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SMOKING IN CHURCH..
LOCAL IND GEENDAY..
This was a headline that caught our eye in a local contemporary that is usually discreet and well-behaved, and it gave us alarm. The abolition of the ancient custont of smoking in church is our one excuse for not at tending. With that gene, we would feel obliged to go..and we really do not yearn to change our habit of breaking the Sabbath at least once a it a joke. It is one of those jests that been appointed to HMS, Kinsha; week. You smile at that, and deem
have the "true word of the adage, for there are seven Sabbathe in every
MONDAY JUNE 16 1919..
'MORE ARMED ROBBERS
MILITARY COURTS MARTIAL.
BILIZATIO. SOUGHT WRONG SOLDIER MISSING DEMO-
CONSOLATION,
piade us think again. about our bousing question,, If men are willing to camp in junks, in tents, in botel corridore, and in worse places that we need not name, just because normal accommodations are not available, something should be done about it. The remark in italics has been made before, and we hate to be unoriginal So we go on to make a more definite, proposal. The 'pro- posal for a European reservation does not seem to us to meet, the case It would not with certainty prevent outsiders from owning property and rack-renting the occupiers, and there are objections to the invidiousness of it that we needn't discuss now. So week for the really religious man-Robinson) arrived on June 14 from The Changchow (Captain J. we ask the Government to consider Such a man does not believe that Bangkok with 2,000 tons of general. faint show of interest. Assuming mas, 2 22nd Punjabis, Lieut. H. J
that God is still creating the world, God ever needed a rest. He believes
and that every day is holy. The extra suggestion that the kinema laaters should be used in church does not shock him, for he supposes that even the kinema is a part of God's con stant output. If God is eternal, God
To-day's dollar is worth 3s. 6 RAID GROCERY AND GET $30. 15/16
H. M.S. Carlisle has feft for crowd slowly moved in two mean- In Cook Street the usual Chinese Vladivostock.
dering and opposing streams. Shop keepere sat in their places, or stood The Topora Mars from Saigon folding materials, or smoked, general- brought 2,480 tons of rice.
A District Court Martial. was held y presenting that air of peace and at Victoria Barracks this morning, leisure which characterises a Chinese to try Ptes. F. Luff and F. Welbourn, Captain G. B. Hartford, R. N. has business quarter. The grocery store Manchester Regt.
was a little more animated, but not much. There was no great run on comestibles. The sudden advent of the attendants to something like a five customers all at once aroused
the advisability of a new Ordinance, something like this:
SHORT TITLE. This Ordinance shall be known as the Anti-Peaceful Invasion Ordinance.
OBJECTS AND REASONS. The object of this Ordinance is to prevent hardships to British subjects
cargo.
In the final of the Singapore Ladies' championship singles Mrs. Vowier (holder) bea: Mfrs. Cantrell 6-2, 4-6, 12-10.
Hutchison this morning.
1.
To-day's return shows three cases of plague. Last week there were 43 cases of plague, four of enteric, and three of es. fever.
low-
The Court was composed as fol
Kelly, R.G.A.
President-Major A. J. S. Roche.
MembersCaptain G. H. Middle- the usual what-can-we-do-for-you Barrand, 1st Garr. Bn. Manchester placidly on expression, 'they levelled their gaze they really woke up, for they found Adjutant Manchester Regt.
Regt.
themselves looking into the muzzle the visitors.. Then
Prosecutor Capt. C. H. Goode, orifices of some businlesslike re attended for instruction. Neither A large number of young officers volvers. The usual programme was
man had counsel.
The proceedings opened by the
...
them take $30, and go cut and der by the G.OC. convening the mingle with the crowd. Then they court. sprinted to the street and raised the hue and cry
The police have clues. The robbers have the 330, their weapons, and their liberty.
