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must be hired, and the other takin throw a a go-between." It is proposed to alter the old penal laws with regard to assaults by concubines for maid-serrante on their maaters; and to lighten the penalty for sick offences, putting them on an equality with CO. the ordinary cases of result committed by one person against another. The wisdom of these recommendations is too apparent to call for comment. They are indeed necessary prelude to the constitutional government which is not far off, and raising the status of the people is one step towards ensuring that intelligent in terest in the affairs of the State, which is essential for good government. The Commission's recommendations may be taken to mean that proprietary rights in human beings should cease, and that the sale of women and children
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should be made illegal. Girls and women are the chief sufferers under existing con- ditions. Girls are either bought to be trained as servants or to be forced to a life of shame. Grown-up women are bandied about, too, with almostas little consideration; and, although the summary of the rocom-
rening shortly Lascar How The fire was
On the Tik iput, mye the an English station fired
Being, there mom the railway Beaumont rifle at a gang of
coollen carrying mila, but, luckily, without hit- ting anyone. On the police inquiring into the matter, he said that anget had driven him to it, because the coolles, despite repeated warnings, had continued shouting and making w nolie,
the
THURSDAY, MARCH Jan, 1910. ELEGRAMS.
Copyright Coškinamce, 1894)
R′E SERVICE TO THE “ YONGKONG
THE DALAI LAMA,
LONDON, March 2nd. Telegrams from St. Petersburg state The Saigon Opinion valla attention to anussal honours bastowed by the King of Siam that M. Dorjieff, the Russian Agent og General de Beylie, French officar commis in Tibet, has arrived with details of the stoned by the Indo-Chins Government to the Dalai Lama's flight, and the on- attend recent Siamese army maxœuvres. The General received every attention from the King nouncement is made that the latter's and Princes. At theend of the movies, the special courier with an appeal for King conferred on the General a high dignity Russian support will arrive in a week. in the Order of the White Elephant.
Reuter's currespondent at Darjeel- ariral at San Francisco on January 31st altering telegrapha that the Dalai Lama sompleting a vegage from New York of 23,000 arrived there yesterday afternoon in mile. One tourist said Canton was the most great state, accompanied by Raj wonderful of the cities visited. The streets, Kumar and the Deputy Commissioner he said, “are so narrow and the roofs built in
of Sikkim such a way that the city is one big arende, There is more of interest to be seen there than at say place we visited.”
The Cleveland, with its big party of tourista,
A Chinese ne'er-do-well, who had been in the Colony only two days, attempted to rob a hawker in the western district in the early hours of yesterday morning. The hawker pretended to be maloep, but was wide awake when the thief picked up his money, for he seized him and handed him over to the police. The rogue was sentenced by Mr. J. B. Wood at the Magissey yesterday to fourteen days imprisonment and four hours' stocks.
and all he was suffering from yesterday was w
the_cams we continued before Mr. Wood at
mendations makes no reference to it, boys are frequently stolen, and sold for purposes of adoption and in some places children are born in bondage and remain the property of their masters and their descendants. This state of affaire carries its own condemnation; and it is not claiming too much when we say that the object of the reformera in endeavouring to socure that all future offspring in China shall be free-born is one which is certain to
Late on Tuesday night, when Detective-Ser- command sympathy beyond the limits of th geant Bell and a posse of polios raided a house Empire. After all is said, the difference in s lage of Staunton Street, three gamblers, between buying and bizing will not be great, in a mad effort to escape, fell down two fights so far as the party wishing to secure the of stairs. Only one of the throhe labour is concerned, but the reform will slight abrasion above the right eye. Eleven doubtless be apprecisted by the labourer ormara serweten, und në the Maginiency verter- the servant whose personal freedom is to be day 'Mr. Wood fined them 83 spinder secured. The proposal to alter the old GUINNESS' STOUT penal laws, which made assaults by con- cubines or maid servants upon their masters IN PINTS & SPLITS.
serious offences, is another wise step. It may be urged against it that it will have the effect of making such assaults more common, A. S. WATSON & CO., but the experience of most countries where punishment is lightened with a view to making it commensurate with the offence, is in quite the opposite direction. In conclusion, it may be asked what steps Hongkong is going to take to stop the nefarious practice of buying and selling children within its borders? In this respect a British Colony should be able to show the way to China, and surely it is not expecting too much when we express the hope that the Hongkong Government will see its way to prohibit this traffic and to no longer tolerate the sale of helpless women and children within the territory under its jurisdiction.
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was towed to her anchorage.
The time-ball-was-restored to its position. yesterday and dropped at one o'clock as usual.
