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IMPRESSIONS OF PEKING, PORCELAIN AND POLITICS. [BY FROMESSOE MIDDLETON SMITH.)
Very few Europeans have been privilege to have a bird's-eye view of the Capital
THE BONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPZEMBER 21ST, 1915,
As you draw near to Moscow, the golden
roofs of the chifreles' catch" your eyes" It you only passed through Peking you would always remember the gates.
It isn't really the gate that calls for; comment, but the pagoda-like structurs! which is over 2. Hame royal (personage, of China from the top of the Cool Hevidently had a passion for gates and The writer has to thank u Chinese friend Jurches
CORRESPONDENCE- HEARING OF EVIDENCE IN CAMERA.
"HONGKUNG
[TO THE EDITOR OF
DAILY PRESS."]
Bin,In answer to the grievance or your A correspondent who sigus himself Chinese Justice" and to his unwarrants for obtaining the necessary permission. A hops some of them were used as a shelterable attack on the administration of Justice
They look very preity; and per
HONGKONG CRIMINALIOS ÁTN
SESSIONS.
"The September. Criminal Sessions were the opence yesterday morning at Suprema Court, before the Chief Justice, Sir William Rees Davies, there being sero cases on the calrudar, involving sixteen prisumers.
RETURNED BANIABEL PUNISTED.
Wong Ming, alias Wong Chung-kam,
dozen years ago a serious-looking velestial for the guards who manned the walls. But in British Courts, may J. as one of those leaded guilty to a charge of disobediener i
studied in the University of London. Most the majority were surely erected for "look One is inclined to Tayour a`monar- of us were surprised to hear him say that see."
He is nei vet fortychy if the result is je maku n city beautiful he was married. years of age, but he is now a grandfather. There is only on chnice if the overheni Moreover, he is a not altogether unimport railways of America represent the spirit ant official in Poking, with the fortunate of a Republic. reputation of a Conservativo. Even in Lon- don, this thoughtĩnì son of Han used to talk about the splendid views from the vity wall of the capital of China,
outlook from the Coal Hill is simply won- derful.
N
THE TEMPLE OF HEAVEN.
who was present at the hearing of the Case, mentioned in the letter, state the facts?
of the Deportation Ordinance.
The Attorney-General (e Hoa. Mr. J. H. Kemp) said the man was convicted of stealing on June 26th, 1911, and banished on the completion of his sen tance, for five years. He returned before the expiration of that time and on Angust 24th, of
last year, he WAR sentenced to six months' imprisonment for bresch of the deportation order. He was banished again for two years and bad
In the first place, the charge was not of of indecent assault, but something for more seriona. Secondly the case was not heard There are three expeditions to be made in camera, only the evidence if the child, man of 22, had made a full, and coruplete outside the city walls. The Summer Pai-girl of 14-and that after the prisoner, a But the Lace is one.. The Dowager Empress tra
confession, versed the twelve or fifteen miles in ä
I may say that the child actually looked | again returned. barge. The "Od Bhudda" was fond of
about 12 years old, and, as I have previne»- Our
Soway, a flour occurred, demolished When the Forbidden City was designel, water pieniis and expeditions.
Itly stated, the so-called goath was 22. party of three went in a motor car,
much for the love affair" nuntimed by his house and drowned his parents. He the military instincts of the Emperar lal
would be worth using shank's pony to see
returned to the Colony to find his wife him to specify that it must be surroundel
and get some money to rebuild his house. by a moat. Iz is quite obvious that if exca the Summer Palace, expiceinlly if you were your correspondent
as lucky as the writer, and had as a com
He has found his wife when he was vation is carried out on such a scale as ta
arrested. make a most round a cily, there must bepanian one whose memory semed fall
Eith Treminiscences of China's worlurful Em great deal of sarth to carry away.
leave.
the Emperor, or his architect, hit upon the press. The Summer Palace faces a lake, happy idea of making a hill, which should and the larus was in bloom as we looked
down upon it. form part of the Emperor's park, and ci able him to overlook the Royal Palace. 1 is now pointed out to the visitor as the spot selected by one of the Emperors of China He certainly had a good to hang himself. view of the earth two was so anxious
As be was suspended from the roof of the summer house on the top of the Coal Hill, he could see the faingus Forbidden City, the Imperial City, the outer city, and, if it is not too gruesome, we can ima- gine him swinging round to catch a glimps of the pagoda-like structure at the Temple of Heaven and the beautiful old Summer wince which the barbarians subsequently destroyed.