The President: Do you object to any of the officers whose names I being tried by me.es President or by have read out?
must be what we call "up-to-date," A man caught on the On Ping adhered to. They sa: or stood still due to the acquisition of housing and if He is not, he cannot be God wharf with 160 taels of opium was while part of the invading group marching in of the accused and wit property by aliens. It is deemed That is very clear and self evident fined $1,000 (or six months') by Mr ransacked the till. They watched nesses. The President read the or- well for State and Imperial reasons A thing that ordinary priests and that in a Colony sa peculiarly Journalists have not realized yet is important from a naval and militarly that the kinema is to oust even the point of view Government should newspaper. The people of the future pass a law similar to that known will not study eye trying symbols to be in force in alien countries like "type" to get their news, their (to which allens therefore couldn't mental pictures. They will look at object) wh-reby` ownership
gazettes," and the neces- .of
A man who picked up some lead: real estate is restricted to bone fide sary verbal explanations, and data in the Kowloon Godown, not intend citizens of such countries. Thus in will be bawled at them by grame-ing to steal it," got six weeks' to-day. Hongkong it is made unlawful for phone trumpets. In that day, with There was weighty evidence against immoveable property to be trans-newspapers old-fashioned and out of him ferred to dr nowped by any persons
dats, the church will be, very differ- who are not British subjects.
ent or it will be even more anach- Tonistic than it is now.
THE ORDINANCE..
It is no part of the China Mail's business to draft the text of the Ordinance, so we resist the tempta. tion, merely trying our hands on
kinema
HYPOCRISY A VIRTUE?
יז
Our own moral repulsion, as ex.
Sir Harry Lauder, the world famous comedian, arrived in Sydney, Australia, on April 29, and opened his Australian season in Melbourne on May 10.
WEDDINGS.
M. D. C. BAPTISTA MISS E. DA ROCE 1,
A very pretty wedding was solemnised at the Rosary Church, Kowloon, yesterday afternoon, the contracting parties being Miss
Private Luff, No. Sir. Private Welbourn, Yes. President to Private Welbourn, You do object?
Private Welbourn, No, I don't object to being tried by you.
Captain Middlemas then read the oath which the President affirmed, the President doing likewise for the members to affirm
Pte Welbourn was then marched
out.
The President read cut the charge Messrs. A. W. K. Money and G Evelina da Rocha, daughter of Mr. sheet which alleged Pte. Luff to Provided always that in all such pressed in a juxtaposed article on the Day, of the Asiatic, Petroleum Com-A. G. da Rocha, formerly of Swatow have
CLAUSE XLVI.
while the Allies are loyal to the hypocrisy of Havas in saying that principle of the inviolability of pri- are property they propose to get the Germans to steal it and give it to them, shows that Eke everybody else we regard certain things as self. evident. It is these axiomatic truths we must insist upon analysing. Is which, if we are to be true thinkers. hypocrisy immoral? After all, now we come to think of it, we are not sure.
returned.
to
Singapore upon demobilisation from pany's staff, have the army at home.
Captain A. Lambert, R. W. has been appointed to the command of H.MS. Cairo and to act asFlag Captain to Rear Admiral G. H. Borrett, Light Cruiser Squadron, China.
morrow night. The artists, animals Bostock's Circus opens to- and all the paraphernalia arrived yesterday. The tents and enclosure are in course of erection.
We are sure that we have acquired the mental habit of so re- Nature's law is the supreme law. Is garding it, but that proves nothing that granted? Then the first duty is self-preservation. Is that admitted? railway truck from Cornwall, in For overcrowding 45 sheep in a In the speechless animal kingdom we which 4 were found dead and 2 dying. Dote what We call protective
cases as hereinbeforementioned and without exception made as by the Governor in Council or other qualified authority this ordinance shall be retrospective to eternity and publica tion hereof in the wual channels shall be deemed sufficient notice in all parties who may be found on proof established to be illegally the owners of such property in defiance thereof so that upon such notice and proof being formally recognized in the proper judiciary the aforesaid property shall be deemed and is for feit to the Crown without compensa tion and by the Crown immediately thereafter be offered in accordance with the customary procedure as to Crown lands as available for lawful tenancy by the King's lieges.
