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THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST.

SUN YAT SEN, {~~-

AR AUTHORITATIVE DENIAL.

Mr. C. H. Lee, writes from the Chi mes Club, Hongkong:-

money

With reference to the allegations to which publicity had been given in the Chinese and Foreign Press regarding the payment of a large suurỈ variously stated to be the millions, two millions and, recently, one million dollars, as a bribh or bargain money," to Dr. Sun Yat-sen by Mr. Tung Shino- "Ji, on behalf of the Peking Government, to procure Dr. Sun's evacuation of the

CANTON.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

THE HONGYONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 20cm, 1912.

June ist.

SUPREME COURT.

Wefuesday, June 19th,

IS SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

Barons Mn. H. H. J. GoMPERTZ (PUIGNS JEDGE),

A CLAIM FOR SALARY.

CONDITION OF CITY. Siuce the incident in the Western Suburbs last Friday great care has becu taken in searching all junks coming to Canton for suspicious characters and for

This was a part heard case in which Arms, Not a few people have beenLi Taong Chiu, of 32, Des Voeux Road, arrested, mostly for being in possession brought an action against Cheong Wo

&

SHIPPING NOTES,

Mr. Bruce Ismay has stated that the en White Star liner will not be named the Gigantic.

Mr. Schwerin, General Manager of the insured against the risk of fire while in tion of £8 per ton, representing on her #port of the United Kingdom on a valua gross tonnage of 0,064 over £38,000.

Captain Jas M. Hay, of the s.s. Hap Sung, was presented at Singapore last

THE CHINA COAST OFFICERS' GRIEVANCES.

INCREASE OF PAY CONCEDED.

Messrs. Jardino, Matheson & Co, aud., Butterfold & Swire hava sent out identical circulars to their ships' officers announc ing that the pay of the officers from tha tat. July will be as follows:-

Per month. Chief Officers-Ist four years.£18 5th and 6th years... 19 After 8th year 20

Per month.

14

4th and 5th years... After 5th year......... 15

of revolvers and pistols without Chan, of 31a, Caine Road and 44, Con- liena, and the arrest of one of these naught Road West, and Pun Han Fu, ot week with a handsome gold medal with Second Officers-1st three years....£8 men has led to the discovery of a num-32, Des Vinx Road, managing partners ber of undesirables, a fair quantity of of the Hong Hing Steamship Co., late ofeription from Mr. Lim Ping Siang, the 914, Wing Lok Street, for 8100.70, balance owner of the sa. Glenfultoch, for salving

sengers at Gaulong Bay, Hainan Island, and towing her to Hongkong, arriving all safe at Hongkong on the 18th Decem

arm and ammunition, and a large num

Presidential office in favour of H.E.ber of uniforms in a house in Si Pa Lan of salary alleged to be due to the plain- the as, Glenfalloch with 850 Chinese pas ! publislied in the Shanghai Mercury says:

them.

Yan Shih-kai, I am requested by Dr. Street. The streets are being patrolled tiff as messenger and canvasser, Sun Yat-sen to state that there is aboo-hourly by bands of soldiers and the num- plaintiff, and Mr.

Mr. Otto Kong Sing appeared for the lutely no truth in these allegations and ber of police has been greatly increased, Looker & Deacon) for the defendants,

Shenton (Deacon, be authorizes me to give, on his behalf, so that the authorities intend to be pre- avategorical and noequivoca) denial to pared for any outbreak which may occur.ber that at the hearing of the fast action Mr. Shenton-Your Lordship will remem So far as appearances go, all is quietness: your Lordship expressly refrained from During his Presidency. Dr. Sun Yat-business is going on as usuni, and all holding that the defendant in this case sen, as Head of the Provisional Gov.

the shops are open and if it were not ernment

at Nanking, naturally. was for the presence of soldiers all over, there

was a partner in the Hong Hing Co. cognisant of the

firmncial state of would be nothing out of the ordinary the four corners of that case.