H.E. the Governor provides to-day at the annual meeting in connection with the Eyre Diocesan Refuge.
A Peking newspaper states that four cases of birthday presents came from the Kaiser for H. L. M. Henan Tung last month.
Prince Taxi Hean and Admiral Ssh will leave for Japan and Amerias this month to study the naval arrangements in these countries.
the Magistracy yesterday in which a pawnbrokas carrying on businted at 57, Hollywood Road, was charged with failing to weise and detain person who bawned a diamond ring, and whom he should have had reasonable cause to ruspsof of an unlawful practice. Detective Bargent Appletes prossented, and Mr. W. E. L. Shantou (of Mears. Doom, Looker & Deacon) re- presented the defendant. After houring the evidence hir Worship dismissed the summons, and ordered that the ring be restored to its owner.
A Government commission has been sppointed in Indo-China to consider a singular danger of very threatening kind. A few years back, some matting, whlok wrapped imported Japan ese goods, happened to contain the swadees gems of a certain aquatic plant. These garmi gained" a firm foothold in the waises of the colony. The plaat grow and multiplied until it blocked up many water-courses and hampered their navige tion. This post has now spread to therios fields, and, bida fair to ahoke off the growing crops. The danger is described so the most formidable on the west-comet of Cochin-Chins, E
For period of practically three months, y
the Shanghai Mercury, not a single chas, either
There was an imposing procession of Buddhists.
DEVASTATION BY FLOODS IN OHIO
LONDON, March 2nd. Floods, caused by melting snow, have devastated portions of Ohio and hundreds of people are homeless.
In Cleveland scores of factories are preparing to shut down.
Great damage has been done by floods in the upper part of New York State. The Hudson is rising at eight inches per hour.
ELEVATED TO THE PEERAGE.
LONDON, March 2nd.
SUPREME COURT.
Wednesday, 2nd March.
IMBUMMARY JURISDICTION,
Japan).
KEABILITY OF PARINESS, -
SBUN, A WAN'S EXTRADITION:
OMER APPLICATION FOR MIN SURRENDRE
Sun A Wan made his fourth appearancs 17 216 MR. H. H. J. GONTERIZ (PUZANN Magistracy yesterday when Mr. H. L. Dannys, from the office of the Crown Solicitor, applied to Mr. E. R. Halifax, on bolialf of the Chines Government, for the prisoner's surrender to Watkins, Ltd., seed the Fick Song LeongChina on a charge of armed robbery, Mr. Otto firm and others to recover $743,45 for goods sold Kong Sing represented the defendant. and delivered. Mr. Smith of Monara, d'Almada &
Chief Detective Inspector Hanson produced Smith, appeared for plaintiffs, and Mr. J. H. } the Magistrate's order following the order of Gardiner appeared for the second defandant, the the Governor to produos the prisoner before the Court. Witness put the defendant on the firm not being represented.
charge sheet on the present charge and he gave
Mr. Smith said bottles and crates had been
returned which, reduced the claim to $511.33.-
His Lordship, entered judgment against the
defendant firm, and the case against, Mr. Gar- diner's client as alleged partner was proceeded with After hearing evidence his Lordship decided this setion against Watkins, Tad:
Subsequently an action was hearil in which Mr. Gardiner's client was plaintiff against the this action plaintiff sued to recover $207 due on promissory note and judgment was entered in his favour.
two defendants, who had admitted liability. In
THE ALLANA CASE.
ALLEGED THREATS BY MARICAN:
LOCUSED PUSSURD AT MIDEIGHT.
The hearing of the charges against 8. M.E. Allans, of embezzling $250 and a gold watch and alain, was continued before Mr. E. B. Hallifax at the Magistracy yesterday.
Mr. P. W. Goldring (of Moseen. Goldring, Barlow & Morrell) prosecuted, while the de- fendant was represented by Mr. F. Paget Heft (of Mesera. Brutton & Hett).
the name of Sun A Wan
Mr. Kong Sing➡And no alias ? Witness-Nok
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Mr. J. A. Bulloch, noting Chief Clerk at the
Calenial Secretary's Office, stated that on
January 18th this year ke resolved the requisi- tion produced under cover of a letter from the Conral-General at Canton
Wong Po Shas, a translator at the Registrar: Giterall's Office, resoguised the seal on the document as that of the Viceroy of Canton.
In cross-examination, witness said he had only seen impressions of the Viceroy's seal. He had not seen the seal itself. He had · seem impressions en documents coming before him in extradition proceedings. The seal had charsetars, mone of which he could read. The top read, "Bead of the Viceroy of the Two Kwang Provinces ***
It does not say who the Vicoroy in F—No.” Every Viceroy use the same seal.
