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MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1924,

CONFLICTING CANTON

NEWS.

HAVE MERCHANTS STRUCK OR NOT?

ACTUAL FATSHAN FIGHTING UNLIKÉLY.

Not More Trouble Than Hongkong,”

Reports, both contradictory and varying, have been received from Canton regarding the so-called impending trouble. During the week- end, some of the vernacular papers came out with specials announcing the opening of actual hostilities at Fatshen, a town not far from Canton. Other "reliable sources" insist that nothing has been done yet and that the arma dispute will eventually be settled by bargaining. Merchants and private individuals give as their latest opinion that the impending *trouble, can still be avoided, but that to-day ought to see a definite.

decision one way or the other.

Chinese merchants in Hongkong have, It has been confirmed, been advised to postpone shipments to Canton. On the other hand, the night-boats are still taking up plenty of cargo. Then again, there is talk of the Volunteers, reinforced by Village Guards (also volunteers), having taken the offensive in Faishan and disarmed some Yunnanese regulars If this had actually happened, it can be taken for granted that the main strength of the Yunnanese would have been on the move against Fatehan and that developments would have been reported before Sunday.

Multifarious Integests. For the present, it seems safest to accept with some reserve the news that a general strike (or lock-out) has commenced in Fat-

pired that only his family and not himself had come down.

During the greater part of Saturday no passenger tow-boat went alongside the wharves at the shan and its vicinity. It is western creek, that part of the believed that a percentage of the West Bund which has now been merchants may have ceased busi-filled in and where about a hundred ness, as-a-protest, but it is difficult up-country boats tie up in the to believe that the multifarious course of a day. Late in the interests in Fatshan-itself a morning a battalion of Honanese respectably-sized town-unani-infantry had borrowed, hired, or mously decided on a course which commandeared, one of these boats Would be tantamount to throwing to convey them outside the city. out a challenge to a government. This may have been construed by backed by thousands of profes- the other boats as a repetition of, sional soldiers,

requisitioning as in other times of crisis, and, accordingly; caused them to refrain from going to Canton to meet a similar fate. However, the "transport" boat returned under three hours.

Tosterday being Sunday it was not possible to inquire if communi- cation with up-country ports had been re-established.

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Where Are the Arms? The feeling is growing in Canton that the "Volunteer arms" are on the "Hav," which is still anchored at Whampoa under the eye of the gunboat "Kwong Ching." This has been the best antidote to the feeling of alarm; the hope being that satisfaction may yet be obtained by the Volunteers, **

A strict censorship is exercised in Canton and it is impossible to reconcile the reports in the Canton pro-government vernacular-papers with the anti-Sun Chinese papers published in Hongkong.

VISITOR'S VIEWS.

NIR. HARPER AGREEABLY

SURPRISED.

Officials' Families Leave. Both Saturday's and Sunday's night-boats from Canton carried more than their usual quota of passengers and a number of re-. fugees must have been included. Women-folk were in the majority and most of these were families of non-Cantonese officials or officers."

Earlier in the week the Honan- ese battalion referred to, had caused considerable alarm to the civil population, particularly to the native bankers in the western suburb who suspended business at their exchange for a few hours, but re-opened intermittently till confidence was regained.

How Events Are Construed. This detachment of mercen- aries had entered Canton from the upper reaches of the river on "No sign or disturbance is to be Tuesday, the day the Shameen seen in Canton any more than strike was settled. No provision there is in Hongkong," said Mr. had been made for them and they Andrew Harper, the local Ford bivouacked in the streets or billet- mator representative, to a "China ed themselves in buildings nearing Mail" man who called on him this completion, in the western suburb, morning. Mr. Harper returned to Their arrival was signalled as the the Colony on Saturday night first move to disarm the Volun. after having completed several teers; and the latter fled. Now business transactions in Canton, in that the regulars have come and the course of, which he was

gone it has been established that brought into close touch with last week, at any rate, there was several of the city's leading no intention to disarm the Volun- officials.

teers.

Looking For Trouble.

