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FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE ACCUSED.
Continuing the report of the hearing of the charge brought at Shanghai against Ima Raymond Michael, we make the following ex. tracts from the proceedings on the 15th inst.:- Witness said he was unable to produce one contract with Somekh and one with Kadoorie.
Mr. Oppe (prosecuting solicitor)-You have made a complaint that the Stock Exchange asked you to sign a bankruptcy notice against Carmichael P-Yes.
Mr. Oppe-Now were not you asked by the Cathay Trust to sign that noties!The Ex- change and the Cathay Trust.
Mr. Oppe--When you were asked frst by the Calhay Trust, didn't you any that if tho Stock Exchange asked you you would reply ?- I said I was an agent for the committee.
Mr. Oppo-The commalttes asked you and you said that if they would withdraw your suspen. sión you would consider the matter? Yes,
Mr, Oppe-And that is how the Stock Ex change came into the matter No. I wanted
to know about my suspension.
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Mr. Oppe-You wanted to make a bargain? --Bargain, no. They suspended me without Buy reason. The committee, without consulting TAIPO M. the members went into the room and in less than half an hour handed me my anspension.
Mr. Oppe--Don't you know you were asked to produse your books to the committee and you refused to do so?-Seven of us refused. One party-I don't want to mention his name, he is in the employ of the committee-gave up his books, but six refused to hand over their books. Mr. Douglas (in re-examination)-Did other members of the Exchange make losses in March?
Yes, heavy losses.
Mr. Douglas-As heavy as yours? That I cannot tell, but they were loss68.
Mr. Douglas-They are still in the Exchange, are they not Yes.
Mr. Douglas--And some poople made heavy lossen for Jane F-Yes, vory heary, too.
Mr. Douglas-And they are still in the Ex. chango ---Tos.
Mr. Douglas-And made Yessss in September, too?-Yes, they are all insolvent, the Exchange is insolvent. By my notion they were afraid I would report them to. Hongkong under the Hongkong Ordinanca for the way they had deceived the Government. They only had power to borrow a few hundred or thousand teals for the building, and they immediately become bankrupt by borrowing a million and a half, and saddled seven of us with this mill-stone around
our necks.
Mr. Douglas-Do I understand from your evidence that you feel that in being saddled with this debt it was not what you intended and not what you meant P-No, I didn't mean it.
Mr. Douglas-It was not your intention" to be saddle with any legal debts to the extent of four lakhs P-No, it is slavery. Mr. Douglas-You were cross-examined as to your ability to remember whether you received orders to buy before you bought 1,000 Anglo- Javas. Is it possible to remember which order you received first, the buying or the selling order ?-I cannot really tell you
LOWU
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Hongkong, 20th February, 1911.
KAISER ON TEMPERANCE,
BRITISH FLEET'S EXAMPLE.
wing as the text of that part of the Emperor's A Berlin temperance organ circulates the fol- speech to the Murwik naval cadets which dealt with the liquer question:
One.mera piece of advice I will give you on your way, on guastion the importance of which for my people lies very close to my heart It is the question of alcohol and drinking; I know quite well that pleasure in drinking is an oldinheritance of the Germanic people. Never theless,
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been won by the forces-if they may be called
A Pyrrhis victory, says the Daily Mail, has "SQUARE BOTTLE” forces of law and order in Portugal, The railway strike has come to an end. The railway strike, however, has not come to an end beans those who defled unjustifiably the convenience and necessity of the country have been brought to reason by some stern authority. The railway partial end-because the employers have surrend strike has come to an end-at all events, to a ered to the strikers. The men have not been started or awed into submission or fair compro- miss. Their extravagant desands have been granted. And so tranquility has been restored. of the orimes to the swaying Republic of Portugal.
