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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21st, 1911,

strengthened the bands of the prosecutor No doubt in & case resting purely on circumstantial evidence, additional con firmatory evidence is of value, but care must be taken that the evidence is con- firmatory. The old principle in English liw, that a man must be considered inno- cent until he is found guilty, is one which all Englishmen rightly regard as a safe guard of liberty, but in modern legal practice this rule is very apt to be over looked, chiefly by reason of the amendment

The Japanoss, squadron returned to Hong- TELEGRAMS.

kong yesterday afternoon,

Professor Grossi and Mila Reue give their second performance to-night.

Four Europeans at Bangkok are reported in the latest papers from that port to be suffering. from cholera.

Capt. Cayley of H.M.8. Minatour has been appointed a Vice-President of the Royal Navy Ragby Football Union.

At the Magistracy yesterday Mr. Wood fined Chinese $25 for conducting a monoy-changers

licence.

CHAMPAGNE in the procedure which now allows an aceused business at Bonham Strand West without a

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person to enter the witness-box and be At the time the sworn if he wishes to do so.

was severely amendment was made it criticised, much on the same grounds as a ples of albi-in epito of Mr. WELLER-is regarded askance by lawyers. Nothing, they contend, is more dangerous than an alibi for in the not improbable event of the alibi not being proved the jury immediately jump to the illogical conclusion that the accused

must be guilty. An accused person is faced

The International Court at Bangkok been engaged in dos'ding a partnership issue arising out of the bankraptoy of a Chine merchant

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{"DAILY PEMOS" DXCLUSIVE BREVIJE) THE PLAGUE OUTBREAK.

PEKING, January 20th. Another death at Tientsin and one at Peking have occurred. THE CONDEMNED JAPANESE ANARCHISTS.

Tokyo, January 20th,

It is unofficially reported that the Emperor has commuted the sentence on twelve of the condemned prisoners to imprisonment for life.

On Wednesday the Premier (Mar- imposed a fine of $10 on. Mr. S. A. Mericas of quis Katsura), the Minister for

Foreign donations at Shanghai in aid of f Central China Famins Fond have so amounted to $2,478, and The 8.601 Chine contributions amount to $3,373 and Tla 30,

At the Magistraey yesterday Mr. Halifax

SIR HENRY MAY,

A CIVIL SERVICE ADDRESS.

procedure you have adopted in this case is anique in the history of this Colony, and I therefore highly appreciate the compliment thus paid me. This is the first occasion on An interesting ceremony took place in the which I have appeared before föll Coast to have Legislative Council Chamber yesterday after indgment passed upon me, and I am very proad noon when the greaf majority of the Colony's that that judgment has been so favourable. To Civil Servante assembled to bid farewell to the the son of a former Lord Chief Justice the departing Colonial Secretary and to presuit annddress Your Honours have presented me with address. The address was bound in blackwood is peculiarly welcome. I thank Your Honours covers on the corners of which were worked sil- most cordially for your good-will. ver dragons, while the Colony's coat of armas, also in silver workmanship, was in the centre of

the front cover of the book,

The Hon. Mr. W. BRES DAVIES, K. C. (At torney-General), in making the presentation on behalf of his brother oficials, gok:

SIE-In the winter of the year, which has just closed, you completed the 29th year of your service in the Government of the Colony, to which on the 24th November, 1881, you were appointed as Cedet. For the first tau years of that period you served in the Registrar General's Office, the Treasury and the Secretariat, and you were substantively appointed Assistant Colonial Secretary on the 1st January, 1891. This post you hell for two pasrs: then for nine years were Superintendent Police,

The "At Home" at Government Hoage last

night to bid "good bye" to Sir Henry and

Lady May was very largely attended. To. the Igreat regiot of all, Lady Lugard's indisposition did not admit of her being prosent, and the

guests were received by H. E. the Governor Sir Henry and Lady May and the Misses May There was dancing until midnight. No better evidence of the popularity of Sir Henry and Lady May could be furnished than the large

and representative gathering which assembled. Inst night to bid them good-bye on the avɑ of their departure for Fiji

