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should be condemned to patrol the streets of places like Bhanghai, with no weapon other than a walking-stick, Humanitarians are so inconsistent, so illogical. They will go into bysterics over a "dozen with the cat," while they will cheerfully attack their ham and eggs of a morning without a single pang for the man ontering on ten years of prison life. So these cruelly incrciful people of the soft heirt and WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. watery eye, these 'Jos TROTTERS of humanitarianism, havo induced China to look askance at castigation, or to pretend te. The abolition of judicial torture-not accomplished, by the way was a reform prompted by commonsense and justice, but the outery against the cangue and the bamboo, as against the stocks and the "cat" elsewhere, was thcer sentimentalism. Great was the rejoicing wheu China talked of abandoning castigation. The news was equally pleasing to criminals and cuddlers, A northern contemporary remarks:
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A coolie and a bricklayer who stole the taas of TELEG RAMS.[ Private Swallow of the Middlesex regiment from Mount, Austia barracks, the Punk, wire yesterday senteuood by Mr. F. A. Hazeland to three wooks' imprisonment.
It is announced that subscribers to the Caico Fancy Dress-Ball promoted by the Scottish Masonic Quadrille Association must attend in fancy costume of enton fabrios only, bat lacey dress is optional for guests.
Two stall holders of Quen's Foad West, whose stalls encroach on Crown land, were allowed a week to remedy the defeat by Mfr. F.
Hozeland. At the end of this time they were again to appear before his Worship, but as they failed to do so, and slim to remove their stalls, warrants were issued for their arrest. They appeared before the magistrate yesterday and were fined $100 piece, the alternative being three months' imprisonment.
News comes from Dutch New Guinea of an affroy there with uvages who had cut up a detachment of troops in an airbush. Soon after
jungle.
the surprise, reinforcements came on the mena and they interrupted ten Basages in the azt of "Tho abolition of flagellation in this Empire blocking up a river. Five of the savagei wer was nothing more, and was never intend to killed at the ontest, and so surprised were the be anything more thas a pretty protende on which the Five Travelling High Commissioners, rest of them at this auddon onslaught that they should be able to pose before an all-admiring deserted their strongholds, abandoned their for world sa the representatives of
of a regenerated tifications, left their villages, and fled inte the and civilised China. There is only ous place ein been carried out,
De China where the abolition has been and that cariously enough, is the very
place,
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The Busso-Chinese negotistions about Man- plson where Chictee jurisdiction has bean in abeyance. In the Report of the Hanchuria have come to s standstill for the time kow British Concession will be found over and being, as the Amasian Minister, M. Polatioff, Over again the record of blows suite, 2 has gone to Manchuria. His journey is reported numbers varying from one to fire hundred, and the first step to be taires in Shanghai for the to be on the one band scamented with the rostoration of peses and order should be the withdrawal of the Russian troops, for whom return to the use of the bamboo; and that barracks are now being constructed on the without delay. It would also be well if the use Siberian-Manchurian frontier, and on the sther haud to be prompted by the desire to inform himself on the spot about the present economical
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of the stacks be established, the same as it is in Hongkong."
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THE " EGYPTIAN DELIGHT' CIGARETTE CARE.
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Mr. C. D. Molbourne At tho Magistracy yesterday afternoon the hearing of
HONGKONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN COMPANY.
The annual mesting of the shareholders in
the large preferred against C. H. Kane of the Company was held in the City Hall the arceny of 100 meas of Egyptian yelerday. The Hou. Mr. W. J. Greason Delight" tobacco, the property of the British. presided and there were also prosent Sir Paul American Tobacco Co., was onlinued
Chater, Hon. Mr. E. A. Howett, Measure. A. TOKYO, March 20th. Sir Henry Berkeley, K.C., instrusted by Mr. supt, A, J. Raymond, D. M, Nissim, N. A. The Tokyo Industrial Exhibition D. Stephens, prosecuted, and Meera Bobs, E. Gosts, G. H. Medhurst, A. G. Wood G. K. Hall Brutton and J. H. Gardiner and C. B. Lorman (directors), Hon. Mr. E. was opened to-day in the presence of (of. Messrs. Bruttos and Hett) appeared for
Osborne (accretary), Mesars. F. F. Hongh, J. an enormous assembly.