His Lordship-I declined to go beyond affairs, bet all sums remitted to the in the condition of affairs. Nanking Government by Peking direct, or through Preinter Tang Shao-yi were made over, not to Dr. Sun personally, but to the Board of Finance, and were applied solely for the purposes of the military and civil requirements of the Nanking Government,

No portion of these sums was diverted or converted by Dr. Sun Yat-sen to his own private and personal uses

Prior to his departure on the 18th inst. for the North, Dr. Sun despatched a telegram to Peking of which the follow- ing is a translation :--

To Premier Tang, the newspaper press of Peking, and the newspaper press of Shanghai.

I have seen it mentioned in the Chinese and foreign newspapers recent fy that I have received one million dollars from Premier Tang, and that the National Advisory Council has questioned Premier Tang on the sub jnet.

We in the South being so far away from you in the North, I have had so nene of finding out how the members of the Council have put their questions, nor in what terins Premier. Tang has nude his reply.

The allegation being baseless, odious and libellous Premier Tang is requested to at once clearly indicate the truth of the matter, and vindicate us in his statement,

SON WEN.

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE LOANS.

In connection with the above-mention- }

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Mr. Shenton-There was a joint ap

EXECUTION ON SUNDAY.

pointment. I will endeavour to show that Gate, three men

On Sunday afternoon, near the East as regards this plaintiff he was not em robbery. A firing party of six men were

were shot for armed ployed by this defendant. drawn up and the prisoners despatcheddants, stated that when the prospectus of Cheong Wo Chan, one of the defen- quickly, the rifles being put almost close the Company was issued he was not con.

to their licarts. These men were said tonected with the Company.

ber, 1911.

Messrs. D. G. Robertson, Ltd., Engineers, The Malay Mail understands that have secured the contract for the erection of the first section of the deep water wharves at Fort Swettenham. This wharf when completed will, at low water, allow a vessel drawing 33 feet to come along. side. The first section of about 200 feet in length is expected to be completed within eight months.

Pacific Mail Stearathip Company, states Mr. Schwerin, General Manager of the that the company will abandon its plan He did to build four now 33,000 ton steamers if

be ringleaders, and their removal it is not engage the plaintiff in this action Congress onacts legislation prohibiting hoped will in a great measure put a stop at the Mercantile Bank. to many of the rubbering, occurring in take the city.

APRITION TO WATER POLICE.

Having observed that the water police were not strong enough in numbers, the head of the Folier Department has drafted a number of meu into this section and opened a fourth station. The coat of this addition to the force is estimated at $0,370 for the first month and there after $1,330 per month. These water police are responsible for keeping order on the river within the City bounds and for galating the sampan traffic. they are a very valuable and important section of the community, so that any addition to their number is helping towards maintaining the city at peace.

THE RECENT OUTBREAK AT

CANTON.

TWENTY-FIVE PERRONS SHOT..

and

Our currespondent reported on this

ed allegations, obscure allusions have event in his notes published yesterday, also been made to certain loans contract. but the affair appears to have been of. ed by Dr. Sun Yat-se

sertion of the following further account

He did not steamships in which railroad compant any part in the

engagement have an interest from using the Paname of the staff of the Company. He Canal. Mr. Schwerin's letter contains the ship with the first defendant, signed the agreement to go into partner following:---

Witness was to manage the affairs of the Company, which was to be formed for the purpose of running from Wackow to Hongkong.

Chinese plaintiff, for 8282.40, and one by A further claim was made by another

a pilot who alleged that he was engaged by the defendant but was never put on the ship.

three cases.

Ifis Lordship reserved judgment in all

SILK HANDKERCHIEFS FOR AUSTRALIA.

