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SERIOUSNESS OF ENEMY

TRADING.

CHINESE FINED AT HONG KONG POLICE COURT.

THE MUTUM, TRADING COMPANY.

IDE IMBA

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY 7TH, 1916.

TMPRESSIONS OF

SCANDINAVIA.

DENMARK IN WAR-TIME,

THE Y.M.C.A. BUILDING BUND

FIFTEENTH LIST OF DONATIONS.

Messrs. Bradley & Co., Ltd. S 300.00 Mr. J. A Plummer

Gilbert Murray writes in the Westminer. J. F. Miller.

ter Gaiette:

Mr. F. Bovington Mr. T. W, Hill Mr. A. Miegowan

2.00

25.00

20.00 20,00 10.00

Mr. Grist That is 0. He has cstab- lished it for only a short, time now, and up to the present it has been a success.

In the witness-box defendant, replying to Me Hodgson, said he was trying to establish a business in the Colony under the style of the Mutual Trading Com pany. Ho had been in the Colony for As representing the Crows, I must seven months and was aware that Eng take a serious view of the case, because land was at war with Germany and It is necessary in the interests of the Austria and that it was not to the ad- British Empire to stop this sort of tradvantage of the British Empire to trade ing with the enemy, attempting to trade with Germany. He was in Hongkong, with the enemy, or assisting others to when he requested the first letter to trade with the enemy; or anybody corsent; this was the latter which got through responding in any way with the enemy," to an alien cuemy and was an endeavour said Mr. P. M. Hodgson, who prosecuteil to get these people to forward samples on behalf of the Crown in u, ense at the to America. When he received their reply compact and highly cultivated lifting, from the Manila Observatory="

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Magistracy yesterday in which Wah Chai Ching, of the Mutnal Trading Company, Old Post Office Buildings, Hongkong, was, charged with attempting to trade with the enemy firm of Ehlers & Co., Shang- hai, on May 27th and June 13th. The Crown Prosecutor added:-"We endeavouring throughout the British En pire to kill, i might almost say, the trade which the Germans had before the war, and this particular case of trade in dyes is a trade of which the Gerrans, as we all know, had almost a monopoly and it is such business as this that we are endeavouring to obtain, and it is of the atmost importance that everyone whether he be a British subject, or any onescking. asylum in this Colony trading under the

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Already acknowledged

400.00 101,743.00,

$102.143.00

TYPHOON WARNING

the American Consulate-General, Hong- The following telegrant was received by

An extraordinary feeling of change comes over the traveller between Malmo and Copenhagen, while the furry boat wriggles its way across the Sound, avoid- ing the Danish mines. It is not only the great untural differences between the two territories Sweden, a vist land of lake. and moor, forest and glacier, stretching away to Lapland and the Arctic Úircle, with an average population of rather less than 33 to the square miles; Denmark, he did not think he was doing any wrong, kingdom, with 178 inhabitants to the He`did not think it was wrong to cofres-square mile, and held together almost like

12 noon, July 6th.

pond with an alien enemy, but be know

an ancient City State by its splendid and and 10 degrees Lat. N., moving W/NW, Typhoon in about 110 degrees Long. E. it was wrong to trade with Ehlers & Co. mark is modern and contemporary, while

ancient capital. It is not only that Den Until the police said Ehlers & Co. were and the future; that Denmark is a land ARMED ROBBERS AT TAIPO Sweden seems to Boat between the past "on the list" ho was not aware that be of equality and democracy and general wealth, while Sweden is still aristocratio and conservative.

It has been reported to the Police tint which to Sweden is only a rather remote on Wednesday night, at the village of

It is that the war, object of great interest, and perhaps some Chung Uk Tsun, in the Talpe district, prey over Denmark. It is such a little three men armed with revolvers and chop- allurement hovering like a bird of land, so rich, so tempting: the balance of pers entered a house and attacked the advantage and disadvantage in tearing Defendant said he was quite innocent question for the crowding engles on the opium together. The people in the house, its heart out is really rather a delicate occupier and a friend who were anoking of any attempt to offend.

frontier. T

1 met no one in Sweden who seemed to had lime thrown into their faces. The were wounded with choppers and also. Mr. Horgion-Well, you won't de it me really afraid; the fear of Russia was again.

sometimes put forward for purposes of house was thoroughly, ransacked, and the argument, but it was not the sort of fear robbers got away with $20 in small coin, that blanches anyone's cheek. There were dislike of Russia, contempt for the also a few opium pipes, of the total value Russian Government, and an apprehen

could not trade with them).

