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THE CHINA MAIL.

pretation. It is alaply a repetition of what took place at the beginning of the year when Japan presented to China har famous "Twenty-one Demands. Several of these demands. were generally regarded as ex- plicitly inconflict with the terms of the Roor TAKAHIRA Agreement of 1908 in regard to Chion The Japanese Government, however, gave emphatic

PHOTOGRAPHING LYE-

MUN

DUTCH PASSENGER ON EMPRESS

BOAT FINED $250,"

ATTITUDE OF THE MILITARY":

AUTHORITIES.

tion was not allowed. There was no notice on board whatever stating that the making

pictures was pro- hibited.

the case.

:

pro-

SATURDAY, SEP YELBER 16, 1916.

THE MAGISTRACY.

SPORTING.

TO-NIGHT'S" ¦ BOXING.

KEEN INTEREST IN ALL EVENTS

ILLEGAL EXPORTATION,

The Magistrate said that he

Mr. Lloyd Deputy Superintendent of posed to convict the defendant but Imports and Exports, this morning before doing so he would like to hear charged two Chinese of the Siu Fung how the Military Authorities viewed Tai shop, Sai Yuan Lane, with exporting Judging from the interest already biscuits without a permit. Mr. P. W evinced there will be hardly any The case against a

Dutchman

Capt. Litt stated that as he had Goldring defended.

necessity to remind sportsmen of the The biscuits weighed about a ton and Colony of the really excellent boxing named V. Van Claerborgen of taking said before it would not be in the demands did not contravene this Photographs of a military area, to public interest to say whether the down from Shanghai' as “aumaha" for a night, promoted of Mr: G. Goldsborough.".

were valued at $100. They bad come programme at the Theatre Royal to wit Lyemun, came before Mr. Haze Authorities considered those photo-friend. Defendants wanted to send them The crack bout of the evening will be land as the Magistracy this morning graphs to be a really serious matter on to Macsa Dofendant, who had put up a buil of or not. The more serious the Mili $260, stood before the dock rail...

tury Authorities thought it, perhaps at the other $1.-No order was made Mr. Wood fined one defendant $20 the more, attention, would be paid to that point of view. The Military

confiscation of the goods the

assurances

that these

Agreement or similiar agreementa with other Powers, but the Aaterica Government, apparently not entirely satisfied, that such was the case, sent an identical Note to the Governments

The first witness called was Mr. E. W. Carpenter of the Public Works

a to:

of China and Japan intimating, that Department who was a passenger on Authorities did strongly object to Another

confident of success. Scotó needs ne

to maintain his splendid record. introduction and he can be relied upon

between Corpl. Scott, RE, and Seaman

Colony which is held by Scott The Higgs for the heavyweight, title of the

argument is put to last for 15 rounds and as both men are in good con- Chinese returned fromation, a first-class match, should he it could not recognise any agree-bourd the 3.8. Empress of Japan photographs being taken where Amaries with two motor lampe and assured. Higgs will make his debut and A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd., ment or undertaking which has been which arrived in port yesterday there were guns and the thought it acessories was charged with attempting

entered into or which may be entered morning. He said he was travelling extremely objectionable that photo to export same without a permit inta between the Governments of on the saloon deck. Defendant was graphs should be taken of the enInspector. Kent said the C.S. P. asked China and Japan orpairing the alus on that deck and he saw him, trance to ports of that kind. Whilst for confiscation. Treaty Hights of the United States take out a camera and place it on the Military Authorities took a seri- Mr. Lloyd aid, in quite a number the duck rail and witness presumedous view they did not ask for imprt of similar cases permits had been rahared that he was taking photographs. The sonment, but they would like a impress arrived in Hongkong about substantial fire in order that that

o'clock and he came ashore at sort of thing should not occur. about nine. When the ship arrived he was asked to point out the man who had taken the photographs and

THE DIARY.

MEMO. TOR TO-DAY".

9:18 pm-Boxing Toumament at the

City Hall.

KIMO. FOR TO-KORROW.

am-Excursion to Macao by...B. **Taishan".

MEMOS. TOR MONDAY. "Final"

Match of the HK, C. Chbi Men's Doubles Tennis Tournament. 130 pm Anction of Furniture, Blackwood Ware, Pictures, Bras Ware ate at Messrs. Hughes szi Hough'sh

$15 pm-Organ, Recital

Oathedral.

