?
WAS
EDUCATED IN COLONY
By T. Paul Gregory
THE splendid role which this Colony has played in the recent history of its great neighbour-China-is a truly momentous one.
Hongkong, not only on account of its liberal administration but also because of its laudable zeal in fostering democratic in-. stitutions, has been the leaven which has encouraged many of its Chinese citizens to work for the resorgimento or resurrection of their ancient Motherland in order that she might achieve a pasi- tion of equality and respect in the comity of great nations.
Some of them, too, by reason of their intense earnestness, glowing enthusiasm, and self-sacrificing devotion to the cause of Chinese nationalism have aroused the admiration of the entire work and won the esteem and gratitude of their fellow citizens,
Fow, however, can be said to enjoy the effulgent grandeur of an enduring fame which crowns like a halo of glory the achieve- ments of him who can be claimed as one of Hongkong's most emin- ent sons--Dr. Wu Ting-fang. Moreover, like Dr. Sun Yat-sen, he can be justly proclaimed "one of the greatest personalities which China has produced during the troublous years of transition from an age-old monarchical civilisation to that of a modern Republic."
Dr. Wu Ting-fang was born at Singapore, July 9, 1842 and died at Canton, June 23, 1922.
His parents, Cantonese folk of the merchant or trading class, with praiseworthy interest in their son's future, decided that he should be brought up in the true Confucian way by being nurtured in China rather than in the hybrid
th Therefore, milieu of Malaya. lal was sent back to his ancestral homeland at the age of four years.
His first instruction was, of course, the traditional manner of the old- time Chinese school under the stern but
of Just Tutelage periagogue.
villag the
being deemed The youngier, especially precorious, was brought to Hongkong at the age of fourteen, and pinced in St. Paul's College, where! he remained until it completed the course of the insitution in 1861.
Young Wu Was now nineteen
the U. S. he no doubt aahibed many of those democratic principles which he and other rivolutionary leaders! have striven to realise-with small sucers it must be admitted in the constitution of the Chinese republic.
REVISION OF TREATIES Dr. Wu also served his country in various other capacities. In 1902, for "xample, he was appointed by the Empress Dowager, Tsz-bd, to under- take the revision of treaties with the
Another
Fasein-
ating Article In
The Personalities
of Old Hongkong' Series
Powers,
Although, he was largely unsuccessful in this important post, the was get successful in negotiating to number of minor treation. On divers occasions he was the necupant
years of age, and we find him dur- ing the next ten years of his resid- ence in the Colony employed in vari-
from ous capacities ranging prosle une of shopman's faki estributor no some of Hongkong's antedated Chinese news that day.
sheets
of of the posts of finister of the Ching- or Board of Punishments, Secre-
These, in addition to being poorly try and printed, were also so woefully con-1 of the
Board of For-
ducted that none of them could be rigny Vice-President
aid to have any fixed editorial the
policy.
and
ident of or Board of Com-
-Indeed.pa-cffee-and-anli-Anete Jahe one in the office i
qusted did Dr. Wu find them that of Minister of the Board of Punish- he determined to bring about the ments, he drafted a Criminal Code betterment of Chinese Journalism; and Code of Commercial Procedure thus we find him instrumental in which became the besie late of the establishing the first modern daily enuntry.
i newspaper in the Chinese language- the Che-ngoi
San-po, or
Chinese and Foreign News,
The
MINISTER TO US.
In 1948 Dr. Wu was re-appointed
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Chopin-Sonata in B Flat Minor
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the
Prince Igor (Burodis)-Introduc- tion: Polovtsi Dances: (a) Dance of The Young Girls; (by Daner of the Men; (e) General Dance; Chorus
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8.33 Chopin-Sonata In B Flat Minor, Op. 35.
