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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29ra, 1913.

In connection with the Machour colliTELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS. sion on Wednesday, the police report that no more bodies have been recovered.

At the Magistracy yesterday & gold-

smith's apprentice was charged with the larceny of jewellery to the value of $106, belonging to his master. It was alleged that he got down to the shop before his master in the early morning, and opened

Are already in existence and those that are planned, lay themselves open to criticism. Anyone who has travelled to any extent over China's milways must have remarked the comparatively small influence they are A. S. WATSON exerting in opening up the country. We do not deny that they are doing much in this direction, but proportionately to the effects that might be looked for, the part they play is relatively small. A traveller

drawer containing the articles of might almost be inclined to think that the

jewellery concerned in the charge with a railway existed solely for the sake of its duplicate key. Ho disappeared with the two termini and perhaps one or two con-property, which the police failed to siderable towne en route, for all that is done recover. The boy stated that he fook The

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PRESS COMMENTS ON THE VICEROY'S SPEECH..

LONDON, November 28th. The Westminster Gazette says:-Lord Hardinge illustrates the maxin that when a diplomat does break loose. he

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VIEWS IN INDIA.

DELHI, November 8th.

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THE HOME RULE CONTROVERSY.

PREMIER DENIES, RUMOURS OF CABINET DIVISIONS.

· Lord Hardinge's speech has cased the

LONDON, November 28th tension, and the native Press adopt a Mr. Asquith, dealing with the. Homo inore conciliatory tone.Meetings have Rule question in a speech at Leeds, suid been held throughout the country, the theme was no ground for a generað speakers expressing gratitude

to the election.

They were not going to he

to assist in the collection of the produce of jewellery to Macau, and gave the articles Roes further than other people. We may Viceroy for, his outspoken speech, and frightened or arrested by menaces of civil

to his brother. He was ordered to receive eight strokes with the birch and to be detained in police custody for 24 hours.

Hongkong. There is no cargo forth coming, owing to the unfavourable market. A drop to a cents for this run is anticipated to-day. The British str.

CONFECTIONERY the country through which the line passes Railways are often spoken of as a network, but a glance at a map of Chion with every SELECTIONS OF THE PUREST AND conceivable line filed in will show that in FINEST QUALITY, IMPORTED her case the network is one of very wide

There is a big decline in the local FROM THE LEADING LONDON, Tesh, through which much must escape. freight fatket, says the Siam Observer There is, of course, a great fascination of the 15th inst. Steamers leaving yester NEW YORK AND

PARISIAN about the thought of a railway line stretch-day were quoted 30 cents. per pieul for HOUSES.

ing across a thousand miles of country and connecting two centres that were altogether out of touch with each other hefore, and it forms an attractive picture in a prospectus, but it would be a simple matter to find openings for a dozen or so short branches, of 50 to 100 miles, from existing railwaye that would not only be more cheaply constructed but that would also yield a greater and more speedy return. The Assorted Chocolates, Marzipan much for commercial as for political reasons, lengthy trunk lines are necessary not so

Chocolates, Chocolate Cara- but it is to be regretted that China is con- mele, Creme de Menthe centrating on them to the exclusion of Delight, Caramel Mou á la projects that would prove for more beneficial

from a commercial and economic stand Creme, Almond Taffy, Pepper-point. Another matter that must always mint, etc., etc.

In fancy boxes, in great variety. Bourneville Nut Chocolate,

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rall, which arrived on Thursday chattered by Mr. Khun Seng, u rate of 40 cents for Hongkong, enne here two daya late according to her charter party, so her charter party was cancelled. Most probably this steamer will join others leaving Bangkok for Saigon in ballast to take up cargo.

The

judge from his speech that the treatment of Indians in South Africa has produced position of real urgency in India-a position requiring the Viceroy to make clear his sympathies with the Indians and that he will fight their battles. speech, from that point of view, will doubtless liave a striking and salutary effect. We hope that the South Africans will endeavour to put themselves in the place of the Viceroy and realise the extreme difficulty of Kis

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position,

Nothing can be done unless of Soutli

Afrien's own free will, but it is precisely un appeal for Free-will assistance upon which we'vely,

The Pull Mall Gazette reiterates the solemn warning concerning the growing indignation in India, and says that it

Such threats, coupled with Land ring that the Viceroy has rendered war, great services, not only to India, but to Lansdowne's hints as to the effect on the the whole Empire.

The Times of India (Bombay) asks, if there was no ill-treatment what bas Sir Louis Botha to fear from an enquiry?

He laments the fact that the good faith of his Government should be questioned, but does not recognise the fact that it is only questioned because, owing to his continued evasion of the charges, no trust can be put in his affirmatious.

