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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAROHI 3RD 1911.

"In the magazines, and newspapers that are. The board of directors of The Shangbai Tag ordinarily regarded as reflecting public & Lighter Co, Ltd, have decided to recommend opinion, articles on crime and punishment at the annual general mooling the payment of are commoner than they ever were, and the final dividend for 1910 of 34 per cent on the sentiment that is axpresed towards the preference shares and 6 per wat, on the or

dinary sbsros. criminal is almost universally compassion- ate and often sympathetic to an extent that no previous géneration has eBown. From Boing of the expressions used it might almost seam that the reading public is on the side of the criminal as against the law, Tales that would be unhesitatingly rejected if they were told by a beggar in tlie street appear, when urged from the dock as an excuse for theft, to be received We do not

with much readier cradulity.”

SUPREME COURT.

Thursday, 2nd March.

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IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.

BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE (81x FRANCr). PIGGOTT).

Mr. Potter, who appeared for the defondsuts

The P. & O. 89. Sicilia, which was scheduled to leave London on the 11th February, was

CLAIM FOR CONTRIBUTION." delayed owing to an accident to her propeller. As a result passengers were transferred to the The cotion by Lá Po Hang against the Yik Mongolia,” which is due to arrive in Colombo | Lang Bank and his mother and four brothers to recover contributions said to be due under a to-morrow.

The balance alot of the Nippon Menkwamutual letter of amarantee was continued. Kabushiki Kaisha (bo Japan Cotton Trading said he regretted to have to ask for a short Co, Ltd.), the caners of the Sesshin Cotton Spinning Mill at Shanghai, and of cotton pre adjournment to allow him to consider the sing, ban cake and cotton seed oil factories correspondence which had just been disclosed.

His Lordship said he could not adjourn, as he

for the half-year ending 31st December, 1910, of Yon 222.539.055, that a dividend of 12 par cent. was paid and Yen 133,603.946 carried forward tonext account...

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INDIA'S OPIUM REVENUE,

THE GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS

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CALCUTTA, March 2nd.

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JAPAN AND AMERICA.

Tokyo, March 2nd. The Government in publishing the details of the negotiations and the text of the new Treaty with the United tribute of appre-

Sir Fleetwood Wilson, in his States, pays a

think this statement is substantiated when at Hankow, shows that s not profit was made had multime. Ha had seen the drift of the letters financial statement, announced that ciation to the American negotiators.

Mr. SIMPSON quotes as an illustration the case of a lad who was fined for trespassing on a railway. He pleaded that he was gathering flowers to lay on his father's. grave. But his father had been dead five years and the accused was in the company of known poachers and a lurcher dog. His plea, however, went the round of the Press, with various embellishments" and finally appeared in America with the headlines Plucked flower for Father's Grave, and 11-year old boy is jailed." We should be inclined to say that compassion in this case was not entirely unjustified, if there was no more ovidence of criminal intent produced before the magistrates than is shown in Mr. BIMPSON's statement of the case. At all events it does not prove compassion for the criminal, but rather for the victim of what looks very like a miscarriage of justice. The lad may deserve to be branded as a criminal, but the account which evoked compassion discloses no greater crime than the mere act of trespass, whic may have been unintentional. Mr. SIMPSON says that of all influences for the repression of crime the most potent is exercised not by the courts, nor the police, nor the prison auth- orities, but by public opinion. “A com- munity that no longer resented crime and had learned to feel nothing but compassion for the criminal would in tire inevitably find itsolf faced by a flood of criminality against which police and prison authorities would struggle in vain. And though we are far at presont from any such catas trophie, it is permissible to suggest that the A. S. WATSONI& CO, steady increase of crime during the last ten

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years is largely due to a general relaxation in public sentiment with regard to it" The Press is chided by Mr. SIMPSON for doing much to encourage the view that crime is the outcome of a revolt of the poor. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

against the rich. He writes: The public ONLY communications relating to the news d'umn should be addressed to Tani fuld auch about the high-clise burglary EDITOR.