Sir Henry and Lady May attend at the City

Hall at 11.45 this morning to receive further of the community, and thereafter embark on the testimonies of appreciation and of the good will

as you are April, 1902, ou bate been our the last seven years you have administered the Secretary and as Administrator your work has

The diamond poodant to be presented to Colonial Secretary, and on fear occasions during

Hirata), and the Minister for Educa- ment of this Government and we, your colles Lady May is on view in Messrs. G. Falconer & gues and subordinates, who have been associated Ten Chinese who were arrestod for playing tion (Viscount Komatsubara) tendered with you, in a few bases for a period almost Co.'n window this morning till 11.30 m. The

RUSSIA, AUSTRIA, BEL- by the same predicament when he has to the Dragon Cycle Depot for allowing one of his | Agriculture (Viscount Oura), the Government of Hongkong. Both as Colonial | steamer Aldenham for Sidney ou route for Fiji, ‚ GIUM, ITALY, DENMARK, decide whether he shall or shall not give chauffeurs to drive an enlighted motor car after Minister for Home Affairs (Viscount brought von into close touch with orery Depart-

&c., &c.

evidence. If he drickles‹ rot to give evidence

then the jury may conclude that ho is SOME LONDON ESTABLISH- afraid of incriminating himself, while, on the other hand, if he enters the witness. MENTS AT -WHICH

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AGENTS:--

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trying to prove his innocence. Of course, it has always to be remembered that the supposed innocence of all accused old applies to the Court itself; the prosecutor wust conduct his case on the assumption

dark.

a gambling game in an empty house at Hunghom were charged before Mr. E. E. Halifax at the Magistracy yesterday. The keeper of the game was fined $50, and onch of the players 83.

At about three o'clock on Thursday morning, six Chinese, armed with knives, gained entrance to 57, Connaught Road West. There were only. three women in the house at the time and the robbers, after threatening them if they at tempted to make any outery, bound and gagged

their resignation as they hold them selves responsible for the offence of the anarchists against His Majesty.

THE COMMAND OF THE PACIFIC.

TOKYO, January 20th.

polacident with thot of your own service, and in presentation will take place at the City Hall many instances for the whole of our own official at 12.30 p.m. after the presentation of the career, ask your permission now that your long public address to Bir Henry May.

and honourable connection with the Hong- Service in to be terminated kong Civil

by your promotion to be Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner for the Western Pacific to present to you this address as a mark of our admira'ion and respost,

the accused person is guilty. This is at them. They proceeded to rawaşk the house,uminto, in a sensational speech atter of the Compante ship of Saint Michael

objectionable as far as other witnesses are concerned, but when the accused himself de cides to give evidence the resmits are apt to prove rather contradictory. To take an example from the CRIPPEN case, certain

and departed with goods and money to the value of $2,820.

A Chinese named Leang Ho Chyen was oharged before Mr. E. E. Hallifax at the Magis

of

trady yesterday' with embezzling a "sum $14,335.43, and with forging three receipts."

a meeting of the party on national de. fences, said that Japan obtained the command of the Pacific by two wars but the unskilful diplomacy of the

A SCHOOL FOR THE PEAK.