On Wednesday two motor He had gone up, Mr. Harper lorries, owned by the Canton Mint, admitted, full of forebodings as to were busy all day conveying Can- the trouble up there but he came ton subsidiary silver into one of back satisfied that the possibility the Shameen banks to effect pay- ofopen disorder was very remote. ment for purchases of bullion. A

"To a visitor with varying business native banker who tried to get intereste, Canton appeared quite sum of about $50,000 into the normal," émphasised Mr. Harper, Concession was stopped. It was "and even if one was on the look-reported that the silver was taken out for signs of trouble one could to the Police Commissioner's office not find them."-

where it was returned to the Daring his visit, Mr. Harper was owner. This brought on another in all parts of the city from scare, the rumour-mongers inter- Shameen to the Sat Sha Tou preting it as a desire of the troopa aviation field. He experienced no to keep as much in Canton as difficulty in getting about and possible for their beneat when the spoke very highly of the orderli- trouble broke out. ness of the ricsha and cargo coolies with whom he came in contact. B1r. Harper concluded an interest ing resume of what he had seen by expressing an opinion that the Canton authorities had the situa- tion well in hand.

Contradiction Asked.

In a letter to the Editor of the Canton Gazette," Lieut.-Colonel Crosse, Chairman of the Shameen Municipal Council (British Con- cession), writes:

With reference to the article which appeared on the page of STRAWS IN THE WIND.

your issue of Thursday, August... 21, 1924, and headed: "Shameon Mellowing Down To Normal Life TÓW-BOATS SCARED OFF.

With Ending Of The Strike" the Events during the week-end British Municipal Council would which may be directly attributable be glad if you would be so good to the trend of Canton politics or as to contradict the statement on the other hand, mere straws in made with regard to the Secretary, the wind, include the departure by Mr. C. E. Watson, having taken the night-boat on Saturday from the hell from the bell-ringing Canton of Mr. Foo Ping-sheung leader of the procession. Mr. and his family. Mr. Fools attach Watson in fact did not even sea. ed to the Bureau for Foreign the procession being otherwise Affairs and took a material part engaged at another part of the in getting the Bhamnen strikers to Concession. return last week. It was also re. The publishing of this letter in ported that Mr WilTe-chan Com conspicuous & position as the missioner of Poles Hall Jeft for article in question in an early issue Hongkong but it afterwards trans. of your paper will oblige.

CORRESPONDENCE.

THAT MURDER TRIAL.

THE CHINA MAIL.

[To the Editor of the China Mail.]

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The Letter Mentioned.

MISSED AGAIN.

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MACAO NOT SO LUCKY.

Hongkong was not visited by a'

KOWLOON TONG

CHANGE IN MEMORANDUMI

WE OF ASSOCIATION.

JUDGE GRANTS; ÖRDER. Hir,-Apropos the letter, in a local paper of to-day's date, entitled The Murder Trial" the" evidence

The affairs of the Kowloon Tong seemed to prove that deceased and typhoon although we had a wet and New Territories Development her partner were caught in the act. week-end. When the signals were Co., Ltd., came before the attention, If this was correct should not the put up it was felt that the Colony of Mr. Justice H. H. J. Gomperts, verdict, according to English law, would still be spared and these Five-been-one of insuslaughter calculations have been borne out. sitting in original jurisdiction this only?

Yesterday afternoon the local morning, when Mr. Eldon Potter, "The writer expected, that result storm signal was lowered. K.C., instructed by Mr. Wadeson,

the At 11 this morning the follow- applied for confirmation and undoubtedly there are others, who having a knowledge of verdicta ing notice was posted at the Har of the alteration of the Memoran-

Mr. Perhaps some of your sion in Lat. 20 N., Long. 107 E.,

Potter said that the given on similar trials: hoped the bour Office:-Typhoon or depres-dum of Associaton, readers well versed in the English direction W.N.W. Reference to petitioners prayed the Court to law would express an opinion so the map gave the locality as the sanction the striking out of sub- ing that a man's life is at stake? Gulf of Tongking and from the section of the Memorandum which

Yours truly,

present direction, it seems that read as follows: "JUSTICE.