Played by Percy Grainger (Piano).
nation without the pie {1} the great! Shao-yi and others, he organised the tenwald
9.10 Gilbert and
9.09 Marek Weber and is Or- Western sciences and industrial the increasing inhience of the mili processes, a jettisoning of the crude, tary party in the Government so that chestra.
and Menuelt (Beethoven); The Night- put-of-date and iputile concepts he withdrew from the North,
Mr. Tongingale's Morning Greeting: (Iteck-
The which have multiplied to keep the with Dr. Sun Yat-sen,
Squirrel Dance
constituting the family
civiliser Constitutional Government at Canten, (Smith).
Sullivan Ex- world. They have fuited.
exercising administrative jurisdiction The Manchu
Dynasty has been over eight of the south-western pro- cerpts,
Trial y Jury For These Kind tried by a patient and peaceful, vinees.
When 1, Good Friends....I co people for centuries, and has been
His unquestioned faith in the des- Sheffield and Chorus: Swear Thou the fund more than wauting. It
.Arthur Hosking-George tiny of the Republic and abiding Jury! ..............
Sheffield sacrificed the reverence, forfeited
the Baker-Derek Oldham-Leo regard, and
and lost the confidence loyally to Dr. Sun exemplify repused in it by all Chinese, mobility of the ideals and sentiments and Male Chorus: Where Is The
The
freely rise in the past have ut
proved delusions and snares. Its the prantisce for the future can carrying.
the inan. Indeed, it
defection of Chan Chitmg~
who revolted against
the of
Arthur Husking-George Lawson and Chorus
no weight, deserve no considera Father of Chinese Nationalism in Stu Brooding On Their Mad Infa- 1822, which hastened the passing of tim, and permit trust.
7411 "We are fighting for, that Britain the veteran diplomat. fought in the days of old; we are fighting for that America fought: we are fighting for whatever nation that is
is worthy of the name haz fought in its days.
"We are fighting to be men in the world, we are Bulting to cast €110 oppressire, picious, und
his
Your Escort.
tranaans rule that has beguared cement since its Bares His Steel....Leo
It may be interesting in note that Minister to the United States, Mexico, during the early part of his career, Cuba and Peru, but the momentous Dr. Wu was known simply as Ng year 1911 found him again in his the homeland, and upon the outbreath of Choy, Ng being his stirname,
the revolution on October 11, he lase read
and disgraced China, obstructed to the lifeograph of which may be
In Mandariti, and Choy his tened to offer his rervices
and defied the fervire nations, and "milk name" such as cause.
set back the hands of the clock of uke-meng or
diplomat experience as Hi:
the sourlit. that custom dictates
nabroad won him immediate recogni- wastion, so that he became the Minister not of Foreign Affairs to the Provincial!
In Government.
nese male must bear
Chi-
.
1.30 London Relay-The News. 9.50 The Band of H. M. Grenadier Guards,
tuation; I Cannot Tell What Phis- Love May Be... W. Lawson-N. Brier- cliffe-M. Eyre and Chorus of Girls The journals of that day recorded. with Orchestra; The Pirates of Pen~ It is with regret that we announce zance'; Oh! Dry The Glist'ning Tear the death of China's Grand Old man. Fredric, Let
Elsie Griff and Chorus of Girls; lent Then, De, Wa Ting-fung. By China loses a great statesman who Lion-Hearted....George Baker and Sheffield, has been intimately associated with Derek Oldham; When The Forman The absolute sin- Elsie Griffin, Nelle Briercliffe and of the man, the splendid con- Chorus. sistency in his political attachments, his unselfish love of his native land, and scrupulous honesty in public office were so outstanding that he will long be remembered with affection After the abdication of the Em-by all patriotic Chinese. Indeed, it peror, Dr. Wu retired, but in 1916, says much for the universal respect Dr. Wu realized that the attitude however, he was appointed Minister in which he was held that even his fel-arr.
the foreign powers towards the of Foreign Affairs under President political opponents were overcome by sorrow; for it is doubtful whether [revolutionary movement was of para-14 Yuan-hung.
any moral,
The next year he acted as Premier, any other occupies such a high place! mount importance, 84
but became eventually disgusted at in the country's esteem." diplomatic, or material support given or the In the year 1874 Dr. Wu, now a by the Powers to one side man of thirty-two, decided to make other might decide once and for all the law his vocation, and with this whether the Government of China end in view he went to London for should be a Republic or else a return study, entering Lincoln's Inn. Alter to the effete and moribund Manchu he had dily qualified at this instituuligarchy which had been so recent- tion he was admitted to the bar, thus
ly overthrown. enjoying the distinction of being the
(or Ting-fong in Cantonese) his pit-tsz or "style" and was assumed until his later years. brief, "Wu Ting-fang" is simply the mandurinised version of his tonese name.