There. We hope the Attorney where an insect pretends to be a leaf, were recently fined £22 10s, and costs colouring and natural camouflage, the L. and S.W. Railway Company General won't be jealous, but that hea harmless caterpillar a venomous at Gosport. will go ahead and give us that much-insect, and so on. we interpret Havas 'as experience has needed and very desirable new law. hypocrisy designed to serve the pur- shown to be necessary. If the French We call the public to witness that it pose of the survival of the fittest, estimated to be 1.279.854. Last year The population of the F.M.S. is Mr. and Mrs. Pedro d'Akohturnews agency says a thing will be isn't the China Meil's fault if we Kawer beg to acknowledge with indore, we understand it to meas that don't get it.
In such cases, quite obviously, the there were 33,011 births, a decrease mere grutipudu the jond expressions the official propagandists behind
fittest are the most successfully of 1,752 compared with 1917. The of sympathy receivert Fair their Havas desire that thing to be done,
hypocritical As no sane person birth-rate, was 25.79 per mile. In relatives and friends on the line and we Jet Ia pasy
attributes immorality to the inarticu- 1911. the ceasus year, the birth-rate of their beloved son, as well as the mere opinion. It cow seems that
late members of the organic family, was 19.41. those who have Willy sent Houl we should act differently. We hear
we seem to have found an instance wreaths and taken part the of patricts, themselves leading honest
of virtuous hypocrisy. If so in ane, why not in others? Man is subject lives, who see no dishonesty in such
to the Darwinian law.
funeral.
A BARGAIN!
ACKNOWLEDGMENT,
ab
The China Mail.
TROZH, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE.
HONGBONG, MOXday, Jusṛ 16, 19:9.
RESPONSIBILITY.
23
KWOK FO.
The odd thing about "the boycott case," as the papers insisted on a procedure, and we hear that there calling it, was the anxiety of the
an.
This is natural
two
revolvers and 100 rounds of ammuni
Sergeant Cockle found
tion in a Malay boarding-house on this new problem thoroughly. This Inspector Kent said the boarding.
There is no time to-day to examine the Praya. He had had a "tip
house keeper had lived in Hongkong Perhaps they will 40 years and should know better.
Fined $25.
is even some likelihood of the pro-authorities to call it something else. position being seriously entertained. A number of schoolboys carrying note may give the wits of our readers This horrible moral debacle must be umbrellas with a Chinese inscription some exercise. strenuously protested, or the Ger were prosecuted and fined, not under favour us with the results? mans will indeed have defeated us, the boycott ordinance, but for In the long indictment against them, organizing a procession without a drafted by the Commission on Respon permit, and thereby causing sibility, we find the Germans accused obstruction. Evidence showed that of confiscating private property the procession wasn't a cortege or a Their chief wickedness, as we know, file or a train or a catenation or a was their attitude towards the per-procession at all. It was a straggling sons and property of non-comba-string of unusual umbrellas carried tants. It is for that we desire to by self-important schoolboys, con see them punished. The rest of scious of public approval of their
PEAK TRAM FARES.
why the China Mail didn't complain More than one reader has enquired about the high fares charged by the Peak Tramway, when it was dealing with the Ferry fares. We agree eventually they must be reduced.
In his report on the FMS. for 1918, the Chief Secretary says In view of the difficulties connected
menced, and it is believed that de the storage of raw rubber, was.com. with shipping an investigation on
terioration of raw rubber stored under suitable conditions in this country
and Mr. Duarte Cesario Baptista of Messrs. Floquet and Knoth..
The bride was given away by her father, and Messrs. V. F. Ribeir and.. O. Baptista acted men. The bridesmaids were Miss as best
5. Xavier and C. Vieira.
Father Spada officiated and the Church was packed full with friends and relatives of the bride and bride- the bridegroom's residence at No. 5 groom. A reception was also held at
Lyeemun Villa, Kowloon, after which the happy couple left for Peak Hotel, where they spent their honeymoon. Many beautiful presents were ceived.
