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TELEGRAMS.

["DER OSTASIATISCHER LLOYD"

SERVICE

CHINA SERVICE.

A TAX-COLLECTOR MURDERED.

PERING, March 3rd. Wang Wen-yu, a district, official at Kuan Hsien, in Western Shangtung, has

been killed by the excited populace while

demanding payment of the land taxes..

THE CURRENCY LOAN

NEGOTIATIONS..

PERING, March 3rd.

The Peking Jik Pao reports that the negotiations for the loan to be used for monetary reforms are difficult as the Syndicate demand control of the disburse

OMPANY MEETING.

WILLIAM POWELL, LTD.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4TMn, 1914

An extraordinary general meeting of the above was held at No. 12, Des Yeux Road Central yesterday at noon. Mr. H. Godge (Chairman of the Company) presided and those also present were; Mrs. F. C, Chapple, J. A. Tarrant, G.

Cu Moxon, and H. O, Holt (Secretary),

The Secretary read the notice convening the meeting, after which _-_-_-_-_-

The CHAIRMAN said: This meeting has boon convened for the purpose of sub- pmitting to you, and passing, new Articles of Association for our Company, as al ready explained in the memorandum, which has been in your hands some time, Your directors, after taking legal advice aro persuaded that, in the interests of the

better working of the Company, it is essential to make the Articles of Associa tion more in accord with the present law relating to companies. With these re. marks I now beg to propose the following resolution: That the Regulations con mined in the printed document submitted THE MAINTENANCE OF PEACE IN to the meeting, and for the purpose of

THE PROVINCES.

identification subscribed by the Chairman thereof, be and the same are hereby up-

ments.

PING, March 3rd. By request of the Promier, the Presi. dent is preparing a Mandate empowering the hig officials in the provinces to ures, in case of need, for the

case of

pro

*malut of ponce and for guarding

the people's welfare.

THE PEKING CABINET.

PERINO, March ärd, President Yuan Shih-kai has asked

HONGKONG HORTICULTURAL

No

BOCIETE

It was greatly to be deplored that, owing to the recent heavy rains, several of the exhibits were practically spoilt after the entries had been sent in

HEALING BY PRAYER

IN JAPAN wide STORIES FROM THE FAMINE-STRICKEN DISTRICT.

and

THE

SAU NAM

CHUNG EXTRADITION CASE.

INTIMATIONS

PUBLIC OPINION

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SHOWRELIMI

maureiden surroundings could The Ven. Archdeacon Batchelor, the

JUDGMENT OF THE FULL COURT," favour an exhibition of floriculture than Well-known authority on the Ainu the beautiful Botanic Gardens of Hong to the Japan Gasette his diary relating Justice, Sir Wm. Rees Davies, K.C., who inhabitants of Northern Japan, has sent

At the Full Court yesterday the Chief kong, and

ad the local Horticultural to the relief work among the Aniu in the rat with Mr. B. J. Gompertz (Puisne Society's Flower Show which opened famine-striken districts. From it we Judge), gave judgment in the motion yesterday was markedly success unke the following extract Leard by the Fall Court in connection

mentioned above that several sick ful one in every way. The table came to see me. This means that they with the alleged embezzlement of $150,000, decorations, the class which in particular came to be prayed for. They were five the property of the Kwangtung Govern excites great competition, were fully up to women, two men and one boy. I will give ment, by Chung San Nam. standard, and the entry reached a record, my diary: ding to Sir Francis Piggott, along with Mr. a short account of one or two and so close while the annuals and cut flowers were Case No. 1-Upon arriving in Piratori Alabaster (instructed by Mr. W. B. Hind also very much to the fore.

on Aint woman, aged 30, came into my I placed bed, vanvas, sinir by may application for a writ of Habeas Corpus, room. She looked very ill indeed, so that and Mr. G. K. Hell Brutton), made stove and made her drink a cup of hot arising out of the Magistrate's decision milk. She told me she had pleurisy had been in bed for three weeks. She in connection with the trial, and the first time to come and lived next door and had got up for the application was opposed for the Crown by minister, to pray for her. She had & and M. Fordon Potter PUTS JOHN HAIG'S WHISKIES

herr. E. H. Sharp, Mr. dreadful cough, which caused her much pain when she coughed. She said it out R. F. C. Master, of Messro, Johnson,