On Friday, January 13th, a misting was heid in St. Paul's College to consider the desirability and possibility of starting a school on the Peak. After a discussion it was unanimously agreed that a school should be commenced, and the officers for the year were elected. The Bishop of Viatoria was selected to be Chairman of the Committes and kindly conssuted to All the offlos, whilst Mr: Ernest, T. Williamig and Mr. Gerald Tisdall were elected Honorary Socratary anık Treasurer, respectively. The Rer. F. T. Johnson

"Many of us can recall the calm courago, with which in 1894 you ! sed the plagne, a disease of evil repate to us all from our earliest schooldays, and tho unyielding determination, with which, Mr. Oishi, the leader of the Kok-as a member of the Permanent Committee of the Sanitary Board, you pruscanted all the measures, which the crisis demanded. The and Saint George, bestowed ou yo in the following year was a fitting recognition of your plague and the suppression of the serious strike services both in connection with the outbreak of

of ladise and gentlemen were named for the of 20,000 Chiness labourers which courred in 1895 as a protest against now lodging-house men on the Executive Committee, and a number The zeal, with which, as Captain Superin- General Committes, which, however, has not

yet been completed. multifarious duties of your department was no

By the courtesy-of the Management of the less conspicuous than the powers you subs.- widely different duties of Celosial Secretary.Hotel has been selected for the first tarra' of quently brought to base on performing the Peak Hotel a convenient room adjacent to the Whatever post you have filled, the proverbial the school, which will commande on February versatility of your race has enabled you to fill it.

regulations.

pieces of paper were produced by the pro Mr. W. B. L. Shenton (of Mesars. Deacon Government lost the command with toudent of Police, you devoted yourself to the

secution to show that CRIFFEN meditated Looker & Deacon) appeareil on behalf of the suicide. By itself the evidence was un-complainant, Chan Chan Nam. Defendant peaded guilty to embezzling $14,000 on the first charge, and not guilty on the second, and was remanded.

important, but it had a little value taken in conjunction with the other evidence CRIPPEN's explanation was that these writ- ings referred to an attempt to escape in which he was to be aided by one of the quarter- masters of the steamer. The explanatios was probably false, but the idea, seemed to prevail that Carrey had blackened his case by failing to prove its truth-in other words that he was a guilty man failing to prove his

A. S. WATSON & CO., innocence. It was not a case of rebutting evidence, for the prosecution had no evidence, to show that their reading of the papers was correct. Again CRIPPEN was asked why he had taken no steps to trace the whereabouts of his wife, if she were still alive, as he stated. In this connection it is true that a

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H.E. the Governor on Monday distributes the prizes at Queen's College at noon, and will unveil the portraits of their late Majestie Queen Victoria, and Kitg Edward VII. Hin Majesty King George T., Dr. Stewart (first- Heatmaster of the College), Mr. A. J. “May, L.8.D. (formerly Second Master) and Mr. Fatsoner, who was at one me third master,

His Excellenes will also present the Royal Humane Society's Medal to Master Douglas

Gibson for saving life. invited to attend.

All interested ore

JUROES' HARDSHIPS.

At the Supreme Court yesterday the Chief Justice stated-I am afraid a little misconcep

certain amount of evidence had been production has arisen with regard to what I said the el by the prosecution to prove that Mrs

CHIPPEN had been poisoned, but still the failure of CEIPPEN to advertise for his wife could not be taken as an admission of guilt.

other day respecting the hardship on people who were called on the jury if alone in business. I suggested that they should approach the Chamber of Commerce, because the Chamber of

Japan out fighting to America. could not face a great nation with an inadequate navy. Japan's diplomacy was a repetition of failures.

[REPTER'S SERVICE TO THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."]

THE REVOLT IN ARABIA. LONDON, January 20th.

·

was also elected to serve with the above gentle.-.

with conspicuous success and you have through 1st, 1911. The hours will be 2.30 am to 11.30 all followed the path of duty regardless of criam. with a suitable broak for recreation, auð the terms will be ten dollars per month, payable ticism and misconstruction.

"We recognise your single-minded devotion to the interests of this Colony and your unfiag- ging energy in its service. We nimire your breadth of view, foresight and pertinacity:

in advance. A highly certificated Mistress has been engaged.

To commence with, the main feature of the while from your attention to detail and your school, will be Kindergarten work. As is now painstaking accuracy we may learn that if

we take no interest in what is amal, we well known, this system can be taught to the

The Turkish Government has re-shall take a false interest in what is youngest children with great benefit, and with-

a

for

solved to send thirty battalions and strong force of artillery to Arabia the purpose of finally crushing the resistance of the Arabs both at Assyr and Yemen.

