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TELEGRAMS.

["DER OSTASIATISCHER LLOYD" SERVICE.]

CHINA SERVICE.

THE CHINESE CONSTITUTION.

PERINO, January 26th.

The Political Committee has decided

that the Sub-Committee for the framing of the Constitution shall be called the "Yue Fa Hui," and shall consist partly of Blocted and partly of appointed members. The following qualifications for member shi are necessary:-(1) A member must be dore than 30 years of age; (2) be either

THE GONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26TH, 1914.

CHINATOWN'S PETTICOAT

LANE.

AN IMPRESSION BY A GRIFFIN.

If a Londoner of the real and undiluted Cockney clan could have been, suddenly hoisted from his rule-of-thuinb environ ment, and been dropped with equal swift- ness into that part of Chinatown which during the past week-end assumed varianco an aspect not greatly at with cerlain busy Jewish parts net of the metropolis. he would have rabbed his eyes to any dangerous extent. He would have been quickly at home, excepting certain drawbacks in his ignorance of out-of-joint English.

SUPREME COURT.

Tuesday, January 27th.

IN APPELLATE JURISDICTION.

BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIE WU, REES DAVISE, K.O., AND MAH. H. J. GOMPERTZ (PUISNE JUDGE).

APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HADRAS CORPUS."

The Puisne Judge-A's to the latter, we have no evidence...

facts which could not lead to any other contention; General Lung was acting upon orders when he was sent to restore order with troops, In face of that it

Sir Francis said that they had certain

Thore wore many reasons which by the Central Government, and that the

an official of at least 5 years' experience, weird-looking objects on the stalls, anding $150,000, the monies of the Govern caused a country to be split up into reballion came to an end. The idea which

or the alternative a graduate of a Chinese or a foreign University; (3) he must possess property of at least $10,000; and (4) his loyalty must be unquestion sik.

The Government will appoint princes, ukes and officials as representatives in Mongolia, Tibot, Turkestan as soon replies come to hand from the Tutuhs on the question of the responsibility of

Government.

The Ediet promulgating the President's responsibility may be expected in March. EXPEDITION AGAINST. THE HONAN WHITE WOLF."

PEKING, January 28th.. A mounted brigade and the 3rd Division

have been despatched from Peking for Hanan with orders to subdue the bands of rebels under the leadership of the "White Wolf.”

The troops are under command of General Tunn Chih-kuei.

EUROPEAN SERVICE.

THE HAMBURG-AMERIKA DIVIDEND

BERLIN, January 26th. The Hamburg-Amerika Linic again pays a dividend of 10 por cent, The profits amount to co million marks against 53 millions in the previous year.

TURCO-BULGARIAN TREATY.

BERLIN, January 25th.

Alliance was concluded on the 15th January between Turkey and Bulgaria. ANOTHER BALKAN ALLIANCE.

INTIMATIONS

GOODS.

secondly, what a Provincial Government rebel troops fighting against the Govern- was, and that there was such a thing; ment, and that order clearly showed a And thirdly, if the Province exists connection which was recognised by tho at all that it was coupable of holding then Kwangting officials, between Chan RACES property, and having servants responsible Kwing-ming and the other rebel pro- to it The Crown had to show that the vinces. The evidence established four a declaration of Province existed in such a manner that things that there was the Courts could take judicial cognisance independence; that it was effective, an of it; otherwise, it was a mere blank shown by acts of Government; that it was. In that case no evidence had been

not limited to Kwangtung; and that it tendered to the Magistrate as to the was crushed by the Central Government existance of the Province of Kwangtung. He was prepared to support, by what he The hearing of the action was resumed thought was rather a cogent reason, why he in which Sir Francis Piggott, along with contended that Province could only be an Mr. Alabaster (instructed by Mr. W. Bdministrated area, settled, of course, Hind and Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton), made by the Central Government. That application for a writ of Habena Corpus,,

dependent or many was

things; arising out of the Magistrate's decision

administrative questions: historical, There would, of course, be more charm in connection with the trial of Chung geographical, geological and ethnologi-could not be denied that atops were taken. and fascination perhaps alarm-in the Sau Nam on a charge of misappropriat-al

the general arrangement a much more ment of Kwangtung. The application

was suggested, apparently, was that that

OUR CONFIDENCE JUSTIFIED. proviners or counties. And he sub picturesque affair than is found in the wae opposed for the Crown by Mr. E. Hmitted, on the face of it, that, except for was a little hole-in-the-corner rebellion,We nodertake to refund the Cost of any

Sunday Sharp, K.O., Mr. Eldon Potter, and Mr. vicinity of Petticoat Lane on mornings. More picturesque because of F. C. Jenkin (instructed by Mr. B. F. their size, the provinces of China held started by Chan Kwing-ming, which the colour-scone unintentionally created C. Master, of Messrs, Johnson, Stokes & no different positions than the counties fizzled out because of its own ineffective Article if any of our Customers are not satisfied, of England. They knew, all of them ness; and that Chan Kwing-ming simply as we know how excellent our Goods are. by an ant-like crowd; driftings from all Master).