Army constituted a most formidabla obstacle to an agreed settlement, for they implied the whole gospel of anarchy.

The Premier continued:-"But I repeat

that it is of the highest importance that the new systear in Ireland should not start a basis of civil strifo-and the n apparent victory of one section and the basement of the other. Any settlement should be a subject beyond the risks of The Bombay Chronicle says:-The whole electoral and Parliamentary vicissitudes. of Sir Louis Botha's speech was inspired Suggestive considerations have already with a tone of lofty superiority and come from many quarters, and though at almost contempt for the claims of the present I see no prospect of an agreement. Indians. Evidently be is quite do not concur that the time is being neonscious that he and his colleagues aro wasted. It is useless for party leaders en their defence...

to shat alternative suggestions from rival The Bombay Gazette says: - Lord

in honourable and reasonable way of peace."

In the Summary Jurisdiction Court yesterday, the case which Looi Wai Kce, trading as Yau Shang, is sucing C. II, Lee, editor of the Daily Outlook, for $1,000 for goods sup plied and work done. At the previous hearing, Mr. Harris, on behalf of the express his personal approval of the defendant, held that he could file a Indians violating the laws of South counter-claim, and he now asked leave to African. We appreciate his purpose, but do so, with damages and costs. The he need not have poured gåre on the fire. paper, he mentionet, still remained un published. Mr. Norrington, for com An impartint Committee can only be plainant, said that his friend admitted indebtedness to the extent of $800, Mr. Harris added that complainant. was paid at a monthy rate, and by ceasing publication when he did, he had broken his contract Leave was given to counter-claim, and the case was pinced on next week's 'list.

was mentioned in is in the light of these circumstances that Hardinge's speech is not calculated to platforms, but the door is not closed to

Lord Hardinge's somewhat unfortunate diminish the difficulties of the situation. speech must be considered. He said far Indeed it is beconting more and more Loo much. It was not very wise to

had appointed if consents."

South Africa freely

The Globe advocates that the Imperial- Government should now take a hand in the dispute. The Cabinet should offer its good offices to the contending parties. **

apparent that unless circumspection is shown by the public men here the griev- ances of the Indians may be obscured in controversy involving far greater

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VIEWS IN "AUTHORITATIVE

QUARTERS."

LONDON, November 28th- Reuter says that it is declared in authoritative quarters that a settlement of the Indian question is one for South Africa herself. It is hoped that modera-

The Times says it is impossible for the tion and conciliation will achieve a

The Premier emphatically denied the rumours of divisions in the Cabinet. They would not make any surrender on - princip, and meant-to-see-this through The Government would not betray the trast that the Irish members had reposed in them.

SUPREME COURT.

Friday, November 25th.

BEFORE HIS HONOUR MR. H. H. J. COMPERTZ (PUISNE JUDGE).

CANTON BANK NOTE CASE.

The hearing of this case reached its.

We owe to many subscribers on The strongest English well-wishers of the satisfactory solution. Meanwhile sugges fifth day. Ma Yuk Fai and Ma Kwan

tions that Departmental Conferences are

are charged with unlawfully having in being held with a view to action by the their possession 12,500 35 notes of the Imperial Government are errourous. The Provincial Government of Kwangtung, fact is that the India Office, whose task these having been stolen outside the is much easier than that of the Colonial

Colony. Ofice, is duly communicating with the Colonial Office its views and recom mendations, which will donbiless be for warded to the proper quarters,

call for attention in connection with China's railways is Great Britain's share in them, and hers the Commercial Attaché has a word of warning to utter. The develop ment of China's railways is usually under stood as meaning the construction of fresh lines, but Mr. KER points out that the existing lines are not fully developed-that, even without laying down another line of track, there are great latent capabilities in of the Finest Quality in great China's railways. "Recent experience of the financia. possibilities of China's railways variety.

has been so striking," says Mr. KER, "that even the most ignorant and inexperienced of Chinase railway directorates may have it driven into their heads at any moment that penny-wiseness in the supply of Peak an explanation of the life delivery Indian cause to sympathise with their locomotives and rolling-stock is pound of the Daily Press yesterday. It appears fellow-subjects in resisting me of His foolishness, aud that railways that that the polier, Inte on Thursday night. Majesty's Governments as they have been contrive to pay big dividends with insuffi. arrested one of the delivery equlles un dong in Natal. A violent conflict with cient stock will prove still more lucrative suspicion of being concerned with another the forces of the Crown can only postpone if properly equipped." The danger fore-lad in a larceny. The information the redress of these crievances, perhaps shadowed in the Trade Report is that, did not come to the knowledge of our dis indefinitely. If the leaders who organised when this fact is fully borng home to those patching effice until the early hours of responsible for the management of China's yesterday morning, and it was not possible the resistance of the Indians refuse to railways, there will be a rush of orders for to find at a moment's notice a coolie who arrest it now, they will forfeit a great locomotives and rolling stock for quick was so well acquainted with the Peak deal of sympathy. Their doubts about delivery, and that unless the British works district as to be able to satisfactorily take such sympathy must be finally removed are prepared for this contingency, they may be so fully occupied in filling orders for home and colonial railways that the oppor four hours to ascertain whether the the Indian Government will be exerted for Durban to-day to inquire into and

