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CORRESPONDENCE.

THE PERILS OF A PATCHED-

UP PEACE

THE HONGKONG.

(TO THE EDITOR OF

DAILY PRESS.

grose they will not keep an open

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MOTORING IN NARROW

STREETS,

fTO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG

DAILY PRESS,”

THE HONGKONG

DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JUNE 32ND. 1917.

MURDER OF A STEP-MOTHER. SON GIVES EVIDENCE AGAINST

JUS FATHER

***Oms-examined by Di. Cheng (defend- ing) witness said that she had never soon the deceased and accused quarrelling, but the knew that there was had fecling created by the fact that the accused would not do any wor

SHIPPING NEWS.

JAPANESE SHIPPING LOSSES,

Fourteen Japanese steamers, aggregat-

terage rates went up 10 yen during the last month. This is, no doubt, an extep,

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The hearing was resumed at the Honging 87,374 tone, have been sunk by enemy kong Criminal Sessions yesterday of the submarince since the war began. Sin, Uwing to frequent accidents case in which a young Chinese is charged CHARTERING RATES IN JAPAN. arining from the speedy driving of with the murder of his adopted mother,

The Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, it is re- motor cars in narrow and crowded dix at the amall village of Tain Wan. SIR-The worst of Mr. McGuigan and

ported,' are showing extraordinary men of his kidney is that they consist triots, I think the Government should

An old widow, whe knew the deceased activity in the shipping business and ently ignore the most important factor Lase regulations limiting the speed of worean, and that when she arrived at this is held responsible for the continued in human affairs--human nature. They all motor-cars when passing along such the house, after the accused stated that

streets. Special and repeated attention the deceased had fallen from the cockluft upward tendency in charterage, Char talk as if everything went by rule and rote, as, if the same consequences always has been drawn in your valuable coinmrs she saw the body of the accused's mother rotowed the same cautes, and the same by severn correspondents to the road lying in the kitchen. The body wasional phenomenon. With this upward SANITARY REFRIGERATORS circumstances always produced the same from Arsenal Street to Wanchaj Mark covered with blood, and one of her ear tendency there is still a scarcity of results. They think, but they think in which is always crowded with bawkers

workmen, children and richas, et rings was on the foor close to the body vessels and only three Japanese ships, This witness added that the deceased and I will be available for new contracts for mind; and they usually have some obses the motors continue to run freely at

accused appeared to be living on good. deep-sen services in September next. WILL KEEP FOOD high speed instead of going dead slow, sion-in fact, they are people must, I think, like myself, on to avoid the many necidents that have terms until recently, when they com- Then charterage rate will go up to 35

yen, according to one authority -Ee. reading Mr. Guigan's very first letter taken place of late. The marked absence micneed to have rows.

of police to check these abuses afford said to themselves Here is a rank

chauffeurs the opportunity to travel at of the first water; sooner or later what speed they like. The hors are shall sen the clover hoof." Well, we have often sounded too late to n

Invoid aff now seen it Mr. Guigan rides &

accident, as the cars cannot stop instan against the Britisk aristocracy or privitaneously and people are apt to geh leged classes." He is welcome to, but

confused: this unfortunate préjudice of his dis- qualifies him for the task of attempting to guide public opinion on the conpli cated question of how to deal with Ger many after the War. It is a task which might well dismay bolder men than Mr. McGuigan, but, of course, it does not dismay him. I only want to ask him whether he would rather that we should impage our will on Germany (not the Germans), or that Germany should im pose her will on us. I am no dialectician, and cannot hope successfully to chop logic (even cheap logic) with your per sistent correspondent. I think, as a mattor of fact, we are all about "fed up": with Mr. McGuigan, and that, since we know what he is really out for this cor- your respondence might now cease and columns be closed to him on this mb ject. At any rate, an already suggested, you might tax him for the privilege of further niring his views. I enclose the usual 810, and beg to again sign myself.

Yours faithfully,

FE. D'UP:

There once was a man of Hongkong, Whose views were decidedly strong, All hints he ignored,

By those who were bored

By reading his letters, so long,

His name had an all-British ring,

But his sentiments-German, real thing

He loved all the Huns,

Disliked Britain's sons,

Said ruin our viery, would bring.

He insulted those high in the Innd,

Who gaye up their lives-noble band To help on the fight

For freedom and right,

And Gorman oppression withstand.

We long for that happy release, That to all Hongkong will bring peace, When one happy morning; We read the glad warning

This correspondenca must pease."