Orange, J. W. Ken, F. E. Ellie, E. J. Hughes,
OBITUARY.
LONDON, March 20th. General Von Werder is dead.
THE RECENT SHIPWRECKS.
LONDON, March 20th. The sulvage of the White Star liner Suevic, or of the Jebla, is considered improbable.
THE SHANGHAI POLICE.
SHANGHAI, March 20th.
the defondant,
Mr. Brutton sissed that before addressing | O. de Champaux and Ho Fook.
his Worship on the evidence he had an initial objection to take to the form
of
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The SECRETARY having read the notice evening the meeting,
The CHAIBMAN said-Gentlemen, with your permission I propose to take the report and
the charge. The first large was that they, the first and cond ants sometime between October 3rd, 1906, acounta as read. The recollection of the and February 10th, 1207, feloniously did staal damage done by the fierce storm that passed 100) ossen of “Egyptian Dalight" tobacco rated over the Colony in September last mist be at $760, the property of the British-American fresh in your mind, and it is therefore mucecen- - obsed Co." Mr, Bratton referred his Worship ry for me to picture for you the wreckage to section 3 of Ordinance 5 of 1865, and said it | sad destruction of our property as seen on the had been laid down that a prisoner must be afternoon of the 18th of that month. Your Directors desired to placa bataie you a full statement of the actual loss caused by, the typhoon, or typhoons, and the figures now abmitted, which have been the subject of much consideration, will, we trast, have made
charged with an office in the technical form —did steal, taka and carry away. Taking and carrying away were essential ingrediants of a charge of larceny, while the form of the charge in the case before the Court was "did steal 100 cases." The sooond paint he had to raiso
with such certainty as to ouable a jury to
tebroco some of the cases were not anmbered,
on the current work it has been necessary
| arrival of the ironwork, now shortly dus.
We
The ratepayers' meeting passed was that the gorde stolun should be disscribed the position quite clear to you. To carry an' amended resolution, which was decids that the suid goods were stolen. With to provid's additional lighters, and the rebuild. proposed by Mr. Drummond and regard to the ICO coses of Egyptian Delighting of the wharves will once on the seconded by Mr. Alexander MacLeod, and there was nothing to specify that those propose at premout to build only one of the asking the Council to appoint an partieular cases were stolen. They might have large piars, and, with a view to conomy, ura for the purpose. As you are well aware from what could be gathered from the charge it has been our custom to appropriate annually outside committee of seven members on 100mpty cases for all that was known, or stilising neach of the old wood as is fit to investigate fully police matters. In The general rule was that stolen goods were to
the book raluos of your
various asseta, the course of the meeting Mr. Keswick be described with such certainty as would enable from profits, large sums to write down the wisdom of this policy is дот announced the appointment of Major defendant was entitled at any time to know and
more than lomonstrated. Under the circum-
a jury to decide that the goods were stolen. A
Of course the authorities of the native city of Shanghai are so more sentiment interests of the Bursions' in North Manchuri. Burnett, of Singapore, to the command what he was being tried for.