We must by salf-discipline froo ourselves in every respect from this evil. I can assure you that in my twenty-two years of government it has been toy experience
groat number
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This surrender to the strikers is ominous
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wish were laid before me for decision were to be nine-tenths ascribed to the consequences of alcohol. In former days it was reckoned among enough. But it is not the whole of the story. young wen, particularly smart and dashing, to be malonatents, and delighted, we may assume, by Encouraged by the easy triumph of the able to drink and carry a large quantity. As a the kind and young officer I had an opportunity of seeing and comrade," the Minister of the Interior in genial assurances of their "friend examples of this, though I never followed them. the Cabinet of postasters and professors, other
Those are obsolete views which were all very well for the Thirty Years' War, but don't do of striking. The example of Paris is being workers are being bitten by this happy notion to-day Quito apart from the consequences followed in Lisbon, where the gae and which I need not further dwell upon, I should electric light workers have come out," The like specially to draw your attention to one point cork industry is threatened with paralysis. which concerns your future career. As you
will His Worship-Can you explain how Mr. notice youselves, in the course of
A general strike is being spoken of with Somekh's name was left out of the sottioment term
manfcl and hearty enthusiasm. These are, of board, service in my schedule P-It was on the 28th June, in the has
fleet attained A degree of intensity course, the first fruits of that masterpiece of re maing. There was a rush. They gave us which can hardly be exceeded. It is your task publican legislation, the right to strike, and the half an hour to bring our schedule to arrive at to go through these prodigious efforts in time inevitable consequence of the unopposed retrza the deficiency in order to meet the settlement, of pace without getting used up in order that of the railwaymen to such employment noms and we wore rushed very quickly. Everyone of you may be fresh in case of serious events. The good to them. More significant, perhaps, is the ne went to his office to bring the schedule. My next war and the next naval battle will demand
attitule of the public. The attitude sooms to elerk, as I way, was new to the business-I Lalem sound nerves on your part. They will be de- have been based on the attitude of the Govern ployed him only three months-he was working cided by nerves. But these are undermined and at it and I heatied him. Someone telephoued to endangered from youth upwards by indigence of turning "nasty," and it seemed evident that
mant. Exasperated by the results of the foll- LANE, CRAWFORD & CO. way strike, the public showed all the symptoms sk me about the settlement, why it was post- in alcohol, poned. We hustled and gave them the sche
Later you will have na opportunity of seeing would be thrown on the strikers. No sooner, a wholesome cold douche of public disfavors, duis and they arrived at the deficiency. The the target ships and the effect of modern pro- however, was the victory of the strikers won nort
morning it came to my mind that I had jectiles upon them, and you will be able to pic-than it was cheered to the echo by these who not put in four names. The Brat was Mr. ture to youselves the conditions of battle. You Somekh's, and I wrote his name in ink and the will see many different visions of appalling dead shown all the signs of a Bitter-hostility to others in pencil. I had to give Mr. Tabbah vastation. There the cry will be for firm norvos Tla 556. The other two, whose names I need not and mention, owed me money from Desember, 1909, fakes the smallest quantity of alcohol #1 cool head. The nation which I financed hem and they gave me a promis will win. And that must be you, gen- sory note for March. In March they could not tlemen. And by you an example should pay, and I renewed their promissory note tillbe given to the crew. That has most effect June, so in daty bound I said, "What I have on the men: And, consequently, I expect from got, let them have it all."
His Worship Your clark made up that ship, while keeping up comradeship and friend. you that, hare in the Naval School or on board account on the 28th. Did you check it the next lines, you will remember this among yourselves, morning right through with your books No, and that care will be taken that the drinking of my clork was not there. I had to rush to the alcohol is not regarded as belonging to your Exobangs to do the settlement on the 29th. privileges.
His Worship-What called your attention to Somekb's account-Because I didn't want to forget it.
His Worship-With regard to the 200 Ayer Tawahs at 27. You say you thought you bought from Kadoorie at 26 P-Yes.
His Worship Then why did you sell to Carmichael at 27-Because Kadoorio gave me a contract for 27. The matter was still in dispute.