LATER.

An Aden message states that the Imam, Syyed Yahya, has declared war against the Turks and has caused the telegraph wires to be cut. A general rising in Yemen is expected.

Seid Idriss has assumed the offensive

alstinction upon this Servico; and wa soknew it is a system of organised play which allows seonran for us the support and the sympathy great. Your nohiovemonts have brought a now out any mental or physical strain whatever, as ledge with gratitude that a career each as yours the child naturally to develop its faculties. It the Colony in which we serve.

off

haslong been the established system in Germany "We offer you our respectful congratulations and in England it is now being made by the on the honour which his Majesty the King has Education Committees the compulsory method done you, in selecting you to govern some of

the fairest islande in His Dominions beyond of teaching children. The principles of Kin- the Seas. We wish you, Lady May, and your dorgarten work are also being applied to moro ad- family all happiness, health and prosperity in vanged education, as it is recognised that leara- to believe that it is with feelings of the deepest your new sphers of life: and finally we beg you ing is more readily assimilated when it is taught memory will long be oberished in the service, in of the scholar. It is, therefore, a matter of cen. regret that we take leave of you and that your in a way which attracts and holds the interest which the whole of your official life has hitherto gratulation that a school is to be commenced on been spent."

Hongkong, 20th January, 1911 -

the Peak, where previously many children have

We have only to consider how little the Commerce is the natural means of communica against the Turks. The capital of I beg you to accept my most grateful thanks for that its main feature is to ba's Kindergarten,

the Government.

· CHINESE POLICE COMMENDED, The Chief Justice at the Criminal Sessions yesterday said that he forgot the previous day in the arson case to specially recommend the Chinese policemen concerned on the very care. fal carrying out of their instructions He folt sure that they had prevented a very large con- ingm'ion and he hoped that that would stand to their credit.

effect of such advertising would have had tion between the commercial community and on the verdict to see how weak the argument is A craftier roan than CEITFEN Would hardly have neglected such a means of averting suspicion. On the whole, it may he said that CRIPPEN's cross-examination in the witness-box served little to strengthen the hands of the prosecution, though, if the Cother evidence had not been so clear, it might possibly be considered as having some effect on the verdict. It is true he could not explain how human remains came to be buried in the cellar, nor why a portion of his night-garments was missing, but even if CRIPPEN had had any explanation to offer it is only too probable that his explanations would

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The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, JANUARY 21T, 1911.

· Now that the excitement in connection with

have

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ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO PERVERT THE COURSE OF JUSTICE. Boforo Mr. E. P. Hallifax at the Magistracy yesterday afternoon, Chief Detective Inspector

Mr. Hasson, in onthuing the case, informed his Worship that Mak Knn, a witness in the case in which Wony Tes Kin and two others were sharged with conspiracy to murdar, lived in a

Sir HENRY MAY, in reply, said--Gentlemen,not had the advantage of a school at sil, an å Assyr has been besieged since early the address you have presented me with, and for This will remove a disadvantage as compared in December and the governor and a the very handsome cover in which it is enclosed. with children at Homs, whem similar facilities large garrison are imprisoned there. One of the things that makes it hard for me to are now generally taken advantage of. -- The new Governor of Assyr has stop-leave Hongkong is the necessity to sever my ped at Hodeida unable to proceed.

DEATH OF AN EXPLORER.

LONDON, January 20th. The death of Sir Francis Galton is announced.

