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working for unity. He is not even working for the daunty that might| be amicably possible, by making Kwangtung a sort of Chinese Ulster, for in that case he would have been satisfied with the title of Souther President. Though Peking may never.successfully coerce Kwangtung. any more than the British can sub- due Ireland, it is absurd to pretend that the tail can wag the dog, and Peking does not represent the tail in the present split.

HONGKONG TRADE.

The brief and formal notice we published yesterday of the quarterly trade returns for Hongkong did not attention to the drop call

discovered

SPECIAL CABLE.

STRAITS STRIKE.

ALL FINISHEXD.

[China Mail SPECIAL. ]

SINGAPORE, May 18. All the local strikes have finished The remaining artisans are returning today, accepting the employers

terms.

A CAFE ASSAULT.

SCENE AT WISEMAN'S.

BOY SENT TO JAIL..

Mr. Percy Robert Beesley, assistent manager of Triseman's Cafe, this morning charged one of the table boys before. Magistrate Lindsell with

WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1921.

COMPANY REPORT.

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY

OF CANTON, LTD.

The report of the Union Tasurance Society of Canton, Ltd, for presénta- tion to the shareholders, at the forty-eighth ordinary meeting to be held at the Society's Offices at noon follows: on Friday May 27, 1921, is as

1919 Account-After payment of the interim dividend of 24

ALLEGED KIDNAPPING,

MAN AND WOMAN CHARGED.

BOTH FRISONTES CÜQUITTED,

Fang Cheng, a small Chinese boy five years old, was the subject of charges of child-stealing and child harbouring which were preferred re- spectively against two Chinese, a man named Lai Sin King and a woman » named Leung Kin, at the Criminal Sessions this morning before the. share and the bonus of 20 per cent to Contributors passed at the last Puise Judge (Mr. J. R. Wood).· annual, meeting there remains a The Crown Solicitor (Mr. G. E. balance of £594,522.184 as per Wakeman) appeared to conduct the case for the prosecution and the prisoners, both of whom denied the charges, were not defended.

| annexed statement.

The Board recommends that this sum be appropriated as follows 20 A final dividend · `to shareholders of 15-

per share on 110,679 shares ******* £85,543. 40 A bonus dividend to shareholders of 201- per share on 110,679 shares

The story told by the Crown' wit- nesses was that Lai Sin King occupied a room in the house where the child's parents lived at Yaumati. On May 6, it was alleged, he visited the family and told Pang Cheung that his brother was waiting downstairs for him with something to eat. The boy left the 100,000. 0.0 room, followed a few minutes later by Lai Sin Fing and an 70,000.00 several hours searching failed to reveal and trace of the youngster his

110,579. 00

and acquire a smattering of culture what time he might have been learning the boot making trade. His real education began after he left school, and was got in the boot factory. So with most of the working classes Dean Inge includes teachers as middle class, but we think the most of them are recruited from the working classes. Until lately theirs was an ill-paid profession, and public school boys even if their £300 a year education had fitted them for it, which it did not) did not go in for it. It is only lately, since the war, that their resi value to the community (or is it merely the law of supply and demand?}} has been admitted. At best, if we are to be frank, their function is to elerate working class boys into middle-class men, and to divert them from productive to "non-productive

by comparing the work. A potentially good carpenter becomes a clerk, who can read the 5gures with those for the correspond Daily Mail and John Bull, and vote ing quarter of the previous year. Tory. Let us be honest with our Figures for "such short periods are selves and admit that though culture convenient to handle, but it is is desirable, it is a luxury: it is not doubtful how far they should be as indicating the actual a necessity like the products of the accepted

of trade. The figures carpenter, and bootmaker. We who trend have culture, but cannot make boots for the whole yeat may give a