"The proposed line via the Panasaa Canal to the Orient is to consist of eight stramers-the four now in operation, the Korea, Siberia, Mongolia and Man-

mmodations, safe verandabe and large churia, with additional cabin accom

smoking rooms and ladies' lounges, etc., and four new steamers of 38,000 tons displacement and soventeen knots each, with all the modern improvements of transatlantic liners. The route proposed is from New York via the Canal to San Pedro, thence to San Francisco, thence to Honolulu, Yokohama, Kobe, Manila and Hongkong, and the reverse, touching eral Chamber of Commerce informs us

at the same parts un the homeward that Mr. J. B. Sutter, Commercial Com-voyage. The fleet of eight vcasele will mission in the East, Government of give two sailings per month each was, the State of New South Wales, has and you will note that on the outward forwarded a copy of Regulation having and homeward voyage all ships touch at reference to Silk Handkerchiefs import.

Honolulu, and the service at that port follows: ed to Australia, which

will be with sight as fine ships as there are, rends

in the world. There is, however, a great against permitting any ships when are owned by railroads, or in which a rail-

using the Canal. If such legislation be- comes the law, then, of course, we will must build these new ships."

The Secretary of the Hongkong Gen-

MARKING ON HANDKERCHIEFS.

The manner of application of the

which has reached us from one of our trade description to Handkerchiets gen. road has any stock in the company,

renders in Canton:-

Dr. Sun has no reason for concealing the true facts from the public, and he authorizes me to state that daring the Revolution ho secured loans from several On the evening of Friday last, about of his friends and supporters by means 8.30. people on Shameen were startled of his personal influeper and on a guar to hear a great commotion among the antee from him casuing their repayment. Chinese on the Sha Ki Street. First The total of these loans which he there was a stampede,, rifle shots were obtained from various sources amounts heard and people were seen hurrying in.

were

heart-rénding.

erally is directed by Order 1213.

The marking of each initialled Japan. ese Handkerchief is exempt vide G. 0. 1564 (7).

Co

Where silk handkerchiefs, made in a

Japan, foreign country

brer wording,

**Merry English

it is accessary that, in addition to the marking required in the

Christmas," The

were

to, roughly, one and a quarter million all directions. The shouts of men in dollars. Of this sum, about half a million the street and screams of poor terrified was borrowed from the Clao-Chew and boatwonen Cantonese merchant Guilds of Shanghai. | gates on both sides of Shamren

case of plain ur initiailed handkerchiefs, and the balance he obtained from various closed and nobody seemed to know what the words "Made in Japani," or, as the friends and supporters in America, the was happening. It was subsequently ease may be, appear on each handkerchief warnt that about five persons were killed Straits Settlements and elsewhere.

in conjunction with the words to be on Sha Ki, among them two innocent Tain amount of one and a quarter

TYPHOON WARNING.

A telephone message received at five o'clock last evening reported a cyclone ́er typhoon enst of Northern Luzon, less than 300 miles distant. The direction in which it was travelling was unknown.

A communication signed "W, W.

issued on the same day and are identical From the fact that these circulars wore

in terms, the Chine Coast Officers' Guild considers that it is perfectly clear that

officers adopting the same methods. The they have taken concerted action and no doubt will continue to do so, and they

latter contend that whs an organisation cannot therefore logically object to their

ie started which undoubtedly represents the combined opinions of all the inen con- by the Owners as the mouthpiece of those corned, it should be officially recognised officers and every effort used on both sides to avoid conflicts by an amicable adjust- mat of their differences in calm and co- ciliatory conferences. The Executive of the Guild are earnestly desirous of

if those measures fail, then the responsi precate going to extremes, but they say. adopting those methods, and strongly de-

bility must rest upon the Owners.

We

deputation of their own officers intend to panies have already been notified that a are informed that both the above Com-

wait upon them shortly, in order to place before them their claims for better con pay now conceded does not by any means ditions generally. The small increase of satisfy their grievances, and it now re- mains to be seen what the outcome of these movement appears to be growing. Engineers are now following meetings will be. In the meantime the

the

example of the officers and are endeavouring to establish a branch in Shanghai of the Marine Engineers Association of London, to co-operate with the China Coast Om cers Guild for their mutual aid and pro- tection.