By kind permission of Lt. Col. Price, D.S.O., and officers, the Band of the 129th Dako of Connaught's Own Balachis will play the following programme of musis, at the King Edward Hotel, daring dinner, this (Thunday)
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than a neasel is. They know that their
of the reorganised Sikh branch of the European neighbours dislike the idea of
police force. The meeting also largely physical pain troubling the hide of the most calbus criminal, and they ebuckle to
resolved to admit the Press to Council meetings, but a motion to this effect themselves as they let the surprised prooing:
Balefactor loose again to kill policemen Narch
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Few competent observers consider that China's "reform of her penal code is genuine; and few doubt that where it does seem to have been acted upon it has been inaugurated with wrong motives and bad results. For excesses of sentimentalism, ennt, and even injustice, it is usually unnecessary to look further than to a country's crime and its efforts to cope with it. Few civilized nations in this respect cau fairly throw stones at another. The British, who have not long abandoned hanging and transportation for petty offences, have still
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alleged to have inhibed too freely. He found his way to the show ground opposite the Central Market, where Chinose were paying a small
LONDON, March 17th. amount to have a look at a tiger wanted to see the nuimal too but the kespers The White Star liner Survic from Sydney were afraid he might interfere with it and refused him admission. Then the sailor created
is on shore on the rocks of the Lizard. She ran asbore in a fog at 10.30 at night. The e disturbance and so Indian watchmel was called to
sea is rough and a moderate gale is blowing. romore him. Before he did ra, however, be was dealt a blow on the eye. There are 400 people on board, of whom Further assistans was called and MoEvoy two have been killed and one injured by the before Mr. F. A. Hazeland at the Police was taken in custody. When he appeared breaking of a steam pipe. Court yesterday he was ordered to pay a dne of $5.
LONDON, March 18th. All the passagers of the Brevice have been saved, There is some hope of refloat-
At the Union Church Literary Club's freeing the vessel. Concert to-night (Thursday) (A Nicht wi'Borns) the Chairman will be Mr. David Wood and the accompanist Mr. Geo. Grimble. Following is the programme :-
they come to deal with a criminal who has conducted his businem elsewhere than in the Foreign Settlement, Really, it dogs nut seem altogether fair to blame them to much. The Shanghai Mixed Court exists Hartly to confirm the Furopean lacus stutúli, and partly to assure the humanitarians that brutality is practised at their very doors. A trong Government would have done away with such a dangerous anomaly long ago, and risked the jealousy of other Powers The Chinese Magistrate sits to represent Chinese sovereignty; the Foreign Assessor to repressa: Europe's humaner notions. Whether too severe or too lenient, the Chi- nese Magistrate is bound to offend, and we see no inducement for him to pursue the happy man. Whillestrongly sympathising with the present troubles of Sbangbai, we cannot refrain from pointing out that the | public's present outery for greater sevesity is as prзasonable and sentimental as its trars and rejoicings when one whito man who had fatally shot another was not hanged as he ought to have been. The peculiar Solo provocation in that case evoked gallons of sentimentalism. When judges and juries Solo. bring reason instead of emotion to bear on crime and its punishment, it may be found that Chim's penal system-apart from affi- cial corruption and tyranny-is not so far amiss if left alone.
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LONDON, March 17th. A collision has occurred between two while
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A telegram to the Eastern Daily Mail gives the following dotats of the fight at the National Sporting Club, where Gunner Moir knocked out Tiger" Saith, the challenger for the heavy- weight championship of England: Aftersbrief "Fanzels and Flags" appears on page 5 par, Smith swang with his right, but landed too high on Moir's head. Mar replied with a straight left baad jab na the face. There were
to-day.
Another (the sixth) plaque fatality - was recorded yesterday.
LONDON, March 18th. At the launch of H. M. S. Indomitable, the Chinese Minister in a speech said that he was much impressed with the importance of a navy to the stability of a nation, and he hoped that in the near future China would have an efficient navy. He trusted that the friendship between Great Britain and China would become still more close.
LOSS OF A WEST AFRICAN LINER
LONDON, March 18th. The West African liner Jabbah ia on shore All to passengers and
thra a few fast exchanges Smith rapping at Prawie Point. Moir on the jaw. Moir then shot out with crew are saved, but the vessel is a total bis right and focred Smith, who rose again | 1098. at once. He was given no rest, herover, F.C. Cooper is now acting as usher of the Moir working him into a corner and hanging
as wuch to reform as China livs, especially Supreme Court, Mr. Hill having gone into him with both houds ou the body till Smith
the office.
MYTHOLOGY AND EDUCATION
dropped on the door. Upon Smith getting up, "Is the Mythological Dietlonney a fil book to The Masonic concert last Thursday in aid of each man reached out with his right for the place in the bands of the young in question the widow end children of the late Staff-Sergt. hoad. Then Moir fought Smith again on to says Marmadeks in Truth) which will as Bloggs ralised £80.
the ropes, where he finally went down. Essuredly arouse the anger of most who maintain that a einssical education is necessary to polish tried bravely to rise, but was counted ont. the mind.