The complainant said that about be boxes are lucky in a war stricken different impression. he ass 7.40 last night he went to the pantry and poorer world to get a living by it for example, that high exchange in

one quarter would involve on his usual round of inspection and we must recognize that when the any world is obliged to retrench it masts rise in the import figures for the there found the defendant and a apo start with us, not with its producing next, and perhaps vice versa. Weber of other boys at work! In the alley-To workers. We have had the pleasanter, make this note by way of counterpoisey, he saw boy No. 13, whom Mr. easier way of life all song. have to the depressive effect of the start- Goodall had informed at 5 o'clock be was dismissed for insolence, as from enjoyed food and clothes and sheltering figures appearing elsewhere in we did not and could not help to pro- this issue: Noting fourteen millions 230 pin. No. 15, was standing about smoking and idling away his time. dace, have not had to soil our bands less of imports and nearly eighteen The witness told him to attend to en jobs we fin our snobbish middle milions less of exports, the careless his duties. This he refused to do, class war) have considered beneath reader might be led to jump to the and witness told him a second time, Ltd. us and have been as happy as drones conclusion that all is over. Indica- but still he took no notice. The witness in spammer time. Now that winter tions quite as trustworthy as depart then told No. 13 that if he persisted has come, we share the usual fate of mental figures convey a somewhat bear our quite natural fate manfully, almost any, Hongkong merchant/ have to give up tis uniform, leave the interim dividend of 21/- per share ed the man said that the child's drones. Let as recognize facts, and different impression and although in refusing to obey orders, he would disavowing the hysterical whinings will tell you that trade is not good premises, and return at 8.30 for his be paid to shareholders, absorbing father knew exactly who had kid-

wages. No. 13 took off his uniform £132.814.16.0 and that a bonus of they

are all carrying on as if it could but refused to go away unless he had 20 per cent. be paid to contributors happed the boy and the woman easily be much rare, and as if they his wages paid to him, saying that he absorbing about £50,000, and that expected su improvement. Indeed, wanted to go to Canton that same the remainder be carried forward. though optimism of the Partingtonight. The witness thereupon pushed Fraser brand irritates them, they him into the alleyway. At the same foolishly. Why are far from the pessimism of the time, the defendant (boy No. 5)A. Forbes has resigned his seat ong, the child's father said that be

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of this self-appointed spokesman Dean Inge, who is not a good Chris tian, not a fair representative of the mikile, classes, not even a logician, and who lately has been talking snobbishly and should £300 a year be spent on the education of one middle-class" boy, to make an unproductive parasite of him, when a State education waits him free, and when he could learn to be a producer--and help to form the nucleus of a cleverer, à more

·LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Canton authorities have capable and more reasonable working started a campaign against quack class? Snobbery is the only reason, doctors who sell their wares on The very name middle-class is snob | steamers to credulous passengers. bery. There are only two social classes those who are useful to society, and, those who are not. In the end, society itself, when forced to it by circumstances such as follow great wars, so categories, and the phenomena of its classifying are what Dean Inge sees as tragic.

MR. TSE TSAN TAI AND DRIMORRISON.

Mr. A. Weill, manager of Sennet Freres, left by the ss. "Ecuador" this morning for San Francisco en route for France where he will spend a holiday

Owing to the scarcity of fire wood in Canton through transport dificulties following the effect of the heavy rains on the rivers, the price of that fuel in the city has made a sudden upward jump.

assault.

An addition to the Reinsurance Fund:

At addition to the Buil An addition to the

ding Reserve Fund.

Equalization of Divi- dend Fund

be carried forward

to Underwriting. Sus- Account to pense

close the account for.

ů

25,000.00 disappearance was reported to the police. On the following day Lai Sin King interview the parents and auggested that they should advertise for news of their child's whereabouts

the year 1919... 200,100144 and offer a reward. They acepotet his suggestion and a notice, a proposed £594,322.184 draft of which Lai Sm King had.

brought with him, was posted in the

1920 Account. The Balance of neighbourhood. Next day some-

Working Account on the 31st Decra body came along with information. ber, 1920, was £901,009,165 as per which led to the discovery of the boy in the possession of the female pri- The Board recommends that an soner in Kowloon City. When arrest- annexed statement.

DIE TORS. Since the last General Meeting Mr.

leaving the Colony.

stated that the man brought the boy to her and requested her to look after him while his wife was away--

Questioned by the judge this morn

s the boy go downstairs and saw

jumped on the witness from behind, and seizing hold of his arms, pressed In accordance with Clause 80 of Lai Sin King follow him. He had the Articles of Association Mr. G. M. bis supicions about the latter but Dodwell and Mr. G. T. Edkins retire, there was not sufficient evidence to

have him arrested. but offer themselves for re-election.

him against the ice chest while No. 13 panched him in the eye. By the time the witness had freed, himself; No. 13 had disappeared. The wit- ness seat for the police and gave the defendant in charge. No. 13 had not been seen since.

