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INTIMATION

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH, 1912.

the opium was discovered by the First Engineer, who had observed a shore boat cross the ship's bow and turn sharply under her hull, this being coincident with a rush of Chinese to the recess of the ash scoop. where the Engineer discovered a large munt ber of tans of opiuma tied to a rope, attached to which was a lifebelt intended to serve as

OPIUM.

as insumbent on the Manila authorities as ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO EXPORT upon the authorities of Hongkong for there are consignees who take delivery at Manila when the opium is successfully smuggled into the port, sed it is unlikely that the firemen get more than a very small fraction of the large profit resulting from the enterprise. We do not know whether

Mr. C. D. Melbourne, three Chinese were At the Magistracy on Saturday before

charged with attempting to export opium without permission.

Mr. P. M. Hodgson, Assistant Crown Solicitor, prosecuted, and defendants

WATSON'S a buoy. The result of the prosecution was it would do much or anything at all-towere represented by Mr. D. Lewis (of

VERY OLD

LIQUEUR

SCOTCH

WHISKY

that the fireman, who-doubtless for a concheck the traffic if the Magistrates wero Maiars, Johnson, Stokes & Master).

sideration paid by the gang-accepted the

whole responsibility for the concealment of the opium on the ship, was fined $500, or in default six months' imprisonment. auch casos as this there is, of course, no default in payment. However humble way

In

powered to leave the Shipping Companies possession of the drug found by their own officers er detectives illegally concealed on their ships. Their request, in the

Mr. Hodgson said the three men wore charger with attempting to export opinn and if he satisfied his Worship that those men were guilty he would ask him to inflict the maximum penalty because it

ket, near the Stone Wharf at Observa-

FUNERAL OF THE LATE

EMPEROR.

JAPANESE

IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES.

(THROUGH BUTER'S - AGENCY. }

TOKYO, September 14th. The remains ware entrained at two in comection with o'clock in the morning for Kyoto the

The ceremonies

Grand Hall of the Imperial Palace, electrically. where the body lay. eluded the Emperor, in the fall dress of Those present in-

а Generalissimo, the Empress, the Court ladies at-

THE INTERMENT AT KYOTO. The Emperor was solemnly interred at Kyoto.

A double line of soldiers and sailors.

Chinese detective was on duty on the Praya East, and he saw the three defen dants going along carrying two small camphor wood boxes and a Japanese bas tion Place by Tin Lok Lane. He asked Empress Downger, chern what the boxes contained and they tired in European mourning, Princes replied that they did not know. They and other notable personages. The off-lined the specially-made road from the inurried on board a sampan and made off. <iating ritualists. The detective became very suspicious and

circumstances, is not an unreasonable one, was getting a very serious inauter in this the funeral of the late Emperor began naval squadron in Tokyo Bay saluting.· be the circumstances of the person this and should, we think. be considered by a Colony. About 3.15 p.n; on the 9th inst. on Friday morning with a service in the The entire route to Yokohama was lighted beavily fined, wealthy friends are never wanting, ready to save him from the imprisonment which follows failure to pay the fine.

The question is one of Herious importance to the Companies whose ships trade to Manila and other Anierican ports. Mr. DAVIDSON, the solicitor who prosecuted in the particular case under notice, informed the Magistrate that the three British Companies running ships between Hongkong and Manila had spent in the last three years $12,000 on detectives to "arch their ships. In addition to the

Bervice of these detectives watching the ships practically all the time they are in

A BLEND OF THE FINEST PURE port, the solicitor said, two searches are

- MALT SCOTCH WHISKIES.

the

For over 30 Years WATSON'S

"E" maintained

has

reputation of the FINEST SCOTCH WHISKY in the

FAR EAST.

A. S. WATSON

& CO., LTD.,

ALEXANDRA Buildings.