Henry Allison, segman, was committed to len years' imprisonment with band labour on Thes day for KA anostural offence. Arthur Hartles, seaman, a younger Bin, his acomplice, was sentenced to three years' hard labour. Sir Francis Piggott tried the cave, with
in the way of reaching a proper sense of proportion, making the punishment fit the rime-Ten gears' imprisonment for an offence repugnant to all save men seems yet far too much if we consider that the evil dome is sentimental rather than physical; while a few mouth for a man who by violence ruin the whole future of a fellow creature is ridiculously inadequate. The punish. ment of those dishonest financiers and others who cause suffering to hundreds should also be more severe. Punishment of either sort, lightor heavy, is never really a deterrent, if
At the Supreme Court yesterday before the experience counts at all; and the ideal
Paisue Judge, F. Blandt sued Long Hing for would seem to be that it should in all cases
Mr. Otto Keng Sing appeared for the $570, Recom bo appropriate and inevitable,
plaintiff, but¬defendant did not enter mu mendations to mercy, usually the result of appearans. It appeared that defendant took sentimentalism, would be unnecessary if the the shop in Queen's Road from plaintiff on punishments were made to fit the crime, certain conditions Those maudlin people who advocate the payments of $114.
· abolition of capital punishment, by the way, had not been paid.
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stances your Directors have not considered it necessary to make any provision for the wharves and lighters totally destroyed, we the value of
Mr. HUGHES moved, and Mr. Hovaн secondod, that the retiring diresturi, Messrs. Goetz and A. G. Wood, hy re-elected. Carried.
be ficiently stated, also the description of the stolan
to goods,
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the de. fandant to answer the charge. The same Castle" and one case of Pirate" oigarettes. You will observe that we have to provide ont of remarks applied to the four cases of "Three these remaining far exceeds their book value, The numbers of the cases should have been the earnings of the current year a further euleiout exactitude to enable sum of 859,003 for actual lossen, and I stated with the defondant to meet the charge. The trust that never again may ear Colony or speaker then reviewed the evidence which had Company experience sust a disastrons storm. boos adduced, and remarked that the case was Tarning to the Accounts, there is nothing that iniquitous such as witnesses for the dura to me requiring special reference, but prosecution had been kept in jail for sever you will be pleased to note that working shewe days, and thon discharged ou condition that increased profit of $16,940,57 after payment they should give evidence. He concluded by of 88,149.2 for miscellaneoux typhoon ex- asking his Worship to disbarge the defendant,penditure. I desire to express the Hoard's Sir Henry Berkeley said the charge appreciation of the obeerful, energetic mod under section. 50 of the Magis capable manner in which pur Staff, in face of trafe Ordinance of 1890, which alated great difficulties, contanted the Company's
with that a magistrato might deal
the business with practically no interruption, and case and convict the accused sam marily. If his with, we trust, but slight inconvenience to its Worship decided to convict summarily be had constituents Before moving the adoption of the to perform the functions of a jury, but if he report, I shall be plowed to auswer any was of opinion bat the case was one which question that any shareholder may wish to ask. should not be dissided summarily, but should go There being no questions, the report and before the Supreme Court, he was not to szerdin, statement of accounts was adopted on the motion functions of a jury. The loss of the tobacco of the CHAIRMAN seconded by dr. J. ORANGE.
