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maintain their neutrality in the wat. Prophecy as to the duration of thei war is a proftless task. The only thing certain is that when peace comes it will not be "a German.
CHINA AND JAPAN.
REPORTED TERMS. OF THE MILITARY OREEMENT.
A telegram to our contemporary the "Chinese Mail" gives the following for 4 the terms of the Sino-Japanese
Agreement:———
peace," but a pass which will "make the -world safe Demouracy."
NEWS OF THE DAY.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
+
Mra. Holyoak and daughters left the the Colony to-day to spend the
summer in California.
The following final dividends in Rubber Companies have been announced from Lendon :-Kapong 15 per cent.;. Ayer Runing 15, Fataling 180, and Gedong 10 Kuala Lumpur pays an
interim of 10 per cent,
The death is announced of Mr. Malcolm Cumming, who was some years ago one of the best known planters in the Malay States. For some years past HONGKONG, WENesday, May 22, 1918. he had resided in Sussex, and since the war be bad held a staff appointment in motor transport work in France.
THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR'
AND PEACE
It is certainly interesting to know that the German Chancellor is optimistic enough to believe that this year will see the end of the war! It is. t be presumed that Count HERTLING expects this pesie to come through German vistory, though the phraseology of the speech,
EMPIRE DAY COMMEMORATION
SERTICES.
We are informed by Mr. E. Ralpha, Tuspector of English Schools, that a
short commemoration service will be
That China and Japan will co- operate militarily to maintaie peace in the Far East.
II-In this co-operation the contract-
ing parties will respent each other's position, interests and equality.
III-Whan military movements commence each shall give instructions to ita military and civil officials to co-operate, within the ares of co operation. Chius shall nasist Japan, while Japan will respect the sovereign of China.
IV-Japanse shall evacuate Chicess territory at the close of the war.
When necessary both parties shall co-operate in despatching soldiers.
VI-The Sghtingares and duties shall be decided at the time fin accordanes with the capabilities of each party.
VII. During actual military opera tions each shall assist the other-
(a) In transporting military supplies
and in establishing communica.! tions; () Military movements to be decid- ed by the commanders of the respective countries; (c) Each shall asiat the other in obtaining military supplies; (d.) Each shall assist the other in
military sanitation ; (4) The military officers of the respective countries shall assist each other generally and with engineers particularly, Recessary:
when
(7) Fash should lend the other maps
of military zonel VIII-The Chinese Eastern Railway
CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
THE MAGISTRACY.
WEDNESDAY-MAY-827192.
THE YEE WO STREET MURDER. ARMED ROBBERY IN WANCHAL
The hearing of the case in which Pur Lam, alias Kai E■ Lam, is charged | with the murder of Lai Man, at 43 Yes Wo Street on March 30 last, was re sumed before Mr. Justice Gompertz, this morning.
Addressing the jury Mr. Alabaster: said that upon their judgment depended the life of a human being. It was their
duty not to return an adverse verdict unless they were absolutely sure and satisfied from the evidence that the soensed was guilty of the murder. If they had any doubt they must give the prisoner the benefit Counsel thought that when the jury bad examined the vidence carefully, they would come to the, conclusion that the Crown had absolutely failed to make good its case It was undoubtedly a case of murder," but if they examined probabilities, they
would notice that the murder was
probably the work of one man with one instrument. One man had been tried for the murder, had been convicted and now stood under sentence of death. In
A CHINESE ADMIRAL, CHAROED WITH AIDING AND ABETTING,
HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL.
QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED TO-MORROW.
1
Before Mr. ED.' C. Wolfa this
The following questions are on the morning, eaven Chinese were charged with armed robbery at a house at No. 7 agenda for tomorrow's meating of Wood-road, Wanchai," on Saturday last the Legislativo Ecuncil: *
The defendants gained admittanes SAFETY OF PUBLIC PLACES OF into the house by representing them.