Mr. Hodgson suggested that the fact that the defendant asked Ehlers & O tu correspond with him in Canton showed that he knew he was not doing the right thing.

Defendant No, sir.

Mr. Hodgson then addressed his wor

protection of this Colony-whether he be ship on the lines given above, and re- sion that if Russia became unduly strong of Buy. The police are searching for the

British or neutral-should be frustrated in any attempts to trade with the enemy in this way. If they do endeavour to trade, then quite rightly a very serious view is taken of it."

The case was an adjourned one on behalf of the defendant Mr. Grist ex- plained that he was a young Chisaman wh until recently was a student in

furring more particularly to the case he said that the man might or might not have known the strong legal aspect of the case, and possibly he did not know he was doing so much harm na ho really was. But it bad to be impressed upon neutrals in the Colony, especially the Chinese, that they could not do these things, and that they must observe the laws of the Colony, Trading with the enemy, of course, was not & new offence.

it was a very old and common-law offence Neither was it a local offence; it was an offence all over the world. Defendant he contended, scomed to have some idea that he was doing wrong, by the letters. which he wrote. He said that he was. merely treating Ehlers & Co, as agents for an American firm. From a legal point of view that, of course made a difference, Re-Mr. Hodgson) was of the opinion that the defendant went a little further than that, for the letters showed that he was trying to get some quotations from Ehlers & Co, and, in fact. the letters seemed to indicate that he was trying to establish a certain connection with the enemy Company. As to the possibility of being able to communicate with Ehlers & Co. from Canton, that did not exonerate him in any way. If he

in Europe the ultimate results would be injurious. But not fear. And similarly lar belligerent, Bat in Denmark there there was no real hatred for any particu were the genuine emotions, hatred and well-grounded fear,"

Denmark happens to be the one nation in Europe to which we have twice given Copenhagen and seized the Danish Fleet real cause of offence. We bombarded in 1807, not for any fault of the Danes, but merely because they refused to join

was otherwise going to be seized by Napo our Alliance, and we knew that the Fleet

leon. And in 1884 we led Denmark to

esperadoes.

LOCAL SPORT,

LAWN BOWLS:

CIVIL SERVICE. TAIKOG.·

The above League match will be played

on the Civil Service ground on Saturday.

Service: Messrs. J. Blake, E, H. Maer, The following will represent the Civil H. J. Stanley and C. Bond (skip); P. T. Lamble, J. Carr, A. Bower and W.. Fincher (skip); V. Hill, C. J. Tacchi, W. Woolley and E. W. Dawson (ship)

thought fully out, and Denota k will not, attempt to defend anything but her capi tal and the island on which it stanits.

There are three eventualities in parti-

cular that they fear. We might insist This would ruin them--unless, indeed, we on laiding troops on Danish territory,

could land half a million suddenly with out the enemy interfering. They must in defence of their neutrality take sides either be over-run like Belgium, or else

with their enemy against u A BIOTE subtle form of this same danger is the eraphy is here rather hard upon us. question of our entering the Baltic, Ger

narrow and shallow Sound Den-

Amerien, returning to this Colony about seven months ago. While in Amerien be commenced correspondence

post that we would defend her against with an Acurican firm who were dyers

Prussia on the question of Selleswig Holstein, and then failed to do so. But -and sellers of dyes, and when he proposed

it looks as if the old resentment was to return to China and to open a tannery

almost forgotten in the presence of perils more imminent and far more dreadful. in Canton the American firm informed

I rather expected beforehand that the him that Ehlers & Co. of Shanghai were

Danes might feel towards us much as the Bates in the Wood felt towards the Ruffian their agents in China. The defendant

who was of Milder Mood: But I under: had no money, and when he arrived in

rated their generosity.