TURNED TO LAW
first Chinese to become an
· Barrister-at-law,
practised law for a number
Can-
English
Therefore, he drafted a most re- document a sort of mani- markable
of years
After his return to the Colony, he festo, in which he set forth the rea- sons for the upheaval and the alms |
in the and for a time was Acting Magistrate, of the Revolutionists.
Indeed, he was the first of his race
The studied earnestness
to preside over a British Court o cogent thought of this appeal to the! Justice in Hongkong. He also sat for Powers might be compared in its
phraseology
some
with
the
inmortal
time on the Legislative Council American Declaration of Independ representing the interests of his con-ence, for it states in part:
levinic, however, that his des tiny was to serve his Motherland, he accepted the Invitation of the Vice- roy, Lung-chang, to serve as a member of the latter's Sueretariat. In this capacity, he was instrumental In promaling the construction of the Tlenstin-Tangku Raliway-the Brst Chinese railway. When the trealy of Shimonosek was negotiated with consequence Japan in May 1895, as
of the first disastrous Sino-Japanese confilet, Dr.
Wu accompanied Viceroy Li to Tokyo, where he rendered valu-
able services to the nation.
So
highly regarded was Dr. Wu as
a diplomat that the Emperor, Kuang- asu, appointed him in 1897 to repre- sent China as Minister to the United States, Spain and Peru.
In his capnelty as Minister to the the most popu-
U.S., he was perhaps, who has ever Jar Chinese been accredited to that country. He enjoyed an immense popularity with
much the American people, so that even to this day his name is well known and respected throughout the length and breadth of that land. Dr. Wu, too, did not conceal hin avowed admiration for Americans and Ameri- can ideals; for during his sojourn in
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Military Murch (Specially arrting- ed); Naval Marth (Specially arrang- ed); Acclamation Waltz (Waldteu- Silver Winterbottom); fet); The Grenadiers Waltz (Waldleu- Processional Crumpets Grand March (Viviani-arr. Godfrey).
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STATESMAN Magyari Imre and 1s Hungarian
MOURNED
Sir George Perley Served Years In Parliament Hankow, Jan. 5. The story of a golfer who had to
London, Jan, 4. "It is unnecessary to butulge in remove a piece of shrapnel off the
The death was announced to-day of tengthy explanations of the reasons green before he could pull was told
1111 enthusiastle player, Air.the Rt. Hon. Sir George Halsey The are notorious. The Maurhusetts Foot, flankow representative Perley, .c.M.G.. G.C.M.G., Pc, former leading to the present Revolution. Government has in the course off the Manufacturers Life Insurance Secretary its dominance of China demon- atrated its incapacity to rule its or conduct the affairs of the
Manchu
of
Company.
Hankow Race Club--Reuter.
HOME PACKERS PROTECTED
London, Jan. 4.
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Tu report sued to-tiny
Router.
of State for Canadit.
Sir George Halsey Perley, who was
80 years of age, was educated at the Olawa Grammar School and after-
wards went through Harvard. was elected MP. for the County of Argenteull in 1904, and again in 1908, inti and ever since 1925.
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Gypsy Orchestra: Vocal-Full Sall (Graves-Buck): Sea Winds (Askew- Harrison).... Peter Dawson (Bass- Schubert Orchestra Baritone): Woltzes (Schubert).Symphony Orchestra cond. by Walter Goerh; Vocal-Play It Again (Hungarian Song) (Cochran's Revue Home and Beauty'); Twilight Sonata (Cochran's Revue Home and Beauty')....Gitla Alpar (Soprano); Orchestra-larry Roy Stage Show....Ilarry Roy and His Orchestra (Recorded at the actual performance at The Garrick Theatre. Southport).