WANTED A GUIDE BOOK.
When you visit Moscow or Chicage, or any other European or American city of any importance, you find it impossible to evade guides and guidebooks. They may exist in Peking, but they are not at all well More than one of the Europeani know residents replied to my enquiries for such a book that he was seriously thinking of
It is to be hoped that fu writing one. justice will be lune to such a delightful subject.
It is true the prisoner was poor, and t
ed to employ a Solicitor he would have is further true that could he have afford-
brew advised that unless te pleaded-guilty. to the crime with which he was charged, it could, by no possible means, have been brought home to him and thus it would money controlling
have been a case of " injustice."
The prisoner said that while he was
His Lordship tulit the quisoner that if his story were true, his wife
couki have remitted the money to
Canton His lordship sentenced the prisoner to eighteen months' hard labour,
first
ROMERY.
The Temple of Heaven is within a re a ride of Peking. There is a circular
Young Ching Pu. Leung Lau and Shun building with roofs covered with vidlet tiles,
It is difficult to know what your curres-Pu were charged with robbery on August It is shut up, but the curious'
tiny lik
Thpondent is really annoyed at. It cannot 21st at a house, 8, Lu On Lane, and through the cracks of the door.
The prisoners pleaded guilty. The chairs and the flags and the desks are just be that he wanted to hear the nauseating nesaulting a woman with intent to rob.
Attorney General suid
than prisoner Was arrested coming as the Commit'er left them at its last sit details, it also seems unlikely that he is
out of
house, the "
the For in this building the dreamers a friend or relation of the acensed man
second arrested 01) the information ting. were once drawing up a constitution for inasmuch as he dues not state so in his
letter, and I am convinced that so highly of the first, and the third was arrested un information given by the first two. the great Republic of China
It is really a beautiful park, this pince principled a mon as your correspondent The only evidence against the third, was that is called a Temple. You may wander must be, cannot be one of those persons his own stateret, Two knives-were
Unt: known as "Street Lawyers" and who is about among the groves of trees. recently anyone could find admittance annoyed`at losing a possible commission, Rumour states that one night a party ol1 begto nelose my card. Yours foith hoyant Americans selected this park for fully, a pivnic, Unfortunately they became su jubilant that they danced the Turkey-trst on the dias where Emperors.and a Presi dent have offered sacrifice to Heayou.. Such wanton desecration has made it acces sary to obtain permission to enter the grounds.
Across the road is another large park. containing the Temple of Agriculture.. La the buildings, the implements and vessels used by the Emperor and his attendants are arranged as in a museutu,
CORE ZETTL
It is good to notice a desire to preserve some of the beautiful buildings and the are
treasures,
My Chinese friend, the juve nile grandfather, was very proud of the museum within the Imperial City. Art treasures from the Palaces of Mukden and Jehol are stored within. The porcelain is very fine. There is a great deal of it, and the mouths of the collectors must water a they look at some of the rarer specimens.
SOLON.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG
DAILY FRESS."] S18.-With-reference to the letter by “À Chinese Juatics,” and to your remarks thereanent in regard to a case at the Magistracy recently, I wish to point out that your information is not wholly correct. The prejiminary stages of the "case were [not?] tried in camera and the proceedings were widely circulated in the Vernacular Press (especially the Kwang Daily". The reports were of the most indecent kind indeed so indecent that I wonder the Government ever allow ed them to be printed:
"Tui
I think the Magistrate was quite right
It is impossible to attempt a description of in shutting off the public from the hear
found, cae in the house and the other on the hill side, which the third prisoner clained as his.