THE PRAYER-CHAIN NUISANCE

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS"]

It is high time that drastic measures were taken against the chauffeurs or the owners of the motor-cars. Yours faith fully,

ATTENTION.

Hongkong, June 21st, 1917.

CHINESE HERITAGE CUSTOM INTERESTING EVIDENCE BY MI 5. B, C. ROSS IN A MURDER CASE.

Yesterday, in the course of the murder trial which is proceeding at the Hong kong Criminal Sessions, the Attorney General, who is prosecuting, asked for permission to call Mr. S. B. C. Rong to

heritage speak as to Chinese heritage custom.

The accused was the adopted son of the woman he was alleged to have murdered, she had property, and there was the

question of motive.

A fisherman of Tain Van villige, who lives next door to the accused's house, said that on the day of the alleged murder he went into the house and Bw the body of the deceased lying in the |kitchen. There was much blood about, and he saw the prisoner wiping the blood from the body of his mother.

Quentioned by the Chief Justice, this witness adhered to his statement that he saw the accused wiping away the blood from his mother's body. He added that the son seemed distressed, "and that be was crying..

Asked if the blood on the accused's clothing could have been caused by his wiping away the blood, witness said he could not say that.

The daughter of the deceased women spoke to going to the house and Ending the body of her mother in the kitchen. Deceased's clothes were changed by the accused she saw him doing it.

The Attorney General Why should be The Chief Justice remarked that it was

change the clothing-Because he had not really a question of custom or lawilled her and had to change the clothes. it was simply a question of inquiring into the prisoner's mind

The Attorney-General--It is a question of proving an exteral fact which may have affected his mind,

Mr. Ross was then called. He said that he had beat district officer at Taipo for some years and had had to administer Chinese custom in-relation to law.

The Attorney-General-On the death of a widow owning land, and leaving an adopted son and a brother, to whom. would the land go on her death?

Mr. Ross-The widow would have a life interest, and on her death it would go to her adopted son; it would not Ro to the brother.

Questioned by Dr. Cheng, Mr. Ross said that assuming the widow had grandsons, which were the children of the adopted son, the property would still go to the latter. The widow would only. havo a life interest, but, when the pro- perty passed to the son he had absolute interest. He would have the same in terest ne if the land had been left to him by his father.

Mr. Ross added that by had registered over 30,000 documents relating to land He admitted that the laws and customs

How do you know he killed her I heard someone say, so.

Witaess Added that the accused and her mother were always quarrelfing; ther were quarrelling all the year round. The rengoh why they quarrelled was because the accused would not do any work. It

Europe was not unusual for the accused to change the clothes of his dead mother; there were no women present to do its and thus he had to do so.. It was also customary for a son to cry over the dead body of his mother, even if he had killed her, as the accused had done.

A 2,000 PER CENT DIVIDEND

Chugetsu Steamship Company had de- In recent issue we reported that the

clured a dividend of 2,000 per cent., which seemed somewhat hig oven in these days of enormous shipping: profits, remarks the Japan Chronicle). From a later report it appears that one of the three large steamers owned by the com- pany was sunk by the Germans some lizce go, and the shareholders of the Com pany decided to dispose of all the ships into possessed by the concern and go liquidation. The Company; therefore other property, sold all its vessels and and, deducting from the proceeds of the sale all the liabilities, a balance of Yen 1,920,000 was left for distribution among the shareholders. The latter were paid Yer 1,000 for cach Yen paid-up share and expressed themselves quite satisfied even though the Company was dissolved.

It may be noted that a similar couran is being adopted by some other Japanes ship-owners, who evidently consider the prevailing high price paid for ships Justifies the selling of their property and the sinking of the money thus obtained in some other business (adds our con temporary). One of Kobe a new shipping millionaires recently sold the fow ships in his possession, and realised nearly 10 million yea though he paid less than half that amount when he bought them.

DEATH OF THE IRISH FOUNDER

OF OSAKA IRON WORKS

Robe papers report the death of Mr. E. H Hunter, one of the oldest residents of the port and a pioneer of its trade.

