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The loyal feelings and sentiments which I possess for King and home, and beauty, have received a rude shock, and John Chinamas, no doubt without malice, and fully unconscious of the evil of his action, is the cause. It had been mentioned to ms tipt the Royal statues which beautify the land in the vicinity of the Law Courts were being used by coolies and others a Harbours of rest, wardrobes,

SUPREME COURT.

Monday, January 19th

IN APPELATE JURISDICTION,

COMPERTZ (PUISNE. JUDGR),

APPEAL IN TU: $150,000 CASE, In the action between Lung

Choi

THE KONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 13TH, 1914

Sir Francis-They had the proceedings conducted with a distinguished array of Counsel.

Mr. Polter-We all appeared for the

Crown.

THE MISSIONARY PROSPECT.

SERMON BY THE BISHOP OF VICTORIA:

The Bishop of Victoria preached at the Cathedral on Sunday evening on the text We have seen His star in the East" and took a very hopeful view of Missiona

ACTIONS AND REACTIONS IN CHINA.

II.—FOREIGN RELATIONS-GREAT

BRITAIN.

[CONTINUED.]

Sir Francis-1t is very well known that BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR WA, REES the Crown is not lavishing money on DAVIES, K.C., AND Mt. H. H. Jforeign Counsel; and it is understood

that the Chinese Government hays retai ed the fin flear of the Hongkong bar. (Laughter.)

The history of China's foreign relations Mr. Sharp then remarked that the in the East. He claimed that there ar Governor-General of Canton could no characteristics of Eastern nations that is in its essentials. that of her inter-

course with Great Britain... Such o that Court, any more than the Governor There was an evidence in that Court, application to dismiss the action on a and he was prepared to prove that the Eural principle, but the onse was ready, defendant had no proved that the case was vexatious, etc,

Commissioner of Finance for the Pro- vince of Kwangtung and the Republic of China, against Chung Sau Nam, and the Russo-Asiatic Bank, in which the claim is for the return of $150,000, property

und Kwong, Governor-General of the Pro-more come down there to give evidence in make for the manifestation of Christ assertion may seem to favour of irisulari numerous other things alien to their real vince of Kwangtung, and Woo Ming-pun, of Hongkong could go to Canton to give As in the Christian history of the West arrogance, but it is justified by a con- purpose. And the person who afforded the information was a loyalist of the good old school; he is often known to raise his headgear when passing Royal statues. His face had changed its composed colour ing, as the result of angry tumult within the loyal body, when he asked me to witness the desecrationa which were meu, nad the unseeing eyes of marble carried on under the very eyes of police

Royalty,

He was quite right, About noon one day, the base of Queen Mary's statue was udorned with garlands of orange peel which had been hung up to dry. They were attached to convenient projections in her gown and carried across to the 1ailings adjacent, and the "medico" was squatting at the rear of the statue smok- ing occasionally recovering to string some fresh peel. Subsequently I found a coulle sleeping soundly at the feet of Queen Alexandra, while King George's replica was being utilised by several

con-

coolies. and children, as being a venient and honourable place to wash themselves and change their raiment. I was almost ashamed to raise any head to look at our ruler, fearing that even his inanimate condition might be stirred into fury at such disloyal happen- inga.

of the Government of the Province of Kwangtung, which sum was had and received by Chung Sau Nam for the

Nanking, but which defendant has not purpose of being remitted forthwith to remitted, but has mis-appropriated to his own use, the said sam, or portion thereof, now being deposited in the defendant Bank. In the alternative the plaintiffs claim from the defendant $160,000, as liquidated damages. The motion was that the action be dismissed as frivolous, vexatious, and an abuse of the process of the Court.

he was going to raise was that the plain- Sir Francis added that the first point tiffs had no right of suit in that action at all.

The Chief Justice suggested that that was an aetion in which they would be justified in saying that the case should be amended in order to allow what Mr. Sharp was asking for.

each nation that has been evangelised has

has been revealed, so it will be in the East. proved a fresh mirror in which the Christ Missionaries no longer dwell upon the

non Christian races and religions. superstitich and cruelties of

These things do not represent them any more than drunkenness and covetousness repre- sent the British racs or the Christian Religion. He quoted the Rev. C. F. Andrews as saying "My conviction Sir Francis said that it was evident grows stronger with every year that his friend bad had some qualms of spent in India, that the people of conscience, or a Butter of doubt, as to India, numbering one-fifth of the human whether the right parties were included in the summons, and thus he now cate race, have one of the greatest possible forward with that suggestion.