MR. SANTOS-MISS SILVA.
1, Broke out of barracks. 2, Drunkenness.
3, Resisting an escort by kicking, struggling and biting..
The President. Are you guilty or
not guilty of the first charge which you have heard read ? Yes.
The President here warned accused that pleading guilty gave the court no option but to find him guilty.
was guilty or not guilty to the 2nd The President asked accused if he
and 3rd charges and accused replied.
Yes."
The summary of evidence was re-read by Captain Middlemass. It dis- closed accused was absent on June 2, that he was warned not to leave barracks or enter the canteen on that day. Pie Luff was found in the King Edward Hotel and the escort brought accused to barracks. Op- on the ground resisting the escort. posite Garden Road the accused was
da Silva. The bride was given away room. When in the guard room the French Bank to Miss Edith M.until they carried him to the guard and continued resisting the escort;
by her father. Messrs. Julio A. dos accused threw a basin at the escort. Santos and L. S. Hyndman acted as He was also drink. bestren. The bridesmaids were the Misses Xavier.
The nuptials took place, at the Rosary Church, Kowicon, this morn ing of Mr. Ubaldo A. dos Santos of
NEW PADRE FOR ST. ANDREW'S.
President (to accused.) Having. heard the summary read have you any statement to make in mitigation of punishment?
I have a written one. Accused's statement said he care out of detention on June 2 and had a drink or two. Not being used to it During the service a: St. Andrew's after 9.30 p.m. on June 2 till I woke it overcame me. I remember nothing yesterday, the temporary incumbent,
up in the Guardroom the next morn- Rev. J. S. Harrington, announceding. I joined up it 1914, was at the that a new chaplain has been en evacuation of the Dardanelles, was in gaged for St. Andrew's.
Salonica in 1916, and went to India in 1917. I should be sent home for demobilization and I submit these facts in mitigation."
A telegram was received last week end to say that the Rev. Lindsay
August. would leave England for Hongkong
gregation to hold together meanwhile Rev. Harrington asked the con- and anticipated a hearty welcome
No one or our side requires their crimes, being more or less patriotism. Nor did it of itself cause that the charges are too high, and for a period of six months or a year, for the new chaplain.
given the Germans a chance to
on to say that he ate her baby, he
could not have opened his mouth to
was right, and if his own notion of
his might had been correct, he might
have been right. It wasn't, and be
possibly longer, is small,
normal to a war-maddened people, an obstruction, though it may have do not stir us so much to resentment led to one, may have been the we regard ferries and trams as as that did. So we simply cannot occasion of one.
At the Ayer Kuning Rubber bear to see our own people dropping how the law interpreters manage to more than a reasonable margin of who presided, stated that the net We wonder just public services, out of which no meeting in Penang Mr. Pritchard. to their level. Better an inextinguish discriminate in such cases.
Lady profit should be made. The Gover-profit of $8,274 was due to the very ment should have a representative low price of rubber, the average
able national debt than a permanent Godiva would undoubtedly cause rotting of our moral fibre. Since an obstruction. being
German private property in Allied interesting sight than
more
countries is manifestly beyond the boy carrying an umbrella surplus over a reasonable percentage.
Pritchard re-elected a director.
**
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STEAMER AWNING
STOLEN.
also charged was stealing the canvas. Hearing with adjourned.
NO LIGHTS.
as to character?-1 have. Have you any evidence of accused President (to Captain Goode),
Captain Goode read out accused's record.
The President then announced court closed for consideration of sentence, which will be promulgated after confirmation by the G.0.C.
The case against Pte. F. Welbourn was next proceeded with.
The President read out the charge
1, Breaking out of barracks.
