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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

PROBATE JURISDICTION. IN THE MATTER of the Estate of FONG HIPO, formerly carrying on business so a shoemaker under the name of the YUE CHING Firm at 249

Queen's Road Central, Victorin in the Colony of Hongkong, decarsed. ms, docessed TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Court has by virtue of Section 58 of the Probste Ordinance (No. 2 of 1897), made an Order limiting the time for sending in claims to or against the above Estate to the 12th day of July, 1918

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CENSORSHIP REGULA CHINESE TELEGRAMS.

TIONS.

Mr. G. H. Wakeman (Crown Solicitor) prosecuted and Mr. H. W. Looker appeared for the defence,

that BISMARCK forced on the war of 1870 THE slightly adapting," or rather forging, the Ema telegram. BISMAROR's action and the action of HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FINED $3. At the Hongkong Magistracy, yester DRUFTER there is no difference in spirit; they have the same Teuton touch. Un day, Mr. J. R. Wood delivered judgment in the case in which the Hangkang Tele fortunately, we have not yet taught the German, that such methods do not pay gmph was summoned for publishing With America's help we shall eventually certain information in regard to the teach that lesson, but to negotiate with arrival and descriptions of two of H.M's. the Germans now in such a way that our ships, in contravention of the Censorship future happiness and prosperity depended Rcgulations. on their promises, and nothing more conorete, would be an act of reckless, criminal optimism. Probably the

Mr. Wood delivered the following "Pacifists" are influenced by some such reasoning as this: It is absurd to level judgment:It is not dieputed that the an indictment against a whole nation-defendant has published movements and to say that all Germans are liars. There descriptions of certain of His Majesty's are plenty of liars in other countries, ships and has contravened the terms of Much of this distrust of Germany is the Regulation No. 1 of the Censorship. natural venom produced in a war atmos Regulations, 1017. phere. Remove that atmosphere and the distrust will disappear. You will never have peace, if you are going to wait till all nations trust cach other." That is true so far as it goes, and there would be much to be said for it if Germany were a face country, but Germany and Austria are the only Great Powers with out a public opinion. That feebleness of public expression, that impotence of the general will has been produced, foster ed, and maintained by an able, strong, and unscrupulous Autocracy, which has found that trickery pays. The Germans.

[TRROUGH BETTER'S AGENCY.].

THE SIBERIAN SITUATION,

PERING, June 12th. General Semenoff reports that the Aus tro-Germans are threatening his com munications, and that he has since re-

tired.

General Seminoff reports the rapture of Gurko, north-east of Borzia,

THE REGISTRATION ORDINANCE:

TWO WELL-KNOWN RESIDENTS SUMMONED.

At the Hongkong Magistracy, yester- day, before Mr. J. R. Wood, Mr. R. E. Belilios, karrister-at-law, was summoned for failing to furnish to the Captain. Superintendent of Police a return of particulars specified in the Second hegistration of Schedule of the Persons Ordinance, 1916, as amended by the Government notification of 1917.

Mr. P. W. Goldring offered a plea of

(2) But I have been asked to dismiss the summons on the ground that the publication in question, being a repetition of information already widely ciroulated in the Press in Shanghai, and having reference to movementa which were in no way concealed and were of a date sub-guilty on behalf of Mr. Belition.

Mr. T H. King, A.S.P., said the stantially prior to defendant's publica- tion, did not in any degree prejudically | Police did not wish to press for a heavy affect the safety of the Colony, which it penalty in spite of the fact that there is the sole object of the Order-in-Council | were notices on the subject appearing in Authorising those Regulations, and of the the Press daily What the Police desired

was to impress the general public y Regulations themselves, to preserve.

(3) No ong could reasonably doubt that the necessity of complying

with

the

might be the most honourable people in the Colony is as safe now as it was before Registration Ordinance The Sion

on the part of defendant, was due to the publication here considered.

(4) The issue, however, is wider than carelessness and was not an intentional this. In the present war the interact. He thought a nominal fine would relation of events is such that the defenes meet the case. of the Colony is involved in the defence of Great Britain and her Allies. We are

Mr. LB. Wood fined defendant_85.