The

INTIMATIONS

3

ECZEMA ON WRIST

AND RIGHT ARM

Swollen and Inflamed to Shoulder. Dry, Crusty Scales. Could Not Sleep for the Itch. Used Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Now Cured.

**The Cuticura Remedies I can strongly recommend to any person suffering froca

eczema. I can tell you I gut relief the first time I used the Cattours Soap and Ointment. I had cczema dr the wrist of my right arm; I had it for fully ex months and tried lots of medica that poo ple told me about, but did no good, A chemist teld me it

was eczema and gave me a suit box of ointment. I asked him I would reques

to iske anything inwardly, he said nothing but a little sulphur, but had no effect. I often saw tho Cuticura Remedies advertise! ro I resolved to try them and seo.

*I at very pleased to say that the first tiwas used both the Cuticura Beap and Cuticura Uliment, they gave me zeller, autreted aver six months and sometimes could not get to sleep for the itch in my ATOL Then the plaples broke and the moisture spread on my arm and a dry crusty scale cama over it. Aty we was all swoint and infamed up to my shoulder. I could hardly jft it up. When I got the crusty Beales washed on, it was raw red flesh unforge:1. but in about a week's time you saw it dis- sppearing and a nico new akin coming over it. "It is all nice and strong and I can work in as much water as I need, it does not hurt it. I just cured it with Cuticura Rom-

edios. I can embody widering

with it to try File, Hatchedairo, Coldstream, Berwick 19gned) Misa M. Ohire, N. B., April 13, 3011,

Cutleura Boop and Olotment are sold throughout the world. A iberal sample of esch with 32-p, book free from bearest depot; F. Newbery & Boar, 27, Charterhouse Bq., London: B. Towns & Co. ydsey, N. A. W. Lannon, Ltd., Cape Town: Hullor, Maclean Co. Calcutta and Hombay: Potter Drug & hem. Corp., sole props., Boston, U. s. A

87-6

Chs. J. Gaupp

& Co..

above, says: We can confidently state Our contemporary, in a footnote to the that the credit montioned above does not belong to the officials of the China Const nothing whatever to do with the inerenss Officers' Guild. The agitation bad of pay conceded, which originated entire y from the home office of the Indo-China 5. N. Co. and the C. N. 5. 8. Co. It is merely a coincidence that the letters from the Home offices were received the same day as a letter was received from the Guild. We also understand that the dis satisfied officers are mostly juniors. The senior and more responsible men refused to have anything to do with the agitation. The increase of the officers and engineers had been under consideration by the Always have on hand a very largs complate Hoine offices engineers, we are given to understand, for some time. The

CHINESE COOKERY.

A writer in the Pall Mall Gazette' 3Fyttert'(4; -

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS,

CHATKY ROAD.

stock of

LIENTTRICE

AND

SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS

(Transits, Levels, Plane Tables, Prismatic and Sight Compasses, Hand Levels, &e., do.)

also

DRAWING ·

INSTRUMENTS AND MATERIAL

The boiling of rice, whether for carry. as a plain vegetable, or as a pudding is very much misunderstood. It is too often messy, coagulated, and sticky. Of couFVE every grain should be firm, distinct, in (T Squares, Set Squares Straight Edges, dividual. Miss Yates, in her book just published, has a delightful quotation an to how to do it rightly. She calls it "the black man's way it is difficult to say where she got it from, but it is essentially right:

milliony, the Government of the Republie boat girls of about 10 and 14 years of qualified. The qualifying marking should | HONGKONG ELECTRIC TRAMWAY. I water; rice-flour make him stick. Water

come

on

Wash bin well; much wash in cold age. On the French Concession, the be either imprinted in indelible ink, or

boil all ready, very fast. Shove him in; has assumed as an obligation, and has French Consul was on the alert, and woven similarly to the words to be undertaken to refund to Dr. Sun Yat-sen in a short time the French Commander

The accounts for the year ended Decem-rice not burn, water shake bim too much. Rub one rice in qualiɓed.

