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decorations, it is generally conceded As regards the Peace signing that Chater Road presents the best appearance.

TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1919.

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

CASE AGAINST BERGEANT TULLOOK

CORRESPONDENCE.

SUGGESTIONG BY SERVICE

* MEN..

That's so. Why saari at the well-moral that makes it dread the fire.) meaning Bench which congratulated fIt would seem that in order to P. C. Richings on his past performs live a man must moralizė. Most ances, perhacs without Intentional assuredly, there can be no purpose patronage.. The real mischief is in in obiter dicta, in newspaper com the hearts of the mob. A prophetments. If the right and the duty of bath no honour in his own country." moralizing be detracted. When Mr. A prophet, mind you, is a bigger John Kestreltwits us with moralizing, proposition than à policeman. Have what is the moral he would draw, if we any of that spirit in Hong not that we shouldn't moralize? It said to be worth $4,000 from the A thief or thieves stole jewellery kong? We have. hose not heard, criticism on is right. But is it? On reflection Aimai Villas, Kowloon, on Saturday

How often the moral be immoral, it is clear he residence of Mr. E. Abraham the hearing was continued in the Celebrations have appeared in the this ingenious line, that "he cannct we decide not.

We believe It might evening,

Supreme Court yesterday afternoon

Before the Chief Justice (Sir william Rees-Davies, R.C) in the

residents anent the suggested Peace To the Editor of the " CHINA MAIL....””]).

SirA few remarks by, cirikan

case in which John McBean Tullock. Press lately, but apparently the a Sergeant of the police now

on the morning of May 19 last at lish this letter. Shaukiwan

There must naturally be a diver The Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C.sity of opinion among the sailors and (Acting Attorney-General) prosecuted, soldiers, but it is safe to say that the whilst Mr. Eldon Potter (instructed majority of the mn will agree with by Mr. W. E. L. Shenton) was for the following remakes

1st Day: Special Services. No

be up to much, or he wouldn't be out be better to moralize even immorally here."

It requires greatness to than to be amoral, on the analogy recognize greatness.

suspended from service, is charged thoughts of the Services have not Democracy's that it is certainly more lively to be bour Office is returning to the old Chinese girl named Ng Li Mui therefore request you to kindly plib." Mr. F. P. Lenfesty of the Harwith committing rape on a 13-year, been aired in a similar manner. We attribute is littleness. It is this temperamental thanamental Parrots Colony by the P. & O. Nagoya, due littleness of mind which has kept never moralize, because they can about Tuly 20. Mr. A. W. Daily, democracy powerless and politically repeat only what they hear. Sterne Boarding Officer, returns by the same fulle. There isn't the slightest could moralize from a starling, and ship. need to fear revolution or Bolshevism we have been obliged to do it by a at Home. The mob doesn't need to kestrel. The moral of all which is put forth the effort that revolution Never open your mouth till you have or Bolshevism would require, Alfirst opened your mind. that it has to do is to exercise the suffrage that it has in order to boss. the country. Why don't they? Why don't they abolish us and our privileges? It is because of the littleness indicated, because of envy and jealousy and snobbery. Fellow aristocrats! This shows that even. an ill wind may blow for our good.

PARTY NAMES.

OPEN LETTER TO HERR BAUER..

Dear Hauer,

A crowd attempted to loot a rice mill at Sungei Penang and Slot and Co's godowns, Perang, on June 23. Police attacked the crowd. Chief Inspector Wilson was struck by a brick on the leg while removing pro paganda posters.

the defence.

'

The following were on the Jury: one can find fault with this sugges- Messrs. A., B. Crapnell, D. Reichel-tion. We are all just as thankful that man, C. I: da Roza, J. H. Fidgeon, the war is over, perhaps more so, than G. Eyder, W. J. Roberts and H. C. the civilians. Pomeroy.

Parade of Troops on Hongkong.. Cricket Club ground 7:30. Feu de jaie.