Correspondents must forward their namasa and addresses with communications ad- dressed to the B titor, not for publication but as evidenes of good faith..

All letters for publication should be written on ons side of paper only,

No anonymously signed communications that has already appeared in other papers will be in erted,

Orders for extra copies of DAILY PRESS should be sent before 11 am, on day of publication. After that hour the supply

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TRAGIC OCCURRENCE AT ABERDEEN DOCK.

A tragie di covery was made in an office of the Aberdeen Docks pasterday morning when Mr Alexander Squair, accountant, was found with his throat out, and in a practically ande condi- ion. Mr. Squair, who le about 26 years of age had been missing since Wednesday afternoon,

When found, his condition was critical, and he

was immediately remored to the Government Civil Hospital. The injured man, was married only a fortnight last Wednesday. He was hald in high esteem by his colleagues at the docks, over when quite a gloom has bean cast by the tragic occurre nos.

ARMED ROBBERY NEAR YAUMATI At 10 p.m. on the 1st instant four Chinese, armed with knives, entered a hat occupied by an old native couple at Taishekkoo near Yau-

mati.

The residents appear to have ignored the instructions of the robbers to keep quiet, for the entrance of the latter was followed by s violent struggle in which knives were freely used. The woman was nearly strangled, and the old man received serezal nasty wounds on the body before they were overcome 1hen the robborn, ransacked the hut and departed with jewellery, money and clothing to the value of $95

MARINE MAGISTRATE'S COURT,

Thursday, March 2nd.

BEFORE COMMANDER C. W. BECKWITH, R.N. (MARINE MAGISTRATE), -

„OBSTRUCTING JARDINE'S WHARF, The Hon. Mr. H. Keswick was the com.

and thought Couns-1 should go on.

| Tattare long ago..

Mr. Potter said he had not read the letters, the receipts from opium for the year and a short adjournment would enable him to 1910-11 have been nearly three open on the letters. They should have had the millious sterling over the original estimates, due to the unprecedented prices realised at the Calcutta sales.

The opium revenue for 1911-12 is estimated at 6 crores of rupees, against 11 in the current year.

His Lordship-I don't know. These were the letters you got or summons.

Mr. Potter Yes..

His Lordship-I think you ought to go on. I will give you a longer adjournment in the middle

of the day.

Mr. Potter-Thess letters prove the defend- ant's case up to the Elit.

adjournment for themiddle of the day--

His Lordship--I think if I arrange a longer

Mr. Potter- I am absolutely in the dark.

His Lordship—You can go on with your case, Mr. Potter-This is one of the most import aut factors of the case,

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His Lordship- You have the case as you were going to present it before. Then you can rein- force it by reference to the letters.

Mr. Potter I should have liked to have opened on them to your Lordship.

Hin Lordship-You can refer to the letters this afternoon,

Mr. Potter-With respect, it may close the whole case. The letters are extremely import

ant.

His Lordship-Yes, I follow that,

Mr. Puttor-It may shift the burden of the whole case.

Hi Lordship-It cannot abift the burden. Mr. Potter-In other words, it may prove my case.

His Lordship-That I quité agree.

Mr. Alabaster said there were all sorts of bur-

dens spori the other side. They had to prove the verbal agreement which they relied on, and his friend had to prove those letters.

Mr. Potter stated that the letters corroborated the case he had opened

After further argument it was decided that plaint in a case in which the masters of the. Potter should proceed with his case as

opened. steam launches Kong Fat and Kremy On were charged with permitting their innnshes to meer alongside one another in such a manner as to betrast the free socess of other vessels to Jardine's wharf on the 26th pitimo.

Defendants pleaded guilty, and were each fined $10, or one month's imprisonment with hard labour.

JUNK_MASTER FAILS TO REFORT HE

ARRIVAL.

Witnesses were called and the hearing was adjourned.

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION,

Baronz HIS HONOUR ME. F. A. HAZELAND

(ACTING PUISNE JUDGE).