Sir Francis Piggott, continuing his who had studied early Saxon bistory,fied a few days afterwards. Yet the fact parts of the earth. The vivid gowns of the Chinese, the more artistic colouring arguments, said that when he closed on how counties came into existence. They remained that the rebellion at Kwangtung Such an offer could not be made if there wES was linked up with rebellions in the other the slightest doubt about our Goods All wo of the Japanese kimonos, the golden Friday he was dealing with what he were not quite so certain with regard to and red head coverings of handsome might call the no-property argument, the the counties of Ireland perhaps his provinces, that it was all governed by Sikhs, a splash of scarlet tunics, and argument which was directed to the fact learned friend Mr. Potter had come idea the Komintang, a political party in the ask is your inspection.

(laughter)-and certainly with regard to State, and at a given time, action having Navy blue; all mingling together and that there was no property in the wong the counties of Scotland they were some been taken up by the Central Government, forming a chaos of colour which is in tung Government as alleged, and he was what in the dark.

That was borne out it came to an end. There was nothing in H. itself attractive. Yet one naturally pointing out that the argument on that looks for this in the East. The babble of point was based on two of the arguments by decisions in the English Courts. Pro- the authorities entitling Courts of foreign bargaining would perhaps disconcert in the civil case. The two branches of the exling, Sir Francis Piggott quoted countries to ask the assistance of British Enty 'Awkins-it would be a storm of civil argument, he said, which applied in of judicial recognition. Where a Court of war. He submitted that criminal pro- Deybel's case as showing the raison d'être | Courts to help them from the consequences weird words, some familiar, but having that case were, first the non-recognition was perpetually having to act on its own ceedings were impossible in a case like an absurd ending. He might promptly argument; and that applied there because initiative, perpetually directing its writs, that, and extradition proceedings were! put it down to a nightmare which was by the property, the State property, was at no means unpleasant. For the Shylocks the root of recognition by other States and it was bound to assume that it; at least, absolutely out of the question.

know something. There was an allege-initial fallacy in that case was that the the wonderful influences of that dream provinces. The allegation of the property tion of property in the Kwangtung facts were not put before the Court, he would have substituted John; equally as in the Kwangtung Government was wrong. Government, and that, be contended, did not mean deliberately suppressed, bat MAPPIN&WEBB, keen and cunning a trader, just as sub- Becondly, there was what he would call carried with it the onus to prove that the Crown drew up the case as simply as missive, and with a face similarly the de facto argument: that was to say, there was such a thing as a Kwangtung possible. But the case was too complicated, impassive when he almost whings out & the rebellion argument applied there Government. Certainly the Court could| price; whined in such a pitiful and because the authorities, as he contended, not take judicial notice of the existence he submitted, to admit of any ignoring of plaintive tone that you hesitate to knock showed that, in the circumstances of that of an entity or something else, referred/ all the facts; the Courts could not be him down-in price, of course. And when you have made your purchase ignorantly case, the property could not be in the to no something which was the owner of expected to understand the law applicable hurriedly, and without close scrutiny and Provincial Government, even were there comparisons, you subsequently discover such a thing as a Provincial Government. that you have been "had" in the same The allegation of no-property in the old way as when you dealt with the oily Kwangtung Government was material to family of Shylocks You must be very that charge, although the question had wary of the innocent-looking John. really no importance in extradition, and flo will take the most unscrupulous he referred to it because cases had been advantage of any ignorance which his given in the form of English charges, and prospective victim might betray in the therefore it was advisable that he should

The

RUTTONJEE

& SON,

WINE AND PROVISION MERCHANTS,

LIMITED.

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the property, because it was merely to case like that without knowing the NEW CONSIGNMENTS

SILVER WARE.

PRINCE'S PLATE

alleged that that something was & Pro full offence. The law of rebellion was The Court could catch-as-catch can and they could do vincial Government. not assume that something which it did nothing to help it. Sir Francis then put STERLING not know anything about was the owner forward a submission that the offence When such an alleged with which Chung San Nam was charged of property. Government came into an English Court was a political offence, and added that if to obtain something known in Inter- the extradition of Chan Kwing-ming had national Law as extradition. it must be asked for that would also have been prove what it was alleging, that it was manifestly political. And offences which

the de facto argument, Counsel said it not come within the law of extradition, bore upon the no-property argument, because the offence was committed for a because he contended, on the authorities, political purpose. Therefore, that being that the Provincial Government, always a political offenes when applied to Chan assuming it existed, did not, and could Ewing-ming, it was also a political circumstances, assuming that the pro- The whole way in which that cass had not, own its province. That, in the offence when applied to Chung Sau Nam.