It was a in question was no light matter. most serious one to the Company, and if the defendant was guilty, he was guilty of a most heinous offenes which should be dealt with by On the motion of Mr. Ho Fook, seconded by tribunal of a higher order. Dealing with Mr. Kew, Moare. W. H. Potter amil A.O’D. the technical objections raised by Mr. Gourdia vore re-appointed auditors. Braston, he admitted that it would have been The CHAIRMAN: Dividend warrants may be better and more proper, but not necessary in a bad su application. I hope you will stay a tow proliminary charge, that the charge should not minutes longer to attend the extraordinary be confined to the word "steal" It should also mesting. have had the words “take no d carry away,” and when the case was committed for trial the indictment would be sure to be in that form. When an information was laid before a wagie
The SECRETARY having read the notice,
the
technical The CHALEMAN said:~The notice which has same formality of a Mature was not required, because in the first (just been read explains the alteration in the instance the men who dealt with cases were not Articles of Association you are asked to langors but policemen or sårgeants. With approve. I beg to propom the first regolation. respani to the allegation that the charge was not, Mr. J. OBANOR seconded, and the resolution specific, it was quite true that it should be in was carried. crder that a defendant might know what he had to answer. In this instance it could not be made more speriüc. They said that the can stole 100'osses of "Egyptian Dolight" tobacco. What was more specise than that? T be said a man stole a pair of trousers from him he did not want to say that they wers JAWI with linen thread made in Belfast. neither did he want to say that the butlone or their bore the name of the tailer who made the | trovera
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Mr. Brufton I'm afraid you do. In the case of eggs you've got to state what kind of egge
were stolen.
An extraordinary general meeting was held afterwards.
The CHAIRMAN proposed the second resolu- tion, making the coauges in the articles in recordance with the notice.
Mr. ORANGE Mecouded and it was carried, The CHAIRMAN-Thank you, gentlemen, for your attendance.,
FIRST BOOKSELLER IN EUROPE.
and growth of the foremost second-hand Some interesting particulars of the inception bookseller sker in Europe" are supplied by beginning of the year 1917, when the late Mr. the Reader. The story goes back to the Bernard Quaritch, then a young mau of twenty- seren, was working as porter and general H.G.
Boba man at the establishment of Mr. of York-street, Covent Garden.
salary of twenty-four shiater in his way, and a cory shillings wook. This Mr. Bohn
Sir Henry Berkeley-You haven't got to say whether the
they were addled or aut, have you! Coessel conolated his remarks by asking his Worship to commit the defendant for trial. of
Defendant was committed for trial, buil wing Brod at $3,000,
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enterprising man to boot, for besides being booksellor ka was also a publisker and a biblio- He took a great fancy to his young tent, who never seemed to tire of work, and
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued war, therefore, not a little chagrined when the the following report
has
"But why?" inquired Mr. Bohn. "Where
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latter one day announced his intention of On the 20th at 11.20 a,.-The barometer leaving him. This dictionary is little better than an slu mentary guide to dissipation and divorce, yst
risen in
isen in Japon and fallen over China aud most boys are set to study it stren sously. Mary
Formosa.
To you going? Pr-estra is highest over the Yellow Sex sud Bu going," was the unexpected answer, of the classics, moreover, which youth is forced
W. a chariclər
Japan, and a depression appears to be to set up in business in opposition to you. to translate, are of so objectionable a
*Ha! haha! laughed Mr. Bohn Loodly that we publisher of to-day would print one of forming to the E. of Formosa.
Gradients are mostly slight, and durata though not ill-naturedly; "you are not lacking ther mera &
modern auther the writer.
variable winds will probably prevail in the self-confidanse, young man. To you not know Forno Channel, and moderate E. and S.. that I am the first bookseller in Fugland winds over the Chiva Sen.
"Yes," came the pat reply, "I know that; Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending but I am going to be the first bookcoller in
Europe at 10a.m. to-day, 0.00 inches.
This conversation took place in February. The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon April saw Bernard Qnaritch establisbed on his to cay is as follow-
own account at 16, Castleetroot, Imicoster- square. All the capital he had was a £10 note, ved out of his salary. But he was blessed by fair, misty.
antare with an iron constitution he led by N.E. or var- choice an abstemious and frugal life, and ho jablo winds, worked day and night-and prospered. moderate.
Koowledge of the classics was a sign of learn - ing in the far distant past, when few could even read or write; hter, education was slightly more general, and our remota predecessors valued that which these before them naturally valued thought importar-and we continug in 110 Rame course. Greek and atin are, undoubtedly, most asofa! languages for certain purposes; they train and polish the mind, but they can be fanght without the aid of the objectionable literature both poveza
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