ACTION POE SLANDER.

Wang Tez Kin, described as a gentlemen. Inspector Macdonald proceeded against themed Chia Mui, spinetor, for $1,000 damages for master of an unlicensed salt junk for failing to slander said to have been uttered by the report the arrival of his vessel in the watere of defendant in using words referring to the the Colony, and for leaving his anchorage with plaintiff in the following terms: "You think

you are vory out a clearance or special permis..

respectable, but in the middle of the night you broke into your

Prosecutor stated that on the afternoon of

Sir Fleetwood Wilson referred to

FROM THE "CHUNG NGOI BAN PO

PO".

THE MACAO HOUNDARY

QUESTION.

PEKING, March 2nd. The Acting Portuguese Minister at

the China trade in guarded. Inngunge Peking is on his way to Canton to in view of the negotiations now pond.confer with the Authorities on the ing at Peking. He said India was question of the delimitation of the prepared to make a real sacrifice t boundary of Macao. help the Chinese patriots who are striving to free the country from the evils of excess in the consumption of opium, but the Government could not cHINA SEEKS AMERICAN · ASSISTANCE consent to India suffering losses bringing no corresponding benefit to the cause of reform in China,

APPROPRIATION FOR THE

DURBAR.

A MILLION STERLING. -

CALCUTTA, March 2nd,

RUSSIA AND

CHINA.

PEKING, March 2nd. Prince Ching has advised the Throne to send Tang Shao-yi to America to ask President Taft to assist China to settle the dispute with Russia.

The Prince Regent has given in-

Sir Fleetwood Wilson, in the structions that Liang Tun Yin, Inte course of his Budget statement, an- President of the Board of Foreign nounced that one million sterling Affairs, who is at present in America, would be required for the Coronation should approach the President with Durbar.

this object.

DEATH OF ADMIRAL CURZON-

HOWE

London, March 2nd. The death is announced of-Admiral Curzon-Howe, who was second in command of the China Squadron in 1903-05.

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THE FRENCH CABINET,

LONDON, March 2nd. A Paris message states that M. the 1st instant he saw defendant hoisting the mother's room and stole a trunk of clothing." Monis, the new Premier, represents mainsail of his junk, and as he had not boarded Defendant counterclaimed for the return of the policy of M. Briand accentuated her, he called upon him to stop. Defendant, articles of jewellery and blothing lent by her to taking no natics, get under way. Witness plaintiff and his wife, the vane of which sho somewhat in a Radical sense. He chawed biot and called upon the Cosmopolitan assessed at $465.90, Mr. Davidson appeared hopes to bring in the advanced groups stean launch to assist. When off Stonecutter's for the plaintiff and Mr. Grist appeared for the defendant turnél his junk. Witness bearded defondant. her and found she was laden with salt. The Mr. Grist applied for leave to amend his

carried out with the late t appliances that science can suggest, the Daring Robbery at a Country House, or the ingonious fraud on a bank, while it takes little or no notice of the host of humbler thieves who would be as incapable of crimes like these as they would be of the feats of a Turpin or a Claude Duval Fiction, too, plays its part by beguiling the licges with fantastic pic tures of a Raffles or an Arsène Lupin, and the modern criminal is too often vested with some of the romance that with more reason belonged to the highway-man of old." This, all will agree, is an interesting view of the problem, and them is doubtless a good Defendunt said he did not see the police deal of truth in it, though we would hesitate when at Yaumati. He was going to Sam very much to accept it as the one and ships to repair the auils of his bost only explanation of the increase of crime. His cargo of salt he intended to sell at Yaamat, Indictable offences have increased in and was going to get his papers in the after- A BLUE-BOOK on Judicial Statistics, issued Hongkong in recent years. Aro such rea-

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The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, MARCH 3RD. 1911.

sons as Mr. SIMPSON advances for the increase of crime in the United Kingdom applicable here also? We do not think so.

by the Home Office in London, con- tains a remarkable preface written by Mr.. H. B. SIMPSON, C.B., in which it is argued that popular compassion for the criminal is the main cause of the growth of crime in

The typhoon N. of the Western Carolines the last ten years. Sir EDWARD TROUP, was reported yesterday morning to be moving

tho pormanent Under Secretary, however, explains that the suggestions which Mr. SIMPSON puts forward must be taken not at the official views of the Department, but as conclusions to which he personally has been led after long experience and clósa

N. W.

At the Magistracy on Wednesday Mr. Wood committed a boat coolie for trial at the Criminal Sessions for stealing a child from Yaumati.