She Stokes & Master). her like a knife, he could not take ang- this hurt her greatly. As for food she head and back also were aching. could take nothing but a little gruel. Hered the following judgment; made hor remain quiet while I prayed for badly. 1

In the matter Chung Sau her. In five minutes all pains had dis sppeared, and she was able to take very long breaths. When I left on Tuesday she was up

and eating her food properly and well, a

Case No. 2. This was another woman; her age is about fifty. Some twenty years ago she came to us at Sapporo to be in our little Ainu Rest-house for the sick Like others who cante, she stayed in the Rest and went out to the city doctor for treatment. She was lame from

Among the visitors to the show were

H.E. the Governor and Lady May, the Misses May, the Chief Justice (8ir Wm. Rees Davies, K.C.), and Major General P. II. Kolly, C.Before

The exhibits were tastefully set out in various matsheds, and made up a wealth of colour. Special mention might well be made of Mr Nicholson's collee tion of remarkably fine roses, and of Sir Paul Chater's carnations.

Mr. L. Gibbs discharged the onerous Proved, and that such Regulations be and they are hereby adopted as the Artioles of duties of H

Secretary, and he was the Company in substitution for, and to basked

a strong Committee. The the exclusion of, all the existing Articles judges wore Messrs. H. Humphreys, J. Tutcher, F. Howell, and Mesdames Tomes, Newall, and Leefe,

thereof."

Mr. TARIANT seconded, and the proposi-

tion was unanimously carried.

The CHAIRMAN announced that there would be a confirmatory meeting of the Company at that place on the 20th inst. to confirm the resolution which had just been passed

Lady May presented the prizes at the close, and at the end of this function three hearty cheers were given for her Ladyship. The show is open to-day, and we regret that owing to pressure on our space the prizalist has to be held over until to

This was all the business and the meet-morrow.

Chou Teah-bai to take over the Tutuhshiping then terminated. of Chihli; Chou Haue-hai will then become" Deputy Minister of Finance, and General Tin Chang Deputy Minister of War,

EUROPEAN SERVICE.

AFFAIRS IN THE EPIRUS:

STRANGE SEA STORY.

MARTER SEVERELY DEALT WITE AF THE MARINE COURT.."

The Chi Wo Conipany recently reported to the Assistant Harbour Master the following extraordinary incident:

Our steam launch Ho To, on her

CROWN LAND SALES.

Several lots of Crown Land were sold by public Auction at the Offices of the Public Works Department on Monday.

Two Lots at Kowloon Tong, measuring about 10.35 acres, were sold at the upse price of 81,035 to Mr. T. M. Castro Basto, there being no competition.

One Lot at Reclamation Street You- mati, about 13,802 square feet in extent, was sold to Sir Chau Tung Leang Cheng and Mr. Un Kam Wu for $41,556, the up-

set price.

Three lots of Crown Land at Pokfulani. No.'s 78, 79, and 80, measuring about 868,875, 665,670, and 86,000 square feet of 85,499, to the Dairy Farm Company.

PEKING SYNDICATE,

His Lordship the Chiei Justice deliver.

AT THE TOF. RECOGNIZED EVERY-

WHERE AS THE HIGHEST QUALITIES

OF WHISKIES IT IS POSSIBLE TO

a lot of Can Sri Nam, a These proceedings in Habeas Corpus ave directed against a committal by Police Magistrate of this Colony of the fugitive BUY criminal for extradition under Section 10 of the Chinese Extradition Ordinance 1889 That. Section is based on Section 10 of the OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE Extradition Act of 1870.

Before coming to the facts it is desirablo to state the position of this Court in relation to the decision of the Magistrate under the Section named. There are abundant authorities to show that this Court is not

a

Court of Appeal from the Magistrate's H. decision on the evidence. The Court can entertain the question of the Jurisdiction only on an application for liabeas Corpus of the Magistrate to commit, namely, whether the crime is an extradition crime or whether it is of a political character and whether there was any evidence upon which the Magistrate can commit (es parte Siletti 18 T.L., 771, and see also R v. Guerin, 60 L.T. 595, R. v. Huguet, 20, T, 41, IL.. Maurer, 10 Q.B.D., 513, In re Arton, 1596, 1,

rheumatism in the right knee and back But although she was with us a long time home much disappointed. She came to she was not benefited at all, and went me on Sunday fast, asking me to pray for her to get well. She is a Christian. Her head, shoulders, back and leg wero bad and stiff, She could not bend her knee, and ber back was drawn to one side. I prayed as she requested. In ten minutes she went out of that room quite well. Her back was straight, her aches were all gone, and her lame leg cured, IQ.B., ut ölä) need hardly remark that she went away happy