His contributions to make to towards the friend was obviously nervous when he was fulness of the Christian message; a coun bringing the summons on, and he was nervous now that he had brought it on. try where the very birds and squirrels flit Their Lordships waived Mr. Sharp's about quite fearlessly and are men's friends, not wild, haunted creatures; a Sir Francis then intimated that his case country where drunkenness is compara was that the action must be dismissed on the following three grounds-That the tively little known, and lives of simple plaintiffs had no right of suit in the and complete poverty put our modern Hongkong or British Courts. (2) That luxury. to shanie; & country where if there were any rights at all to the narcistion of the world has been for the Central Government, not the Provincenturies a passion, and its practices an cial Government, and even then, that that object of worship, where motherhood is action was not maintained. (3) That that reverenced to the point of adoration. ection was based on an almost com- plete disregard for the fundamental Such a country must surely have much to principles which govern the bringing of teach to the Christian Church as well as actions in the English Courts, Counsel then proceeded to quote numerous authori ties and drew their Lordships' attention to the danger which might arise, because they knew that Kwangtung was a Govern- Subsequently a point of lay again arose over the production of affidavits which wore asked for hy Sir Francis Piggott.

The point was argued at some length, and their Lordships eventually decided to consider the question before the opening of the Court this morning.

money, which was denied, they were in

Sir Francis Piggott and Mr. G. Capplication, and Alabaster, (instructed by Mr. W. B. Hind, of Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton's ofice), represented Chung Sau Nam; and Mr. EH. Sharp, K.C., Mr. Eldon Potter, and Mr. C. F. Jenkin (instructed by Mr. Hastings), were for the Chinese officials. At the outset Mr. Sharp explained that the summons had really no proper relation to the action and he asked for an adjournment so that an amendment should be made. The parties, he said, were not properly defined.

Sir Francis Piggott thereupon remarked Every day one can see these dis- concerting performances, and unless the that the summons was down for that day, police are more vigilant, the only remedy and if it was not in proper order. ho will be to introduce a system of railing would ask that the action should be in Statue Square. The statues, also, dismissed. The application was made so might be afforded the satisfaction of that the parties interested could be seoing numerous weeds removed from amended. That surely was a question which should be decided before the case

their base.

Yet another lament against somebody or other. During my vigil in Statue Square in the middle of last week. -I W&S almost choked with dust,

thanks to the circling of a mechanical

came on.

The Paisne Judge asked if a motion could not be made at any time.

Sir Francis Piggott replied that this was not so when a motion was vital to

CHINESE NEW YEAR QUESTIONED.

to the

much to learn,"

China and Japan. said the Bishop, have also much to teach us. When China, becomes 础 Christian country Confucias will probably still be honoured as a great sage, much as

Christiang honour Solomon and Job, The

artistic sense of the Japanese, the cheer fulness, the dogged industry and the serie

Wo

This

sideration of the part played first by the

Britain herself prior to 1910. of her East India Company tad then by Great

engagement in the first China War, followed by her possession of Hongkong, her efforts to enforce the opening of Canton, and finally of her predominant share in the War of 1856-1860. covers the period during which the course and manner of China's relations with the outer world was being decisively moulded, and at every important juncture. Great Britain is found playing the lending part. A review of the whole of 'Groat Britain's intercourse with China is, however, unnecessary for our purpose: a large portion of the ground has been covered in the preceding chapter, and it now remains to examine any peculiar features in Great Britain's position which have had a particular influence

in determining the trend of China's recent history and through which she may be specially affected by China's future, Of these features, the most important are her possession of territories within easy reach of Chine (particularly Singapore and Hongkong) and the opium traffic.