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made by the ship's officers on the way down to Manila, but, notwithstanding that, so enormous is the traffic that there have boon. 82 seizures of opium in the ships, and the Companies themselves have paid fines amounting to 310,000. In addition to that fines to a large amount have been imposed. on other persons found in possession of opium when the Companies were not fined, The matter in the past had been grave, he added, but it would be more grave in the

higher authority, since the failure of the authorities to prevent the waggling of opium out of the port renders ships arriving at Manila from: Hongkong to the most drastic penalties. The mere fact that the ship's captain becomes entitled, as the "informer," to half the inadequate fine which the Magistrate is empowered to impose does not seem a sufficient inducement for a Captain to put himself to the trouble of taking care of whatever opin he may seize at sea for the sole benefit of the opium farmers in Hongkong, whose businese it is to present the opium being smuggled on to the ship while she lay in Hongkong.

The Supreme Court goes into long vacation on the 20th instant.

The French mail of the 18th August was delivered in London on 13th Septem her.

The name of Mr. W. A. Cornell has been added to the list of authorised architecta of Hongkong.

The appointment of Mr. J. W. @

wearing native.

station to the summit of the mountain whereon the tomb is situated.

he shouted out to them to come back, at costume, removed a hanging screen from

Between 200 and 400 farmers bore the the same time informing them that he the front of the catafalque, to the accom- was a detective; but they did not take paniment of soft music from & Shinto palanquin to the foot of the mountain the slightest notice of him and went Band. The Chief Ritualist then profer- where it was placed on a special carrier faster than ever. The detective got into another sampan and pursued them. Un-red offerings of consecrated food, and of and drawn to the summit by means of a fortunately his sampan, the only one he red and white cloth enclosed in willow wire cable railway. could get, was propolled by two women, boxes, then recited prayers, after which All except the funeral commissioners and the sampan in which the defendants members of the Imperial Family, in and assistants remained at the foot of were was propelled by men, so that he order of precedence, advanced and wor- the mountain, had no chance of catching them. How- ever, No. 4 police launch was in the shipped the spirit of the deceased vicinity, and he attracted the attention Monarch. The members of the Imperial of those on board. He informed them Family then retired, and finally the re- that the sumpan containing the thres domainder of the congregation worshipped fendants probably carried opium illegal before the entafalque. 15. The police touch went in pursuit

of the sampan containing the defendants, who were making their way by the Con-

first ship, by the way, was the Zafro,

THE FUNERAL.

SUICIDE OF GENERAL NOGI AND

HIS WITE. Keneral Nogi, the hero of Port Arthur, and his wife, committed suicide.

General Nogi cut his throat with a short word and his wife stabbed herself

The coffin containing the remains of in the stomach at the moment the gun

futura, because the Customs Authorities in Bonnar as an unofficial member of the tral Fairway towards the shipping. The his late Majesty measured ten feet by fired announcing the departure of the

owner's

Manila are taking up the position that, until the Government of this Colony, take up the matter of opium smuggling, they ing the steamer in every propose to сажу. That, of course, as Mr. DaxtBON said, is a very serious prospect for the of ships running to Manila. His auggestion to the Magistrate was that some compensation, at any rate, would be made to those ships in cases of this kind, If the opium were not forfeited to the Crown; but the Magistrate, while expres- sing himself as " entirely sympathetic," has refused the application, after taking time to consider the point. As the law stands the soundness of the Magistrate's decision seem

But in view of all the unquestionable. kircumstances set forth above it is manifest- ly unjust that, the law should deny to the Shipping Companies the right to retain all the opium their officers may discover

be illegally aboard their ships It may be recalled that a resolution. passed by the International Commission on Opium which met at Shanghai in 1909 affirmed that, in the judgment of the Com- mission, it was the duty of countries "to adopt reasonable measures to prevent at ports of departure the shipment of opiuro, its alkaloida, derivatives and pre- parations to any country which prohibits the entry of such." It is quite possible, we suppose, for the Government to argue that the measures taken here to prevent the smuggling of opium out of the port on

to

Elangkong Oppius: 104, Das Voor Roin ships destined to countries where the LONDON OPTION: 131, FLEET STREET, E.C.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, AKUTEMBER 16TH, 1912. TH frequent publication of paragraphs relating to attempts to smuggle opium from Hongkong into the Philippine Islands and other countries where the import of opium

Legislative Council is gazetted.