on which the boy has been tunity may pass over their heads, and such suspicion a proportion of American and continental detained is well founded or not, but, in with energy and effect on their behalf. products will pass into use on China's the neantime another coolie has been This, we feel assured, was what Lord railways that it will be found impracticable"shown the round," and we trust the Hardinge intended to convey to the Im

subscribers in the particular district perial Government. Immediately order or undesirable to work British types side by referred to will receive their papers this is restored, they must press for a full side with them. This danger, we believe, morning in good time.

investigation of their grievances. We are needs only to be pointed out to be avertel;

sure that this will not be resisted by Sir English manufacturers have never shown, a tondency to under-estimate the undeveloped

Louis Botha's Government, or possibilities of China, and are sure that the

African opinion if the proper steps are potentialities of her market for rolling-.

inken now that the necessity is real. stock, and the possibility of it being dominated by American or continental by pes, will be at unge realized.

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The Baily Press.

HONGKONG, NOVEMBER 29TH, 1913,

The Police will hold their annual Ball on the 22nd December at the City Hall

A. Chinese hired a bicycle, valucd_as so, from a shop on the Praya East, and has failed to return.

Liem. J. H. Naukwell, R.N., who was out here from 1911 till March of the present year, first on the Marlie and then on the Cio, has been placed on the retired list at his own request.

The question of China's railway develop ment is one of perennial interest, so, especially in view of the attention attracted by Dr. Sux's great scheme last year, it is jaevitable that the subject bulbs large in the Report on the Foreign Trade of China in 1912 compiled by the Commercial Attaché of His Majesty's Legation. Railway enter prise in China has never suffered from luck of advertisement-scarcely a week passos) without seeing some new project announced in the Press-and there are few who will disagree with Mr. KER's prophecy of “the enormous development of railway communi- cutions in China that is bound to come as Boon as a Government is established strong enough to keep order and collect taxes," But if it is generally agreed that a great development is to take place in the near future, it would be difficult to obtain any general agreement as to the exact form that this development will take, the difficulty in

from-a shop at No. 297, Queen's Road making a forecast arising not from lack of Central. The sale had apparently, been information but from its excess. Excluding opened with a duplicate key, and a foki SEN's programme, there are about a who has absconded has fallen under dozen trunk line projects on the tapis-Hal suspicion.. chow-Cauchow, Hangchow-Ningpo, Tehang- Chengtu, Chungking-Cauton,

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By the kind permission of the Captain and Officers, the band of HM.S. Minotaur,

will play on the Club ground during the match between the Hongkong Cricket Club and the Royal Navy to-day.

A sum of $300 was stolen on Thursday

A CLERICAL COMMISSIONER. The Rev. W. Pearson, formerly of the

the arrested coolic's place Apparently it by the Viceroy's speech at Madras. If London Missionary Society, leaves Delhi will take the police more than twenty-order is restored in Natal the influence of

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THE HONGKONG CHESS CLUB.

A meeting of the Committee of the above Club was held at the office of the President, the Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., 5, Queen's Road Central, on Thursday,

Mr. Pollock took the chair, and there were also present the following members of Committee:-Mr. M. J. Danenberg, Mr. P. R. Rosario and Mr. D. E. Carvalho (Hon. Secretary)........

The Chairican mentioned that he had

report upon the grievances Indians,

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SERIOUS SCUFFLE IN NATAL

DURBAN, November 20th. A serious affray took place between police and Indians from the Hillhead and Blackburn Estates, in the Mount The official report

Edgecumbe district. South

The Daily Telegraph comments-We cannot he wrong in assuming that Lord Hardinge's extraordinarily strong ex pressions were deliberately adopted on the ground of expediency. That such a teclaration of sympathy was thought necessary bears out the statement of some observers that there had been nothing like

says that four Indians were killed and 20 wounded, some dangerously, and that three police were severely wounded. The force consisted of an officer 12 South African Mounted Riflemen, and a few

native constables.

IMPERIAL COMMERCE,

Loxbox, November 28th.