Case No. 3. This was a Japanese man, aged 67 years. He came to me with a terrible hacking cough He told me it was chronic, and that he had it every winter. His throat hurt him much and he could not sleep at night. It was laryngitis, I believe. The man s Christian. I prayed to God for him. and his cough stopped then and there. Well all the pain went out of his throat He rushed off, telling his family that he was heated,

The fugitive at the time of the alleged offences was superintendent (Kan Li) of. the Canton Treasury and Chan Kwing-ming was then Governor-General (Tutab); On 4th August the Tutuh issued au order in Chinese under his signature addressed to the Commissioner of Finance, Treasury, the translation of which is as follows

SOLE AGENTS:

RUTTONJEE

& SON,

14, Queen's Road Cential,

Since writing this a man has been in Chung Saut Nam, was brought by him to the ZEISS too, is a Christian In twenty minutes With a sore throat and heavy cold. He,

BERLIN, March 2nd.voyage from Hongkong to Suabue, The provisional government in the encountered a fog and ran aground on p Epirus, has notified the International real at Pak On Kwok, near Pak 185 Commissioners of the formation of a new Chow, and was in danger of being capsized. The steam laonch Sui Fung State and has protested against military happened to be passing at the time and intervention. The Commissioners have we signalled to her that we were în

distress, She came up only to within respectively, were sold at the upset price he went out quite wellnt a bett requested the advice of the Powers.

hearing distance, and when we informed her of our dangerous position, she refused to render ús immediate assistance and steamed away, saying that she wanted to land her passengers and cargo at Hsu Mun first, and then return to give us help Happily after some difficulty we got off the reef before the tide had gone down too low, as otherwise we would have certainly capsized on the reef, with no help at hand. We know not what justi fication the coxswain of the Sui Fung had for refusing assistance to another launch in distress, seeing that one of the con- ditions of the licence he holds is to use his utmost endeavours to save life???

Russia has declared that in the case of Austrian and Italian influence over Albania not being sufficient, she would Athens and Belgrade demand from respect for the Albanian Boundary.

BOMB OUTRAGE AT A BISHOP'S PALACE.

BERLIN, March 2nd. The bomb outrage at Debreczin has been traced to a Bessarabian student and a Russian sailor. The latter has not yet

been arrested.

AUTO RACES IN AMERICA.

SUCCESS OF GERMAN CANS,

BERLIN, March 2öd.

The greatest auto races ever held in Americs took place for the Vanderbilt

OFFER OF CHINESE BONDS.

The directors of the Peking Syndicate have issued a circular to the shareholders stating that they have decided to offer for public sale Chinese Government Henan Railway five per cent, gold loan bonds of 1905 for £800,000 at the price of sale of 87 per cent. The entire amount of this loan was received by the syndicate from the Government of China, and represented the outlay incurred by it in connection with the Taokou Chinghua Railway, in the province of Honan. The directors are of opinion that the time has come when the money derived from this sale of bonds could be actively employed in China with greater profit to the syndicate. The offer will be made

The report added: We make this report to you in the interests of humanity, so that you may take what steps you dcem expedient in making coxswains understand what their bounden duty is towards the saving of human life..

At the inquiry which was held yesterday before Comm. Beckwith, evidence was given by employees on both boats simultaneously to shareholders by circular

The Coxswain of hellot lo gave evidence which fully bore out the report of his employers, as also did the Shroff. There were 70 passengers aboard

Cup The German Mercedes cars took The Coxswain of the Sui Fung alleged that he waited in readiness to tow the boat off, and only went away when he first and second prizes. THE DEPORTATIONS FROM SOUTH saw the boat get off the reef

Comm. Beckwith said that the statement made by the Master of the Sui Fang, that

AFRICA.

LONDON, March 2ni. English labour men, as a protest against General Botha, held a gigantic meeting in Hyde Park, at which the deportees from South Africa made speeches. All these nine labour leaders intend returning It is further mooted to South Africa. that the Socialists will send out some well-known agitators, knowing a refusal to admit these English subjects would embarrass the Home Government.

THE MURDER OF A BRITISH SUBJECT IN MEXICO.

LONDON, March 2nd.

The shooting of Mr. Benton now turns case of murder. out to have been a Benton was, it seems, unarmed and was shot down in General Villa's room.