ler 31st, 1911, show a profit of £14.301, thureb and finger, if it all rub away him

Boil twenty minutes. for re-payment to the lenders.

of the Argne cine on shore, all mariner

which, with £8,557 brought forward,

quite done. Put rico in colander, hot. There has been no attempt at conceal-being ordered to stand ready for any

RUBBER COMPANIES.

makes a total of £22,018 at credit of the mergency Commander Veal, of H. M.S. ment over this matter of the loans, norio, bearing the din, also came round

profit and loss account. The board have water run away through; put cold water is there anything derogatory to Dr. Sun to the French Concession, and, after Sembilan Estates Co., Ltd., has an- allocated to the reservo for depreciation through him; then put back in pan, cover

inquiry if any shots had

nounced an interin dividend of 6 per and renewals £9,000; charged to profit him and keep hot, then soon rice all

ready. Eat him up!" in openly acknowledging them.

Now, although this sum of 14 millions Shameen, walked briskly away to the cont. The property, over 12,000 acres, is and loss account to comply with arrange ments approved by debenture holders on

Unconventional if you will, but explicit British side. Things quietened down after situated in Negri Sembilan. should have been repaid within four an hour.

Strong French guards were is splitting its issue of £t shares, of 3,818.

Kepong (Malay) Rubber Estates, Ltd., July 11th, 1910, £10,000; carried forward and admirably practical.

The large increase in the net The little Chinese restaurant in Den- months of the establishment of the Reput on the French Concession for the which thers are 25,000 fully paid, into trafic receipts is caused partly through man-street, off Regent street, is doing paliin, Dr. Sun Yat-sen has not ye whole night.

two shilling shares.

expansion of traffic due to the many re- well, and dozens of our Oriental cousins Next morning it was explained that riceved one solitary dollar of it from

Victoria (Malays) Rubber Estates-Afugees in Hongkong, but is principally front remote parts lunch and dine there the fovernment, owing, of course, to the four or five men from General Lung Chai circular has been issued to the share accounted for by the fall in the discount daily. It is clean, well kept, not expan Kwong's regiment had got drunk and ran holders giving information as to the in the capper subsidiary coinage. When sive, and the variety of dishes is extra- existing financial stringency.

amok, killing about 27 persons."

recent litigation in the East in reference the debenture holders agreed in July, ordinary. They cook duck with young- De: Sun has been pressed repeatedly by But independent inquiries do not bear to the title to the property acquired by 1010, to give the company power to create bamboo shoots delightfully, their pork is

About 25 persons were the lenders for the re-payment of these ut this version.

the company, and adding that in regard and issue, if thought desirable, further excellent (vide Charles Larab); but they more or less loans, and he has simply transmitted killed and several men

to the litigation proceeding in England £10,000 debentures, certain conditions do not find it necessary to burn down a the directors hope that the actions which were attached. As the auditors' report hoss for each joint. The Chop Suey is their requests to the Premier for his at seriously wounded-mostly people who

were passing by or standing at their the company have brought will be tried on the annexed accounts fulfils the first not to be despised, and Wat Kai Blin, tention. The latest advices Dr. Sun has doors. The story of the men being during next month. The board also state of these, the directors hope that it may which is--according to the menu-"noodle received from the Premier at Peking is drunk is not believed, for singultaneously that they have been able to make certain acon be possible to consider the 'payment with spring chicken, extra fine coup." is to the effect that the Central Government soldiers seemed to have sprung up, in financial arrangements whereby the work of a dividend.

quite a remarkable dish. Shark's fin with minced chicken (Kai Yang Ya Chee) had despatched a telegram direct to the seven or eight streets, with good modern on the property has been and is being

should not be missed, and the redoubtable above-named two Guilds at Shanghai ask-weapons, who commenced shooting at all carried on, and that this has been done and sundry who came in their way, without the necessity of issuing any De-