General Memoranda

(miRDAY, Sept. 90

3 p.m.Auction of Leasehold property (Kennedy Town) at Mears. Hughes and Hough's.

BAFUEDAY, Sept. 23:-

Polien

3.30 - Lawn Bowls League

Championship Match on Green, Happy Valley. 3.45 pm-Griskhana Happy Valley

SUNDAY, Sep

Birthday of Confucius

MONDAY, Sep

95-10

5.30 p.manual General Meeting"

the Hongkong St. Andrew's Society TODAY, Sept. 2

Noat Douglas" Steamship Co's

Meeting.

WEDNESDAY, Bopt. 27

Bettlement Day: Honggong

Exchange

PRUABAT, Sept. 28-

Jewish Your 5677 begins.

Famar, Bopt. 29

Michaelmas Day Saruzar, Sept. 30-

Club Debentures.

HONGKONG.

TELEPHONE No. 618.

BIRTHS.

MACDOUGALL-On Sept. 8, at Shanghai the wife of J. C. MACDOUGAL, of

a daughter. LANNING-On Sept. 9. at Shanghai,

to Mr. and Mrs V. H. LANNING,

MOUSLEY-Ch Sept. 9, Shanghai, to Mr and Mrs. H. MOUSLEY, daughter.

30h

DEATH.

1

JENNINGS-On Sept. 9, at Medhurst College, Shanghai, the infant son of Mr and Mrs. J. H. JENNINGS.

The China Mail.

HONGKONG, SATURDAY, Sept. 16, 1916.

AMERICA AND THE CHENG-

CHIA-TUNG INCIDENT.

120.

The ten rounds encounter between Supper Richards, RE, and Seanair Tanes is guaranteed to provide another healthy contest in which Isaacs "will have to go all the way to get the light- weight title from Richarda Isases Ass

∙and permits were not granted for the transhipment of such goods to the Interior without the permission of the Canton Government.

Defendant's gross was that he had been training hard.

lately returned and was in ignorance as to the laws of the Colony. Ha wanted to take the lamps to his village where there were too many robbers, ordered the forfeiture of the articles

Mr. Wood imposed a $100 fine and

Mr. Eazeland stated that in re- spect to the question of mens rea he decided three years ago,

that WAR before the War, that the doctrine of Detective:Sergt. Pincatt themans rea did not apply to that kind Water Police, stated that he went of offence. He must regard the aboard the Empress en het arrival offence as serious taking photo and saw the defendant. In reply to graphs of the forts-and.he thought a question the defendant handed him that justice would be met in impos- all of films and a camera. Witing a fine of $250 or three months GYMKHANA TRAINING NOTES AND ness then let defendant go ashore to hard labour.

and its citizens in China, the political or territorial intégrity of the Republic of China or the international policy relative to China commonly known as the Open Door." How much this Note contributed to the postponement it would perhaps be incorrect to say the definite abandonment of several he did of those demands remains a secret of diplomady. Some of these demands appear to have been revived in the instructions given to the Japanese Minister in regard to the Cheng-Chia-Tung incident, and this presumably is what has greatly perturbed" the United States Govern- ment. But what can America do in face of the assurance just published by the Japanese Foreign Office?

OF

В

suggeationa

NEWS OF THE DAY.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A sum of $3,100) was taken from anfe at 231 Wing Lok Street last night by means of a duplicate key."

forfeited

to the

the Hongkong Hotel and at noon that The photographs and the negatives day he received instructions to go were ordered to be and arest him. He charged him Crown with the offence quoted above and the defendant replied: I did not know there were any, forta there. I simply took a picture. There were no notices on the ship stating that the taking of photographs was for

bidden.""

HONGKONG POLICE IN FRANCE

THREE AWARDED THE DCM

་་

Trooper Reynolds who was former- ly a P.C. in the Hongkong Police

Hon. C.S.P. has sent the following letter to the

TIMES.

Other interesting matches will be for the bantam weight and light weight decision for the Shropshires, while there will also be a three rounds exhibition

between Iron Bux and Young Maher

RIFLE CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETI- TION AT SHANGHAI.

Mr J. R. Main won the competitiva": for the .303 Rifle Championship at Chang. - hai last week The shoot was in three Interest in the Gymkhanh to be 600 yards; the second 300 and 600 yardee stages, the first stage, being 200, 200 and hold next Saturday afternoon is and the third stage 900 and 1000. The beginning to be shown by the general best scores were public, and will no doubt increase

re

Kodaira.