"Really Are we loved so much as all this?

her evidence said she was unable to The complainant in the course of identify the person who assaulted Police sergeant a man with the back up the theory. Will the people. her. Ste only knew that he was a

The treatment received does not not say whether he was European, Will it do anybody any good? And

stamps on his coat." She could Chinese or Indian.

turn out to watch the performance?

the witness stated that she ran away enough during the last five years. If In crose-examination by Mz. Fotter, such an early hour We have when she saw the prisoner because

entertained the "population quite

Captain Percy Withers, from the appointment of Assistant Director of Equipment, has assumed command The writer of these is an English-being brought forward for commis. of the fight cruiser Colombo, which is min. He is not one of the kind sioning for service with the China that takes pleasure in "killing Squadron. The new skipper of the Kruger with his mouth," nor has Colombo commanded the Active in the he ever joined in censure of your Battle of Jutland, and was warmly An éditorial writer in the Daily Cryoien until he was reasonably commended in despatches for bis Chronicle has discovered that there satisfied that you deserved some of services in that action. is something in a name. He says it. He knows what 'war passion cant

she was afraid she would be raped there are any more "stunts to prome Ltd the Conservaties are unfairly handi-do to reason, and if anything, has

The witness denied that she asked vide is it not time that the positions capped by their name, while the erred on the generous efde in making I see great prominence is given the prisoner for $2. he offered it to were reversed, and let us have the Liberals enjoy an undue advantage allowances in this win. He dis to the fact that Hawker was a lifelong her and she refused to take it. This morning off? irm theirs.

believes that your men cut off teetotaler and a non smoker, says awas, after the offence had been

An official tiffin at the Hongkong How often has one heard the children's hands. He disbelieves the London writer. When Cottin shot at committed

Hotel mob orator, perhaps in perfect crucifixion story. He refuses a fat Clemenceau similar prominence was The girl's mother stated in her

Entertainment of troops in a good faith, assure his-credulous that piss las "news" of atrocities given to the point that he was evidence that Insp. Angus told the matshed. audience" that Conservative commuted by your side. He has teetotaler and a non smoker. Now, prisoner in Chinese to go and search

These lines look nice don't means one who is bent at all costs now read Reuters moving account I see Landru, the French Bluebeard, the boat. The witness also alleged they? How about changing places upon conserving what he has, how-of your eloquent speech to the is in the same condemnation. "1 that the prisoner attempted to strike again here? If not why bother about ever his less fortunate fellow crea. Assembly, about this "treaty of always warned you," writes a friend her daughter but was prevented by the erecting a matshed. The troops are tures may fare! It means, of violence and destruction," this "en- from Scotland, "that these habits led Inspector who said she was only p

used to eating, sleeping and rest- course, nothing of the kind, and slavement of the German people," to ragic results.”

little girl. The witness had no doubling with only the sky for a roof. te first Conservatives, like Peel and so on. Honest to goodness,

whatever that the prisoner was the Many of us have subscribed to the and Gladstone, when they accepted Bauer, did you mean it all?

What are the chances of meeting sergeant who left the station with Celebration" Fund and object to the name, had a single eye to the

There was some violence and EMS people on the top of a bus in her daughter..

the money being spent on oficial national interests.

destruction on your side, you know. London, asks a correspondent of the

tifrs and matsheds. Inspector Angues denied the last There are the ruined homes to show Malay Mail, now at Home. Recent-witness story and stated in

The majority of us do not care for for it, in Belgium and in France. This ly an old resident heard three answer to his Lordship, that Beer and Bun Scrambles." It is Englishman who now addresses you people from Perak talking about the no particular instructions. were exceedingly kind of the public to himself dug out of the lintel of a F.M.S. and the writer remembers given to the prisoner to search the caferlafn us, and we appreciate all cottage door a bit of a shell of yours taking a seat on the top of a bus and boat for spiam, but that was his this kindness very much hadeed, but which killed an old woman who had finding himself next to Sir Hugh duty. It was not prisoner's duty to why not ask "Tommy" and "Jack" no quarrel with you. It also killed Clifford, On the other hand you her cat, Bauer, and if you suspect the may walk about the streets of London old woman, you cannot suspect the for years and never see anybody you cat. You will say you didn't mean know. As a mere betting proposition to kill the cat. That is what we the Army and Navy Stores would complain of, Bauer. Every fool who rank high as a likely meeting place.