Bêche de Mer may be had on due notice. ing that the re-payment of the loans beas though in accordance with some prebentures or placing any mortgage upon

This is the historic and traditional re- storative, unknown to Brillat-Saverin, allowed to stand over till a later date. viously concerted plan, which seemed, the company's properties. Some revenue

To those who know Sun Yat-sen, the fortunately, to have failed. During the is being obtained from the harvesting of The special Chinese correspondent of which works wonders. These cates should present refutation is quite unnecessary, last week in all corners of the streets in tapioca und light tapping on a small scale the Calcutta Statesman at Kalimpong in be eaten with ivory chopsticks, duly pro- message received on the 29th ult. says vided, but it is a tricky art, so forks and but as a matter of public duty, it has the City people have been searched; all has begun.

and men's Bradwall (F.M.8.) Rubber Estate.--The it is reported that the Dalai Lama has spoons are handy. landing places watched been decided to publish this authoritative belongings rigorously searched.

annual report to December 31 last states received a letter from Lhasa stating that The

At a Chinese restaurant in London denial of the accusations which have been Chinese seem to be frightened, and, if that the output of dry rubber for the year all Kharloongs have been murdered in there is no obligation to conform strictly amounted to 21,6881b., and the average cold blood by the Tibetans, because of to Chinese customs. Some of them are propagated so sedulously against the man questioned by a foreigner give vague net sale price was is. 5.25d. per lb. The their pro-Chinese attitude. The Chinese curious. Here is an extract. from China and the Republic.

replies. There is something simmering,

at Lhasa bave agreed to surrender their as it really is," by a resident in Peking. and before long it is very likely that company have entered into a contract for some serious trouble will break out, and the erection of a factory, smoke house, arms for payment and a free transport It must require some self-restraint to play Shameen

perhaps will not ontirely drying shed, etc., on the estate, and the and will be allowed to proceed to China. the game A portrait of Sir Patrick Manson

usual sheeting and crepeing machines. It It is stated that one thousand Chinese The tediousness of a Chinese banquet hung in this year's Academy. A writer General did well to have filled Shameen for use within a few weeks. In the mean- on the way to Khungber, twenty days incidents. The guest would be well ad- Mr. Jamieson. H.B. M. Consul is hoped that the factory will be ready troops have crossed the Yunnan border is relieved by one or two disconcerting with British troops in the worst time time the Company's crepe rubber is being journey from Lhasa. The Chinese have vised to keep on eating: any cessation on of the revolution, but no sooner have manufactured on a neighbouring estate

his part may lead to his host or neighbour these troops been withdrawn than we see at a charge of 10c, per lb. The sheet been expelled from the Chumbi Valley. carnage at our very door. True, à Chi-rubber is being rolled by hand on the

KALIMPONG, May 29th.

making with dexterous--if a trifle soiled. Profound sensation has been created-fingers a bolus composed of meat and nese picket is put on duty in the Sha Ki estate. It is estimated that 70,000th of amongst Tibetans here by a report from vegetable and putting the result into the Street, but this is quite inadequate, and dry rubber will be harvested during the Thassa to which they give credence, to visitor's mouth. This is a mark of polite it is wished that a much stronger cordon year 1012, of which 19,8331b. had been the effect that six high Tibetan officiala attention, to which there can be no re of Chinese troops will be placed along obtained by the end of April. The re- side the street that runs parallel to venue for the year is not, in the directors Tibetan authorities for their pro-Chinese an opportunity of returning the compli at Lhasa have been executed there by the fucal. The well-mannered guest will seek Shameen to avert a repetition of Friday opinion, sufficiently large to justify the

sympathies. night's event.

issue of a profit and loss account.

C. H. LEE.

in the Times of Ceylon makes the follow ing comment:-The portrait of Sir Patrick Manson, K.C.M.G., arrested attention, skied though it was. Dan looked at the genial face with the heavy brows and thought how many from the East broken down by long years in the tropics or bad climates bad watched it with deepest anxiety to know if there was hope for the future.

D man

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