"The General Manager for the the typhoon will make inland near time being of the Union In- Hongkong, August 20, 1924. Hanoi na predicted. Since passing surance Society of Canton Lidis to the south of Hongkong, the or the person acting in that typhoon has travelled steadily by capacity for the time being shall Macao, Changchwan (French), be a permanent director of The following is the letter re-Kwongchauwan (French) and the company, The qualification possibly close to the. Hainan of a permanent director shall be ferred to by "Justice:

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the holding of shares in the capital Mucao seems to have felt the of the company. The number of [To the Editor, S. C. M. Post-typhoon to a greater extent than permanent directors shall never be Sir,-On the final day of the Hongkong. Our correspondent more than one."

The petition, which was read to Indian murder trial last week, the there writes to say that yesterday Attorney-General, in concluding his storm could be seen from the the Court, showed that the capital address, ushed the Jury to find that Praya Grande where one could of the Company is $10,000,000- the prisoner was guilty of murder, hardly stand in an exposed post-divided into 20,000 shares, the shares being fssued and allotted as while, at the first stage of his tion without being whisked away. address, he said that it was for the He thinks-that-the-fishing fleet follows: the Hon. Mr. Montague Ede, 19.995 shares: the Jury to decide whether prisoner which comprises thousands of Hon. Sir Henry Pollock, K.C., one was guilty of murder or mans boats has met with no harm but share; Rev. Father Robert, one laughter. I consider that the only described the typhoon as intense. share: Mr. Sam Pak-ming, one business of the prosecuting officer "To use Chinn, Coast parlance," he share; Mr. Arthur Henry Kingston of the Crown is to present the case writes, "the tail of the typhoon Cobb, one share; Mr. Edward before the Judge und Jury, inen passed near us but we are none Dean Shank, ope share. tioning all the details linking pri- the worse off, The Macao-Hong- The petition went on to say soner with the charge, and to ask kong steamers did not sail yester- that shortly after its incorporation the Jury, whether they believe the day."

..the Company Commenced business facts of the case as outlined by the Crown, or the prisoner's evidence. her Sunday excursion to Macao considerable success. By a special The "Sui An" did not leave on and had carried on the same with

1 up to the Fury to bring forth yesterday and the "Chuen Chow" resolution. of the Company; the verdict, and it is not fair for did not return in the afternoon, passed, and confirmed at ex-

general' the Crown Counsel to direct the thereby inconveniencing a con-traordinary

meetings Jury to find whatever verdict he siderable number of trippers who of the Company held on the 6th thought,us undoubtedly the Jury went over on Saturday despite the and 25th of June, it was re- could be influenced by the advice of signals. There was no interrup Memorandum of Association as solved to amend the Company's the officer of the Crown and they tion to the Hongkong-Canton stated in the petition. The pro- thus need no other option but to take the advice of the Attorney-

steamer services. General, as unquestionably what he says is Law; but it is not at all fair that the decision of the Jury should thus be influenced. The Jury had, of course, heard what the Attorney- General had directed that. they should find the prisoner guilty of, but it was pointed out to them that if they believed prisoner's story of finding his wife in the bushes, îñ the act of committing adultery: they should find him guilty of manslaughter. My, view of the evidence is that the charge ought to have been manslaughter.

I hope the Law sees to this point and, before concluding my comment, I would request the Law Officers to have a further discus- sion over the verdict and find if the condemned man was actually under the

charge of manslaughter, Yours, eté..

H.S.A. Hongkong, July 25, 1924.

ANOTHER OPINION,

[To the Editor of the China 'Mail.]

The captain of the "Huïchow,” from Weihaiwei, has reported that he met a typhoon passing by Kueshan laland in the Formosa Charinela south-west breeze.

PRINCE CYRIL

Prince Cyrilm

A Reuter cable from Paris states that the Grand Duke Cyril, heir. presumptive to the Russian has issued a protest against the Anglo-Russian Treaty. He has warned would-be sub

scribers that the loan will not be recognised in the event of the Imperial rule being restored.

SNEAK THIEF.