didn't know it was loaded, and every fool whoocked the boat, didn't mean to do what his criminal folly-brought about. At half the ex-

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* TRUTE, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE.

HONOEONG, TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1919.

LIEUT. COL. POLICEMAN.

in noting the circumstances attend

ing the resumption by Lieut-Colonel

It does, of course, mean something. of the kind. It means that the Con servative programme is to conserve the existing order and conditions, which includes the conservation of what they have, in power, prestige, and privilege. It is no handicap, really, because it secures them the support of the timid "let well alone" people. If there were Liberal-Con servatives in the raiddle of the 19th 'Century, it does not support the Chronicle-writer's contention, for thereare Conservatives to-day who are more Liberal in their attitude towards reform thar. are the last ditchers" efficiently. If Lieut-Colonel Rich and long horned Tories Events ponse of human life, and with far less have i answered the claim strain an truth in the matter of pro- name Liberal paganda, you could have outed the conferred an undue advantage. It Hohenzollerns and the junkers and the certainly didn't conserve the party military caste Why didn't you, Bauer? Chronicle leaderette was written in to see the risks of tolerating and at the last general election. The Why didn'tyou? You had brainsenough

enabled to see how the mind of the "For the last time in free Ger the face of that, so that we are obeying them. metropolitan journalist can work many" Bauer, had a touching ring. The same writer says "Unionist It is possible to imagine fat-necked means too little. It is impossible to German Assemblymen blubbering as see how it could mean more. It is you declaimed the wor's. But what the most exact party name of the lot.

ings remains in the police force, is there no county which lacks a chief constable 3 Is no office vacant which may not be properly filled by an officer who has three times been mentioned in despatches? For the sake of the nation, always prodigal of its resources, an OP portunity should be given to this highly honoured man of staying honourably at the high level of life to which he has attained..

survey

that

the

A Unionist is one who stands for the

a

Toda

point a revolver at anyone but he probably did so to frighten.

Dr. McKenny said he examined the girl but found no external signs of injury to indicate that a struggle had taken place. The girl possessed great physical strength. An ordinary person would, believe her to be about 16 years of age.

Dr. Parker, Government Bacterio logist, said there was no microscopic evidence to support the charge:

home; demobilised Colonial troops. A sailor on a troopship, taking

states that after the vessel had called ship was at Colombo it was soon seen that the alive with monkeys," which the men had brought. aboard that the Jury should inspect the His Lordship expressed the desire with them. "There seemed to be as scene of the incident, and further many monkeys as troops," he says, hearing was therefore adjourned till and masts-in fact, they were all

and they scrambled up the funnels to-morrow.

mad, and ordered the monkeys to be over, the ship. The skipper was pat over the side, but it took us a week to get thoroughly rid of them."

ji.

MANCHESTER WEEKLY

MARKET REPORT.

Messrs James F. Hutton and Co., Ltd., Manchester report on May 21: The cotton markets both at New

what they prefer. Here are a few. suggestions collected indiscriminate

y

(1) Throw open the picture Houses and Theatre to the services.

(2) Also the trams and ferry, (3) Provide Launches for trip. round the island for those favouring bathing parties,

(4) Provide Motor cars to give the services a chance of seeing the colony under comfortable and up to date conditionsä ja pa

Ships in the day time. Give us some Take us away from Barracks and thing amusing in the evening. We will provide our own drinks at night and can consume it whilst watching the promised wonderful display of fireworks Services."

