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SUICIDE AT YAUMATI POLICE.
STATION.
PRISONER HANGS HIMSELF IN HIS CELL.
moose, stood on a bucket, attached the
then kicker! the bucket away,
Dr. J. T. Smalley spoke to seeing the body of a Chiamman in the Youmati
SWATOW NOTES.
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Twarow. July 2181.
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PERING, July 12th." CHANGING THE CONSTITUTIONÉ
NAVY LEAGUE, WAR
MEMORIAL" FUSD,
CAUSTIC COMMENTS BY THE LOCAL SECRETARY."
· Perhaps the most striking charige in-
The local Secretary of the Navy augurated by the new President under League, Mr. J. A. M. Willians, lys sont the influence of his political advisers is the following fetter de Miss Agnes M. the promulgation of a new systein in
Gibbons. Hon. Secretary of the Navy place of that established by Yang Sage War: Memorial Funds London :- kní. The mandate "rends - The titles of THE STAR AND GATE BUILDING FUND, provinces aughy the unified without closing a First of Exchange value £350, the civil and milliney Authorities in the Prams Mano-Further to my letter of
957, vtom. 1 ́now take pleasure in en offen festa series or con maxing, with the previous remittance, a officers in supeing command of people of Hongkong to the Navy League
System superior
5f-4700 subscribed for by the
evil officers in the provinces, litherio hitherto unlled (Chúng Chân shall here War Memorial Fund, in after be calleil Tu-Chin, and the highest
known as Hann An Su, shall hitherto be The organisation of the staffs of the said provincial autho- rities as well as their respective powers and duties shall remain unchanged for the time being." This means the blotting ont of Yann Shih-kai's institutions designed to facilitate the adoption of the monarchy.
THE BITER HIT A Chinese who was detained' at the
Moh Su-lin has not yet succeeded in Faumati Polio Station in connection repressing disturbers of the peace. The with complaints of having secured rivers are by no means secure for jewellery, and money by false pretences travellers. However, a few days ago a was found hanging in this cell at mid-hand of robbers over-reached themselves: night on July 15th. He had torn a long they got into a Mientu ferry boat, which piece of material from his vest, made an Kitang. Their character was quite was taking a considerable sum of dollars
material to the electric light guard, and by the beaten, but the
latter, unknown to the robbers, were well their weapons. When the boat was well armed and quite expert in the use of
on its way the gang, at what they cen- polic: mortuary on the morning of the sidered a favourable opportunity, sud called Sheng Chang.. 18th in. There were marks on the neck of the deceased, and the cause of deathdenly attacked the head boatman and killed him. The other boatinert, however, was usphyxia, the result of hanging. The string produced was quite sufficient acting in concert, overpowered the robbers to produce asphyxia. The post-mortem and bound them and conveyed them in examination showed that death was quit anfely to the Kiyang magistrate. This gang may have been the same which foreign parties travelling up river,
few nights previously attacked the
have not yet learned if that is so.
speedy.
Detective Sergt. Wils, who is stationed ok Yaunti, said the man had not been charged; he was detained pending in- quiries into a complaint made against “him of obtaining jewellery and money by false pretences. Dogeased admitted having received the many and jewellery, which, he said, he took to Canton, Witness ordered the nunn to be detained in the calls until the following day. He _did_not_sre-degrased—until about nid night of the same day, and then the juan was dead. Witness saw the deceased suspended in his call and ordered him to be cut down. The string by which deceased was suspended was threaded through the meshes of the wire guard placed around the electric light in the cell. This was about seven feet from the ground, and the deceased had apparent I used the bucket in his cell to reach the light guard,
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The fund would have done considerably better but for the fact that there exists in Hongkong a Central Fund for War Charities, and the Committee of this fid, seeing that the people took a real interest in the Star and Garter" Fund, awoke from a temporary slumber and included this fund in their list of doles.
I widerstand they have sent home £1,350 to the "Star and Garter," but not, so far as I know, hypotheented to the Navy, as was our object,
is a healthy sentiment to make their offerings direct to a Memorial to the Navy to which they owe so much, and to these our small Fand appeals.
had hopes that, in addition to provide When I wrote. the letter, ssf 21st June,
ing a room and furnishing it, we could find £1,000 for endowing it. I now 19 by the Navy League Journal for June you have been interand that the cost of emlowinien is £2.000. 1 cannot hope to reach this amount by September next, will you please regard yourself At liberty te apply the Co eat either partly to building und furnishing and The most interesting of the new appartly to your endowment fund, or pointments under this minndate are Tsai wholly to endowment as you think it. A, the originator of the revolution, us military governor of Szechuan: a Yang Ting as military governor of Kwantung Chen Yi, a military gov THE CONSTITUTIONAL UPHEAVAL,
ernor of Han; of Lung Chi Kwong as Our social life has been disturbed, too, Liang Kuang, etc.
Director General, of Mining Affairs of The "redoubtable by an imminent battle between Lung Chi-Chang Hsun is confirmed Ta Chan of kwong's forces and those of Moh Sa-lin, Ta. Chm of Kiangsi.