3-K. McKe

Stages

- 86 192-3 ***9384131-208 9478 123-287

A. C. 10-E1

C.EM. Thomson

Benichi 1-WT. Rose

91 75 121-257 87 74 109-20 $3 78

90257 89 7399953.

during the week as the ponies show 1-J. Main.

1st 2nd 3rd Tel 93 80 138-=31$ their form in the training gallops. WE Sauer 34 80 138310 ›3-A. M. Collisco. 92 80 135–307 Several ladies, we understand, have 4 Rutherford 94 87 124-301 Capt. Litt, Provost Marstal, gave

expressed their intention to particiWO-Smith 96 83 193203 pate in the Ladies' Race and as for 7-S. A Hans important wvidence as to the photo-

Dgan St.-On behalf of the men of this event the ruling is post en graphs. The frat was the riproduc- the H.R.F. now serving in France is the tries," it is hoped a large number tion of a ship to which he attached no lat E.E.H. I am writing this letter as will compete. To quote from the Ir is lateresting to learn of the action taken by the Government of

importance 2, was the photograph we know you would wish to hear how

official programme the conditions the United States on a report, "which

The King has been pleasedto

of another ship, apparently theme of your men are getting along. At ich approve of Dr. Tien Bao Sis as Consul. Bohemia, to which he also attached Clarke. Didsbury and myself. Hedge, present out here there are Hutchins,

Japanese demands-tipon-China in Boruco." it trusts is untrue," to regard to the General of China in Bitish Northno importance; 3, was of Taikoo Puttison and Speed are expected here Dock and no importance attacked to shortly. Everybody here is is, the beet connection with the incident at Cheng- Chia-Tung We can only suppose the Mercantile Bank advises that an graph the Military Authorities did keeps splendid and taking things all-round

A cable from the Hand Office of Mun and with regard to that photo that they will have one. The

that; 4, was a photograph of Eye of health at present. The cavalry have had so chance but we hope before long to which the report

Interim Dividend on the "A" and "B" not think that, it would be advisable we have little to grumble a We get United States Government refers is a shares of this Bank for the half year to say that a photograph taken from very Inde Jaformation as to the other report such as RemTER has furnished ending 30th June has been declared at published information Japan bas tax. to the world w

According to the the rate of 10% per annum, less income or not.

a certain position was of importance

domanded in w

writing (1) the

that the

Mr Eazeland observed that that attitude created a difficult position.

who are at Home and are worse to bear, that Allchurch, Painting and Wake ford have been killed. I would like you, to know that Spillet. Booker and Lane have been awarded the DC.M. This je

4.-BENDING RACE TOS LADIES-Three THE FACIFIC CARRYING TRADE.

've more 'rows of Bamboo Pules will

be placed on the Course, and each A Seattle correspondent of Lloyd's

alterantely, rounding the last pole and other conditions due to the weat competitor will pass on the right of List" writes with the carrying into the first pole of the row assigned to effect of the Seamen's Act, coupled with heron left of second-continuing the shortageal tonage, high freights).

and returning in the same manner. there has developed on the North Pacific Winner of each hent will be the formidable feet of Japanese freight first past the winning post leaving steamers. Japanese tonnage now domi. all polos standing or fewest down. natee the trade the North Pacific

No restriction as to weight. Each The Seamen's Act, which handicapped. Tider must apply at Weighing Boom American shipping and ected foreign for a number cloth before the race. Tenuala, is not jaring the Japanese.

reprimand of the Commander of the junk of 995 pical capacity. He (the ringistrate) had power to good record for so small & body of The going this morning was dead, Japanese shipowners have profited im Chinese regiment that was engaged carrying a crew of 16, capsized in a

btock in the affray (2) the diaroissquall off Kau Chow about 1a.m. on confiscate the film and so, there was the grass course heing very heavy ear, and it is..evident that they intend

11am-Final Drawing of Hongkong 11.30.-H. K. Steel Foundry Co's

Meeting.