11.00 Close Down.
Shops Closed As Authorities Seek Fines
Hebron Trying. To Avoid Payment
Mr. Foot, who was doing nine holes, picked up several fragments of in a manner compatible with from the golf course at the the forward movement signalising the modern history and develop
the clellised world. The ment of the
He was member of the Canadian Dynasty hns, by its be- nighted conceptions and barburic
Government from 1911 to 1017, and was Minister of the Overseas Military Ieaning, brought China to a position nation 13 The of
degradation.
Forees from 1910 to 1917. From 1914 scorned, and its institutions und
to 1022 he was lgh Commissioner generat retrogressive policy are the
th for Canada and in 1920 was appoint- objects
contempt.
Import Duties Advisory Cominter ed Secretary of State. decades the enlightened on duties on imported him and bacon From 1930 to 195 he was a Minis-
Jerusalem, Jan. 4. amongst the Chinese endeavoured preserved in airtight containers, reter without portfolio, and took .nn
The shop at Hebron closed to- by peaceful means to promote and commending that the existing gener active part in Cannular polities prar day and most wealthy persons have
their the ad valorem duly of 10 per cent. be leally up to the time of his death.
homes estabilak ambition amongst
temporarily vacated dated people for an elevated line of pro- Increased to 20 per cent., Is
owing to the start of the authorities' have March gressive
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the drive to collect a Ane of £2,000 im- falled,
1 stmied at the same time that ecur a stilisfactory shnea
of a Pricntine wounding "The foreign powere individually is Majesty's Government, after dis-market, and in these circumstances, pased on the town on December 21
voluntary arrangements for the and collectively have stood ham-cussion with representatives of the provided
ins been colleemon.
No disturbances occurred, but the mering at the door of China for principal foreign supplying countries, operate satisfactorily, It centurica nleading for the diffusion has made arrangements for reducing decided not to give effect to the re
reformation of exports to Britnin to a level which commendations in the committee's police were reinforced as a precau- ilonary measure-Reuter's Bulletin. ̈of "lenowledge, national servicer, the adoption of wit enable house manufacturers to report,--British Wireless,"
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They
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Moller Company In Shanghai Expands
The Hongkong Telegraph under- stands that extensive additions have been made to the salvage fleet of the Moller Shipping Company in Shang- bul.
Two salvage tugs have been pur- chased in Sydney, N.S.W., and Cap- tuin Potter departed for Australia from Hongkong this week to bring them to the East.
The Australian salvage tuga pur- chased by the Moller Company are the motor-tug Southland, which whi be renamed Frosty Moller, and the J. A. Boyd, which wil be renamed stalpy arc Moller. Both Patricia well-known on the Australian coast.
If weather and other conditions are suitable, the Patricia Moller will be towed to Hongkong by the Frosty Moller.
nilditional purchase by Moller interests in the salvage tug Henry Burton. This ship, which will be re- will be Moller, Hamed Pauline brought to China from Durban, South Africa. Captain Asquith departed from Hongkongt for Durban yesterday,
Navy Sends Armed Guard
But Pirate Threat
Not Serious
from ILM.S. Huard An armed Cienia, stationed at Wuchow in the West River, was despatched to the aesistance of the steamer Kong So} yesterday morning, following reports that pirates were approaching the ship.
The Hong So, which was en route from Wuchow to Canton, van nground on the night of January 3 on the second bar of the West River.
Fearing that approaching Junks contained pirates, the Master of the vessel enlled out the ship's armed
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With
HELEN MACK PAUL KELLY
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guard and despatched a radlo message the ship was sufficient, however, to
to the British naval authorities for frighten off the junks, and the Kong So was later towed off the bar by
assistance,
The display of armed force aboard the Kong Min.