The people whom I foot had their critic. China again some friends were going to

isms. They did not admit the whole of help him establish a business. Upon

neglected then, we did not read their our Press. They thought we rather arrival here he communicated with a

literature or study their antiquities number of firms in America with regard

nearly as much as the Germans, de, our to dyes. On May 27th, he wrote to Ehlers

trouble to reach their markets. One grest book-trad" did not take nearly so much & Co. and sent them some samples of

authority explained to my willing ears leather which he asked them to forward

that the English language had no chance of to America in order that they might be

countries until it reformed its spelling

competing with German in neutral icc ter & Co. replied to the

But real sympathy with the Allies Was The Baltic has only two entrances the effect that inasmuch as defendnal was

na.well as hatred of Germany. This sympathy blazed out in August last, mark and Sweden, and the Great Belt residing in an alien country they could

when our submarine E 15, which had run running through the middle of Denmark, not correspond with hin, but hoped to

aground and was lying helpless on the separating Zealand from Jutland. Both Danish island of Saltholm, was shelled are territorial waters, and both are do so whon conditions had assumed went to Canton to write letters to eny a German cruiser.

A Danish de mined; but only the Great Belt is deep. normal aspect. Defendant was unable to enemy firm in Shangbai with a view steamed straight between the cruiser and (The British submarines which got into

stroyer, with anhesitating gallantry

enough for the passage of battleships understand this, and very shortly after establishing business connections he was its prey; and when the bodies of the the Beltie, and the German ships which wards he wrote to Ehlers & Co. from Can still committing an offence under the for burial, the ship which carried them escaped the eyes of the authorities) fifteen slain Englishmen were sent home got out, evidently dodged the mines and ton. That was the whole of the corres Ordinance of 1016, section 52.

was simply smothered with Danish Now, if ever a detachment of our main pendence which passed. Defendant was

wreaths. It blazed out again when Bjorn Fleet determined to force its way into the under the impression that he was dealing

of a German news agency, attempted to The ships would have to steam right be Bjornsen, the actor, now in the employ Balife, there would be a crisis at once. with an American firm. The whole mis

Take

·-public speech on the war in tween the two halves of Denmark, sweep understanding had arisen on account of

Copenhagen and was hooted down. Anding up the Danish mines and treating Mr. Hodgson stated that the Crown 1 met at least one person in a high posi Denmark either as an ally or an encry the fact that the defendant had approach unly wished a serious view to be taken of tion in Copenhagen whose official neutral The second case is too horrible to think ed American firm through their such offences, and it was for the Magis life. The man I am thinking of told me right at the end of the war and was only aty did not go very deep into bis private of; and the first, unless our action came agents, who happened to be an alien

trute to say what the penalty should be with glee how a certain learned German the pursuit of a beaten opponent, would enemy firm, and he (Mr. Grist) thought and to say whether, in view of the evid-had come up to him with smiles, holding again bring the Germans over the border. it might be argued whether that

out both his hands, whereupon my

The third danger is the greatest, be- ence, an offence had been committed or Dans had immediately clasped his behind enuse it depends on Germany more than really constituted an offence. The depot. It would be wrong to say that the his back, and said grimly, What do upon us The man of business whom I fendant was not attempting to trade with Crown looked upon such a happening of the German was something reasonably Denmark is full of dairy farms and other you want 1”. On hearing that the desirs mentioned was very earnest about it. the enemy; he was endeavouring to trade with leniency. Of course they did not. and legitimate he had said, "My ser agriculture; full of butter and cream and with an American firm, through agents

Mr. Wood said it was rather difficultant will attend to you, and so the pigs and cattle and all the things that who happened to be alien enemies. He

interview ended. (

Germany particularly wanta.. to fix a penalty.⠀⠀

the Danes, in due pursuance of their did not think there was much in that

treaty with us, export them zealously else- from a technical point of view, but there

where. The exact facts I do not protend to know, but it is certain that Danish was from a practical point of view.

farm produce comes mostly across the seas Defendant was also under the impression

Germany. Of course there is some tra to as, although the farmer could get a nearer market and far higher prices-in- ing with Germany, both leit and illicit,

an

Mr. Wood intimated that he would convict the defendant of attempting to trade with the enemy,

Mr. Grist remarked that it was the frst case of its kind so far as Chinese

were concerned.