Sergt. Collins 1st Garr. Bn. Man- chester Regt giving evidence said On June 2 Tseat escorts for the ac cused to the King Edward Hotel. On taking him to the guardrom the ac- cused looked at,, me and used bad language to me.
laboured proof of the guilt and re- sponsibility of the enemy, and no one with any sense will pay too much attention to enemy attempts at re- buttal. What we foresaw has hap " 'pened:
The false and exaggerated stories of German atrocities have argue. If our journalists had been
Two Chinese were remanded on on the Board of each company, and selling price being 56 cents. Fifty application from Mr. E. L. Agassiz, sheet which charged accused with: a school divide with the shareholders any acres more would be brought into this morning, on a charge of receiv content to record, the fact that the Hun killed the woman, without going over of Germany to seize, that part But a man fainting in the street, First and foremost the public interest bearing gradually during the currenting a canvas awning valued at $500, 2. Using insubordinate language
of the Havas message was glaringly owing to the heat or other illness, should be considered. But between year, together with many trees at false. We could not ask them to do would as certainly cause an obstruc-ferry and Peak tram there is cne present being rested. This year's Purported to have been stolen from to his superior officer, Sergt. Collins. The Presidents Are you guilty or the ss Hui Chan. Me. Agassiz it: we would not let them do it. tion, and we are supposing that they difference which we point out in crop was estimated at 80,000 15. defending, pleaded that defendants not guilty of the 1st charge, which reply, because he announced before That was the plainest of plain wouldn't prosecute him. However, justification of our supposed parti. They had sold forward two tons in pursuit cf a policy of terrorism.that we should grab this property, done. The boys more than achieved by wealthy people, who would 79 certs per pound. $2,000 was Accused were released on bail of pleading guilty. hand that he would kill the woman, camouflage to cover the proposal the case is settled, and no great harmality. The Peak tram is used only monthly from April to September at did not have guilty knowledge of the you have heard read? Guilty.
articles being stolen property.
President warned accused as to The German proclaimed that might (as an asset against Germany's their object. An excellent point made probably prefer to continue paying voted as directors' fees and Mr.$200, each. Two other men were
indebtedcess) and refer the owners by Mr. John Kestrel in one of the these big rates to discourage the
Accused pleaded not guilty to the to their government for repayment. morning papers seems to us to deserve proletariat from invading their sacred
2nd charge. was wrong, and out of his own money-box, and tell it not to cry C.S.P. told the boys, through their ferry is used, and must be used, by of Criminals continues to grow In other words, we rob the child's wider publicity, and we give it. The mountain. On the other hand the FMS., has reported that the Registry The Commissioner of Police, mouth he has convicted himself. One item in the long report of the debt. He will restore it, we add umbrellas back if they would first local Bolsheviks-
because its parent is in our counsel, that they could have their all classes, including the workers and Commission on Responsibility rather which is another lie, because if we scrape off the Chinese words they
| rapidly in usefulness and importance. puzzles us. The just indictment was believed he could restore it, there carried. This we passed over at the
It now contains the records of so long that (as in the case, of our would be no need to grab the pro- time as a very reasonable stipulation THE VICTORIA THEATRE, relaxed which requires the result 134,000 persons, and the rule is still baby-eating illustration) there was perty of the child. We would collect intended to prevent the umbrellas no need to pad it. Yet how explain from the parent. It is damnably hard being again used in the same way.
orevery reference to be communicated Before Captain Basil. Taylour at clause
no. 10, usurpation of
luck to be chiselled by a vulgar Mr. Kestrel points out that the
(telegraphically where such com.the Marine Court this morning, P. C. sovereignty, during military occupa-
Impostor such as the German nation characters Kwok fo are a contraction Theatre made a happy selection officer on the day the enquiry is Tam Yau with failing to carry The management of the Victoria munication exists) to the enquiring Grifin charged Ma Lau Tak and tion?" We cannot understand that. Successful military occupation is
has turned out to be, but it is no of Chung Kwok So Tso Chi Fe, which when they took that masterpiece received. More than 20,000 such regulation lights on their boats an excuse for us to break the rules of means no more than "made in China:" film "Moral Suicide" to show their enquiries were received duing the June 16. sovereignty. However...