Mr. H. L. Harding, who for the last nine months has been interpreter at the British

junk had no lio nce or number,

noon.

His Worship found bith charges proved, and ordered the defendant to take cut the necessary papers as an unlicensed junk, and to have the number properly branded. He imposed a fine of $23, the alternative being one, month'é imprisonment with hard labour.

BEFORE MR. JONES (\SSISTANT HARBOUR MASTER).

A NEGLIGENT ENGINEER. The Assistant Harbour Master held

an

inquiry into a charge of negligenco in the por formance of his duty preferred against Teung Yon Chak, engineer of the licensedsteam launch

o Song.

The owner of the Isanch stated that on the

statement of defence and contended that the

words had not been uttered. If they had bean said they did not convey the messing suggested and ware not sotionable without proof of special damages

Mr. David on argued that if it were alleged that other words were said qualifying the words complained of that ought to be pleaded spooisily.

Mr. Grist said that they were not capable of the interpretst on put upon them.

which withdrew their support from M. Briand,

It is announced that the Cabinet will follow the secularising policy, and that it is opposed to all persecution.

M, Poincare has declined the port- folio of Minister for Foreign Affairs, which has been now accepted by M. Cruppi.

The "Matin" declares that M.

The hearing was adjourned until March 16th Monis, in inviting M, Deloasse to join the Cabinet, said that he desired to be in complete agreement with him on foreign policy.

ALLEGED GAMBLING ON SHIP.

BOARD..

Mr. B. R. Hallifax at the Magistracy

yesterday proceeded with the remand case of a Chinese charged with being the keeper of a gambling game on the river steamer On Lee,

Mr. R.A. Harding appeared for the prONIS tors (the owners of the steamer), and Mr Otto

LATER,

The formation of the French Cabinet is completed with the excep tion of the portfolios of Commerce and Justice.

Heng

study of criminal questions, Mr. SIMP Consulate-General in Shanghai, has been trope 20th ultimo his vessel left the Western market Kong Sing represented the defendant. The composition of the Cabinet is

BON says that nointelligent person can have ferred to Pakhoj. failed to notice the marked growth since

Major-General.

HE, THE GOVERNOR INSPECTING LOCAL INDUSTRIES.

Through the courtesy of the directors, his Excellency the Governor, accompanied by the Hon. the Director of Public Works and the Private Secretary, visited the Dairy Farm at Pokfulam and the Tai Shing Paper Mills að Aberdeen on Tuesday laat

Mr. Walker showed his Excellency over the dairy, cold aforage compartments and exttle sheds and explained the various processes of the dairy and the methods of sterilising utensils." bottles; sto,, which his Excellency much admir.

ed. Mr, Laa You-pat received his Excellency at the Tai Shing Paper Milla and kindly showed him the different processes of manufacturs.

His Excellency afterwarde inspected various”

public works in surse of construction.

COMPANY REPORT.

KOWLOON- LAND AND BUILDING CO., LIMITED.

The twenty-second report of the board of directors stabes -

The balance of Profit and Loss Account for

the year (ending 31st December, 1910), including account, after writing off all charges and $269.25, balance brought forward from last

expenses, amount to $17.428.23 The directors- recommend that a dividend of $2 per share be paid, which, after writing off the directors' and

auditors' fees, will leave a balance of $878.23 to be carried forward to the credit of a new Profit and Loss Acconut.

DIRECTORS.