At the inaugural banquet of the

defence by submitting at once that he "bad Mr. Slade opened the case for the

no case to answer, and that there was no case to go to the jury. He based his submission on two main grounds: (1) that there was no proof that the notes in the box (produced) were ever stolen as alleged in the indictment and the parti- culare of the indictment; and (2) because the Crown had failed to prove that the

possession of the notes by the two accuseri men was without lawful excuse; in other words, that they were not, according to the law of China, in perfectly lawful possession of the notes. Dealing with the first point he said that the Crows had set themselves to prove that the notes

dollars' worth of notes in the latter part were a part of an issue of one pillion

of July last, and that they had been stolen in Canton some time between 20th July and the 19th August, He submitted that they had absolutely failed to prove every single one of these points. In the first place, the evidence of the Crown, he contended, conclusively proyed that these notes were not a portion of the million dollars issued in July, and that they were a portion of the seven or eight million dollars which were issued lust year,

That was absolutely beyond question.

Mr. Slade was proceeding to review the evidence when an objection was raised

was recalled. and evidence was that another point-in-

that the Chinese Government at any fitne had any notes stolen.

brought out to the Colony the Inter-Chib the feriment in India over this affair sincs Imperial Council of Connerec-is defence was that there was no evidence Challenge Shield which was put up by him the Mutiny. It is earnestly to be hoped Buxton welcomed the creation, as a real for competition last year and which was that the political insight and imagina-link in the Empire, of a clearing-house won for the senson by the Chess Club, and tion of Sir Louis Botha will enable him for commercial information.

and that an Imperial question of the gravest character is involved. The whole Empire looks to South Africa to handle the problem wisely, and, a basis of action, an official enquiry into the allegations seems urgent.

He paid

said they were of great assistance in meeting competition in the Colonies.

VICTORIA'S NEW GOVERNOR

it was decided that that competition to understand the Viceroy's difficulties a tribute to the Trade Commissioners, and should be resumed in January. It was also decided that the Monday and Thurs day meetings at the City Hall Library should be continued and that the opening pick-up match of the season should be played there, on Monday next, the 1st December, at 5.15 p.m. It was likewise decided to accept the invitation of the European Y.M.C.A. to a match of five

LONDON, November 28th. The Hon. Arthur Lyulph Stanleg,

The Daily Graphic says-Lord Hardeldest son of Lord Sheffield, succeeds Sir a-site, on Tuesday, the 9th December, atinge, knowing the uselessness of des. M. F. Fuller as Governor of Victoria,

5.15 p.m.

Tire questions of the Club contributing a sani of noney towards a shield for com petition by the Hongkong University and certain schools of the Colony amongst themselves and also of a Championship

ratches to the Imperial Government, has taken the right course in showing by a public speech his sympathies with the people over whom he is appointed to rule, The Daily Mail ways--IF was ht and

ANOTHER BATTLESHIP

LAUNCHED

LONDON, November 28th.

Lady Islington hianched the battleship Emperor of India at Barrow-in-Furness

MOC'S BIG VICTORY.

GRAHAMSTOWN, November 28th.

Mr. Tse Tsan Tai, of Hongkong, has Medal being instituted, for competition proper for the Viceroy to express dis- Niugpo, Johol-Makden, Kalgan-Chengtu, ninde an appeal to the President o

on Thursdays were brought up and will satisfaction, but one would have expected and so on, and each of these schemes would immediately issue an order strictly probe brought forward for discussion, the representative of the King-Emperor find someone to advance special claims for it hibiting the sale and export from China together with any other suggestions which to weigh his words with care. The The M.C.C. team defeated XV. of

on enmmercial, strategic, or political of paintings by the great painters of members may desire to make, at the grounds. There is, however, one point op China, and all historical relics in any annual general meeting which will shortly which the railways of China, both those that I shape or form

be held.

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speech is unlikely to ease the situation in South Africa or help the Indians.

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His Lordship-There is no direct- evidence, but you have to infer that from the fact that bands on these notes have

that the not been broken off

Mr. Slade said there was clear evidence that a sale in the Governor-General's Yamien had been broken open, but there was no evidence showing that there were any notes inside; or if there were any oles inside, that the notes produced were the notes. There may have been identical notes to those which were stalen. Tis last point in order to support the conten- tion that there was no case to go to the jury was, that the Crown had not proved the essential portion of the crime; tlaat the receiving or having possession in this JIG Colony was without lawful excuse.. quoted several authorities to support itis. opinion.

Mr. Potter in reply said that the notes were found in the possession of the prisoners and when questioned the two men made two absolutely conflicting state- mants. He submitted that that was a real reason why the case should go to the jury.

His Lordship. But supposing the notes were stolen in the previous year!

Mr. Potter. That is no defence. Mr. Slade Characterised the argu- ments of Counsel for the Crown as being 'most flimsy." There was further legal argument, and this will be resumed in- day, the jury being discharged until Monday morning.