The Slave reports that an Anti-Greek money-ways of the East. and the Now clear the question in their Lordships entitled to hold property: Dealing with were committed for a political purpose did

BERLIN, January 58th.

The simultaneous presence of several Petersburg strengthens the rumours that another Balken Alliance is in way of formation.

statesmen of the Balkon States at St.

IN THE NEAR EAST,'

LONDON, January 24th. The British Reply to the Triple

Aegean Islands Question, proposes a

Year-affords him rare scope for display- | minds. -- ing his plausible stock-in-trade with which he plucks plenty dollah" from the innocent. I write as a repentant victim.

But of the seene at the far end of

huge lanterns and desperated blow-fish,

The Chief Justice I know it is not now necessary to prove the ownership of property; that being so, it does not help

your case.

to do with extradition, bus he referred Sir Francis Piggott anid it had nothing

That was a clear offence, of a political

¿

The hearing was subsequently adjourn- ed until-to-day.

(GUARANTEED FOR 30 YEARS)

CUTLERY..

From the

SOLE AGENTS:

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS,

Queen's Road. It was truly Eastern. Such gay pictures of scenic bazaars have to it because an initial mistake, he sub-perty belonged to anybody, it belonged to been treated by the Kwangtung Govern- supplied pocte with romantic verse when mitted, had beca made in that case, the Central Government, and therefore mout showed that they themselves regard- other sources proved irresponsive, and

putting an extradition crime in the form the allegation of property could not be ed it as a political offence, Chan Kwing- THE POWERS AND THE PROBLEMS fervour and longing. There were delight was almost in the form of an indictment, was that the Declaration of Independo ice. Treasury was political, and Chunk be they are always read with a peculiar of English charges, so much so that it supported. On that point his argument ming's act in getting the money from the

blue and red and green reflections from minds the application of the Criminal character, || @ fat minglings of colour; of dress, and of and that might suggest to their Lordships established, in spite of its temporary Nam must have been his closest ally, or he

would not have been trusted with the CHS. J. GAUPP de facto independent money. He was evidently appointed to. Stalls full of eerie-looking objects; fat Procedure Act. It was, therefore, nodes Government, a rebel Government, and the Treasury by Chan Kwing-ming, and

& CO., Alliano Note on the South Albanian "and and laughing joss-men, grinning monkeva, sary for him to say that there was no which he would call, for the sake of a few days later was entrusted with the i

money to convey it to the rebel troops. Collective Note by all the Powers with the and green-eyed elfs which seemed ready possibility of property in the Kwangtung calling it something, the Republic of

to pounce at you from perches skilfully Government as alleges, and therefore the Kwangtung. And that Government, character. set upon vases of stinnge designs and charge broke down; that there was no though it did not achieve success necessary hues. Here, at any rate, the elements of offence known to English law, and "you to entitle it to be recognised, yet it was picturesqueness lurked in common lives cannot sell property which does not actual and effective in its acts and mean streets, for in addition to it all, belong to somebody.” The point at Government, and legal consequences. you could look through the maze of people which he would ultimately arrive was that

resulted from those acts. Special and catch the stall-holders in harmonious the Magistrate's warrant of committment

resulted. Assuming the Early yesterday morning an outbreak poses of unstudied attractiveness. It

property to have been in the Provincial of fire occurred at No. 275, Queen's Road was a piece taken from Petticoat Lane in

Government before the Declaration of Central, a three-storied building. The its Sabbath morning garb, only there was

independence, when the province was ground floor was used as a shoemakorʼs are colour and the crowd was strangely

brought back into the fold, the property shop, the first floor as a wax shop, and mixed, and there seemed to be some sort

must be reverted to the Central the second storey was utilised as sleepling MACGREGOR&C. by direct negotiations between Greece of music in the air. (I did hear Harry. They would then see, what he hoped to Government. That had not to be taken quarters. The fire" originated on the and Turkey, on the basis of Turkey Lauder singing about a tickling sensation prove, that there was no property in the admission that the property was in second floor, and was caused by the retaining Mytilene and Chios and ceding from the rear of a stall anything but Kwangtung Government of those cheques the Central Government, that was another explosion of fireworks on the verandak.

object of inducing both Turkey and Greece to accept the settlement formulated by Sir Edward Grey.

There are fears here, however, that the Epirotic population is unwilling to become Albanian, and that the Turkish Wan Party will resist the cession of Chios and Mytilene.