AMUSEMENT. selves to be postmen. Once admittance was affected, it was alleged that the defendants hold up the inmates of the. house with knives and dummy pistols. The inmates wers tied up and gagged, after which the rubbers made away with property valued at £2,500,
Two of the defendants pleaded guilty. MP W. Goldring, who appeareİ for one of the defendants, applied for remand..
opposed the grant of bail.
Inspector Sim, in charge of the case,
His Worship remanded the case until next week, no bail being granted.
A Chinese was then charged with aiding and abetting in the robbery.
Hon. Mr. Lát CHU-PAK will ask: Will the Government make are. rangements to have all the per- anent public places of amusergent periodically examined as to their stability, and the adequacy of otherwise of the provision of fired sits and fire extinguishing ap pliances?
2. Will the Government state what conditions they propose to impor to ensure the safety of the public in the case of temporary structures used us, public places of amo ment?'
THE VICTORIA HOSPITAL
Hon. Mr. F. H. HOLYOK will nek :: ' 1.When did the Victoria Hospital on Burker Road, celise taking un umaternity cases 7 and for what reason was this decision come to?
2. How many infectious cases of dis- case have been taken into this. Hospital during the fortnight end in March 9th?
the case of that man there was a motive, M. Bulmer Johnson, of Masers.. a ̈poor motive-the greed of money. Dennys and Bowley, pleaded not guilty The deceased bad money due to him for the defendant, and applied for bail and it was drawn by the condemneditating that the defendant who was the man and was found on him. The chief assistant of the Compradore, of prisoner did not draw the money and Messrs. A. S. Watson & Co., was no motive, in his case can be suggested. urgently required in the office. The" Counsel then dealt with the evidence Compradore, he said, was quite prepared. and concluded by stating that if they to put up good security.. believed the prisoner's story, they would, of course, find him not guilty,
Mr. F. C. Jankin then addressed the jury pointing out that the evidenca pointel only one way, The prisoner's defence was a two-fold one. The first defence was an ahời, the second defence
held at St. John's Cathedral on Empire Day Friday next) at 9 am when a sermon will be preached by the Vaner-shall be used for military transporta was a direct secusation against the
as it is reported in the cable, shows able Archdeacon Barnett
a curious, perhaps a significant, The service is intended primarily for hesitation to assert his confidence the British children of the Colony, for in German victory. Our desire is whom the nave and both transepts will
tious, while at the same time theoriginal other man that be was solely concerned
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Inspector Sim opposed bail, stating that he had instructions to oppose offers of bail.
Mr. Johnson said he did not think the Police could oppose bail in case of that kind when very substantial bail as offered. He was prepared to put
úp $5,000 bail.
·
The case was formally remanded until next week, bail, being fixed at
regulations of the railway governing in the murder. In both of these transportation shall be respected. defences the prisoner had miserably 80,000 cash.
X-Each country shall appoint failed. He had called his witness and
at their risk into the hazardous and/or to win and preserve the peace." No/he reserved. The general public will officials to see that the above Articles they had failed to sabatantists the
us in any case whatever.
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he accommodated in the nave aisles.
Kowloon children,
A Govamment launch, available for will leave the Kowloon Fier at 3.20m sharp, and will leave Blake Pier on the return journey immediately after the service.
There will also be a service at the Roman Catholic Cathedral, Hi Lordship Bishop Pozzoni officiating.
LAWN TENNIS.
are carried out..
ish the Agreement, treating the same
X-Both countries agree not to pub-story he told.
as a military secret.
from the date of ratification by both XL-The agreemant shall be affective Governments, and the time for actual
A Chinese named Liu Hon. Hoog, was brought befors Mr. Wolfe" on a
the jury, after an absence of a quarter-
His Lordship then summed up and | similar charge.
of an hour, found the accused pot guilty, and be was accordingly discharged.
Inspector Sim said the defendant was one of the men who wers in a house at Shanghai Street, Yaumati, on the night before the robbery, where, they went
military operations shall be decided [BEFORE SIR WM. REES DAVIES KC] through a rehearsal. The defendant
jointly by the military organisations of beth countries. This agreement is to
be considered tarpiusted at the close of the war.