In sentencing them to, six years' hard labour and fourteen strokes of the ent his lordship observed: You are a trio of You cane armed with knivės cowankis: to assault and rob this unfortunate wornuze
BEQUEL TO A PIRACY,
In the Second Court before Mr. Justice Gompertz, and a jury, Chan On and Pang Fu Chun, were charged with un lawfully betug in possession of goods stolen outside the Colony,
The first prisoner was found not guilty and discharged, but the second was sentenced to three years with hard' labour.
A BURB GARL
Thega table was strewn with ominous-looking bombs when Chang Ling Chi was charged with being in unlawful possession of explosives under suspicious circumstances.
The Crown Solicitor (Mr. P. M. Hodgson), prosecuted and Mr. F. Jenkin (instructed by Mr. Gardiner) defended.
Mr. Hodgson described the cream- stances under which the explosives were The prisoner was seen lay- discovered.
As far as it is possible to discover—some of the residents seem to be very vague about this matter-the general lay-out of the pro- sent city of Peking was due to the great Kublai Khan. It seems certain that a
soldier
was responsible for the main ideas. My Chinese friend, who has travelled widely in Europe and America, says that
and Macao Steamboat Co., followed by a any good.
coolie conveying a basket and a box. The Peking and Washington have this much
who iuspeted passengers A few words must be given to that most Whilst on the subject, I have noticed constable in common, they were both built before
many instances of cases appearing baggage and that the box and basket there was any population in their neigh-interesting phenomenon, the Britisher in
In Peking he seems to Le Chinese papers which are not fit for contained highly explosives matter, in- elading fulminate of silver, and also a bourhood. Unlike the City of Victoria, the Far East. which, following the land of Topsy, "just quite happy. Unless he is in the. Loga-reading and of which no mention whalev number of tubes which could be used for tion quarters he almost certainly lives jus made in the English dailics. Surely.
making detonators. In our honso built for a Chinese yamen, True there must be a law govoring the growed," Peking was designed.
to the tradition which rules East of Suos, publication of such matters and som: twentieth century desire for order, wa
he looks ira" at the Club at about 6-39 representation should be made to Govern-
ment if such publications do not Britons have recintly discovered a scienes
Commercial men, journalists, ser-
come called town-planning. The man who was vants of the Republic, members of the staff under auy Ordinance. Yours truly, responsible for Peking just did what Euru- of these Legations--all and sundry gather at the Club to discuss politios and the war. peans have been talking about.
It is rather a shock to find German periodi- cada in the reading-room, and to hear words which might be a portion of the Hymn of Hate-in-the-hall. But the Club is international, although English is the language most frequently heard.
a museum. But it is a duty to recommending, only it was done too late to be on the wharf of the Hongkong. Canton anyone interested in porcelain to go to Peking.
A PORTUESH, -Fa-the-days-of-bow and arrows, in that stage of precivilization before valiant war- riors had taught us the advantages of chlorine gas and bombs dropped from Zep pelims, the City of Peking must have been considered impregnauls. There is an in-
p.4.
It was a happy coincidenes that just after my arrival in Peking, Sir Charles Eliot received intimation that Fresident Yuan had decided to emulate the example of King Edward VII. and found a series of
kong.
A CHINESE RESIDENT.
"! MILITARY GROUND."
[TO THE EDITOR OF "HONGXÓNG DAILY PRESS.")-
SIR-Whilst fishing, yesterday in Kow loon between Macdonald's works and the detention camp, and distant from the latter over 250 yards, I was informed that I was
Expert evidence was given by Mr. Dovey, Government Analyst, who dait that the matter found in the prisoner's haggage was highly explosive and dan- gerous to carry about.
Answering Mr. Jenkin, witness said that if a person knew what these things were he would not carry them about in a careless manner, especially fulminate of silver.
In reply to his lordship Mr. Dovey also said that the Chinese used fulminate of silver in the manufacture of fireworks.