Sir, Once again, I should like to dwell on the question of Jury throne, Reform, as I believe the sugges- tions which 1 made in your columns some months ago were overlooked by the authorities. The sugges tions which I made were reasonable indeed and I fail to see why no reform has taken place up to this time. It is my point of view that because of the pre- valence of Murder Trials of late, und more especially of the compli- eated state of a few of the cases, TWELVE that I am under the apprehension that a Jury may not have the proper guidance of how to bring in a verdict. It is laid down in Law Before Mr. C. A. D. Melbourne, that if a Jury finds a prisoner at the Hongkong Magistracy, this returned banishee guilty of Murder, the verdict morning, a should be unanimous, but how is was sentenced to six weeks' hard this done? At the present day labour, and a dozen lashes for procedure, the, Jury have a verbal snatching a gold hair-pin from discussion only, but it certainly a lady in Wanchal Road yesterday, appears to me that such is a dan

gerous practice. No better method

Is than to use slips of paper for the |

OF THE BEST FOR BANISHEE.

posed alteration

WAS requir. to carry on Its business mora ed to enable the company efficiently and economically,

The company had no debenture debt whatever, but was, usually, indebted to general creditors for wages and salaries to the extent of $12,000 a week. This indebtedness varied from week to weak. The Company had ample working capital and its assets were far more than sufficient to pay all its debts and to make good the whole of the pald.up capital; and moreover had plenty of capital to work its business../

Affidavits by the Hon. Mr. Montague Ede and Mr. Herbert `Glanville of the Union Insurance Society of Canton, were read to the Court by Mr.Potter. Mr. Glanville's showed that in the month of June the Hon. Mr. Ede resigned from the position of general Manager of the Union Insurance Society and Mr. Paul Lauder was appointed general Manager. Mr. Lauder had refused the position of Permanent Director of the company thus leaving it with zone,

The position, concluded counsel. was that the company intended there should be a permanent direc- tor and they had provided In their Memorandum of Association that such director should be Manager of the Union Insurance Society of Canton Ltd. The present Managers refused to act and the Company considered it more than necessary that there should be a permanent director.

He therefore, put the application which fell within section 10 of the Companies Ordinance. If the application was approved the permanent director would be the Hon. Mr. Montague Ede. All the papers were in order.

His Lordship made the order.

MOTHER AND SON.

SERIOUS CHARGES TO ANSWER:

Jury to each state their opinion by if prisoner's story was credited then.

Before Mr. R. E. Hudsell at writing "Guilty or Not Guilty to the verdict should be one of man one or other charges, the slip of slaughter. Apparently, the decision the Hongkong Magistracy. this paper to be handed to the Foreman, rested with the Jury who in giving morning, a man named Au Cho, whose duty is to find the majority their verdict must have been dis was charged with wounding Chan and the verdict resta upon it. If satisfied with all or part of the Sam on August 14 at No. 25, Shing they don't come to a unanimous prisoner's evidence and nocepted On Street, Sai Wan Ho, with a chopper. At the same time, Pun verdict, it is for the Court to have the evidence for the prosecution.

new trial with a new Jury. The second point lies in the re Wan-heung, a woman, appeared British justice should be pursued ference by "H.8.H" to the on a charge of instigating the even to the furthest corner where Attorney-General, in his concluding first defendant (her son) to stab there flies the British flag

Yours etc.;. (Another) "JUSTICE." Hongkong, August 25, 1924.

next.

address, asking the Jury to find the complainant and steal one wrist prisoner guilty of murder. Our watch, so overcoat and a pair of knowledge of the British Courts of spectacles. Both prisoners wotare Justice is that counsel for themanded until 10 s.m. on Monday defence. saks the Jury to return 'a (Two points stand out in the verdict which he maintaine should observations made in the letters be the correct one and the printed above. Firstly (first) Attorney-General, in his capacity Justice says that the of counsel prosecuting for the evidence *sesmed › to prove Crown, also expresses an opinion that deceased, prisoner's and asks the Jury to return a ver- Mosers Joseph Gould & wife, and her partner were caught dict in accordance, with the case the kludly supply the following share in the act of adultery.)

Crown maintains,

We quotations ruling on the We cannot agree with E

market the morning-- Our recollection of the

that both Mr. Fitzroy counsel for that what the Attorney eneral the defence, and the Hon. Mr. Mys in law. It is far the dge tal32 Kemp Attorney-General in their direct the Jury who are respective andre

Court guided by their beliefs and Tury said that i witnesses in the evidence. for the Crown were

the second lette lo-morrow-

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