AUDITORS.

Lai Sin King when asked whether On Mr. A. R. Lowe leaving the he had anything to say told the Judge Colony, Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and that the affair had nothing to do with Matthews, Chartered Accountants the second prisoner who was a re The defendant said that he was were appointed in his place, and they lative of his, and whom he asked to trying to separate Mr. Beesley from and Mr. C. Bernard Brown retire, take care of the child for him. He No. 13, who was a small man. When but offer themselves for re-election. contended that the child's father was he saw Mr. Beesley hold No. 18 by

the neck, he feared that BRITISH TRADERS INSURANCE Beesley might murder him..

Air Beesley denied that he held

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a

party to the kidnapping and knew. who had taken the child away

After a retirement of about half

an hour the jury returned a verdict.

of not guilty and the prisoners were

13 by the neck. He had hardly The report of the British Traders' accordingly discharged.

Insurance Co., Ltd, for presentation to the shareholders at the fifty-fith

touched him when the defendant jumped on him.1

The Magistrate held that the de-ordinary meeting to be held at the fendant had no right to interfere with Company's Offices at 12.30 pm on Mr Beesley. It was no business of his Friday May 27, 1921, is as follows:-- what occurred between the assistant manager and the other boy. The defendant was convicted and sent enced to 10 days' hard labour without the option of a fire.

SHORT LIVED STRIKE.

Someone, Dr. Cantle or other

Nine cases of small-pox, six of having given to the Press a statement which were fatal, and two fatal cases that the late Dr. Morrison, Peking of plague, ali Chinese, were reported correspondent of the London Times, yesterday. Last week thirteen had said to somebody before he died Chinese died from smallpox, four that he really rated Sun Wen higher from plague, and three from in- Following the police court case,- than he had done in his writings, fuera. A non-fatal case of paraty- the other boys at the Cafe went on Mr. Tze Tsan Tai has sent us a long phoid fever," British, another of strike about 11 o'clock this morning. and rambling letter apparently intend cerebrospinal fever, Chinese, and The manager, Mr. Goodall, who was ed to throw doubt upon it. The two of enteric fever, both Chinese, away at the bakery at the time, was immediately summoned by -tale. letter had appeared in two local were also reported. papers before we received it,, so, we

phone. When he arrived the boys resumed work. The strike only lasted a quarter of an hour. Nothing untoward happened.

do not think it necessary to print A Chinese sapper of the Royal it. The China Mail, as the leading Engineers living at Shatiyuen, Kow. newspaper of the Colour, cannot be sister to Shapo, about 2.30 this morn loon City, was proceeding with his relegated to the position of "second fiddle." We make no hard and, fasting when they were accosted at an by six or seven highwaymen, two of isolated spot near the Tinhan Temple, whom produced revolvers and threa tened death if resistance were offered. The robbers stole jewellery valued at

sees that" when a nation is struggling for its existence, the learned profes- sions are at a discount; strong arms and manual dexterity are worth more rule; a letter of real public importance than learning and culture"; he does would not be barred by prior public not see that war has merely shown ation, though it is desirable, as a

up in a bright light that this is true rule, to send them to us first.

all along, in peace as in war, and that But this letter is really irrelevant $50 from the sister and then made

the culture" which does not "pro- on the point mentioned. That Mr. off up the hill, duce" is a luxury for which the Tse Taan Tai knew Dr. Morrison in possessor should pay. With the 1901, and corresponded with hima,

.

The earnings of the Canton-Sam-

general shortage caused by the waste does not prove that he did not say shui Railway, under the new Manag

TITANIA

SPORT.