Apart from their commercial import- ance, the British possessions in the Straits and Hongkong have in several ways exercised & powerful influence in

They have furnished opportunities for shaping the course of events in China.

mutual intercourse between Chinese and

"settled on the statues, the grass and reply. That would refer to documents they were in with regholding and we go to seek Him. In revealing coastal regions of the South-East that

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foreigners, they gave Chinese the earliest means of acquiring a foreign education (in the Anglo-Chinese College established at Malacca by Dr. Morrison), they have shown Chinese immigrants the superiority of brotherhood of the Chinese, will all be required for, the manifestation of the to their own of Western forms of govern

men, they have proved a convenient STERLING Chrise that is to be. Mr. Roland Allen

refuge for politicians whose views made THE CASE OF CHUNG SAU NAM. truly says we cannot approach the

it unwise for them to remain in China, heathen world as men who have nothing and have given them (as Dr. Sun found) to, gam and nothing to learn of our the question. He added that the action

At the Supreme Court yesterday, approach. We cannot speak as if we have a safe shelter from which to conduct broom round the statue of the late Queen

was an appeal to the inherent jurisdiction following a question by the Attorney nothing to do but to show to others what operations. It it is not without signi- PRINCE'S PLATE

ficance that the most advanced and Victoria. Now the sun was somewhat

of the Court. On Monday last anGeneral in reference to the holding of the we ourselves perfectly enjoy and under: fierce that day, and the surface of the application for an adjournment was Assizes, Sir Francis Piggott, applied for stand, as though our salvation was perfect revolutionary parts of China have always roads was all powder. Yet without arst granted to his learned friend because he a writ of habeas corpus in regard to the ly complete without theirs, We dare not been those from which the vast army of sprinkling the ronds with water, the men wanted, to file some affidavits. Three extradition case of Chung Sau Nam. adopt an attitude of spiritual pride and emigrants to Singapore and the Straits engaged on that broom set to work to affidavits were led at noon on Saturday, The Chief Justice said he would like intellectual self-sufficiency.

Settlements have been drawn and which remove the fine dust-and they did. I and one that morning. He himself had to hear what Sir Francis had to say without them are not made perfect. We are in close touch with Hongkong. These filled the air, made people change their

to file another before noon that day in about it, and pointed out the difficulty without them may not see our Lord's full men are, of course, largely the creatures course and burl back unreligious epithets,

glory. Christ is hidden in heathen lands of heredity and environment: it was the Blowers, and generally made things look which had been already admitted as of the Criminal Bessions.

Sir Francia submitted that a writ of Christ to others we reveal Him to our held out longest against the Manchu extremely dry. Of course the man in evidence, and supplemented one of the charge of this bygienic instrument affidavits which had been filed on behalf hubens corpus could not be delayed. The selves. The Bishop also spoke of the invaders, and it is in these regione that wondered why people said unkind things of the plaintiffs who had put in one Act had something to say with regard to manifest leavening of Eastern thought the ever-lowing stream of emigrants has to him; but he should really have been document, and he proposed to put in that. The greatest rapidity was desired, with Christian ideals, and the direct its source, and, it may be added, these told the correct method of doing his dry another. The documents put in were for and was told the to be waived for it

He was that such a motion would Christ. The Christian Church in China and Taip’ing work, it only in the interests of the the cancellation of the declaration of have to be taken within four days of the is said to increase a hundred per cent.

Emigration in itself is, no general public, and the beauty of Statue President Yuan, the Black Lint in the application. The prisoner, he reminded every seven years more rapidly than the doubt, a sign of a restless and indepen Square. On that particular day I gazed Peking Gazette, and another document the Court, had been in prison for nearly church of the West in the early days after dent spirit, but it is a safe assertion that at the Royal group with an obvious which was called the Second Requisition, two months.

which was received by them from the The Chief Justice pointed out that the the apostles. In this diocese, in connection the 100,000 coolies who return to Swatow apolegetic expression.

Crown Solicitor as the commencement of Chinese New Year would delay to matter, with the Anglican church (which is only every year contain a far larger propor

whereupon

one of many missions working amongst tion of the revolutionary element than the extradition proceedings. They had Sir Francis Piggott remarked-But the the Chinese) there were 303 baptisms last did the outgoing column. The right of generally laid down in their affidavit that Chinese New Year is banished.

year and over 300 confirmations, and asylum which British Law accords to The Chief Justice-No, it is going on there are 1,000 catchunens waiting for political refugees, combined with the Chau Kwing Ming could not suo" the

here.