A
X11-This Agreement is made in the Chinese and Japanese languages. **
JAVANESE CONDEMNED TO DEATH.
The case in which Saro Din, a Javanese, is charged with the murder of Mohamed Batcho on April 18, sti Wanchai, was resumed this morning.
kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown one disputes Germany's desire to Co Ltd. whence and/or from the in, but Civilination would be sorry wharves, delivery may be obtained.
floods
not cleared by the 28th inst to see it, and is determined that at 5 p.m. will be subject to rant.
All bruken, chafed and damaged packt shall not be, because with the ats are to be left in the Lodows, object lessons of Rumania and Russia where they will be examined. Claims against the Steamer must be presented before them the world knows what in writing within 10 days of arrival the German War Lords mean when otherwise they will not be recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be effected by they talk of "preserving the peace." Bills nf Lading will be countersigned by It is peace by strangulation. We can be as firmly soundent as the German Chancellor that "further events in the West will bring nearer a speedy end of the war," bet
A further telegram states that the An interesting match was played in Count HRTLING must be sadly the H.K.0.0 tournament yesterday Premier proposed that so much of the misinformed if he thinks that the between Ng Sze Kwong and bf E. Le in agreement as it was not necessary to His Lordship summed up and after an
the Open Championship Bingles. The was can end in any other way first set was very evenly contested and keep secret should be published, but the absence of seven minutes, the fury
this year or three or four year finally went to Ng Sue Kwong by President suggested that it would be returned with a vordiot of guilty. beace-than by the triumph of him by 6,2 and 6 Ng Sze Kwong is
The next two sets were also taken by better to publish the entire agreement Entente Powers whose war aima Tery fine player and the chances are in before ratification. The Premier said this favour of his capturing the Champion-was impossible, but added that if the contain the only guarantee for the ship this year.
The other match was between J. S. provinces opposed the agreement, the fature peace of the world. The Jennings and Major Ardoino (owe 4/8) Cabinet would assume full responsibility 26, Des Vaux Road Centralong kalt in the German offensive are. C. Starke and F. E. Joseland for it.
(scratch), in the Handicap Doubles. The [389 has created mingirings in many former pair won by 6:4, 5/7 and 6/4.
influential quarters in Germany and | "TO-DAY'S MATCHES.
ömbre reflections are not confined | The following matches have been
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OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES
S. E. Green plays M, W. Lo.
HANDICAP SINGLES " 4.*
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.
The Return of communicable diseases in the Colony for the past week shows N. E. Kent (owes 3-8) plays A. Morse the following:-
Cass. Deaths HANDICAP DOBLES.
35:- 38
H. AL,Nesbit and Major Hammond (owe 16) play E. E. Thomas and G. 8. Archbutt (red) 2-4).
Dr. DERBURG, a former member of the German Ministry, boldly affirming in the Frankfurter Zeitung.trcs. 4-6). that if international trade is not! ra-established, we shall have 3 Changer pence, for you can take away territory from a State, but you cannot compel it to exchange goods with us A dictated peace on the Fatherland model would make the Entente Alliance per manent." Again we Bind him saying: “▲ TIRPITZ peace [SUBSCRIPTIONS TO TH APRIL,
WAR LOINS INVESTMENT "TRUST OF MALAYA.
1018.
No: of Applications.
237
penco enforced by submarine warfare] would perpetusto present antagonisms and bind this nation to hopeless
November 1916 militariam." But Dr. DENBURG December shares the common. German delusion January 1917
February that there in need for Germany to March fight for her existence and the safety May
April of the Fatherland." For the rest June JulyTM he appears to be a sort of German August LENIN. What really matters," he "ertember
October says, "is to find the right word that November shall deliver the
the world from the
December January, 191 insanity into which it has been February
March plunged by the Super Germans and April :: Pan-Germans, the Super-French and the Pau-French, and the Soper- English and the Pan-English." Well, all who share the views of Dr. DEENBURG may find the right word Selangor of deliverance in the war-aims as
Perak they have been enunciated by the Pahang
Hegri Sambilan, 179 Allied Statesmen British, French, Chins
Straits Settle American and Italian, which are ments
Biam ordially cudozzed by the whole of
Biate
406
185
-268
203
135
3,506.
