THE SWATOW HOTEL FIRE.
CLAIM FOR INSURANCE.
F. N. Hyde in II.M. Supreme Court at Shanghai is claiming from the Royal Insurance Co. $19,459 for loss and damage caused by a fire which broke out on plain- tiff's premises, the Swasey Ilotol, on Au- gual 26th, 1014. The house and contents er covered by a fire insurance policy
dated December 22nd, 1802.
Mr. Wilkinson-Can you imagine a lady in the position of the late Mr. Hyde, who owned some property, not having a considerab'e amount of jewellery?
Witness I cannot say.
Did you consider when you heard of the jewellery that it was non-existent or that it had been taken away? When I saw Mrs. Sellevold after I got the claim, I had ny suspicions. She said her mother had put the jewellery into a box before she went to Hongkong, but when I asked her
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Mr. H. P. Wilkinson and Mr. H. what the box was like, she did not know. method, as any on as large a scale to be. O. Blocker
Browett appeared for the plaintif, the defendants bing represented by Mr. R. N. Macleod.
The Board of Trade Journal, though it is devoted, for the most part, to the dry bones of trade statistics, sometimes contains articles of almost romantic inter- est. In the current number, for instance, Mr. E. S Alder we find a description of the frontier trade Mr G. E. Anderson between Chins and Tibet. Between these Mr J. H. Baring two aucient and mysterious countries a Hr1. Beckingeale traffic is carried on which must surely bars 9. K. Belilios 38 antiquated, both in material and Me C. D. J, Bell
Mr L M. Heyingh found in the world. The centre of the Mr E. Bopp whole trade is the remote town of Techienlu, which is situated exactly on the border, both racial and political. Here large Chinese firms exchange their goods with merchants who come in once districts to do business. The means of transport are primitive, onsisting on the Chiness side of coolies, and on the Tibetan of indigenous yaks, ponies, mules, and donkeys, The goods which are exchanged are not like those that very particular inquiry as to the jewel thing which they very seldom did he felt European merchants bring to ancient Mr & Mr H. C.
it his duty to bring the matter into Court countnice newly visited by Western civili- Mr. Macleod said that that concludodation, but rather resemble those which
Wa gave a few days ago a report of the first day of the trial.
May 28th.
Mr. Wilkinson--Did you toally under- stand that a person who was assisting in a fraud, and at the same time carefully looking after her own interests, would be foolish enough net to be prepared for that? The witness said that there was no that at one time the jewellery, had belong ed to the late Mrs. Hyde. When he got back to Hongkong he consulted Mr. Mac- lead, and told him that he thought the case was one of fraud, and that, however distasteful it was for them to fight it-a
Mr. C. A. O'Neill continued his conccalment on the part of the plainfiit a year from Tibet and from the frontier Capt L. Cassel
examination-in-chief, and in answer to Mr. Macleod, ho stated that Mr. Hyde while the witness was in Swatow, told him that the property was his, and that he had not included any property which belonged to anybody else.
He made a
lery, in view of what Mrs. Sellevold had told him that it was her'. Hydo said he
He
the rooms.
Mr. G., Bouman Me A. R. Bilock Mr. Geo. Drinkworth Mr & Mrs B. Brodsky Mr. H. Balmer Mr B. Catlin Mr. Cheethan Mr & Mr F. E. Davis Mr & Mrs Dertcans
and family Miss M. E. Daffy Elzenfels Mr W. Ehrhardt' Mr E. Erensen
Fielding Dr Flawillows Cept & Mm E. M.
French and child Mr T. J. Devideon Mr Denman Falier MF J. G
Mr E. M Joseph Mr S. M. Josoph Mr. Joseph Mr ML. T. Jones Mr H. Jones Mr J. A. Kay Mr C. Leyseco
Mr.O. T. Lloyd
Dr & Mrs O. Marriots
Mr W, McKinstry
Mr J. Marecki Mr B. K. Mehta
Mr & Mrs C. E
Me or Mr G. 9..