BERLIN, January 26th,

Turkish atatesmen would prefer the solution of the Aegean Talends Question

Rhodos to Greece.

BERLIN, January 26th. The Greek Premier, M.. Venizelos, has arrived at Berlin.

Of course I made a purchase, carefully

must contain a specific statement of the English offence, and also of the offence which had been committed abroad, and when he said English offence, he meant the equivalent of the English offence.

consequences

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN

HONGKONG.

CHATER ROAD

CALDBECK,

(ESTABLISHED 1884).

an understanding with the Prince of the captivating smile of corpulence and non-recognition argument was whather fore, they got another order of idnas gutted, and the ground floor was damaged [NEW ARRIVALS

Wied.

AUSTRIA AND THE ALBANIAN SITUATION.

Gaolie, yet deductions were obvious.)

and money as alleged, and that there was and diplomatically to the point of real service in the Kwangtung Government impudence, but I was a victim to John's by the prisoner. In the civil action the Kemal is going to Germany to effect ways. A fat old brass joss-man, wearing question involved in connection with the pleaty and caught my eye. I was seeking there was a right of suit or not; in that him, having been brought under the spellcase it became essentially material because of one of his fraternity who is even now there was an allegation of property, smiling from his seat on a side-board. Therefore, in face of that, it was essential And this one seemed to be smilingly invit. on the Crown to "show three, things. Vienna reports are to hand stating thating me, and me only, to take him away. They alleged property, that that money was the property of the Kwangtung Goernment, and therefore he submitted the burden was on them to show, first, that the Province exists and what it was;

BERLIN, January 25th.

in view of the doings of Essad Pasha, Austria keeps 12 battalions of infantry ready for police service in Albania,

should such become necessary..

THE ALBANIAN LOAN.

BERLIN, January 25th.

How much? Torty dollahs!

What! Me wanches cue fiecee, no two picces.

A smile by John, and then the bargain- ing began. Eventually I secured that cornucopian joss-man-who seemed to The first instalment of the Inter-enjoy the wrangling; for he laughed national Loan to Albania will amount to heartily all the while for twelve dollars, £1,000,000.

While I was fondly conveying that fat. frilled being home, he continued to sufle, a smile of perplexity, tinged with sym. pathy, I thought. The expected happened. The cruiser Pineta has been called to I subsequently made the galling dis Haiti for the protection of German covery that the same brass individuals interests.

TROUBLE IN HÄITI.

BERLIN, January 25th.

THE TURKISH. NAVY.

EX-SULTAN'S MUNIFICENT DONATION,

BERLIN, January 26th. The ex-Sultan Abdel Hamid has given £1,000,000 towards the Naval Fund.

were purchaseable-by a skilled dealer-for 55. However, my joss-man is laughing all the while, laughing himself into frills

of metallic tat, and though he was obvious- ly in with the unscrupulous John, he shall. remain with me, if only as a warning whenever a buat for treasure is made in Chinatown.

Asthma he

mitter altogether. It only established The Fire Brigade speedily answered the the negative, which was sufficient for those alarm, and completely extinguished the proceedings, that the property was not outbreak in less than three-quarters of an in the Provincial Government. There hour. The first and second floors were altogether. The primary documents were by water. The premises were insured for

$12,000. Chan Kxing bing a declaration, and these established that there was a Declara-

A FRIENDLESS EUROPEAN. tion of Independence. The supporting.

At the Magistracy yesterday, before and verifying documents were the Mr. F. A. Hazeland, Francis Powell, Cancellation. Document, and the Black unemployed, was charged with being List-he latter did not seem to have drunk and incapable on Monday, and appeared. To that they had to add the with behaving in a disorderly and noisy

the charge-room manner in

at: the Crown witnesses. The money in that case Wanchai Polles Station. The defendant, was ordered to be sent to Nanking, to the in answer to the charge, stated that he was not trunk, but did not know any- thing about it. He was suffering from drugs.

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Inspector MaeHardy told his Worship. that the defendant had anneared there before. Sometime ago he was knocked down by a zotor-car outside tho Belle View Hotel.

His Worship, enquired if the man had any friends, and Inspector MacHardy said he had done. They had all given him up because of his habits.

A fine of $ was imposed.

"WORTHY OF THE WEET END."

THE IDOL'S

EYE

CITY HALL. FEBRUARY 12TH, 13TH AND 14TH. Hongkong, 26th January, 1914.

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IN HONGKON G

B. L. WHISKIES,

JAMESON'S 3 STARS

IRISH WHISKY,

(Bearing the Registered Label-the only sure test of Genuine Article),

CLUB

and

CIGARETTES.

These have been obtainable in Hongkong for a few months only: they are too

well-known to require eulogy,