His Worship-But you were Carmichael's broker?--Yes,
His Worship-Then why should you make farme with Kadooria and not think about your client-I did think about my client I tried very hard with Kadoorie,
179 chael P-No, he gave me a carte blanche. If I His Worship- Did you mention it to Carmi- had mentioned the dispute to Carmichael and then called on him for 27 I could not have got
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Hla Worship You didn't soom to realise that Carmichael was your client. You should have profeeted his interests I have done all I could under the circumstances to protect him. His Worship-And you didn't give this information upstairs -No, I thought my lawyer would ask me for an explanation.
Mr. Oppe-They did ask for an explanation, and you said it was a clerical error.
Mr. Douglas said he proposed to call Mr. Jones and Mr. Somekh, and to sak a few questions of Mr. Reed, the presscnter. Mr. Kadoorie, he understood, was not hero (in Shanghai).
this orarchical cauer.
will or any power to euforos it. That is, of Like Government, like people. Portugal is in ferment, and there is nowhere any settled course, the issue of a change of names, but not of spirit, ia the Government of a country which, distracted by corruption and incompet republic to find a new heaven on an old earth. once, hoped in the exchange of monarchy for
The people do not know where to turn. Porta- The Government do not know where to tard, gal in being dissolved in the mists of indecision, One thing alone seems sure, and that is In my navy are either in course of formation
ebaos. By the strender which has "saved or already formed the Good Templar lodges and
the situation" these well-meaning bat Blue Cross associations. I hope that you will trouble for themselves and for the country.
Ministers impotent do all you can to persuade the men to join these.hey have encouraged an opidemic of steikon,
have
brewed now And I only need to point to the model example they have undermined the already totter men have already joined, to the great advantage troubles are still ahead of them of the English navy, where 20,000 officers and ing sense of law and order-and the worst of tisoir of the fleet. It is one of the questions of the fature for our navy and for our nation. If you
It is impos. sible to believe that any progress can be made. educate the people to get healthy and sensible subjects.
without alehol I shall
on these flabby lines. But if Portugal were to sink into a condition of entirely disordered It is a expired men the ides will be carried into the The sands are running out for Senhor Brags great question of the future, for by the time-
chaos it would be impossible for civilised Europe- country.
to tolerate a neighbour in so woeful a state. my people will be morally elevated.
you promote these principles and his friends. No ill is wished to them by a work in which I should like to ask you to selves. Yet they have very formidable foes.
others. They may have no onenties but them- take s share.”
If
That is
peror and the Socialiste are both palling in This is the one question on which the Em the same direction. The motives, however, are different. While the sovereiga is thinking of the efficiency of his fleet in some great naval battle of the fature, those who advocate the abolition of his office are inspired chiefly by tilling Junkers, though there are also, it must dosire to injure the pockets of the spirit-dis be admitted, many of them who wish to educate the artisan population to sober self-respect,
DR. MORRISON ON CHINA.
THE PORTUGUESE ROYAL FAMILY tion of this great people," he said, cannot bot
KING MANOEL'S POSITION. With reference to the declaration of the Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs con cerning the toleration and generosity" displayed by the Republic towards the Royal Family, Reater's Agency is requested to state, on the highest Portuguese authority, that Queen Maria Piz's dowry was settled in an Act ap- proved by the Portugues and Italian Chambers before her Majesty's marriage with the late King Dom Laia, and is an international agros mont binding upon whatever Government may be in power in Lisbon.
The London Magazine for February contains an interview with Dr. G. E. Morrison, of Peking, who is now in London. Dr. Morrison spoke with emphasis of the great changes that are taking place in China. The" Westerniza- affect the whole world." But he believed the effect would be for good. "Now Chins comes, not as a menos to tho West, but as a peaceful participater in world progress." In the course of the interview Dr. Morrison dwelt on the striking contrast between the Peking of to-day and the Peking of tua. years ago. He described the services rendered by the railways not only in opening up the country and in breaking down the prejudice against foreigners, but in strengthen- ing the Central Government and in creating a now national feeling. He was confident that the coming of constitutional government would maske for administrative reform.. Corruption YOKOHAMA: M. ASADA, Esq.
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