Mr. V. Findlay Smith, barrister-at- law, was summoned on a similar charge, Defendant stated that he was in dilemins. He did not know whether he should plead guilty or not. He had only been to buy once that he citirely over- looked the matter. As a matter of fact, he was a member of the Hongkong Defence Corps, and therefore he did not

the world, but so long as they are power less and their Government is crooked they will be a menace to the world. It is the Allies task to reach the German people that they are discreditably weak and that their Government is abominably DISTINCTIVE IN FLAVOUR, dishonest. Daorres, may now be a nation. indebted for our safety here to His al hero; we must teach the Geriau Majesty's Navy and Army wherever in people that he is a national reproach.the world they may be operating. The Then we can have peace. No one who Colony, which was little more than an has studied the history of Germany sinceonlooker in the recent South African war. recently arrived from Japan and had 1960, intelligently and without bias, can is participating in the efforts and in the fail to see that the spirit which animates risks of this war. The Regulation under her rulers in anti-social, anti-democratic which this summons is brought has been adopted with this fact in view. It has been devised as one of our own measures think it was necessary for him to of defence. And whereas any particular | register,

Mr. J. R. Wood fined defendant 85. contravention of it may have a negligible result, another may occur which will ha of the first importance. The strict obser vance of this regulation is required by the Military Situation

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HONGKONG, 15TH JUSE, 1818.

GERMANY'S BAD FAITH

IT is realised to day, even by Mr. A. HENDERSON and Mr. Gourens," the generalissimo of American Labour" that

It

German promises cannot be believed. It would be a bargain, but unfortunately, in international bargains virtue fre quently has to rest content with being its

own reward, while trickery obtains all the advantages. Virtue would probably be forced very soon to sign a dictated peace. There are some people who pro- fono to believe that the Germans have learnt so much during the war that we should be quite safe to trust to their word, but the evidence points all the other way For example, me of "the terms of the armistice between the Ger mans and Bolsheviks was that the Ger mans were not to move any troops from East to West. That promies was most flagrantly broken and dishonoured, The Germans sent many thousands of men away on leave," and at the expiration of that leave they were sent to the Western Front. Moreover, a document captured on the Mezopotamian front, signed by a German Staff officer named DRUFFEL, Fan as follows: Communi- cate discreetly to the Kurdish chiefs that, according to Army orders received by me, they are to accelerate robberies and ambushes in spite of the armistice LONDON BUYING AGENTS

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The following cases of communicable diseases were notified in the Colony on Thursday-Cerebrospinal fever, 1. bubonic plague, 1 (1 death); cntcric Fever, 1(1 daath).

At the Hongkong Magistracy,ræter day, two Japanese restaurant-keepers, of Spring Garden Lane, were fined $25, with

the alternative of a month's hard labour each, for keeping their restaurants open. beyond the scheduled time

WOLVES IN THE NEW TERRITORY.

POLICE PARTY SHOOT ONE.

(5) The Editor of the Hongkong Tele graph did not fully consider the position when he assumed that it was in his discretion to publish the paragaph in question. He had no such discretion. His duty whs to obtain the approval of the censor before publication

THE STRANDING OF THE ** TJITAROEM” COURT CENSURES THE CAPTAIN.

At the Marine

yesterday

Court

judgment was delivered in connection with the stranding of the ss. Tijtaroem on the Pratas Reef on May 29th:

The Court was composed of Commander C. W. Beckwith, E.N. (President), Com munder C. W. Uibson, R.C., Captain Pritchard, Captain McKenzie and Capt. T. Arthur,

(6) In their correspondence with the Attorney-General the solicitors for the defendant stopped short of admitting the offence alleged 1 imagine that if they Mr. W. E. L. Shenton uppeared on hindien instructed to make this admisbehalf of the Captain of the vessel, who and Mr. E. sion, this Court would not have been demanded the inquiry;

Davidson was present on behalf of Sergeant MacDonald, of the Tsunwantroubled with these proceedings. The Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., who Police Station, received information to contravention is, in itself, of minor im the effect that a pack of wolves had been trace of

action remain

seen at Tai Wai village, in the neighbour. quence of the defendant's action remain hood of Tai Moi Shan, in the Thunwann dispute between the Crown and the district, and immediately sat out for the defendant, no course would seem to have place with an armed party of lukongs been open to the Crown Solicitor except They reached the village and commenced to ask for a public decision.