Sir Francis-It may be going on down baptism. The comity of Missions and the danger of holding advanced views in Government, and under Order 37, Rule 3, he made application for an order to read here, but it is banished up North. spirit of Unity which prevail in the East China, made it inevitable, that these The Chief Justice-It is not banished are also indications that the Christ is colonies, and especially Hongkong, Women wobbling their shoulders and evilence taken in the extradition proceed- walking like New York toughs," Paris ings, and to incorporate that as part of in Canton.

Sir Francis Piggott-Yes, but Canton dawning on the East, as He did on the should provide temporary shelter to a apaches, and Mannequins all rolled into those proceedings. The ordinary practice chooses to follow its own sweet will. West long ago. To be out of sympathy large number of plotters. The mere fact ale to the eternal rythms of negro and South American melodies. Costumes cut into was that that rule applied. The evidence Up north it is certainly understood, that with Missions was to be without the spirit of Chinese leaving his ancestral MACGREGOR&C. at both ends and showing two extremities which he proposed to produce was the Gregorian calendar is now adopted.

and generously interested in them of undressed women, with the gleaming lines evidence which had been given by the He then suggested that the Criminal of Christ; on the other hand; to be keenly and faring abroad is in itself proof of approaching each other more and more each

Mr. Sharp here remarked that if it was brought reflex blcasings on any congrega- day, just like the Cape to Cairo Railway, Kwangtung Government itself.

a matter which could be taken in the tion. were many reasons, and certainly one only swifter in its march. appalling quantity as though offered in the

very particular reason, why an order vacation, he thought that should be done, place of clothes. Four years ago I could tell

fashionable womnu by the amount of should be made. There were civil pro- clothing she pat on; now I know her by cedings, and also criminal proceedinge, what she does not put on. If only English-both in regard to identically the saune women knew, how ill the present-day dress prisoner, und manifestly in the interests wall, and mangers become them 1. Nobody of all parties concernca, there should be

BO, more

Wamair is frequently accused of being changeable, and her gown Without expressing a personal comment on the subject, I give the opinion of a glube-wanderer on his return to London.

He saw

Paint in an

There

Sessions could be taken in the vacation-

The Chief Justice said the mantter could

be eansidered during the vacation in a fortnight's tin.

Sir Francis Piggott-That will be ex coedingly inconvenient.

The Attorney General submitted that habeas corpus in the vacation.

trumphs of the gospel as heralds of secret societies, sud of the Thip of CHS. J. GAUPP

JAPANESE EXCURSION STEAMER CAPSIZED.

tradition.

of

either restlessness of spirit or advanced mind, so that, in any case, the soil was ready prepared for the seed to be gown by the revolutionaries with whom the emigrants came into contact. :..

The following notes on the careers of some of China's republican leaders, will, however, demonstrate the large part that Hongkong and the Straits Settlements.

can deny the beauty of the English woman, no conflict of evidence before the Court there would be no difficulty in taking passengers capsized on the 6th inst. of have played in paving the way for the

...

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Sir Francis said he wanted to settle the question that week,

SHANGHAI GAOLET CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER.

An excursion steamer carrying 130 Cape Sounayama, Only twenty peop are known to have been saved and it is believed the remaindler perished.

24,000 PERSONS EXECUTED,

& CO.,

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS,

CHATER ROAD

CALDBECK,

(ESTABLISHED 1864).

EXPERTS AND

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MEDICAL

new order of things. Thus, Wa Ting- fang (Ng Choy) who was the Republican AUTHORITIES AGREE IN STATING Delegate at the Shanghai: Peace Confer

...

ence, was born at Singapore, duested at THAT IRISH WHISKIES ARE St. Paul's College, Hongkong, and was

INVARIABLY BETTER

SHIPMENT OF

A Reuter's telegram from Chengta first an interpreter and later a practising | ALMOST - says:It is estimated that about twenty- barrister in the Law Courts here. Sud four thousand persons were executed in Yat-sen studied et Queen's College. and MACRED AND BETTER FOR THE Szechuan during 1015, most of them being subsequently spent five years in the robbers. The excessive number of extcu College of Medicine in Hongkong, gain