Andori, while Admiral Li Hana breomes our Brigadier.. The latter refused in
THE PUNISHMENT" CRY, any way to submit to the former, and monarchist leaders has not been so
The demand for the punishment of the perhaps be had good reasons for his sisteut of late, and it looks as if a com- Most of the local financial and mer- opposition. Thero came to his support promise had been effected by the pronulcanfile nagustes naturally prefer to quite recently three men of war from the pardons all but the ringleaders, thoughly recognised, and our attempt was, I gation of the amnesty mandate which support a Central Faml which is official- north. These sailed into the harbour to a different view was given when the Pre believe, recently described as a "dis- support Swalow against. a possible trial of the Eight Buddhas for their part
issned a mandate authorising the cursive effort." sident attack by Lung Chi-kwong and his in the attempted subversion of the Re Hongkong who prefer, as a matter of
There are, however, some people in soldiers. In the meantime, however, public. As these men include Liang Shibentiment think you will agree that it Lung Chi-kwong, as reported, has beci, Chow Te Chi and others who are beyond the jurisdiction of the Chinese removed from his office by order of the Courts, the mandate is just so much President. As far as I can bear, this waste paper and ink. But perhaps it will gratify the irreconcilenbles while action on the part of the President is doing no harm to the gentlemen concern very popular quite in line with Caned. Still, it stems peculiar that Tann tonese wishes—and, perhaps, will go far Chow Taz Chi as Minister of Finance and Chi Jui should, as Premier, appoint
to cement and consolidate good relations then, three weeks later, sign jointly with between Canton and Peking. Until quite the President a mandate authorising his
junishuient for trenson. recently it looked as if the rapture between the Southern and Northern states might be permanent. That these three warships have come to protect Swatow interests is no proof, in itself, that Peking approves, for the fleet adniiral has announced to the President his intention of acting independently until such time as the Republican form of Government is reestablished. That these three ships have come is probably on the authority of the admiral. We learn that Tong Shao-yi, Wu Ting-fang, etc., are in the "know
the Chinese Fleet maneuvres. As mintters Witness went on to say that the destand at present, the position of the ceased was in his cell when he went on Swatow. Brigadier is stronger than ever. duty. He visited the cell several times. For some reason
not divulged, the during the evening. At 11.10 p.m. magistrate at Kityang has been removed. deceased was apparently all right; he
It may be owing to the recent robbers. He tried his best to get rid of the many was lying down, but at midnight he nests of robbers that infest the whol: found the man hanging, and quite dead. region.
Replying to Mr. Wood, witness said be had no reason to believe that the deceased was ill-treated, while he was in citatody.
A Chinese constable who was on duty at the Yaumati police station from 4 to 12 p.m. on the day of the affair said he visited the cells eight times in that period. Sometimes he went ones in an hour and at other times once every half an hour.
Inspector Gerrard said that the prac time was to visit the cells about orce every half an hour, or three times in three hours,
Mr. Wood remarked that there was no doubt but what death was due to asphyxia, caused by hanging, and the only comment I wished to make in con- nection with the matter was that the Chinese soustable who visited the cells at too long intervals. The deceased, it seemed, had not been visited for two hours at a stretch, and it seemed to him that a Chinese constable who was on duty in that way, practically on his
did so
own, should receive some definite instruc- tions.
Inspector Gerrard-They do receive auch instructions, sir, but they are so dense.
Mr. Wood-They should be instructed to visit the cells once over half an hour. In this case the deceased aims to have been insufficiently visited, and I wish to take note of that.
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THE HARDY CHINESE. MR. ORME AND A CRUEL MOTHER.
Of course, these are rather hard sort of people, and they take more drastic, acatures than we should ourselves prob. ably," was the comment made by Mr. Orme, the Magistrate, at the Hongkong Polico Court yesterday in a case in which Chinese boatwoman was charged with cruelty to her eight-year-old daughter.
Inspector McEwan, of the Sanitary --Board,--inid- that he saw-the-girl tied by the hands to an car and the woman was beating her with a heavy piece of firewood. When he was crossing the road towards the scene of the affair the woman was making a run at the child with a chopper. Fut she was stopped by another
Woran.
A HINT TO THE ORACLE.
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'THE INSATIABLE SOUTH.
No wonder the true friends of China and lovers of nence are becoming tired: of the Southern patriots. They demand, positions, and when these are offered them they refuse to accept them. They are reminiscent of the snall boy, who cried because he could not get the moon and would not be comforted. Their anti- Gazette, which scores them unmercifully Jade has disgusted even the Peking for their lack of patriotism. But the most interesting pronouncement of this Southerners who are nisking trouble i journal fs that in which it eats upon the
Kwengtung and in the Navy to listen to the voice of Peking. Before that, the only voice which deserved attention was the voice of Soach China speaking the sentiments of all China. Tines change.
THE MORATORIEM,
September, upon which date 1 will wire 1 will keep it open until the 30th the bahce of any manies collected by faithfully, nie.Believe me, Dear Madam, Yours
E. A. M. WILLIAMS, Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, Navy League, Hongkong Brunch. 24th July, 101 Miss AGNES M. GIBBONS,
Hon. Secretary,
Navy League War Memorial Fund,
London.