Mr Hunter was born at Londonderry, Ireland, in 1843 and arrived in Japan in 1887, He founded a shipbuilding yard at Sakurajima, near Osaka, which has now become the Osaka Iron Works and one of the largest shipbuilding yards in Japau. In recognition of his services to Japanese shipbuilding he received the Fifth Order of Merit, and six months ago a range statue of the founder, was erected at the Worke

The boy replied I shall be put in

Several other villagers also gave evid ence, on similar lines. One witness, ao opium sciler, said that when he told the accused that the (witness) bad been told that he had killed his mother, the prisoner exclaimed, "It is not so, it is, not an, and then he commenced crying

The twelve-year-old son of the accused gao). was also called and when asked by the Attorney General who was the man in the dock he said." It is my father. did not know when his grandmother died, but he remembered her dying. He had been to school all day, and when he

He

came back his grandmother was dead;

kitchen. Ho a she was lying on her back near the his father (the accused) move the body; be carried the body to the front of the house.

Sun, The enclosed anonymous ab- surdity was received through the post by my wife, who has been afflicted in similar manner on five or six occasions.

In order that the gifted author may devote his or her talents and materials to amore useful

I would ask you purpose, to publish the effort in your columns particular district, but it was the uni

Questioned by Dr. Cheng, the boy said with an intimation that the charra is versal custom in China that the laud,

etc., should go to the son to the exclusion that on his way home from school he O met his younger brother, in a lone. The

broken

He had followed applied to his own

later, was drying and said that his

The Chief Justice-Thát is a very, sound answer. I think he shows sufficient capacity.

The accused's little son was then led in his evidence by the Attorney-General, as follows:

my

Who is the man in the deck-It is

father.

Did you see your grandmother, die? Yes, I saw her die. I saw plenty of blood on her face,

Where was she? She was lying near What caused the blood on ber face t- the store in the kitchen. Blows were struck,

Did you see them struck -- Yen.

I am credibly informed that the of all females, or the next male het custom of passing on such circulars to the death of a hushand the property father had struck grandmother Bure.JARAN

went to his male heirs; the wife only ward off calamities is prevalent among

had a life interest, and when the hus the superstitious and uneducated Chinese,

gayon band died the property went to his sons, and my informant expressed great as

or adopted sons, and the wife was allow tonishment on learning that it is prac tied by enlightened foreigners. Yoursed maintenance. It was the Chinese faithfully,

custom that upon the death of a husband 8. H-DUTTON" his property was immediately vested in

After the tiffin adjournment the only witness of toe alleged murder, the accused's eight year old son, was put into the witness-box.

Are you quite sure-Yes, I am quite

Who struck the blows Father, with Yes

Did you see what he struck the blows

What was it 1-It was a chopper. The boy added that he was standing near the stove when the blows were struck, and Some discussion arose as to whether after it had happened he went out of a child of such tender years conld be the house crying←

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O God, through our Lord Jesus, his sons, and the Wives and concubines Chief Justice tested the bor. His Lord to the house of the tected and birding LADIES' WHITE SHOES

we inglore Thee to bless all Mankind, were entitled to maintenancs. Mr. Bos keep us from evil; and take us at laat added that when no live male heir could dwell with Thee in that home, where be found the property was rested, in the praise Thes iternally-AMEN" nearest moestor. He had known a caso his prayer was sent to me, and it where a man had died, loft property, and

“in to be sent all over the world. Copy mo male heirs could be found. There

ship asked the boy if he knew why his father had been brought to the Court;

The boy replied-Yes, father committed

A murder.

relied upon to speak the truth, and the Macdonald spoke to called four persons and a dead body. The dead body was lying in the front room, ou the floor. The body was dressed in new black clothing. He examined the body and found the injuries described by Dr. Amalley Two persons, including the accused, were kneeling near the body, and both were crying. He searched the place, sd on top of s ben coop, he found s blood-stained chopper. He also found a piece of frowood behind the kitchen door, The wood was also blood stained. Wit neay examined the stairway leading to the cookloft, but found no blood-stains. He took the accused to the police station. and put a guard in the house. There appeared to be blood stains on the pris- oner clothing

The Chief Justice In England; & hoy like this would be asked if he knew whero

cannot very well do that with a Chinese boy who is not a Christian.

it and sea what will happen. It is said was a meeting of the eldera, and as a he would go to if he told a lie, but you that in time, all who rewrite this will result of their deliberations it was de be delivered from all calamity—and all £cided that his property should be vested who pass it by will meet with misfortune. in his nearest male ancestor the ancestral Those who copy it 9 days will on the funds benefitted on a result. It was day receive some great joy. Bo as always understood that where an adoptsd not to break the charm, write, nad sigo son was left, as in this particular ase,

that the property want to him.

Dr. Cheng then suggested the following ion, which was put by the Chief Supposing you do not spear the truth, what do you lear?

(Continued ut fool of next column.)

The bearing was adjourned until. -to-day.

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