1919 Acccent. After payment of the interim dividend of 9,- per share and the bonus of 20 percest to contributors pas ed at the last annual meeting, there remains a balance of £215,702.3.8 as per annexed state

Da wi

The Board recommends that this sam be appropriated as follows- A final dividend to shareholders of 12).

per share on 96,000 abares *****£57,600 0 0 An addition to the Re

50,000 0 0

Insurance Fund sever

Property Account ............. To write off Leasehold

To be carried forward to Underwriting- Su." spense Account to close the account for the year 1919

WHY

IS THE ANT PROVERBIAL

FOR INDUSTRY?

consider her ways and be wise," "Go to the sat, thou sluggard

reads the familiar passage in Proverba VI., 6; and this saying appears in a number of forms in practically all: languages, because, in spite of the fact that the aut is a distinct pest, human beings-the world over have recognized the fact that the insect the hardest of hard workers. In fact, the ant has literally as well as name for figuratively acquired a industry, for "ant" is nothing more - than a "contraction of emmet, the Anglo-Saxon acmete, and leads 133,102 3 8 back to a similar significance whether we follow the Tentonie or the Norse £245,702 3.8 Language, the German emag meaning-

diligent, while the Icelandic amsec

5,000 0.0

1920 Account The Balance of means work.

December Working Account on

Ants are of three genders-the 31, 1920, was. £399.515. 8. 11 as per male, the female and the wingless annexed statement.

The Board recommends that an neuters. The males, after a short paid to shareholders, absorbing les lose their wings, and are each £43,200 and that a Bonus of 20 per enthroned in a colony as its queen. cent, be paid to contributors, absor. bing about: £25,000, and that the remainder be carried forward.

Since the last General Meeting Mr AForbes tas resigned his seat on leaving the Colony,

INTERESTING GOLF MATCH.

7. CIVIL SERVICE.

played at Faniing last week between An interesting golf match was of war, the world is now paying morej something in 1911 unknown to Mr.ing Director, have increased by leaps teams drawn from the Civil Service interim dividend of 9/-per, share be fight with the females, die, the fema- for necessities and less to the Tse Tan Tai. That he also cor and bounds. The daily receipts since tears drawn from the Civil Service cultured drones or parasites it responded with Sir Hitam Maxim its opening more than ten years 280 Submarines. formerly treated, out of its wealth, has nothing to do with the point at ever exceeded $3,000; now they with a lavish indulgence. Hence the issue, it it really be an issue. It will have reached the $5,000 mark on scoring 4 points:

The result was a tie, each side tragedy" of the middle-class parent probably shock Mr. Tse Taan Tai to several occasions. It is understood who thinks his boy's education (at a be told that the mers obiter dicta of such as the granting of bonuses, the that many reforms will be introduced, hai, Laurence Wilson, of the public school) worth £300 a year, but either of these two men are not of introduction of educational work Sopony, aged 59 years.

finds it hard to afford. What are overwhelming importance. Also, no among the employees and insuring Lieut. Barry (6)

(6 and 5)14R. E. Lindsell 0. they "producing," and whit will one takes Dr. Cantlie's remarks them against accidents. their expensive, boys "produce," to seriously. It may further shock

and 5) N.L. Smith. O The China Mail.title them to so much of the world's him

CAB. Purves (5 to be told that more diminished wealth? That is the than any of the smaller fry he names, ter of 1921 containing detailed intor

Trade returns for the first car Lient. Gilbert...0 and 3)....1 question for them to ask Dean more than himself, Dr. Sun Yat Sen mation relating to the imports to and Commr. Cantle 0

LW. Franks (I Inge is shocked because a clergyman did for the Chinese revolution. Yet ports from every country have Cap Benning (1

#CUTE, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE."

K. S. Lindsell

EMS. TITANIA” AND SUEMARINES

CIVIL SERVICE.

DIRECTORS,

The neuters are the workers who build the cities, make the roads, provide the food, watch over the eggs and attend to the hatching and feeding of the young. The commrinity may be said to consist of various groups- In accordance with Clause 79 of engineers, soldiers, foragers, and the Articles of Assocation Mr. G. M. Burses and in each group the mem-- Dodwell and Mr. G. T. Edkins retire,bers work in concert and with 8-- but offer themselves for re-election markable discipline, carrying out the orders of the officers obediently and

AUDITOF §.