G.9 Middleton
Mody Mrs J. H. N. Mony. Capt G. Morse Mr WR Neighbour Ma H. Nickleson Mr & Mrs 1. Nicklesen Mr J. Ormiston Mr H. H. Fegg
Mr A. J. Pitcher
Mr. J. Quin
Mr E. H. Ray
Lt. Col. & Mrs Rayner
RANC
Miss F. Reay
Mr N. M. Robertson Mr. J. P, Rowell
Am A. G. Smith
Mr W. H. Smith
Mr V. Sor y
Mr J. Speed
Mr 8. Bieskmest
M&Mrs J. W. Taylor Mrs W. M. Thompson
“same time pointing to the first im on the exception of evidence regarding the value Tarshish. From Tibet the chief export Hr & ME I N. Bra J, A. Randall
was sure that the jewellery was his, at the the evidence for the defendants with the Solomon's ships may have borne from Mr R. Faimnie
of the things which were anlved. His musk, which was exported to the value cinin-one engagement ring, 8900 and thought it would be better if his lordship of £75,000 in the year 1913. It in sold at
Witness fur- remarking that it was his.
a price of about twenty-four shillings an since. The only other Tibetan commo- ther asked the plaintiff to suppose that would see the salvage, because it showed
dity sold to an important extent is gold. if he realized on the whole of the jewellery the state of the furniture which was in
His lordship said he would rather hear but the amount produced is very small the sum he had claimed, 82,700, he would feel justified in keeping the money. replied that he would-No-reterence was the yalner, and L. E. Cooke, of Messrs. compared with the output of wor
Noel, Murray & Co, was then called. He countries. From China there are Dr & Mix Glaister made at that time to a letter purporting stated he had had twenty-five years' ex-received in exchange large quantities of Me V Goaltourn to be from Mrs. Sellevold giving the
perience in valuing, and he had been rebrick tan, which is sold at the low rate Mr & Mrs J. Gould plaintiff the jewellery,
The witness continued that be asked the quested by the Royal Insurance Co. to of 2.9 pince per English pound. Mr. C. L. Goodrich
| Cupt T. P. Hall plaintiff if he had any doubt about the valne some furniture at present in his smaller amount of trade is done in silks Me H. L. Grifiths
firm's salesroom. He was informed that and cottons. Such is the commere con- Mrs W.-A.
Hannibal His lordship You had no doubt at that it had been brought from Swatow. He ducted between the country described in
had made out a list of the present value Kim" and Chine, which is endeavour Mr A. Hanson Witness-I had; Mr. Hyde couldn't of the articles and also what they would ing to pass at one step from the ways of Mr N. E. Hawdon
cost when new. They were not muction antiquity to those of the twentieth Hon. Mr E.A. Hewett, prices. If they were, they would be century. We are told, however, that the reduced by a third. There was a claim prosperity of Tachiel as a martMr W. J. Hodge for $600 in respect of the bar. but this almost at an end. The trade of Tibet is Mr A. H. Hollings Mr & Mr H L H.
Plain going now
to India, which has the
White MrF. W. White was, in his opinion, excessive. tenk was Ns. a foot, and carved teak advantages of proximity and later Mr L N. How
| Mr Irving
Mr G. G. Wood was Tls afoot. Judging from the claim, markets the furniture in the hotel at the time of the fire must have been of exceptionally superior quality,
amount claimed.
time
aigned it.
out
The
Witness thought that the de
said he made a careful search, and took particular notier to see if there were traces of the things claimed tor, particularly crockery, brass cuspidors, brass Enger- howls, wines, aerated water bottles, etc. He estimated that there must have been something like 2,000 bottles when the fire The glass und during the search of the debris, the witness stated,
occurred.
His lordship--Would the best local With regard to furniture come to that cestt-The best Fuhtec's could do. remnants of glass bottles, etc., being found in the debris, the witness said he tity. He knew of no use to which molten- would expect to find a considerable quan- glass could be put except for putting on the top of walls to keep the cats away,
In cross-examination, the witness said the place to put the best Furniture in
(Laughter)...