WAR CHARITIES,
CONTRIBUTIONS TO LADY ROBERTS' FIELD GLASS FUND.
-
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG DAILY PRESE."]
Sin- attach a complete list of the telescopes (seven) and binoculars.(twenty- -----nine) so far received in response to the appeal by the Lady Roberts Field Glass Fund. The first case will now be closed and despatched to the Manager of the Fund by English Mail, but the Commit- tee remains prepared to receive and for- ward further contributions, →→ Yours faithfully,
this connection it is interesting to
The moratorium has been lifted in respect of the Bank of China in Tientsin, but the proposal to authorise payment of
specie against Bank of China notes was yetqed at the last monent by the Premier, & procedure which has called forth no little unfriendly comment, After all is said and done, the financial question must be considered in its larger aspects, and it no doubt kept in mind One of the cunning women of the eighthat immediate payment by the Bank of bourhood, corresponding with the old Ching and no action on the part of the witches of the West, has suddenly he Bank of Communications would worsen come famous, She has acted for some the position of the latter without unduly time as a spirit medium, ie., she holds advancing the position of the former: velations from the same. Recently she to be well-founded, that the end of the converse with certain idols and gets re- | However, there is a feeling, which seems has been greatly moved by the troubled difficulty is not far off state of the world. Wars are rife is the
In thi fiction, China is in distress. Her own East and in the West; Europe is in note that Mr. S. E. Lucas, manager of [: neighbourhood is visited with plague.selected by Mr. Hong Un Yup, the new the Chartered Bank in Peking, has been Her reading of it is that Heaven is angry manager of the Bank of China, for the with aman, and is punishing him. She position of assistant manager in Peking. goes from village to village announcing Mr. Lucas is recognised as a thoroughly and she has created quite a commotion.pointment is in the revelation the idol has made to her qualified British banker, and his ap
·CONBONIRIIeses with the The villagers accept her message, believe desire of the reformers to obtain the her, and send to her all kinds of gifts assistance of foreign experts in all de- so that she is in the way of becoming partments of administration and gov rich. The other day she issued invita-erument and commerce. The fact that tions to her devotees as many as three certain Southerners in Shaughal have thousand to partake of a feast in expressed themselves opposed to the honour of her idol. Her fellow villagers, selieme has only proved their unätness however, grew apprehensive of what this for any part in the reorganisation of might lead to and took precautions. By China. Mr. Lucas' agreement is for five way of cautioning the cunning woman years with the option of renewal, and his they stormed the roof of her house with salary, I am informed, is £4,000 per | dently do not wish their village idel to
stones, battering it to bits. They evi annum, become a resort of worshippers.
TRE KICE CROP.
Were it not for the heavy rains the rice crops would have afforded abundant food for the people. Notwithstanding the losses, the rice market is cheaper than it has been for a considerable time. The second planting has been carried out in very favourable weather.
STOLEN FRUIT FROM RUSSIAN POLAND.
In spite of the constant, denials of the removal of food supplies from Russian Poland to Germany, it is now openly announced that there is to be a large exportation of frort. The following official notice is published:
PERSONAL
Dr. G. E. Morrison leaves this week for Japan to join Mrs, Morrison ́and family.
Sir John Jordan, the British Minister who is now at Peitaiho, is, 1 am told, not looking at all well.
returned on Wednesday from a trip to The American Minister, Dr. Heinsch, Shanghai. He came northwarda in the U.S.S. Cincinatti.
Mr. W. Grave, the first Secretary of the Russian Legation, has left for a tour in Manchuria.
The Japanese Minister leaves this week-
Hayashi. and for Japan. He is succeeded by Baron
LABOURERS FOR FEANCE,
I understand that some 7,000 Chinese labourers have been selected for embar kation to Marseilles under agreement with the French Government, MEAIC ON THE WALL.
"A rich harvest of fruit is expected in Inspector Brown stated that the child the areas of Russia which are under All that is left of Peking is glad to was very much bruised over one of her Marshal von Hindenburg, and all men get on the wall these nights when the eyes, and there were large weals on her aures have been taken in the administra orchestra of the Union back.
tive districts to make full use of this de Peking playe selections armonique When the Inspector McEwan added that the fruit harvest. A part of the fruit will moon is high, and the night air is balny, woman was using the piece of wood un probably (nie) be used in the area of and the company is agreeable, nothing morcifully.
occupation itself, while a great part of more pleasant could be imagined than Mir. Orme made the comment given the fruit of all kinds will be taken away
those two hours on the wall. above, and added that he did not think into Germany and used there. There nessed at the last performance. A group, An interesting innovation was wit it would do the child any good if he will, therefore, be a valuable addition to presumably American, had af frraco fined the woman. He would therefore the food supply of our people. The fruit dinner on the wall beneath overhanging bind her over in the sum of 350 to keep is to be delivered in wagons in the chief coloured lanterns. The experience must the peace for six months,
market centres of Germany.
have been very enjoyable.
ER. HALLIFAX (Hon. Secretary, War Charities Secretariat for Chinese Affairs,
Committee),
Hongkong, 24th July, 1016.
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