Mr. Dennys said he would put in the document, because the Viberoy of Canton had given an undertaking that the prisoner would not be tried for any other than an extradition effanos. " Two Bergeant interpreters were called, and At the outset Mr. Goldring applied for per-stated that the prisoner, when charged, had mission to add two fresh charges against the de, given the name of Sun A Wan, and said he was fandant. The first was that Allans, after a roooiv. born at Tin Ting village in the Kwai Bing index had been made against him, did not de district. Tver up to the Trustee three diamond studs of the estimated value of $270 with intent to defraud
The second charge was that the defendant, after the presentation of the bankruptcy petition concealed a part of his property, to wit, three diamond studs of the value of $270 with intent to defreud. Mr. Goldring also annoïmood that | he would apply for further buil
Mr. Hett Before your Worship considers H. M. the King has conferred a these charges I should like to know oz. Viscountor upon Mr. Herbert Glad-ctly who the complainant is. The Crown stone and a Barony upon the Hon. Solicitor has refused to prosecute, and Mr. Ivar Guest.
THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
MB LLOYD-GEORGE ON THE FINANCIAL
CHAOS,
London, March 2nd. - The House of Commons has passed the Treasury resolution without a division.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Lloyd George) said the financial chaos resulting from the unpre- cedented action of the House of
Lords had caused a very considerable permanent loss to the Treasury. A total of £6,300,000 had been taken from the Sinking Fund.
„A BYE ELECTION,
LONDON, March 2nd.
civil or criminal, has been heard in the United States Court for Chiss at Shanghai, and at the present time there are no cases on the calendar which neecuritate the convening of a sousien of the Court in the immediate future. Consider able business, however, has boon transacted by
A bye-election in St George's (Tower the Court in Tientsin, and this wook the Coast, consisting of Julge Hatus H. Thayer, Mr. Hamlets), necessitated by the appoint Arthur Bassett, District Attorney, and M. E. Ement of Mr. Wedgewood Benn as a the Court stevgrapher, will save for Junior Lord of the Treasury, has Canton, where s olvil case awaits trial. They will travel to Hongkong by the F.M. str. resulted in the hon. member's re-
election, the voting being →→ Manchuria lessing on Friday.
Benn Simmons
Murray,
Nor the least hopeful among the signs of China's advance is the contemplated reform from within indicated by the recent memorial
Mr. J. L Plummer, F.R.A.8, will, lecture presented to the Throne praying for the abolition of slavery in the Empire. It is to-night to the Union Church Literary Club well known that boys and girls are freon "Spectroscopio Binaries, or How to see the quently treated as "goods and chattels," and Invisible. The chair will be taken by Mr. W. G. Humphreys at nine o'clock, th passed from rendor to purchaser without
It is somewhat extraordinary to learn, any regard for the interests of the children themselves, and this trafficking in human the China Critic, that one of the foreign Powers, which has a strong Legation Guard in Peking, Aesh and blood, which is one of the stronger ind instructions that no-married effleurit indictments against the social and economie is to be sent there in future! Why, our son conditions of Chins, is not confined to those temporary seks F
of "tander years, but applies also to women Bullocks have taken the place of coolies in who are taken as concubines. Of course, it the tour labour for usuling dustearts in Kow may happen that the children find good on. The innovativa was commenced on Tuen homes with their masters, and so may the day and sooms to be working satisfactorily. concubines, but there can be no disguising Two bullosks are attached to wash cart, and the fact that the continuance of this custom they do the work just s well as the soclics and is neither in the interests of the individual with a little less noise. nor of the mice. It is degrading to the whole people, degrading to those who are sold, and degrading to those who buy, and it follows that the general improvement of the nation will be retarded so long as the iniquitous traffic continues. Until a higher value is placed on human life, until the liberty of the individual is recognised, China can expect to make little progress. Happily
"Police Inspector Withers returned to the Colony yesterday by the as. Afasadenia. By the same steamer on her return voyage Ser geants Brown, Lenaghan, Boole and Earner, Lance-Sergeant Cashman and P. C. Watters go home on leave, while P. C. Glendenning goes Australia by the sa Empire, which leaves on Saturday.
THE STRANDING OF THE #GFOLOPA.”
The Marine Insurance notes in the Times
the 8th alt includes the following
An important piece of news for the market the announcement that the Holt liner Cyclops sahore at Bhab-el-Habir, 28 miles frots Jeddal, the Red Sex No. 1 hold and No. 2 tank of the port side are ur of wat Tho
Cyclopi belongs to the Ocean Staamship Company and is a vasal of 8,998 bons, built in 1905. Evidently
Majority...