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nor square, called the Forbidden Cityscholarships in the University of Honz. encroaching and was a few yards with bombs; a favourite method with Chinese,
moat.
which is surrounded by a city wall and a Outside of this there is the larger aity, called the Imperial. City, also sure rounded by a wall. It is probable that the soldiers, necessary for a guard, lived in The walls of the Forbid this outer city. den City and those of the Imperial City are quite pretty. They are coloured pink and carry a sort of a roof of yellow tiles. They are not very thick, but when all the gates are locked even the walls of the Imperial City would have held up a fifteenth cen tury army for some little time.
the military ground, although there is no
The lukong who apprehended the man said that he did not make any attempt tu.
As in all capital cities, there seemed to mark to show where the military ground escape. Prisoner said that the bomb cases
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be many office-seekers in Peking. number of those in pilico and those out of
I have, however, seen many Chinese fish- office seemed to be Cantonese. Ir London there the permanent officials at the variousing at a much nearer distance to the cam Government offices. It would seem that, and their hoys playing there every after I think that the military authe in Peking the American system favoured. A Chinese official is in office justity should place a boundary fence so long as his own particular political board to show where their ground begin boundary at his pleasure to the incon party can keep him there.
venience and annoyance of the public.
A LOVER OF PEACE.
This generation of Britishers will re- member Ping on account of the Boxer rining. As you enter one of the gates at the British Legation wall, there is painte-1,
and explosives were given him by his brother.
Prisoner in the witness-box again affirmed that the bomb cases etc., were given to bind by his brother to take to
the country.
sulphuric acid, and not to kave it to private to fix the
held
Ilis brother alco said that the glass tubes, which really
contained medicine. The powders he was told were toothach
and the other substanes "facs When he asked his brother what the packages contained he was told not to ask so any questions, and that the contents would be useful when they
in a very unostentatious fashion, the words |KWANGTUNG FLOOD RELIEF got to the country.
Lest we forges" You may ment men in Peking to day who went through the Outside of the Imperial City there is another city-it is the city of Peking. Ou: horrors of the siege. It will rather spoil the impressions created by the Summer obtains the impression that the Imperial Palace and the Gates and the porcelain, city was built to contain within it the but it will make you realise that at the most unexpected times and places there comes Imperial pleasure grounds and the soldiers. the call to defend the helpless. The Eng The ordinary people lived outside of allishmen who died in the defence of their Legation gave up their lives for the sake this.
of the women and chilren.
A very high and very thick city wall
China is changing; the thunder of the surrounds the outer city,
All the streets iran horse and the noise of the motor ear are at right angles to each other, and a fer echoes in Peking. Not very many miles away are the mines and locomotive work are wide and imposing thoroughfares. shops at Targshan. It is always the Law In Chicago it is the overhead railways-the old and effete must give way to the new and effrrient Yet there is much that impresses one-unpleasantly. Io San that is beautiful which has been preserve i Francisco the Golden Gate stamps itself for centuries in Peking. Let us hope that upon one's memory.
When our soldiers whatever form of government is fashion- reach Berlin they will find the advantagesable in China, wanton destruction and that carelessness which leads to decay will never of that broad throughfare, the Linden. be permitted to spoil Peking
FUND.
The Tung Wal Hospital begs to acknowledge with thanks the following to the Kwangtung Flood donations
Relief Fund :— .
Chinese Consolidated Benero- Jent Association at Lás Angeles, U.S.A. Per Chinese Consolidated Bene-
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Biam...
Commerce, Ipoh.. Perak Chinese Chamber of Won Kew Yun Sit Tin, Van-
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book Already acknowledged
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In the course of his address to the jury the Crown Solicitor said that the Chinese knew more than we did about bombs. They read about them in the papers, how they were made and so in fact that they were" full of bombs.
Mr. Jenkin, at the outset of his address contraded
Crown that the Solicitor had no right to say that China- 600.00 men, were full of bombs, and that, should not be taken as showing that the man in the box was a man who was also full of beuibs. The habits of his race had 460.00 nothing to do with the man's guilt, He was of the opinion that the chick 117.00 question was whether the man, or boy was either a borb-runner of a "bochy" and he contended that everything which his client had done went to show that he was merely a "booby"; a very simple. follow who was quite incapable of being a bomb-runner.
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58.45
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The jury by a majority of five to two found prisoner guilty and sentence of 8543,890.45 three years' hard labour was passed.
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