Yours, etc.

SERV

SHANGHAI SHOOTING.

USGASENSIO

FW: Golding gets off with 18

emotion.

with

There he goes again. High level

about "frightfumess," Bauer? Did The British people generally find it

The N. C. Daily News, says: of life" and so forth. Apparently Union, against the forces of disunion you or did you not, approve not by any means easy to let snobbery is ineradicable from the Labour," he says, means too much did, Bauer, you did, because you see Home celebrations will provide York and Liverpool continue to forge

frightfulness" as a policy? You themselves go, and so far as we can English consciousness. It is true to define the party. that lots of the Chief Constables at finition, it

As a de thought it would pay. Frightfullers, much in the way of originality ahead and this is caused partly by means too little. Bauer, like other criminals, forfeit Here in China we have limited the active buying which is going on Home have. no brains. They were It is impossible to guess their claim to freedom. not appointed because they had what the fellow would be at, talking The most hateful thing your side to give pleasure not only to ourselves from some of the largest growing months' imprisonment for shooting brains, but because they belonged to like that. If a man, talked like that

seppe for celebrating, for we are out and also,by unsettled weather reports the "higher levels of life." So long at the Club, you'd set him down an did, Bauer, was to break that but to the Chines Hongkong has States. The advance is naturally at a hotel manager at Shanghai with as the people tolerate that, they have ass, and a bit of a bore. Why should understanding of our pseudo-civiliza-long had its programme drawn up. passed on to the Manchester market, a revolver, after he had been put out no right to complain if heroes who it be regarded differently because tion which protects non-combatants. and it is likely to carry off the laurels but it grows very much in the trans of the hatet for disorderly behaviour. have merely attained" this high you see it in print even in a Lon. There are some of us who can never with the wonderful dragon it is promission owing to the improving We repeated the thrilling story An Englishman" in the Daily level are frozen out. Quite obvious don newspaper?. His "tag" the forgive that. It is unforgivable. It posed to decorate in the Harbour position of Spincers and Manufac of the Mail scores a good point or twoly. a ranker cannot claim the prize tit-bit. Here is, dears.

is a pity (we confess it) that sorde Shanghai should bestir itself. There turers. Prices for cloth have gone a week

hotel man's escape same rights as a man of rank. Such The name of the Labour party in our side haven't respected don-is no time to be lost if our celebration so fast during the past fort discharge of the weapon actually. Or two age. The writings will tend to spoil P. Can ingenious intimation to the world combatants as they should. You ceremonies are to be on a scale night that business is most difficult burned his inner garment. It is Richings C.L.H, C.G., M.C., of his Richings. Probably the war was a that its members desire control of know what mobs are. But your Morthy of the metropolis of the Far to arrange ind Merchants are not reported that the jury strongly job as a policeman at Cardiff. But dream to him. He only dreamed the State machine for sectional and de, as even this writer illustrates how hard that he was a Lieut.-Colonel, and is occupational interests."

matter of deliberate Eas: and ourselves. policy robbed and enslaved and

able to follow the market at present, recommended Golding to mercy, and. it is for snobbery to die, by using, glad to wake up and resume his without inverted commas, the phrace beat.

Reads all right, you think? "Can'e murdered non combatants. You

The greatest hindrance, especially that the prisoner was Does it and after all the see anything the matter with it thought you must win, and that so tests against paragraph in the is the increasing delays in cabling to had to be aseleted from the The Nippon Yusen Kaisha pro. with prices going as they are doing greatly affected by the sentence. "common policeman." He might Daily Mail writer has left this Well, read it again. What does it You would never be called to account Daily Express in which it is stated and from the East, which is a just as well have said vulgar police question unsettled-does man, uneducated policeman, plebeian require much brains to be a Lieut. says that the game is an ingenious did, Bauer, and all it meant to do advance of their British competitors India dated nine, days back-almost We presume that means that he