[Sir Francis Galton, who was created a knight in 1909, explored Daarsland and South Oram

He was for many poland from 1850 till 1852, years on the Council of the Royal Georraphical Society; a member of the Meteorological Conncil from its origin in 1868 till 1901; secretary of the British Association 1835-98; of its Anthropoli. rical section 1877 and 1875: president of the Anthropological Institute 1885-88; chairman of

SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL

ELECTIONM

ELECTION OF COUNCILLORS. Only nine names were submitted, and thus no

A by no means unimportant point in allowing connection with men with whom I have been children to attend school for a short time united by the ties of comradeship, and by the daily is that it places them under an sympathy which springs from close associations easy discipline which will make the some- in work. In whatever success has attended what severe discipline of regular school later leas my efforts I have owed very much to the loyal irksome. The Master of the Wei-hai-wei School co-operation and assistance I have always had is his recent report bears witness to the difficulty from all of you. I entertain the greatest admit of dealing with children who have been too long ration and respect for the Hongkong Civil without restraint under the somewhat slack d is- Service of which I bave een proud to be a cipline of the East. The attendance of children member for so long. I carry away with me whilst still young at school similar to that to-be nothing but pleasant recollections of our service together, and now in taking leave of you I wish established on the Peak should tend to counter one and all of you every success in the future. ADDRESS FROM THE JUDGES.

not this evil tendency.

It is understood that the Committes hopes the present effort is but the preliminary step garten and High School with possibly arrange- ments for boarders. It is hoped that this To Sir. FRANCIS HENRY MAY, K.G.M.G.

Governor Designate of Fiji. His Majesty's Judges desire to associate serious effort will meet with the micees, themselves with the rest of the Community in it deserves, and the Hon. Secretary will be congratulating you on the bonour which is be glad to recaire at 81, The Peak the names Majesty has been pleased to confer you in of any children who propose to join the first appointing you Governor of Fiji.

the greatest crimmal case of recent years failed to convince the jury. One result of Hanson profecated two Chinese named Chi the committee of management of the Kew Ob The following address has been presented by what will ultimately. 'evelop into a Kinder" has died away, it may be interesting-if not the case will probably be that accused Chin and Chin Kai, on a charge of altempting | serrstory and of Koyal Society 1889-1900, when the Judges of H.M.'s Supreme Court:

far modern persons will in future decline to appear in to prvert the coucas of justige by getting Mak it became merged into the National Physical

Laboratory. useful to consider how eriminal low fulfils the object it has in view the witness-box unless under very excep- Kun, the principal witness in the facent con- In ninety-nine cases spiracy case, to love the Colony and not give -the punishment of the guilty. The tional circumstances, CRIPPEN murder case was peculiar inasmuch out of a hundred their personal testimony evidence. as the evidence was purely circumstantial can be of very little effect, while their No eye saw CRIPPEN do the terrible dead appearance, even for a short time, as guilty persons trying to prove their innocence no ear heard a sound indicating that crime was being committed. Nor was there cannot but have a prejudicial affect on

the street and told him him into witness-box may, of course, lead tus jury

go away and not give evi- afraid of incriminating themselves, but on doare in the conspiracy case. If he agreed into the false supposition that they are bettor the whole the risk of this seems the they would pay him so much money down, and so much when the best was leaving. He was to smaller of the two.

go away by an evening boat, but before it start

election will take place this year.

The nine Municipal Councillors who have

Mr, C. B. Autos.

"On four occasions it has been the duty of the term at school from February 1st to May, Judges to administer to you the Oath of Office inclusive. The school is for Europein children, on your temporary assumption of the Admini-, and it is particularly requested that the stration of the Government of this Colony; names may be sent in at once, as the mossary

any evidence showing that CRIPTEN con- the jury. Abetention from entering the Chinese Club He was visited one morn consented to serra for the current year are: they have therefore claimed the privilege forms and apparatus bare to be made before the

day.

ing by the two defendants, who called

he

templated doing away with his wife. Yet the circumstantial evidence that existed was of a very damning character, sufficient by itself to hang CRIPPEN. The finding of the remains in the cellar, the traces of poison in them-an unusual poison which CHIEPEN was proved to have purchased-and the part of a night garment, corresponding to those need by CRIPPEN, in which the remains were wrapped were terrible facts which CRIPPEN could not explain away. On this evidence the case for the prosecution substantially rested, and no reasonable person can consider the jury unjustified, with these

A small boy, found in unlawful possession of and not be a witness in the Wong Tiz Kin facts before them, in returning the verdict

A quantity of opium, was charged before Mr case." Defendants were then arrested.