THIS WEEK'S

OVERLAND

Ti

CHINA

MAIL

Contents include

Chinese Affairs Leading Articles Commercial News Carton Industrica Casos in the Courta

Hongkong Local News

Hongkong Men at the Front

Maxon and Taylor's ShareQuotations.

sta, otc, eber

the 18th inst. Two women, two girls certain senior officers and the punish and boy were drowned and the ment of the men who actually took remainder rescued by junk which came part in the fighting (3) some form to their assistance. of public apology or according to a report believed to be reliable the posting of public proclamations in all military centres in "South Manchuria

The agenda of next Tuesday's

meeting of the Sanitary Board contains to the following effectThat this notice of motion by Mr. P. W. Goldring

and Eastern Inner Mongolia," ward-Board in considering the

no fear of thin getting back to defen- dent. The Authorities must say one way or the other, or else he did not think there would be anything in the

case...

Capt. Litt said that if the Military

of

Authorities considered the photo the view it would only give defendant graph important from the position

knowledge of that fact,

mensely by the high freights of the last to push to the utmost, limit their present advantage. Onca seentely entrenched in

The remainder of the letter dealt especially down the home straight, with the dificult of writing letters which is shown by the slow last and importing information.

quarter of most of the powe, control of the commerce of the Pacific, Oregon was Grit out and was taken it will be next to impossible to dislodgo over a mile and a quarter, but found which, bofore the war, darried the buik thew. Even the British tramp steamer the distance too long for him, last of the Pacife, trade, in losing ground. In

MONDAY'S OROAN RECITAL

The programme for the Organ

Recital which Mr. Denman Fuller is quarter 88 King Jack pulled up the event of law freights or depressions League War Memorial Fund, is a next week. He is unly fit, so is not months more Japanese steamore have giving in St. John's Cathedral on lame, not badly so, but ho will in shipping, it will be found that the Monday next, in aid of the Navy have to be carefully handled during Japanese will be faly capable of holding their own. During the past six or size follows:-

Ming VERA CHEES.

Sullivan

ing the Chinese soldiery to avoid the year 1917, do recommend to the Proceeding witness said that the Grand Choeur Guilmant in want of much more hard work. called at Paget Sonza ports than in any” collisions with Japaness peddlers and Government an increased vote in order fifth photograph was a photo of Violin Solo..." DreamingSchumann Matchbox went very well. He was previous similar period. Mapy steamers. others; and (4) the establishment of to provide for an addition of at least Japanese police stations in South five Inspectors on the staff of this Manchuria and Eastern Inner Mon- Department golis. In addition to these written

By means of a trick a Chinese was demands there four verbal defrauded of €100 yesterday. He gave for (1) the appointment the money to another man to purchase

Mr. Hazeland said witness must of Japanese military advisers to the opium and arranged to see the latter state if the photograph included o headquarters of all military commands with the opium on the Wing On Wharf, battery of Buld works or fortifica. in South Manchuria and Eastern On going to the wharf ha wa inn Inner Mongolia, (2) the engagement formed that the Police had seized the The Officer replied that the last of Japanese military instructors in all opium, but not being satisfied with the photograph was talien from a posi- booked to leave Home by the Katori Straight Tinker and Forester put in sans Instances have paid for their military schools and academietatement went and complained to the tion where two guns were distinctly Maru" on 9th inst, were Mr. E. Percy up. a good pow, the former winning construction within six month

Kowloon to which he attached no To the Bes importance; six, was another photo Solo..." The lost chord"

held all the way to allow Makeni to now fving the Japanese Bag. ware Macdowell keep up with him, otherwise his formerly British for the Japanese have been extensive buyers of pecond-band time would have been much better. graph of Lys Man and he said the

Mr J. Dzi

He is very fit and with Mr. John isely, and possess many fine modern tonoeger They have also built exten- same with regard to that as he did Madrigal.. about the other.

E. Lembre Erus 18.

Johnstone up should make a strong vessels. Some of the narr Japsiese vor Duet for Viola and Voice.D. Forster finished very tired. Chant sans paroles. Techaikowsky bid for the Stakos.

els are small steamers of 1,000 tons nek Miss VEEA ORZES and Mr J. DEWA good compared, with the others, but having been assembled at Japanese yarda Els time was loss. These vessels have been co- The Storm..

ructed in ord, time, some of them the heavy going took it out of him within three months. These little trampr and he showed it down the home steamers are plying on the Pacific, zod Among the passengers who were

China, (3) the payment of componenolice. As a result the Police unde two visible in the Pass

arresta

.Lemmens

Smith, Dr. G. FL Sanders, and Mr. H. W. Petlery

by a short bead Office Boy, King tion to the families of the deceased

Hal and Middlener Chief went to The Magistrate Then you say that Japanese soldiers, and (4)—this is

gether on the side course, Office this photograph includes rtifick somewhat uncertain-the expression Among the subscriptions recently tion?