HEALTH THAN SCOTCH. tions is attributed to three causes, namely to the change in the form of government. ing his diploma-as a licentiate of the great expense of ouiam and to over-medicine and surgery in 1892, while population. It is thought that this estimate is probably less that the actual ea provided him with a home for some time later life. Others who have. figures.

been educated in Hongkong include Wen JOHN JAMESON'S Tsungyno and Wang Chung-hui, and a search of the College registers would THREE STAR BRAND disclose the napies of many others of China's officials.

with her fresh skin, charmingly unorthodox in the two cases. There was another way angles, and altogether elusive grace, but-" of doing it; to file an athdavit indicating. All I can say of the writer is that he the evidence which had been given. I is a very brave man Perhaps a lady would be inconceivable to give a decision

It was subsequently decided to take the reader might like to defend her hobbling in the one case which would be inconsistent case in a fortnights time, it being pointed- with the decision given in the other. on that the Act would allow of this being

Mr. Sharp said that that was a matter) done. Should children he told the truth about which should have been done at the Santa Claus; that he does not come down proper time. He had no such affidavit, the chimney, after a long sleigh ride and he did me think it was right for through frozen regions, and deposit allir Francis to take them by surprise at soris of wonderful things in their expect the last moment,

At the Coroner's, in west at Shanghai Sir Francis said he had tried to avoid ant stockings Personally I shall never forget the intense disappointment. I it all along, but, at the fast moment, he upon the circumstances surrounding the experienced on discovering the truth; that had found it to be absolutely necessary, death of George Wm. Robinson, who had Santa Claus was only a sort of dream after the reading of the affidavit seut in been committed by the Consular Court in custody pending preliminary examina man, and think he did not come annually, by his learned friend, to the accompaniment of sleight-bells, to Mr. Sharp then contended that the tion on a charge of desertion from the the bedside of his faithful little subjects.rule quoted showed that such an action US Army, the Coroner gave it as his The rule verdict that deceased came to his death A controversy bas arisen in my little was wholly inadmissible. circle over this question, On the one referred to by Sir Francis did not euable as a result of a bullet wound in the neck

ANOTHER CHINESE BUDGET. those who say:"Let the Court to produce evidence which was fired from & pistol in the hand of W. B. side there

Kilgore, keeper of the prison for American modern men and women who, in their given in another action. so-called wisdora, hold up to ridicule this

The Peking Daily News states that the Sir Francis added that the other side convicts at Shanghai, when in pursuit of old and beautiful ideal, at least hold had brought civil and criminal proceed the said Gange W. Robinson, whil

Great Britain's territorial relations HAS Their prace when in the presence of little ings and they wanted to prevent him escaping from said custody. Subsequent revised hudget for the second fiscal year ly in the US. Consular Court before Mr. from July 1st, 1913, to June 20th, 1914, children. Others say, "tell the truth,"getting scane of the evidence in both cases,

N. T. Johnson, W. B. Kigore was brought shows a total expenditure of 86-12,237,070 with China are not confined to Hongkong and add, "surely, when the children do and evidence which he submitted was

Ordinary

Settlements, but the and the Straits receipts amount eventually find the truth, they must reflect necessary in consequence of an affidavit up on a charge of manslaughter preferred and total receipts of 8557,298,145.

against him by the District Attorney (Dr. and wonder how many more untrue things which they had filed at the last moment.E, Hinckley) as follows: For that 18,185,553 and extraordinary receipts to hundreds of miles of common frontier

The Puisno Judge Was the

expenditures between Burma and Yünnar have given their dutiful parents have told them."" Well, I invite opinions from parents on Chinese Government taken as being con- be, the said WB Kilgore, on the 7th $239,120,599. Ordinacy this interesting subject:

shoot and kill George Wm. Robinson expenditure to $216,552,954. The total tion proceedings }

deficit is thus 884,040,921. RODERICK RANDOM.

· (Continued on Paye 5.) against the laws of the United States.

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nected with, and conducting, the extrad-January, at Shanghai, did feloniously amount to $123,684,122 and extraordinary rise to only one incident-the P'ien-ina

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