Amount
Cerebro-Spinal fever.. Bubonic Plague.. Diphtheria Puerperal Fever..........
All wore Chinese cases.
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5
6
6
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After Counsel bad adressed the jury,
His Lordship then formally passed sentence of death.
RETURNED BANISHEPS.
Chn Kong was charged with dis obedience of an order of banishment
Accused pleaded guilty.
The Crown Solicitor said the accused was arrested on April 29 in Kowloon is connection with another charge. He had previously bear banished for life on two occasions and had twice returned. He had been also sentenced to six months' bard labour for larceny,
Asked if he had anything to any accused asid be had no money or friends in Canton, so he came back
was one of General Lung Chai Kwang's men and was an Admiral of Lung Chai Kwong's Fleet.
His Worship remanded the case unt!) next week.
PAWNING HER MASTER'S CLOTHES.
An amah was charged before Mr.J. R. Wood this morning, with stealing ber master's clothing and pawning them.
Defendant pleaded guilty stating that she pawoed the clothes with the inter tion of buying summer clothing for herself with the money. She intended to redeem the clothing as soon as she hard enough money.
Mr. Wood remanded the case until Dext week, in order to give time to the defendant to find some one to redeem the clothing for her.
HE WAS NOT ASLEEP.
A Chinese was charged before Mr. J. R. Wood this morning, with being in unlawful possession of a revolver, a pistol and. 200 rounds of ammunition
Is was stated an Indianship-guard aitting on the wharf yesterday, was
His Lordship sentenced accused to approached by the defendant who naked
two years hard labour.
PROTEST AGAINST DOWRY FAR
BRIDES.
Lord Knutsford's' protest against a
Chan Shing also pleaded guilty to similar charge.
a
The Crown Solicitor said accused bad dow for brides, and his suggestion been banished three times, but had that a bonus for babies would be a better thing in the interest of the nation, disregarded each crter. has borne fruit. The National Health
His Lordship sentenced accused to Insurance Bill, which was considered by three years hard labour. $427,760 the House of Larda, provided that an 283,040 red woman who marries and has 243,870 sufficient, reserve valus in her approved society abould receive a wedding prosent 331,750 f
£2. In substitution for that Lord
216710 gandhurst, on behalf of the Government. 314,500 159,440
when an insured woman marries and 152470 cesses to be employed she shall receive 133,340
(3) sickner benefit of 5a week for not 168,370 more than six weeks in the first year, and (3) maternity benefit of 308, for the 201,780
first birth within two years of matrisge. 778330
Lord Knutsford thanked the Govern 170,540 ment for the amendment, and the Bill 1401,830
735,120 was passed. 3,320,840 774,710
- 88,107,384
"AMALTAIS, DA, No. of No. of Applica- Bubscri- Amount.
tione. bera
912 395 #2,763,860 $75 351
BERNSTOREF CODE. DECIPHERED
him if he were asleep. Receiving no answer, he wantaway, but soon returned with a parcel under his arm. The guard stopped him and searching the parcel, found it to contain small arms.
Mr. Wood Aned the defendant $500 with the alternative of three months hard labour in default of payment.
ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT.
A Chinese, pleaded not guilty when charged before Mr. Wood, with em bezzling the sum of $40 from his master.
It was alleged that the defendant, who was employed by the complainant,
ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE
Keung Kam and Lo Lam pleaded guilty to a charge of robbery with violence. -
The Crown Solicitor said a rickshaw coolie was returning to Hongkong on the by some means or other, obtained night of April 28-29 from Quarry Bay possession of the firm's books, and went round to several shops collecting money when the two accused, together with a third man, armed with knives, stopped dao to the Arm. It was also stated aim, pushed him down and robbed him that he even went to Macso to collect The accused were subsequently arrested
some of the accounte but the third mau got away. At: the police station the rickshaw coolie't purae was found on the first accused.