WASTAGE IN ARMOURED CRUISERS.
A TYPE NOT NEEDED.
$25,00
worth
Mr & Mrs Allen Mr J-Benhamn Mr G. Bird
GRAND
Mr & Mrs A. B. Crow. Mr A. Dunrich Mr. A. von Dyke Mr A. W. D. Gible ....... Mr B. James
Cooke
Mr A' L Troy
Dr & Mrs H. de Valin
Mr J. G. Ward
Mr C. E. Watkins
Mr & Mrs B. Webb
Mr & Mr. A. Weill
and family
HOTEL
Mr G. von Lanc Mr W. Leokey Mr. P. G. Molen
Mr R. Puls
Mr C. Puttenau
Mr G. W. Reynolds -
Mr F. G. Rooze.
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MFT. Tudd
Mr V. D. Vilde
· Mr B. H, Wright
King Edward Hotel.
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Mr J. Lennox
Miss Lemoor Major D. Macdonald
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Mr A. D M&G Onthoys
W. C. Passmore
Penning Mr H Radford Mrs RA. Ramsay Mr & Mr Richardson,
bring any prosis, or tell me where he had got the goods from, and I wished to give him an opportunity of modifying it if he
I couldn't pick wished to any
particular item. I did not bind him hard and fast want Lo to the claim as he had written it, seeing that he had said he had difficulty in making it. The plaintiff refused, with an air ef finality, to produes any vou chers, and witness told him that that brought matters to a deadlock. Ho asked him if he would be prepared to sign a de- claration to the effect that he had made all possible inquiries locally, and that he
The Naval Correspondout of The Times, was perfectly satisfied in his own mind that the goods claimed for were on the
ementing on the fact that another Mr C. Johnson premises, and that the amounts were fair
armoured cruiser had been lost to the Allies Me W. H. Lacusy He said he was per-
by the sinking of the Lion Gambetta, said Mr A. Landen - and reasonable.
The fortune of war is dealing mather hardly Mr B. Leon fectly willing to sign the declaration; in fact he was willing to swear to it. witness drew up a declaration, and Hyd would be the bar--the place of business.with this class of vessel, for all the Powers engaged except Austria havo lost whips. Mora. armoured craisers, Mr. Wilkinson then opened the plain- belonging to it. claration would bring him to his senses.tiff's case, and upon his mentioning the indeed, have been sunk or otherwise rendered and put things before the plaintiff so that question of the defendants having made ineffective, in proportion to the numbers in Mrs R Amend ho could not possibly have any doubt ont a case of fraud, bis lordship said that the fleets concerned, than is the case with Mr & Mr W. H.
Bettison about the matter.
With regard to the debris, the witnessfraud could be based on excessive valuany other type. This wastage in large
and also on a disinclination to furnish for the respective navies as might be Mr W. Baigo tien, and there was certainly evidence,cruisers is not, however, so sericus a matter Er 0. W. Brown information, and there was a good deal suggested by the mere figures. It is most Mr Peale & child unlikely that any of the lost vessels will be MAMA. Claxton of proof of that, without going further. replaced. Ever since the advent of the Mr.L. Ocake
Mr. Wilkinson went very briefly into Dreadnought ers, the armoured cruiser hasators G. M. & J. F.