Two small fire occurred yesterday Boy winning. The time should have The first was at 3.50 par in a cockloft beon better as the sand was, faster received in London for the Lord Kit Witness answered: Les aid at 109 Des Vaux West, secured by a than the gr

Resort Chinese Government or by the the following:--Moura Maclaine, Wat sal but the guns would be visible

fre was extinguished before the Brigade,

The times

2.20, 80.1 last £ 8.

LOOPHOLE FOR MILK FRAUE

HIGH COURT DECISION GIVES EXCUSE FOR ADULTERATION......

Opening of Helena May Institute of some form of apology either by te shener National Memorial Fund wera ng that the photographs, were ve Chinese import and export dealer?-The esteten this morning Since the High Court decision that Price $13 per annum including postage the nature of the disclaimer issued Adamson, Gilfillan and Co., Ltd., £100; sudullness of the photographs it was

Mukden Military Governos From Bo and Co, of Batavia, £500; Messrs in both positions. Owing to the arrived the second outbreak occurred Ordon, Sedgwick, 1, 84.2, 1.09, 118, 12 the same state as it was obtained patra mile, though deficient in Ist, might be A sentadans per singla copy

by the Japanese Foreign Office it Mr. F. Anderson, £100; the Chins, impossible to cos the guns of the in the Royal Naval Theatre attached to Toy, boy, I mile, 30, 1.18.5, 1.482 the Furrer County Council, to secure from the cow, it had become almost im osable, it may gated at a meeting may be assumed that the report Navigation Company, Ltd, 108; Mesars fourth picture. It must be obvitnis canteen at 10,60 p.m. through the dans 344. which has

conviction for adulteration greatly perturbed *

Johu Swire and Sons, Ltd, 105; the to anybody, he anid, that the gans Hooring on fire. The Brigade serponded

using of the electric wires which sat the Kiyo Jitz, Gegg, 1 mile, 38, LU, 1sizi

farmers had to do to get a charge tha Government of the United

Taikoo Sugar Refising Company, Ltd, plainly visible there from aahip smartly and put out the burning bords153.7 2.29 Last +8.5.2

tracted from

welling "Uriterion mille com 2.25; last 3 880,

the clerk, Mr. Weeding, was to call Bbates to ono which represents D. Sassoon and Co. 2100

£105; Mr. John Lack £100 Messrs coming into the barbour Beyond before any serious damage was done,

PETER DOODY, Barton, 1 mle, 44, 119, evidence that

it nothing had been sub that Japan desires to humiliate and p

added to it. This defens that he did not think that he would

generally put forward with the like to Bay any more' on oath,

BRIDGE SCORERS

LO SHKETS.

20 cents esch

Dollar

Wyndham St.

VISITING CARDS

PRINTED

Ching-Male Office:

appresa China, and to close the doors the result of a letter from Lou to trade to other codatrics Japan Lansdowne, President of the British

Defendant stated that when the declares these suggestions to be Bed Cross Society and Superior of the

ship came in yesterday morning be entirely erroneous W

not Order of St. John of Jerusalem, a special took out his camera and made four gather that the Japanese Foreign appeal for funds is being made through

pictures, Tae other two the photo Office denies the accursoy pabl version of the

out the Empire on October 19th, which graphs of the stearners were taken

to be known as "fur Day. In in Shenghai

git is proposed to make the pictured

tay a Rosa

ay

it does the most effective method of correction

them

and Concert in the officially We take it that the Foreigning Fa Office depift ralates to the interences and a special which have been drawn from the driptions will demands. It is thus a matter of proceding the

and to hold a Fata bázisoke becLUSS 307

lood and yOUS todd him

ublished later that ho

for earmarked aut of the made over a period

the deak

CLOSING SHARE QUOTATIONS,

MATCHED boy, MAXOMI, Gegg, I mile,

883, 1.22.8, 1.68, 2.82.2 last 2 84.22ault that cage bich would previously have ended in conviation and substantial ORDET, boy, 1, 36, 1.13, 1.19-2,245, perialties were dismu

Cal Cubitź the cl rman of the Cu

Mr. Bitton = Dax Gigy, owner, i mus, miten mid they trere alive. the danger

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of the decision, and if the opportunity curred they would take the case alace

mile here with the object

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anayoined

L557.31