The charge of selling adulterated rum preferred against Yuen Woo, of No. 97, Queen's Road East, was dismissed by Mr. Melbourne at the Magistracy 020 Saturday,

going out at. six o'clock that evening. five feet and weighed a ton and a half. funeral procession from the Paince. Tho The police caught up on the defendants it was covered with a rich white cloth General was residing at his modest horne

id asked them what they had. boxes were securely locked and the basket Court officials bearing lighted candles. themselves in Japanese costume and The and was attended by a procession of at Akasaki. Both he and his wife dressed was tied up. One of the men handed over the keys of the boxes.

In the evening it was brought to the drank a farewell draaght of saké from They were

We regret to learn that Mrs. R. Cook. 4/1 taken to the Wanchai Police Station, funeral car, which was waiting in the cups presented by the late Emperor,

a very old resident of the Colony, had fall down five stairs at "Braeside' on Friday, and lies in a serious condition at the Victoria Hospital, Barker Road.

R.N., at the Marine Magistrate's Court Before Commander C. W. Beckwith,

river steamer Chan Po was fined on Saturday, Captain Lewingdon of the

carrying 130 excess passengers

OB his

steamer.

for

A Chinese who was arrested at the Kow- loon Railway Station on Friday was charged before Mr. Melbourne at the Magistracy on Saturday with being in possession of a quantity of chlorate of potash, an ingredient used in the making of hombs, without a permit. The case was adjourned.

THE THEATRE ROYAL.

Though Saturday afternoon in the month of September is not an ideal time performance of "The Sign of the Cross" for indoor entertainment, the matince attracted a good audience, who enjoyed to the full a very artistic rendering of Wilson Barretts' great play.

Mr. Allan Wilkie's Company staged

opinn were contained in the packages fires lit up the scene. It was there forud that 2,050 taels of courtyard of the Palace, where watch whose draped portrait was on the wall.

of the opium. He might say they had no

The car was of Wheo charged they denied all knowledge

A letter, understood to be addressed to antique Chinese design and was drawn the Emperor, was found beside the bodies, certificate upon them, which they should by ave oxen, the wheels baing cunningly A student living in the house enteral the

when caught and brought to the Court melancholy creaking, sounds. have had. Now there was the usual story constructed so as to make seven different

room and found both breathing their Ins the next day, a certificate was produced.

The impressivo cortège started, amid, his wife were photographed in the gar- On Friday morning General Nogi and Mr. Lewis-I don't think it is fair to

I am produe gun salutus, for the Aoyama Parade say that, your Worship.

den. General Nogi attended the early ing the certificate; not they..

Ground, being followed by troops and morning ceremony in the Palace and Mr. Hodgson-Very well; the defen-bluejackets all afoot, Princes, Ministers, visited the room where the dead Emperor dants had no certificate, but when they Peers, Commoners and all the highest are caught and charged in this Court, their representative produces a certit people of the land. Thors were hundreds cate. In answer to the charge of having of attendants and retainers, bearing in their possession this opium without a ancient martial ornaments and weird certificate, the first defendant said, "I symbols, and these were interspersed withi am simply a foki employed on the sam muscians playing ancient instruments. pan.

The second man said, "A men engaged my boat to convey these three boxes. The third man said he was a foki employed on the sampan and he had nothing to do with them.

The hearing was adjourned.

'

CONTRABAND OPIUM.

COURT DECIDES AGAINST SHIPPING COMPANIES.

His Worship delivered his decision on the point raised by Mr. Davidson (of.

There were 800 torch-bearers,

was lying in state.

The suicide is regarded as a magnißent dred.