it say, explicitly, and implicitly? It low. When we think of all your side Settlements received business news in terday we received cables frour

dock, and w for it. That's bad, Bauer. That's that Japanese firms in the Straits most unsatisfactory business Yes - quite overcome policeman or hot polloi policeman Colonel? A rapid while te was at it. However, this Lieutenant Coloneldom suggests that thing certainly not indicated in we accuse you of crocodile tears by an ingenious use of wireless. They as long as

of etc. that its members desire" some is what happened when P.C. Gate it doesn't. Still, there is a lesson to the name. It implies that that Bauer, and we feel tempted to rup know that under the radio telegraphic Chamber of Commerce here keep the cannot find it so easy to worry over was taker when wept. He is a young man, it seems, Lieut-Col) Arthur Richings of the be get from this incident, and per-something is wrong. "Sectional"

Bauer, of hypocritical eloquence write Does your correspondent things were at their worst.The argrapher and cashier, but we Legion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre haps it is here.

interests in effect, are wrong. Isn't ure our good manners, Bauer, by regulations no message may be sent position well before the Goverpanet the troubles of a man who kept a and Military Cross resumed the

The truth is that democracy has every party, a section? Isn't the saying peremptorily, "Lie down, which has to be passed through more officials concerned, but instead of revolver, went to fetch his revolver. square toed boots and baton of the in its nature something of the Labour party, the biggest section dog. You might as well, anyway, than two boats at sea? Is he also improving, the delay gets worse and and ared his revolver. Who would .constabulary job.

mob. It cannot believe in the Another implication is that one of because you've brought it af un virtue of a man, that it has known the parties. (not the Labour party) yourselves, and the bed you made that until recently, wire on the surface it seems to be a have wept if he had killed the other? or seen." Him a great man is for the State" as against sectional You must lie on Adrasteia is now steamers at sea were forbidden 2. We are responsible. In spite of the less messages from England to matter of indifference to those who exclaimed the captain of a tramp interests. It would be interesting to dealing with you, Bauer, and while would add that, in common with advance a far weight of business still steamer of R L. Stevenson" him find out, that party. The Dally you are certainly in a hole, it is a most other firms, we Eave suffered finds its way on to the order books JUNIOR TENNIS LEAGUE. agreat man! Not he! Why, Chronicle might just as well have told hole you dug for others.If you considerably through the delay in of the Manufacturers. This week it many's the time he has sat in this us which it is. We have to guess. Can can find a better 'ole go to it.We transmission of cables to and from can hardly be said that any heavy beat with me," And the Bumbles you guess? Of course you can. are not annoyed at your naval men our head office and branches, includ booking has taken place for India sinking their chips. We'd have

Played at Happy valley yesterday done the same in their place. We

ing Stigapore,

for China these markets are still resulting in a win for St. Joseph's are not offended by the German gen Fw. Golding who was charged but the bulk of the business done S. Sepher and Silva beat C. Q..

buying where prices can be arranged, College by 31 games. A leman who said the Americans before the Supreme Court, Shanghai, seems to come from the markets M. S. Tallourd and Sgt. Davis-5: could go to hell. That was almost for shooting at Mr. E. Blags of the described as miscellaneous. Enquiry beat C. S. M. Pragnell and G. Baines. a manly touch for a German. But we are disgusted, Banet, at the moral Astor Grill, on May 30, was sentenced keeps up in volume and it is now 7-4; beat Br. Amy and L/Cpl. Kirby to 18 months' imprisonment by Jutge question as to whether the importing obliquity which permitted you to Skinner Turner, following strong markets can follow Manchester O. utall and A. R: Ismail beat the Legion of Honour, were but correspondents accused us of mora ont violence and destruction," and Jury. The prisoner was greatly are not so bad as might have been and Kirby 6-5; lost to Talfourd and Quite recently one of our critical mouth that appalling claptrap about recommendation to mercy by the prices. The mail reports from India Praznell and Banes 7-4: beat Amy happy accidents. With a good livingIt escaped our attention in our assault on your freedom and self affected by the sentence and had to expected from the reports read recent Davis - scepticism of the captain of the takes its turn in the thought-machine- Baget, you have had more than was he sat on one of the forms in Court froubles. The business in the beat Talfourd and Drois 4-3 best heart they would echt the a press of other matters, but now determination. Of self determination, be assisted from the dock, after which ly in newspapers of the political Goldenberg and A. Iamail tramp steamer. Richings is all Tela, you know, a clefie that good for you. You determined to do quite overcome with emotion. The Bataats, though temporarily suspend. Pragnell and Binas de bent Amy very well they would say, and carries an implication of reproof a lot of things that were wrong, Jury, which was composed of Mesarsed is going on again quite actively at