In the face of this it has been deci led by President Wilson to pursue a policy of waiting and not to do anything in the matter. On the other hand, the British residents in Mexico have cabled to their Home Government an urgent appeal for intervention.

"I think the baby has your hair, ma'am,” said the nursegirl looking pleasantly at her mistress.Gracions exclaimed the lady, glancing up from her novel."Bun into the nursery and take What will be do it away from him! next --Stray Storicis

and to the public by advertisement. In addition to the direct obligation of the Government of China for due payment of principal and interest, the loan is specifically secured by a first mortgage over the railway. The loan is repayable at par by annual drawings commencing in January, 1916, and extending over 20 years. The whole of the bonds are to be repaid by July, 1835. The yield to the

Just one more case and I have done, While at Piratori a poor Ainu girl, aged 16, named Utakande, came from Piraka for a supply of wheat. She has a blind mother to keep and a younger sister of twelve besides herself. The father is dead. They are living on turnips and a few such other vegetables as she was able to grow last year. She sometimes begs a little fish from other people or anything else that may be going. Her millet crop was a complete failure. This girl was quite ill herself and weeping bitterly, She wanted to be prayed for, aze said. I gave her a cup of warm milk. She told me all about her family history and her own sches and nains. Her head was aching much, he said, and her side also. The doctor told her she had pleurisy, She had been ill two weeks. Well, I did as she asked, and she went out of the room well and happy. We gave her a couple of tins of milk. She told me the officials have promised to help, but so far have not done so, The fact of the matter is I find they are somehow or other afraid to apply for assistance. They wait to be looked up! I am sure such would get help at once though not much I think they (the officials) must be waiting for the real hard pinch to come, which is now close upon them. Poor people I feel them, many must die. It is a pity they that, unless more outside help is given are so shiftless. But they are certainly afraid to speak out. I would help them more if I could. But the fact is I have given everything I brought away with homes sumcient to me and have to borrow in order to get

These instances are fully show the kind of work one is doing here. I should very much like to have a qualified doctor come round with me and thoroughly examine both me and the sick of rock, with tide falling, and deep-water NURDDEUTSCHER LLOYD'S LARGE PROGRAMME, who come to me before 1 zayed for them. It would. I am sure, be good both for steep, was critical, and loss of life might b have ensued if the launch bad slipped offIt appears that the present activity in religion and its hand-maiden-science the side or listed. The Master of the S German shipbuilding, says The Times, to look into this thing deeply. Fung had violated by his act one of the is by no means confined to the Hamburg no pretenes about it. The Master is thus Final conditions of his launch license. Amerike Line Phe Nordcutioner bord graciously using me in healing both Ainu In the intercets of the travelling public has also an extensive programme in hand. and Japanese, British and American, and Advices from Bremen shew that in even Chinese I am prepared to help any ho considered that a severe example ought to be made. He ordered the suspension addition to the two fast mail liners who would like my assistance, beli

Christian or non-Christian, male or of the Master's certificate for six month. Calum and Columbus Il, each of female, and of any nationality, Without a8,000 tons, the Norddeutscher Lloyd is Money and Without Frice if he will WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TO building two large passenger and cargo come to me for this treatment. I am

STHE EAST.

hoats of 18,000 and 15,000 tons respec- tively. The larger of these is to be called persuaded that the Master has sent me not only to preach the Gospel, but also to Speaking before the Dutch Association the Munchen and the other the Zeppelin.heal such sick as ask for it. This is my of Commercial Agents about Wireless The company is also building 14 cargo work and I intend to do it with all my Communication in the Netherland and the Later the Australian and far might. If anyone asks whying for mid East Indies," Mr. A. Weiss, founder of Lastern routes, so that, though it is losing say this I can't help praying and to be healing the sick," whoever he or she the Radiographical Station, Overtoom, the mail contracts, it seems

may be. Amsterdam, said that he had been one of increasing its hold on these trades. the first to insist on the introduction of wireless communication in the Nether-

Le could not approach the Hoi lo on purchaser at the price of £873 will be account of low water was not supported slightly over £5 148, per cent, without by the chart, nor his other statements that taking into consideration, the profit on he stood by and took of passengers, by redemption.-The Times the evidence. He was strongly of opinion, after hearing the evidence, that no efforts were made by the Coxswain of the Sui Fung to assist in anyway the stranded launch, whose situation, lying on the ledge

lands and the East Indies at a time when people in that country were not at all. convinced of the usefulness of it for ship- ping and especially for the Colonies. He then proceed to communicate. Lo s hearers a few facts on the subject not yet generally known, beginning his discourse with an explanation of the way in which wireless telegraphy works and of the vari ous existing systems. Putting the capital required to establish wireless communica tion between Holland and the East Indies. at a maximum of £2,000,000 and taking that the maximum capacity may be put even as high as 10 millions words ta he wired every year," it may be seen at a first- glance that but 10 per cente, viz one. million of words at 60 cents per word, would be sufficient to make the business pay amply.