The usual posthumous honours are postponed while the nation is in mourn ing Officially General Nogi is not dead, He left letters of explanation, particu The route was kept by troops and blue- jackets, the latter including 500 British farly one apologising to Prince Arthur sailors commanded by Admiral Sir A. L. of Connaught whom he had been appoint-

Wineloe, Commander-in-Chief of the ed to attend. China Squadron. The route was throug- ed by dense, silent crowds, Giant mourn.

AN IMPERIAL EDICT.

The Emperor has issued an Edict order- ing trees, pinelogs, blazing braziers, 'polesing an amnesty and granting a million surmounted by powerful electric lights, and Venetian masts swathed in black and

drug is prohibited are "reasonable," but Mr. H. A. Jones' four-act comedy "The Messrs. Hastings & Hastings) in the yellow, decorated the route, Every house!

the

Liars" on Saturday night. Many will renuember that this comedy was given very successfully by the local A.D.C. few years ago, and its story may be con sidered to be sufficiently well known to excuse any lengthy description. Briefly the purposes of the play is to show that it is always the better course to frankly tell the truth. Miss Hunter Watts took

case in which a fireman on the Yuen Sang was charged with stealing 5,700 Davidson asked that when the opium tacks of opium on board that ship. Mr. was found on a ship by shipping people it should not be confiscated and handed to the Opium Farmer.

displayed mourning lanterns.

yen to be devoted to charities

BRITISH RESPECTS.

The flags of the warships at Sheerness On arrival at the Parade Ground, the and elsewhere were half-masted on Friday. mander-in-chief, and the Empress, in na- Emperor of Japan, the Japanese standard Emperor, in the uniform of a Com- on the occasion of the funeral of the tive Court dress, with hair dishevelled, also being flown at half-mast from all met and saluted the car. The funeral battleships in commission. the Magistrate discretion whether he culminated in an impressive scene, The His Worship sald-The section gives servies, similar to that of the morning,

AUSTRALIA'S SYMPATHY.

Reuter's Melbourne correspondent

Patriotic also half-mast.

CEREMONY IN LONDON. The whole Japanese Embassy and Con-

100 members of the

if a complete list were made of all the attempts to smuggle opium from Hongkong into the Philippine Islands, San Francisco and Australian ports, it would afford con- vincing proof that these measures are far from being effective. We gather from Mr. DAVIDSON's address to the Magistrate that the Philippine authorities are far from is prohibited, must have made it evident to satisfied that the Hongkong authorities are the most casual reader that very much doing all they might to put a stop to this the leading role of Lady Jessica Nepean, shall or shall not confiscate to the Crown stronger measures are required to put a traffic. Certainly the measures taken here and those who witnessed her really opium seized under it. I szi of opinion Emperor advanced, praying silently, to stop to this illegal traffic then the provisions have resulted in the seizure of large quan- magnificent work in the character of the can only decline to confiscate where the coffin, and then read an Address of states that flags are half-masted every- of the existing Ordinances of the Colony tities of opium destined to be smuggled into Paula in "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray " ha considers that a convicted defendant Lamentation. The Empress and other where in Australia, an a sign of respect; allow, This need was emphasised in the prohibited territory, but the information the previous night, know, when they will be sufficiently punished by apate metabers of the Imperial Family then all flags on the Government buildinga ara

read the cast for "The Liars," that they forfeiture. The present is such a case; paid homage to the dead.

In other cases the section contemplates strongest possible manner in a case heard given in the case before the Magistrate last

could anticipate a fine presentation of and if I should fail to confiscate, f at the Magistracy last week, when the Indo-weak shows how great is the road for a

the comedy. China Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., prose-review of the whole problem by the Executive.