His Lordship pessed sentence of 28 The key of the Bernstorf code for months hard labour, and WATADO conducting a treacherous spy and aabot accused if they came before the Court
86 campaign against America before it entered the war has been deciphered again, they would get the "cat".
714,460
243,410
168
93,420
183
from over a thousand messages, after: 1,994,440 Worke
802,200
892
637,600 A GOOD RULE FOR THE HOME.
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Why uro infectious cased imported into an area which was previously free from infectious diseases?
4. How many cases of Measles bard been taken into the Victoria Hos pital during the past three weeks and how many of these, emanated from Kowloan?
5. Are "such diseases as Measles,
Diphtheria, Scarlet-Fever; etc.
notifiable dimensen? and if not......... will the Government take immedig ate steps to make them so? 6. Will the Government provide in the next. Estimates for increasing naterially the size of Victoria Hospital?
(a) Sell a portion of the present site of the Government Civil Hospital and with the pro- eeeds erect:—
by A Hospital for Europeans in the Central district of Hong. kong?
(e)
Brinch Hospital for Euro- peans in Kowloon?
(d) Improve the present Lunatle
Asylum?
THE POST OFFICE AND HOLIDAYS.
The Hon. Mr. HOLYOAK will ask? Will the Government give insurgi tions that the General Post Office shall remain open on all Bank holi days. Other than Xmas Day and China New Year's day, until 12. o'clock noon for the despatch of Muils?
Ne
THE RACE COURSE DISASTER INQUIRY
Hon. Mr. H. E. Pettors, K.C., will ask:
1. In connection with the recent die" aster at the Race Course which resulted in the death of over 370 persons,
(1) Is it the fact that the Coroner. near the close of his charge to the Jury, said as follows
::
It would appear that this calamity was one which could most probably hava heen prevented by the exer cise of foresight, and füre eight which one might have reasonably expected befor the event and which one certainly found it easy TO expect after the event.**. (1) Yet the fact that the Jury, in their findings, specified certain neglects and emissions of duty on the part of the Peblio. Works Department, and the Police Department?...
(ii) Is it the fact that the Jury recommended the making and enforcement by the Gover- ment of certain classes of re- gulations for, the purpose of minimizing, so far as possible, the risk of a future recurrence
such a disaster?
2. If the answer to the last question
is in the affimative will the
Goverment take early steps to pass the necessary Regulations, and, in the framing of such Pegula tions will the Government take special tore to enact that certain definite Officials in the Govern ment Service shall be pericnally Mr. P.. W Goldring appeared for the
responsible for seeing that such prosecut
Regulations are carried out? The case was remanded until next 8. Will the Government also direct weck
CROUP.
118 disesco is so dangerous, and so rapid in its development that every FOR A LAME BACK
mother of young child to should be prepared for dit is very risky to wait WHEN you have pain or lameness until the attack on the ad the nineteen Power at war with Miscellaneous 14
My bottle Chambérlalo's Pain Balm twice a day, sofer estil it on 16 obtained Chr In the back bathe the parts with then send for medicine and let the child
Germany as well as by those who
2,36611623 $6,107 380 of Chamberlain' Calic. Cholers and misingingith the pako of the band for berlaine Cough Remedy is prompt and have merely broken of diplomatío
War Loan In
ont Trust Diarrhoes Remedy 4 6. safeguard five minutes at each application her effectral and haur haver been known to relations with Germany, and also by
against bowel couplaints. It always dainped & pices of sannet slightly with allan any case. Always have battle cures tymptly and no household is enia this liniment and hind is one over the in the home. For le be all Chamina IKO WOODBOFTE
without it. For mile Chemiste sont of For sale by all Chemista and Boorakespare. Becretary
and Storocoope
and Stor
Meeting of Members of Hong cong Powers who are striving to
Club
the early revision and the enforce ment of all Begulations relating to the stability and construction. and overcrowding in and fre cautions in theatres and other:
(including
public entertainma Will
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