HORAXONG, WEduzsday, May 18, 1921 he knows gets £160 a year, while both shocking statements are quite been compiled by sothe “statistical up) D. J.Valentine a-Colony, Messra/Lowe, Bingham and day, as in the days of the Old Testa-

THE MIDDLE CLASSÉS.

Presumably the chief reason why

1

bootmaker in his parish, 27

a very true. The present question is, with branch of the Imports and Exports Lieut. Reed (1) skilful workman," gets £950 a year, the state of things in China as they Department and are now obtainable :-up);·· No doubt it is shocking from the are, has anyone any right to boast of from the printers Messrs. Noronha point of view of the clergyman's what they have done for China and Company of Des Veens Road Lt. Thompson father, who spent £300 a year on The good men are not the men who Central, to whom we are indebted Lieut. Blood-0 the jounaliste at home do not turn his education, while the bootmaker claim to have dons things, years ago, for the recript of a copy. The price

pon Dean Inge and rend him is that was educated by the State; but from but those who are trying to do some of the volume, which comprises 330 Total he provides amusing copy for dall the point of view of the community, thing no-for China. For she needs pages, is $3. seasons. Another reason, no docht, committed by war to retrenchment, friends. As regards Tuan Shih Kai,

On Mr. A. R. Love leaving the industriously, thus proving that fo

Matthews, Chartered Accountants ment, the ant is the hardest worker in were appointed in his place, and they the world. and Mr. C. Bernard, Brown retire, but offer themselves for re-election..

RJ. Birbeck, 0 H. P. Winslow

2 and 1).1.

Owing to the strong opposition EE, 0.Bird 11

of the shareholders zon some of the An amusing story was told by directors of the Carton-Hankow Rail. Total=4) | Mr. Byron Brenan at the Royal way to the proposal of the Managing

Colonial Institute lecture on South Director," Mr.“ Hsu Sang-ban, tom ern Chinese trade. He was relat, solicit a foreign loan for $15,000,000 ing the difficulties, encountered | in order to finish construction of the years ago with the falsification of Kwangtung section of the railway, trade marks, and explained that in the Canton authorities have refused China they made a fearful decoc to give their sanction to the proposal tion called - whisky" which they The authorities although realising sold at 1s. 6d. a bottle. The the necessity of finishing the con-

BANISHING ORDER BROKEN.

be that they regard themselves boots are worth more than sermons. he was an able man but a bad charac-Mme. Dietz had a very unpleas as belonging to the middle classes Besides, there are one or two incid-ter. He abused the golden opportun ant experience while walking to the for whom he has appointed himself ental fallacies to be pointed-out ity that Sun Wen gave him to help Victoria Theatre, Singapore. Suddenly pecial pleader. He does talk lot The skilful bootmaker was not freely Chins. As for Sun Wen, no one lean brown arm, came round her of nonsense, though. He says the educated by the State. Apart from denies the good he has done in the neck, its owner evidently, seeking, to Fight of the Middle Classes to-day the indirect taxation which always past The immediate question is snatch her necklace. The mas

awodd-wide tragedy. Parents hits the workers most directly, and whether he is doing, good now. Erilled in his attempt and lost no time Chinese, named Ting-Fuk was a manufacturers * then attached struction of the lipe, do not, spprove :: here to find from 200 to £200 a helps to pay moet of the cost of will always be honourel, for what ein making himself scame. Mme sentenced to five years Imprisonment whatever well known label they of having the work done with the aldr War for the education of each boy," State education, it is necessary to did before but

Die was just recovering from the with hard labour by the Acting Chief always be sure that gummed to the shareholders opposing the securing Magood

shock when another lady burried up Justice (Mr. H.-H. Gompertz) at bottom of the bottles another at foreign, loans is that they lear prend said she had hady momimilar; ex the Criminal Seralong today for thy label announcing as used in Josing the railway to foreign control.

ded perience. (ladies, walking at night having infringed a; deportation order the House of Commons!!

to be carefat." grand banishing Lim frons the Colony **

mad an sedation they have to contu- pout outsiant as a skilful bookmaker friends of Tate to the cost of the State education he was not educated by the State at the he^.

the children of wage estesa. He all. He was forced to go to school for what he is done now.

liked, but the purchaser would also of foreign Jeans. The reason of the