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Fletcher has refused to prosecute on the merits.
Mr. Goldring-That is untrue. (
Kr. Hett--Mr. Goldring has a letter from Mr. Fletcher-stating that the Crown Solicitor will not prosecute
Mr. Goldring-The Crown Solicitor is sort of in love with Allsus. I don't know why ! ~ Mr. Hett--La sies, theng' charges are dia. räissed, we should like to know against whom we
Information are to prooved.
be laid by someone. Mr. Goldring-Information is laid by—
Mr. Hett-Mr. Marican. Goldring-No.
Mr. Hot The Crown told Mr. Goldring that they would not prosente.
His Worship-If the Crown refuses there must be some prosecutor.
Mr. Goldring —If your Worship pleases I will are the matter over and decide whether the prosecutor should be Ullmann or man called Dreyfus. This does not conours Marican at — Mr. Het; said he had an application to make, but as he had only been instructed he was not prepared to quote any authority, Some few days ago Allans heard that Marican had made threats against him. This was only an en parte statement.
Mr. Goldring-Your Worship will discount it for that reason,
Mr. Hatt-It is only to lead up to have to say, Allan asked Moses. Descon, Looker & Deacon to write a lette
KORZ
Bun Cho Yung, was, the next witness called,
and after some fre minutes spent by the in-
tapreber in trying to discover fila dialect, he was duly sworn and the evidence was being proceeded with when
Mr. Kong Slag. --
-zaked —18 your a Worship satisfied with that declaration P His Worship said he wán, Mr. Kong Bing--Well, I am not satisfied in
Any way.
His Worship (to the interprotec)--Arə you satisfied that he understood ros
The Interpreter -I cannot say.
Mr. Dennys-I'm not going to have lć said that my interpretation was faulty; The witness talks a mixture of Hakka, Punti and Mandarin. It is really the Waickor dialect.
His Worship-There is no use going on with faulty interpretation in a esse like this,
Me. Kong Sing-No, boostes it is final fer the prisoner.
After an adjournment a lukung was procured, und declared to interpret. The witness said: he knew the prisoner, who was Baon A Wan. The latter was born in the village of Chungtan, which was hie (witness'a) own native village. Ban A Wan was married in 1909, and Ulved, at, the same house in the village as himaal. He knew. the prisoner as a boy, and, na far as he knew, As was a Chinese subject.
Cromasamined by Mr. Koag Sing, witnaes said he came to Hongkong on January 24th. He had ever been here before, dog had ho
been to Canton. He was farmer, but the and was not his own; it was his moontors'
Who was the gentleman who came and nakou you to come down here -A constable from the Peklo Magistracy, kan ma
Did you see any Chinesa efloials from Hong. kong up there?-No, // 1} \
Who brought you to Hongkong !---The
Then you knew all about Sun A Wan being rükber before you caus Leya hare f*** Yes. Tas omtolats up there told you ?--Ye@]}}
Kong Bing At this stage I'll ask for an adjournment. Certain information has com to my knowledge which I wish to verify, sud 1- think it is in the interacia of the grisoner that I should get an adjournment.
The heating was adjourned dutil to-day, LORD KITCHENER ÅB VICEROY.
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· LOED MINTO'S BUCURABOR IN INDIA.
Lord Minto retires from the position Viceroy of Indis before the and of the year, and rumcar is already bug with the same
Lord Crews has been mentioned, but it la that whatever might have been his ambition in that direction are years ago he has in no wish to exchange Westminister for Calcutta
Captain Superintendent of Police- for police protection. Yesterday, while can was in the Court he spoke to a man, who will gu into the witares bor-y necessary, and spid, "I will get one of Patanus after him." Last night, about twelve o'clock, an Allians was returning to his house, & Fathan suddenly jumped out from behind s corner in Wyntham Btreet, and pursued Allans with a big stick shodded with breas. The
was arrested, sind on being "AUTOMATIC BOOKING ULEEK.
taken to the police statin the explanation BÄLLWAY TICKETS PRINTED WHILE YOU what was that Allma fon desk and heran The Great Western Railway Company after him The Fathan then stated that he the Cyclope is not insured in the market, but to start, some time in February, upon an im lived with Marica The kick is in charge of as the was entward bound from Liverpool toportant experiment. They have decided to the police, and I don't know what steps they are Chins Jarss, and Seattle with general goods fall at Saw Hill Station Birmingham, going to take, but I would sak your Worship including considerable quantity of dead railway ticket printing machine, which, it is walght carge, underwriting interests are large Filloen per cent. Tu paid, to-day on the hall contended, will render almost superduous the to make some sort of order for the protection of and 30 par cent for remmaranes on the cargo will also do army, with the today at that my client. The difficulty is that there was no Mr. Goldring-It is no nen amking mountains Mears. Holt's last big loss was in 1890, when bronsystem of storing the thousands of the _Uljesen stranded, and their feet bears duerent tickets which may be called for by the
It is recognised that the unsettled condition out of molehills. deservedly high reputation, an
travelling public!