M F. Cooke the evidence that would he called on become more or less a redundant type, whose behalf of the plaintiff, and said it was functions have been usurped by the battle- extremely difficult for Mr. Hyde to make cruiser on the one land and the light cruiser Me à. Course out a detailed statement of the contents on the other. The experience of the war has Mr F. F. Dockworth of the hotel at the time, because, with the shown that it was A
way in adopting Dutton
·would not amount lo mere than 100 quart | exception of two short visits, he had not | British Admiralty led the thing that the Mr & Mrs G. A. Mr W. Richardson bottles. He did not see any traces been in Swatow for a long time. There the battle-cruiser design instead of the con- ts A. Fey The claim for creekery had been no evidence to show that the tinuing to build armoured cruisers, such as had Kr C. Filz
for Mr A. A. Fyfe molte glass, wae vay considerable, but traces of only
something like 15 years. The armoured cruiser a small quantity were found. No jewel-Plaintiff would not have been satisfayl 6gured in the shipbuilding programs. K. Hazlitt~~ Bery was found, and the entres of threewith what the Insurance Co. thought was
a proper amount. The claim
His lordship There is only this, that disk fans were found. was forfra desk-fans-and-two
Mr. Wilkinson said this could not be ceiling fans. While the witness was in he refused a 75 per cent offer. Swatow, he wrote Mrs. Sellevold a accepted, as it excluded the jewellery, letter asking her to meet him with regard Mr. O'Neill must also have got a wrong to the jewellery, but he received a reply to the tent that she was ill and could not impression about Mrs. Bellevold's illness,
because medical evidence would be pro-contmerce protector. sre anybody. Later in the day the witnessduced that she was ill at the time.
In the afternoon, Mrs. Sellevold gave saw her walking in the street,
The witness was cross-examined by Mr evidence, She detailed the circumstances
He said Wilkinson in the afternoon. that Mr. Hyde insisted on the full amount of the fire at the botel and said she escaped in her night clothes, and was of the claim all through, and he was not unable to save pay of the effects at all.
He made The following morning she went to the feature of the armoured craiser design wat Bowdler prepared to arrange matters. to plaintiff an offer of 88,200 after the hotel, which was still burning, and the the ship of the line. The fundamental idea; Mr P. R. Butler débris had been turned over, asd with all saw a number of coolies actually inside underlying the policy was to attack, not Dr. E. Bryan the suspicions in his mind. Mr. Hyde, the building. One of her hoys caught a the armed ships of the enemy, but his Mr H. A. Cartwright in all his jott rs, mentioned the difficulty coolie in the act of stealing something merchantmen; the armoured cruiser was to Mr & Mrs Carmichael he would meet with in making a list of the from the debris. She did not know the operate primarily on the trade routes. Yet Me F. W. Cary
it has been seen that it has not proved its Mr&Mrs C. D.Caselli cause of the fire, she thought it was caused contents of the hotel. The plaintiff all
value for such work. It was not fast enough Mr Cousinad through was unwilling to begin a detailed by the electric wires. Mr. O'Neill never elaim, and it was only made through pres asked her about the jewellery, and she to deal decisively with the German raiders; Col. Darling R.E. sure by the witness. He did not as the did not tell him that she could not re- its preponderance of gun power, compared Mr. S. Davies plaintiff to swear the claim in order to lay member what sort of a box the jewels were to the latter, was scidoni effective and its a trap, but he wanted to give him every in. She had there in her room, and they amoured protection was unnecessary.
were there two days before the fire. She opportunity of correcting it
saw them there, and was positive about The Court adjourned until next day."
it May 27th. O'Neill
his evi continued. Mr.
The case was adjourned until next day. Jenco, and in cross-examination by Mr. Wilkinson said that when he was in an Swatow, Mrs. Sellevold's own story was that her stepfather, the plaintiff, had GERMANY AND KIAOCHOW.
has not been shown to have any definite Hr S. Hashimoto place in the strategical plan of the war. It Hr A. Honking
Mr & Mrs H. E.
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is without the armament of heavy guns and Mr & Mus J. Hanker the protection necessary to fulfil the role of ở Hu Wm.