The chirman of the Bench was kind enough to congratulate bim on his achievements. With a ne air of patronage, né doubt, the .chairman said that he was glad to see him back. Thus Bumbledom paid a well-deserved tribute to heroism.. and Lieut.-Colonel Richings, let us hope, was highly. gratified when he was permitted. with a compliment, to get back to his useful, if undistinguished, work Then the writer goes on to talk of the national disgrace of letting this man," "lifted high above the class to which be be-

longed," sink back to it is

a snobbish. tagtless, and offensive

way of expressing what is really not

a bad idea. Freaumably Richings

had brains. Sa have even common. policemen." They need them, though

the Daily Mail contributor doesn't seem to think so. "He says t

We have not too many men in England of tried and proved ability. Among the few is surely he who in Sfteen month's rose from the ranks to be acting lieutenant colonel. Only a prodigal nation would be content to see him wast ing bis skill and his energy upon a post which any stout, untrained fellow of fire and twenty could fill

of Cardiff, it is certain, have little You are fight the very first time, faith in Lieut. Colonel Richings. It is your party. They remember the salute which he gave them as they passed through the door of the court to find their dignified seats upon the

Bench, and they are persuaded to

think that the Military Cross and

MORALIZING

we must congratulate hit; but, we Parsons, and perhaps the teachers of Bauer, things that were wicked and Frost, R. B. Moarhead, HA and this is perhaps the best sign that

Totals:

can't forget the days when he was the young, hay do it because it is foglish, and things which, as it hap Macray, H. S. Lindsay and C. M. the position should soon improve, games, 88

on duty in this very court. More their job, but for any other public pens, you were not allowed to do. Forest, was out of Court for an hour. We are told that most of the trondie games. always opposes the toorappedy rise parently considered improper. The considering. Quit that line of talk, andked for further guidance on the part of some of the people who over, the feeling of jealousy which speaker Gr Writer to do it is ap You are getting off rather cheaply and ten minutes when they returned was caused by misrepresentation on

of a comrade is still alive: The fabuliste did it A newspaper writer of you may provoke our side to raise the meaning of the words intent to were most concerned. In the maller We are requested in announce honest democrats who think that is sort of a fabulist. Why shouldn't the antenna

one man is as good as another do he attach a moral to his stories? not like to be another why has no why, for that matter, shouldn't every political pulf getting the better of man bera moralist and moralize? them. Yet no democracy can Why is experience the best teacher? succeed if it put any obstacle in the Because experience is a supplier of

of the trhimph of merit.

morals burat child acquires a

how would you be, If Her, who is the top of

ment, should But judge you as you are?,

LEND OF

kill After Further instruction on and can only hope that this is a fact by Messrs the Hough that this point, the jury again retired and as if it is the case probably waen the the Sale of valuable Household Fur kidgendered their verdict five minute indian Government's actual Intentions niture laced advertised to take Later that the prisoner was guilty of are understood the Intense feeling place on Wednesday, 2nd int. at No. the offence charged, adding a strong which was undoubtedly caused will 448 Nathan Road Kowloon has been recommendation to mercy

become alleviate

postpo