Evidence was called and the hearing they did. But when the rest of the case is J. B. Wood at the Magistracy yesterday and considered some doubts must be expressed sentenced to 48 hours detention and eight adjourned.

to whether the remaining evidence strokes of the birch,

HM.B. Flora arrived from Shanghai yester ed he called at the Central Police Station and notified the police. Then he went to his Club accompanied by two Chinese detective-sergeants. There he met the defendants who were to pay bim a certain sum of money. When the money was counted out it was all in twenty bout pieces the police entered the room and asked, “What

A

A walking tour to Canton during the Chineer holidays is being arranged by fho Y.M.C.A.

Chines who stole as premsat from a house in Graham Street was sentenced to six weeks imprisonment by Mr. Wood at the Magistracy yesterday.

is all this money counting for?" Defendants did not reply, but the witness said, "This is money the defendants have given me to go away

A. W. Burkill.

...E. E. Clark,

E. J. Cornfoot. H. de Gray H. Figge

Selby Moors

E. C. Pearce,

TE Timeman.”

of specially offering their congratulations now

that that Onthis to be in due course administered school opens. to you on permanent appointment to the High Ofice of Governor.

SCOTCH WHISKY TRADE DEPRES.

BION:

"In sending you to work in the benign climate, of Fiji, Official Fate has not used her shears to

The statistics of the Scotch whisky trade sever the ties of family, as she does to so many of us in the Service; and we therefore take this for the year disclosed the fact that the trade opportunity of offering to Lady May and her has been the worst for many years. The shrink- daughters both a pleasant journey to, and a age in all departments has been severe. Pro- duction bas declined 2,100,000 gallons, and the The new members of the Connoil are: Mr. C. happy life in, their new homo, E. Anton (Messre. Jerline Matheson Co., What Hoogkong lones, Fiji gsius, and so total production of 22,000,000 gallons in the Id.), Mr. A. W. Burkill (Messrs. A. K. Burkili trust that that Colony will appreciate its gain in lowest for sixteen years Stocks have increased & Sons), Mr. E. E. Clark (Messrs. Layers the same measure as the shanient testimony of for the first time for many yours by 1,620,000

Retiring members,

& Clark), Mr. E. Cornfoot (Messrs. Dres & those your last days among as bears witness that Co.), Mr. E. C. Pearce (Mesara. Ilbert &

Of the new members Mr. A. W. Burkill formerly served on the Municipal Council, and Mr. E. C. Pearve, though he has not sat on the Council, is a member of the Electricity Com

mittee..

Mesars, D. Landale, H. J. Craig, H. A. J. Macray and W. A. C. Platt are the retiring members of the Council.

YAN For the position of Land Commissioner Mr. G. W. Noel has been again nominated. M.-C. Daily New

"Given on a Lucky Day in the first month of the year 1911. Hongkong er ret steloss

(81.) F. T. PIGGOTT,

Chief Justics. (Ed.) HAZELAND, Paisce Judge::

Year will be 115,000,000 gallons, equal to six gallons, and the stocks carried into the New years' consumption.

"PELORUS COMING EAST. H.M.S.

The Pelorus, cruiser, Com. A P. Davidson, is ordered to have her. ore completed at Ports Sir Henry May in accepting the address mouth on February 16 and to leave for Hong- said:--Your Hamogos, I am deeply sensible of kong on February 21 with a new grow for the Merlin, surveying ship, which is to be recons the honour you have done me în presenting me missioned for further service on the China

ith this bandsome address. I believe that the Station,