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Please at once pay in foreign notes twe hundred And fifty thousand dollars and remit to Shanghai to be sent in turn to Nanking to be used as Military expenditure. This is the order.". This order was received by the fugitive, Treasury and: $160,000 was paid to him and his receipt and seal or chop affixed to the order. There was also a paying-out slip made out by an oficial of the Treasury which was ankled or chopped by the fugitive, The reason for the order being honoured to the extent of $150,000 and not $250,000 that there was not sufficient money in the Treasury to rent it. The payment was made FIELD GLASSES. by two cheques, one on the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank at Canton for $100,000 the other for 850,000 on the International Bank at Canton. It appears, then from the NEW LIGHT WEIGHT MODELS. affidavit of the fugitive dated 16th October, 1018, and made in a civil action now pend- ing, that he subsequently obtained drafts on the Hongkong and International Hank in Hongkong for the two sums of money from the respective branches of the two Banks at Canton. That he was instructed by Chan Kwing-ming to proceed to Hongkong and cash the cheques and hand the proceeds to him. That he came to Hongkong decord- ingly and went to the two Banks where he ultimately negotiated the cheques. As to the transactions in Hongkong relating to the cheques and the position of Chun Kwing- ming in regard to then I shall deal with later. It appears, however, that the fugitive cashed the cheque for 350,000 on the Inter national Bank, placing the sum on fixed deposit in his own name, and of the $100,000, the Hongkong Bank draft, the sum was mostly deposited in fugitive's name in the Russo-Asiatic Bank in Hongkong

fugitive are, stealing the two cheques Speaking briefly, the charges against the embezzlement of two sums of $100,000 and $50,000, and fraudulent conversion of the twe valuable securities and the proceeds to his own use. He is also charged with stealing a certain paying-out hook. I shall have occasion to refer to the evidence on this later.

for here if the crimes alleged had been

4 power TUROL

TUBEX 6 power

TULACT

8 power

CHS.

£5.10.0

5.15.9

6.10.0

J. GAUPP & CO.,

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

HONGKONG."

CALDBECK,

(ESTABLISHED 1864)..

Now it is admitted that it is not necessary to formulate specific charges on extraði- tion proceedings, and, furthermore, that the unusual. What is required is that the MACGREGOR&C. Preferring of such specific charges is Magistrate shall be satisfted that the evidence produced against the ingitive is such as to try the committal of the nodused committed in the Colony, The Crows however, for the u

purpote presumably of informing the fugitive definitely of what he had to meet, elected to prefer specific charges, and the result has beer that long arguments have been addressed to the Court as if these charges had formed the subject of an indiet- ment. The duty of the Court on this point, is simple, and it is to ascertain whether there was evidence before the Magistrate upen which he could find it is not necessary to go further that an offence had been com- mitted by the fugitive in China according to our law which comes within the of extredition crimes.

The learned Counsel for

fugitive criticised severely the the

SOLE AGENTS,

FOR THE FAMOUS

as to BL WHISKIES

delegating to himself the functions of a jury, and to his failure to give effect to the ruling in Wong Ka Cheong, 1HK. LE. p. 22. Now the powers of a Magistrate under

Section 9 of the Chinese Extradition Ordi- GOLD LABEL AND WHITE LABEL

nance are the same as if he were hearing indictable offence under Section 78

ад

of

The

the Magistrates Ordinance 1890. powers of a Magistrave under the Extradi- tion dot are fully dealt with-in-the-notes in Biron and Chalmers and in Clarke on Extradition. Biron says, except for the limitation as near as may be the Magis trate has exactly the same powers as of he That were hearing an indictable offence. limitation means as near as may be consistent with the Extradition Act 1870. Apart from any limitation of the Magistrate's powers and jurisdiction expressed or implied in the Extradition Acts, = (Continued on Page 5.),

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