of the Dependency demands the presence of a Mr. Hett-This is a very serious matter. 1| Governor-General whose charnoter and training heard of the threat yesterday afternoon soon after will inspire confidence in Europeans and natives it happened, and I am sure if your Worship saw alike and will give sedition and tresson neither
excuse nor opportunity for sotion.
Lord Kitchener's appointment will be a
a gust. this stick with which the Fathan was armed you
and for sound and firm sominis- would realise the seriousness of the affair. Tantee for peace a
civilimus had already drafted a letter to the Captain tration, and will be welcomed by
and Superintendent of Police, but I could not ask During his command in India Lord Kit. him to detail two constables to look after my chøner has not only elected - importante.
a reformas in the Army and redistributed tho
WHEN THERE WAS NO TEA,
QUEEN WHO DRANK BEES' FOR BELAKFAST.
The Chines Ambassador to London, who was the guest of the Authors Club on the 7th
a discussion on "The Influence Chi opened it and is done of his magnet and Europe as the filings.
The strongest influence," he said, “ was from
So far as I know,
it
clerk E
the somewhat, eum- | setual assault.
The machine is a small and unpretentious-look- ing contrivance. It is 3ft. 6in. long, barely 2ft. broad, and ft in height. When s ticket to a cer tain station is required an indiestor, which carrios the name of every station upon the system arranged in alphabetical order, is touched, the clerk slips a blank into a slot in the printing carriage, a small handle is turned, and a com pletely printed ticket drops out ready for use
1 That in all the work required.
At the mas time the ticket is printed à clients record of the sale is placed in duplicate upon ́s
If the Liberals remain in office long enough to make the appointment, sage the Daily Mail. there is no doubt that Lord Minto's succosser will be Lord Kitchener,
soldiers in India.
The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial the beginning exerted through to Bocially continuous strip of paper, together with the Hin Worship-Your client should be careful foroes of the Empire sa ma to give grester · this is being realised by the Commission of with thanks the following donations to the fund, you were the first warion to give fare, and all information required for book where he goes. I would advise you to tell him mobility and sogarity, but he has also
Constitutional Reforms who have recom- mended, that in a copstitutional country the status of the people should be elevated, and to attain this and the Government should begin by prohibiting the slave trafic. The Commission suggests that in future neither young girls nor concubines should be allowed to be bought, "but that the one
and Afflicted Hospitals begs to acknowledge this got hold of
of the Hospitals:
E. S. Kadoorie & Co.
A, Denison, Esq......
L. Gibba, Esq.
W. L. Pattonden, Eng."
Kelly & Walsh
Hon A. M. Thomson
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dried tea-leaf the honenrable preition it held ever since. It is nearly a dinouit te picture the British without tea as ourselves. What did England do before this happen 10 There was melly no drink like it. Your grat
Queen Elizabeth had to drink beer at
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Wong. Po Chun, Esq.
P. N. H. Jones, Esq.
A. G. Gerdón, Esq.
I have a high opinion of Queen Elizabeth, 10her breadth of mind was statesmanlike, and.)
am sure, if she could have become the patronenS of tea, she would have banished beer from her royal breakfast, table.”
keeping. As a result, when the olerk goes off daty all that he has to do is to total the con tinuous strip, and to count his cash machine is capable of printing 3,000 differant taketa, p
The
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
The
&0 vie. Nie left: Singapore for this part on the 2nd instuut, at 1:30 pm, and is due here on the 7th instant, at about 5 pm.
not to go out at night. ****
given proof of great capacity as an adminis feator and a funacier.
The appointment of a soldier as Viceroy will create no precedent, predecessors have held Lord Minto was a soldier, and distinguished posts in the Army,
several of
Mr. Hatt said he would look up authorities which would emporer his Worship to set
Moosa Ebrahim, recalled, was erver-examined by Mr. Hett, and explained various entries in Lord Kitchener, who left Indie last autumn, is the books of 8. E. Aliana & Co., which were now making tour of the word. He is expected in England in March to take up his appoint- kept by him.
ment at Malta, an appointment which, it mayf The further hearing was journed until this conddently be predfotod, he will soon refin, pish"
in order to return to India as Viceroy. day week
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