honesty and recognized international This puts another complexion on patrons. Despite the hot weather year; of these 3,545 or 17.23 per law. We invite the Church to put the matter. That is straight out record attendances have been the cent. resulted in identification with yesterday defendants boats had no P. C. Griffin deposed that at 8 p.m. a statement & outrageous that we forward words of moral guidance on business advertising, and obstruction order while this film has been show previous criminal histories thought it needed no comment other
lights.
Messrs.' Shin Fung Tai & Co., than the headline we gave it. The this point. It should carry more or no obstruction, the makers of the ing. This illustrates the advisability
The first defendant said he had a
have just received a large consign- telegram Began by saying that in weight than anything we can say.
umbrellas have as much right to of securing good pictures. On Satur- Concerning the exchange ques light all the time but had nothing toment of Lactogen; the natural mill... Allied countries there is private
expose such a siga as any other firm day the theatre was packed.
tion the Government of India, In hoist it to.
food for infants. property owned by Germans which
has to send round "sandwich men." By request of parents and numer reply to the Bombay Indian mer-
Second defendant admitted having totals about 15 milliards of. francs.
If the advocate for the boys had ous other patrons the Victoria man chants and the Chambers of Com. no light. and it went on, "while the principle
taken that line of defence, that they agement will sareen "Moral Stilde" merce say the Chambers doubtless Both were fined $5. of the inviolability of private property
An advertisement in Saturday's were "sandwich men "advertising once more. That will be at the realise that it is impossible for the is recognized by the Entente, it is in China Mail Indicated that the this brand of home-made gamp, we matinee on Wednesday.
Secretary of State to continue to sell tended to request the German Govern advertiser was desperately in need fancy a conviction would have been The management are sure of a big rupees in India at considerably below. ment to seize the property of its of house accommodation. He men-harder to get. One of our staff, who house as "Moral Suicide" is includ their cost. They are assured that citizens and then turn it over to the tioned pigstyes, but whether this recently had bls new umbrella stolen, ed in the programme. Patrons are the Government of India are most Allies 19 part payment of the was a humorous way of proving the is suddenly smitten with the idea requested to attend early.
anxious to secure stability of `ess- indemnity. In plain English that desperate nature of the demand, or that this sort in the C.S.P'a custody Tonight Hands Up will be change and that the whole question #incans, We believe theft to be a genuine attempt to secure quarters must be the long awaited unstealable shown as well as a Barold Lloyd and will be comprehensively considered immoral. We will not steal We where be would feel really at home, umbrella. He therefore makes a other films. A special attraction by the coming Currency Committee, will ask the other man to steal what we do not know. Whatever eles the aporting offer to carry one on rainy will be the appearance of the string upon which an Indian representative, we covet and give it to us? Usually advertisement may have done, it days, and chance the prosecution. band from the P, M. a.a. Venezueld: Dadalba Merwanfeé Dalal, will eit,
Not long ago "Havas" perpetrated
NEW ORDINANCE WANTED.
*
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THIS EVENING'S JEST.
Other witnesses gave evidence for the prosecution, and a number appeared for the defence.
sentence will be announced in due Accused was found guilty and the
course.
The string band of the s.s. Vene zuela will play at the Palace Hotel tomorrow night. There will be dancing from 9 p.m.
When a Chinese constable ar rested a suspicious looking individual Mrs. Kowloon : * I can't do with at the Leung Wing Wharf, the other, out my matututal coffee.
day, he found 200 rounds of ammuni Mrs. Peak: is that a good brand?tion wrapped inside a piece of clothy We've tried so many that are unsatis on the man's person. The smuggler factory I'
was fined $400 this morning.
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