Mossra, A. Rodger and J. M. E. Mashado retire by rotation, but offer themselves for re-election.

AUDITORS:

Mr. J. Cox-Edwards having resigned upon leaving the Colony, the Accounts have besu azdited by Mr. R. C. Edwards, who now retires, bat offers himself for re-election.

T. F. HOUGH, Chairman.

Hongkong, 25th February, 1911.

RUBBER ACREAGE IN THE STRAITS,

to tow a jank which was lying off the Central According to the story of the prosecution the largely Radical and Socialist. Half the Col. J. K. Johnstone, C.P., of the Royal market. When the faunch was about 150 feet from steamer On Les left last Sunday morning at number voted against M. Briand in 1898 of a strong sentiment of compassion Marines, who was in command of the Ror the junk the ball was rung estorn. The defen nine o'clock on an excursion trip to Macao for the criminal. So far as he refers to the Marias contingent on the occasion of Admiral dant made no response to the signal, and the While passing through Capsnimun Captain the division which caused his resigna initigation of prison discipline, the Probation Seymour's advance to Peking, hes boon promoted launch, in consequence, collided with the junk Cameron, master of the vessel, was in- tion. of Offenders' Act and the establishment of

When witness ordered the engineer to go below formed that a number of passengers ware gam-, and attend to the ongines he sent his son, whe bling in the saloon. He left the bridge stone Cabinet is determined to maintain the Bulletin gives, thron/h the courtesy of the

It is officially announced that the the Borstel system this may be admitted,

and on entering the saloon found a game of for the main object of the amendments The Hou, Treasurer of the Alice Memorial was not an engineer which have been affected during the last teu years in the penal system of the United Kingdom has been, as he states, to facilitate an offender's return to the path of honesty and to make the punishment imposed on him an aid rather

and Affiliated Hospitals begs to geknowledge

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Great Northern Telegraph Co... $50

A Chinese was charged befors Mr. J. F. Wood at the Magistracy y sterday with receiving

Defendant stated that he was in the engine room when the collision occurred. When about twenty feet from the junk the ball was rang thrice to go astern. He reversed the engines, but owing to the great speed at which the vessel was moving throngh the water he could not reverse quickly.

ARMY

The February issue of the Agricultural

Land Office officials, the approximate area of land under rubber cultivation in the various. parts of the Straits Bettlements. The figures

olen clou," which appeared to be condected by existing alliances and ententes. the defendant, in full swing. When the cap- tsin arrested the defendant the other players picked up the money and gambling gear, all he AIR BATTALION FOR BRITISH are taken from the registration records under was able to secure being a cloth on which, die numbers were marked. Defendant was placed in Irons, in which he was kept until the steamer The master of the Mow Song spoke to ringing returned to Hongkong, when he was handed over junk The order was not responded to, and the

than a hindrance in his way. But the phonograph, the property of Mr. K. Lafferty: astern" to the engine-room when nearin the to the police:

The musical instrument was purchased some burden of Mr. SIMPSON's agument is that twelve months ago, and shortly afterwards Mr. public sentiment or at any rate the Lafferty lent it to a friend, from whom it was sentiment that finds public expression," stolen. Defendent was remanded, and sdmitted has gone far beyond this. He writes: to bail in the sum of $150.

defendant was on desk at the time. Water

Defendant was found guilty of grave neglig ence. His, certificate was suspended for ihres months, and at the expiration of that period he will be required to undergo another ozamins tion.

Subsequently defendant was released on hall of 850.

When the case was called on yesterday he did not appear, and his tail was estreated.

LONDON, March 2nd.

A British Army Order has been issued which provides for the organisa tion of an air battalion numbering

190.

the Rubber Dealers? Ordinance. When this re- gister is completed, we shall be able to get a more definite sod azonrafe ides of the aren cultivated, remarks the Straits Times. The estimates are as follows:

Bingapore...

14,000 acres. Malacca, between 55,000 and 60,000 Penang

3,000 22,920

Province Wellesley

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ing the class of country in which it is planted.