Jackson the battle-cruiser, or, in other words, to engage the enemy's ships of the line until Me J. Joseph reinforcements could come up, and it has Mrs Lambert
In the essential год not suthcient speed to act as a successful Mr & Mr U. Lauret. Mr & Mrs J. H elements of fighting capacity the armoured Mr W. D, Le cruiser has been left behind by the important developments of the last ten years. These developments, it is now generally admitted,
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have been the result of a truer appreciation of the actual needs of war. The essential Mr & Mas W. Arm-
strong sacrifice of fighting power to mobility in
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Mr F. A. Haseland Mr & Mn B. A. Halo: Mr A. Hardman Major Faiohine Lt. Col. Gordon Hall,
B.A.M.O Will the great wars of the future be morn Me 8. A. Hind than ever wars of artillery, and will our Mr & Mrs C. Ium-
phrey possession of sufficient artillery, render conscription needless in these islands? This Mr & Mrs W. 0.
Humphreys more or less deserted his wife, that he was
Count Reventlow, the well-known Ger- fascinating question is raised by Mr. Berunrd living in Hongkong, and that she went
man commentator, contributes a remark Houghton in a paper appearing in the MT. J. B. Johas down to Hongkong for the express pur-
Fortnightly Review. Mr. Houghton contends Mr Lae Jones pose of fereing him to make over the able leading article to the Deuter that even this war, despite its call to the
Mr. Hyde, Tagezeitung on the position in the Far whole of the hotel to her. when he arrived in Swatow, had no money, East, Japan, he says, has taken Kian manhood of the whole nation, may for as and Mrs. Sellevold bad paid for the place.com, and today-wa-may-express-an fuzish a valid argument against conscription. he proceeds, there be one result moro The story impressed the witness as being opinion which previously could not be
decisive elect which modern artillery true. The result, continued Mrs. Beile- uttered, because things were in toe then another that has emerged, it is the vold, was a compromise by which the delicts a state. The German territory exercises. From the fort-shattering siege gun of Kino-chow could only have been to the murderous mitrailleuse, artillery has plaintiff made over half the interest. Mrs. assured by a well-prepared thoroughly dominated the modern battle, as stear-driven Ryde went to a solicitor af made over worked-out and reciprocal
treaty martilleryis expensive, and ammunition dominates the modern factory. Mr. Sal between Germany and Japan.
We Now overything to her daughter. levol'd also told the witness that Mr. Hyde regret
we regretted in 1014 for it is expensive, but it does not require was trying to deprive her of her share, that on the part of Germany the oppor for its service large masses of men. It but he could not say whether she said the tunity to come to an agreement was not is essentially a weapon for a wealthy nation. plaintiff was trying to sell the hotel. She taken advantage of We never failed to England is such a nation. What, then,
hint at the matter. M. Sugimura, the there to hinder us in fatare from maintaining gave him dearly to understand that it was very essential to keep the document last Japanese Ambassador in Berlin, left an army not perhaps exceeding to a great Berlin a month before the war, regretting degree the army Bitherto established, but which she had, and to assert her own interests. She could not trust herself that his wishes in this direction could not with an enormous preponderance of artillery
Germany has no reason As afoat our pre-eminence in gun power to the tender mercies of her stepfather.be realised.
The witness continued that the objec whatever to regret Japan's action if holds the sea-for the modern warship is but Eastern Asia were entirely freed from the marine battery-so on land lat it be our tions of the Insurance Company with re-
economic influence of the white race.
pride and I our safety to support an artillery gard to the jewellery were three in num-
which in numbers and efficiency may keep ber; viz., that it was not there; that there
us easily supreme a conflict with the was too much claimed for, and that it did
loughtiest foe. Our infantry are still man not belong to the plaintiff. When the President Wilson bas- signed an execu- for man the finest in the world. Before the safe was opened, it was found to contain tivo order changing the name of Culebra sabres of our cavalry the German horsemen a gold watch, some money, and porcelain ent in the Panama Canal to Gaille have fled in panic. Let our artillery, then, Mrs. Sellevold in honour of the late Colonel D. D. Gail-only become as terrible in number and and silver oriraments. said shy wanted to salve the ornaments, lard who died from disease contracted material as our warships, end we shall hold but she did not mention her mother's while a member of the Isthmian Canal in check, on land equally on the sco, the
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