And

The fact is, you cannot earnestly hate and dread the Germans without feeling people who are resisting them and say some love and gratitude towards the ing you from them. But it is not merely Mr. Word mid that probably defendant and the sea-murders and the Pan-German that the Danes know all about Belgium that it was not an offence to correspond did not realise the serioumess of the programine, and have seen some of the with an alien enemy; he knew it was thing which he did, but people had to script Schleswigers in the German Army Jet as there is some leakage through the

heartrending letters which the con wrong to attempt to trade with an enemy be made to realise the seriousness of it.

have managed occasionally to smuggle

blockade. (The Danes say, not so muc If he had been of the opinion that it was the penalty to be imposed, however, mut unless I am deceived by Danish polite cro

through to their relations. It is 180, as through Holland, and the Dutch way,

more.). Copenhagen certainly wrong to correspond with an alien enemy he sufficient to make other such peopless, that they realise how moderately crowded with non-Danish persons of com- from Hongkong he could easily have gone in the Colony realise what they were to Canton and corresponded from there.doing, and to prevent them following the the sea for over a hundred years, we have not very obvious; but that is true of all--

same course. He would impose a fine of $500.

SCCIES

has used her strength. In command of and decently, on the whole, Great Britain nercial habits, and sometimes of unpre

possessing appearance, whose business is never touched or even threatened the the large neutral towns. The problem colonies of the weaker Powers, Denmark, simply is: at what point will it become Holland, or Portugal: we have never shut profitable for Germany to take on

their settlers. abstacles in the way of their traders or their ships out of our harbours or put another small and easy war and incur a more absolute overses blockade, for the We are reaping a rich sake of the food supplies of Jatland,

which

he can seize in twenty-four hours reward now in the goodwill of neutral countries for our long-continued

desperation by some intolerable tighten mg of the blockade or some excessive strain upon her neutrality, to decide that-- sinen she must be ruined either way, English than by the Germans. she would sooner be conquered by the

KANG of unaggressiveness and Free Traded again, for Denmark, driven ta

That would be quite simple. The defend ant had no particular sympathy with either side in the war. If his sympathies were German or Austrian then his offence tive would be if his client did not pay Mr. Grist inquired what the alterna would be a serious one, but he was a national of a neutral country and bad no

His client, be added, had no money and interest in either side. His client was a

no property.

young man in business, and was very anxious to get on in the world. There had beer, he contended; no attempt to trade with the enemy, for the defendant was suficiently well-informed to realise that such a happening would have very serious consequences.

Mr. Wood said the alternative was three months' imprisonment, but he would allow time for the money to be found it the defendant could come forward with

a satisfactory-bond.

But of course, the Danes are nervous A well known sayant and a leading busi a man cplained their fears to me a length Nobody fears that we mean any mischief to them, but they do fear that we may be inconsiderate and indirectly, Denmark, an upright government, and a We have a good political position m through impatience or recklessness, in- PRINCESS AND Y.M.C.A. HUTS

volve them in the fate of Belgium. The German militarism and look to our vie passionately friendly people, who detest German army is amped on their land Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, frontier, and the Gongan navy cruising tory as their only chance of continued president of the Ladies Auxiliary Com-long their eastern coast. And if war things one learns by stndy is that no independence. But one of the dreadful Mr. Hodgson said the only question was mittee of the Y.M.C.A., has recently

érme, lena hafaen we could give them any political position is absolutely fool- as to what was the Mutual Trading Com-returned to London after a three weeks effective help, all Denmark except Copen proof. Let us hope that our foreign pany. He understood that the defendant

tour in France, where she visited the hagen and Zealand would be in German policy will remain in the same wise and was the Mutual Trading Company.

Y.M.C.A. hats in all the base camps, as. hande The military problem has been well na many of the military hospitals.

temperate hands that guide it now, and Continued on sert Column) the future is safe.

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