While the part of Lady should not only defeat the intention of rations concluded the ceremony. cuted a Chinese fireman for concealing on Wo have heard shipmasters attribute thint of Pauls for the display of her er of his right of application which he announced to the multitudes the supreme suinte, with over

The report of the gun at mid-night Jessica does not afford the same scope as the section, but I should deprive the farm-

board their steamer Yuensang no less than

BuccaSe of these smugglers to

has in cases of forfeiture, that is, in all

Mr. Davidson-The man convicted has and the Empress advanced to worship the funeral service in London. Mr. Kato, moment of the ceremony. The Emperor Japanese Colony in the city, attended 5,700 taels of opium, which was there for the inadequate policing of the harbour, great histrionic ability, yet the realistic cases of an important nature..

interpretation of the character given by the purpose of being smuggled into the but if the smugglers are smart enough to

Miss Hunter Watts did not fail to stamp half the fine to Captain Rolfe, the in- before the bier on the Parade Ground, the Japanese Minister, read an address

paid the fine. Will your Worship award Philippine Islande, where its valus would elude the vigilance of a ship's own

her for what she undoubtedly is-a moet former ? be about $25,000. It would be ridiculous detectives and the army of searchers which accomplished actress. Mr. Allan Wilkie

His Worship to Inspector Kerr)-Are and the entire assemblage stood with to suppose that a fireman, earning, perhaps, board the ship at the port of destin- took the part of Colons! Sir Christopher you here in this case?

bowed heads, while thousands of bella virtues. All filed past the portrait of the to the spirit of Mutsuhito extolling his fifteen dollars a month, was the real owneration, as indeed they frequently are Deering, the friend and confidential ad- by the water police.

Inspector Kerr-The cass was brought from Buddhist temples and from Chris- of the opium, and it seems clear from the it is evident that an additional police viser of both Lady Jession and Edward His Worship Are you making an ap- tian churches were tolled and minute

dead Emperor, and rendered homage. statements made ju Court that a consider-pinnace or two will not suffice to put a stop Falkner, the man who had fallen deep.plication for anything! able number of the Chinese crew of the to this illegal traffic. To send the smugly in love with

Inspector Kort-No, your Worship, gans boomed at sea and on land. All

DISASTROUS HURRICANE IN His Worship-Well, I will make an ship was privy to this enterprise. They had giers to lengthy terms of imprisonment won

work in the country was suspended for hor from her husband. Mr. order for half of the fine to be paid to

three minutes. The military and paval that the ship's own detectives, who had be found more effective, as fewer men

success no less pro Mr. Davidson-He is the captain of pall-bearers walking beside the funeral nounced than that of Mr. Wilkie. Miss the Teen Sang; thank you, your Worship. been on daily duty while the ship would be willing to undertake the risk if Littlewood had the part of Mrs. Crespin, Mr. Hoggarth-I make an application car included Generals Kuroki and Oku, A message from Pensacola in Florida lay in Hongkong harbour and had they knew that detection would be followed and Miss Vera Crichton that of Lady on behalf of the opium farmer for the searched the ship twice on the way to by imprisonment with, perhaps, some cor

Rosaraund Tatton. The presentation of opin to be forfeited to the opium and Admiral Togo, Admiral Saito, says that a hurricane which swept that the comedy was most successful and was Farmer.

town damaged property to the extent of Manila, had failed to discover it, and the poral punishment added. More important greatly enjoyed by a well filled house. 1. Davidson-Will your Worship Minister for the Navy, and Admiral detective force of the Manila Customs had still is it that greater efforts should be made Garrick and after the performances

To-night the Company 'give "David, hear me?

Ijuin. There was much comment on the hundreds of thousands of dollars. His Worship-I don't know whether 1

Several vessels, including the Leyland, bean no more successful. It was not until to get hold of the then who are financing the Company has already given in the can hear you. I wish to inform you that fact that Prince Katsura, the Prime the ship had left Manila and was ten miles these enterprises, and deal with them a Colony, they can hardly fail to attract I am going to fix a day when I will hear Minister, rede in the same carriage as the liner Maltonian and several small craft on her return voyage to Hongkong that severely as the law permits. This duty is and ever popular costume play.

a good house to witness this brilliant, this application from the opium farmer.

her and almost

succeeded so well in concealing this opium without the option of a fine would probably Falkner with a

Arthur Goodsall took the part of the informer.

I will fx Thursday at noon.

Emperor to the Parade Ground.

FLORIDA.

LONDON, September 15th.

were given ashore.