I fine defendant $5. nhunt for the wolves, with the result. that they were able to trace one, which they shot dead. It was prosented to the Hongkong Museum and is now being mounted.

POLITICAL SITUATION IN

SWATOW.

FROM A CORRESPONDENT]

A BIG HAUL. CHINESE ALLEGED TO HAVE SNATCHED $4,000.

At the Hongkong Magistracy, yester day, before Mr. J. B Wood, a Chinese was charged with Buatching $4,000 from another Chinese in De Vaux Bond Central

were operating the vessel.

Commander Beckwith read the follow- ing judgment:--We find that the British 9.5. jitaroem, official No. 14210 oft Hongkong, of which Francis Henry was master, left Shanghai, en route for Hamblin, Certificate No. 1978, Hongkong

at 1-25 p.m. was 2 miles south-cast of Singapore on May 24th, and on May 28th the Great Lammocks Lighthouse, when a Courts 5, 13 W. magnetic was steered and the ship proceeded at full speed towards the Pratas reef, distant 150 miles, which the master intended to male with the object of checking the rate of his chronometers which had been found, unreliable after leaving Shanghai. The ship proceeded on this course and speed, aud at 3.30 a.. on May 29th, the master was called by his own orders and came on deck with the intention of shortly afterwards turning the ship around to the north to wait for daylight. At 3.35 am the ship struck on the north side of the Prutas reefe The Court do not consider that the course steered from the Lammocks was a sale one, taking into consideration the

Mr. W. EL. Shenton, who appeared SWATO, June 12th. for the defendant, asked for an adjourn I stated in my notes with reference to men, stating that he was not yet in a

position to go on with the case, impossibility of obtaining any warning the above a few days ago that the According to instructions received, he of close approach to this reef by any Southerners and the officials evacuated believed there was 5 great deal more be other means than visibility, which, under ing, though he was unable at the moment a few miles, and that the stranding of Swatow on the 8th inst, making the road hind this prosecution than mere snatch the most favourable conditions, is only faulty navigation of the Manter in ap- smooth to the invaders, the Northerners, to say whether that was true or not. He this ship was due to the careless and Bergt. Blackman said he had no objec Proaching this dangerous reef at full speed, during the hours of darkness and who were expected to come in on the asked Mr. Wood to grant bail following morning.

However, their actual entry here huston to that MWANAN

Mr. J. R. Wood remmended the case til placing to much reliance on his patent. fog whose accuracy was quito unknown to him. But, taking into consideration not yet materialised; on the contrary, it Tuesday next, fixing bail at $500.

that after the ship bad struck everything has been postponed, as, owing to the

was done by the Master in a seamanlike inundations in the district of Cheng-Hai, WOUNDED MEN TO RETURN.

way for the safety of the ship and crew, no transportation is available.

Mr. Pennefather asked the Under that strenuous efforts were made to ret Over sixty

per cent of the Southern Secretary for War recently whether the the ship floated, and communication was troops, who ran away to Chaoyang, have new instructions in regard to transfer to established with Hongkong which event now returned to Swatow, after learning house service of men who have served ually enabled the ship to be got off, the abroad and have been wounded have yet Court adjudge the Master, Francis

Henry

Hambling to be severely on- that the Northerners could not yet been issued

Mr. Macpherson replied in the Parlia-sured, come in.

Immediately after the Bauthemers re-mentary peers: Noctions have Given under our hands at Victoria,

present military situation is such, au to day of June, 1918. turned they posted proclamation and set boenaed. I om afraid that the in the Colony of Hongkong, this lith CA WA GIBSON (Cdr., R.NL notifications in the streets urging the require the services of all men who, (Sdg.) C. W. BECKWITH (Cor, F.N.).

A. MCKENZIE, service, and that the issue of the instruc people to have no fear. The exodus from though wounded are it for combatant Bwatow continues and the least sign of tions recently under consideration must be postponed to a more favourable time, trouble causes a panic.

B. M. 8, PRITCHARD.

T ARTHUR.