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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11ra. 1919.

reinuirance compacties of Mittel Europa, | and also the system of German financial corporations, which were able to secure iliscount in London for German trade

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BY A EUROPEAN. - STRAITS MAN SENTENCED.

the Singapore Supreme Court, before Mr. Justice Whitley, Mr. Shafto Stevens, till recently manager of Mears Dupirs Brothers", Rubber Department, was found guilty of criminal breach of trast in respect to a sum of sagðiÐ.cu,

PROSECUTION. INADEQUATE PROVISION OF FIRE->"

BUCKETS IN A THEATRE. At the Hongkong Magistracy, yester day, before Mr. J. R. Wood, the manager of the Kuu la Fong Theatre was sun moned for failing to provide the requisite number of fire buckets at his. theatre, Sn September 4th. *

GERMAN CONSPIRACY trade" spying through the forty-seven | CRIMINAL BREACH OF TRUST ANOTHER POLICE RESERVE FOR TRADE DOMINATION.

ALLIED COUNTRIES AND

INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE. - Mr. Bonar Law welcomed the delegates hills ad libitum with English money. to the International Parliamentary Com It showed that before the war all the mercial Conference in the Royal Gallery Allied nations were undoubtedly more or at the Enlace of Westminster recently less the victims of this Teutonic trad. Sir John Randles, M.P., presided, and aggression, under the fustering care of the distinguished gathering includest | the German Government, and assisted Ambassadors and Ministers Plenipoteny diplomacy, commercial intelligere, tiary of the Allied countries, High Com-

finance, and expiounge, 'missioners of Overseas Dominions, and the official delegates of the Alked Government

When prace was signed a general commercial and economic boycott of the German-speaking peoples might turn out Mr. Bonar Law, who was cheered on. to impracticable or inadvisable, and in riaing, said: It is my privilega torex- any case in the general interests of tend the warmest welcome to this Con-hanity could not be enforced beyond ference on behalf of the British Govern-

limited number of year. The ment. The Erst of these International alternative was restriction and regula- Parliaments was held in the summer tion, which mesas obviously for each of before the war. This is the third which the Allied countries preferential trading has taken nice "since, and inevitably, all imd differential tarifs It had also to our deliberations must be overshadowed he "borne in mind that Mittel Europa by the clouds of war, on the issues of which would retaliate; and all the Allied coun. depend, not merely the commerce, but tries who joined in the preferential league the existence of all the allied nations. would have to be prepared to face the bnost that Mittel Europa could do by (Hear, hear.) War at the best in terrible;

way of retaliation. Each of the Allied but this, war has been rendered horrible countries should provide as regards key above all wars by the brutal methods industries and essential new materials which have been adopted by our German Just for her own requirements and those of her Allies; secondly, for neutrals; and enemies--methods all the more brutal be-thirdly, if there were any surplus, their cause they have in their support, all the

enemies might be considered, but, of The true resources of intelleet and of science. curse, at higher prices.

minnner in which to meet the whole Nothing is to be gained by talking about German conspiracy for trade domination these things. A wild beast is at large of the world was for the Allies to or- (Cheers.) There is no use "arguing with ganise, and to stand together in trade it or reasoning with at.. (Cheers.) "Inere matters as they were standing together in ∙is only one thing to do-{a, voice: ** Kill war, and therefore no time should be lost it.") to destroy it. (Chcers.) And it

in concerting measures and in forming 14 our duty, and the duty of all the an inter-Allied Commercial League. He allied nations, to sut our teeth until that

submitted a number of suggestions for end has been achieved (Cheers)

the formation and working of such bat even in a time of war these colleague, and moved a series of resolutions ferences are very useful. For one thing, urging the Governments represented at and not an unimportant thing, they kni the conference to set on foot and carry more' closely the bonus winien unike 'The alled nations. they make us Se tat justons we arę" helping saen aquer now-.. Just as our soldiers are standing nouider Lo shoulder, in the race of the enemy --espionage, and other similar practices, we must help each other in the period of reconstruction whien will follow the war. (kicar,, bear.) Economic forces are strong,

1 48 800 as possible sucn casares as might be adequate to secure that the German conspiracy to dominate the trade of the world, including dumping,

might be defeated; and, with this end, conimending Sir Watson Rutherford's report to the consideration of the respec

The accused, cross-examined by Mr. Mundell, said he would admit that he

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"mistake when calculating hisented. income from the increase of business by not inking into consideration the fuer Pressed his regret, and stated that the that the price of rubber was about half reason why there were not the requisito the usual price. He was drinking heavily number of buckets was because several during all that time and was very reck which were leaky, had been sent to the less. He had no intention of causing anytinsmith for repairs. wrongful loss to the firm or any unlawful Mr. Jenkin stated that, according to gain to himself. The money he had could not trace it, although he had tried expected drawn was practically all gone and be the Theatre Regulations, defendant was 10. provide 38 three-gallon to do so. When he went to Australia bebuckets of water during a public perform- intended to bought a return passage

return to Singapore and

ance, He was also entitled to have seat- Dr. Hubert Jenkins Gibbs, Mediesting necommodation for 1,000 persons. On Superintendent, Government Lunutie Asylum, said he had had 2 years experi. September ith the theatre was quite full. ence of the effect of alcohol on the brain, ¦ Instead of the requisit: 58 there were He had had Mr. Stevens under observa only IS fr-buckets--a deficit of 40 tion on five or six occasions since March 24th. Witness used to see him at the buckets. There were ten buckets in the General Hospital. Witness found that the seating circle and eight buckets opposite accused was suffering from neuritis and the stage. After considerable search the had enlarged liver and dilated heart.

management produced four more bucke These complaints were the results of chronic alcoholism. The accused was un which had holes in them and could not, able to walk at the time witness saw him, therefore, contain water

The manage- Witness thought Mr. Stevens was not in ment further secured another six buckets.

Et state properly, to carry on business for months before his breakdown.

from somewhere outside, and after a By Mr. Mundell: When he said Mr. considerable wait produced seven moro Stevens was unable to work, he meant be was in a state of mental confusion. From buckets, which had been obviously used experience the witness had had in many for domestic purposes, and were not fire- similar cases, it took, months und months buckets in any sense of the term. It was of continuous excessive drinking to put

He did not ask that man into the condition Mr. Stevens was reduced to at the time witness examined defendant should be heavily punished, him. A man in the accused's condition but he wished to state that there wer was subject to illusions and to think him-

several previous cases of the kind before self a King or an Emperor.

the Court and the defendant should have regarded those in the light of a warning. > Defendant informed the Magistrate that he had four hydrants erected in the theatre.

After counsel bad addressed the court, his lordship summed up and directed the jury on various points of law; and, after retiring for about ten minutes, they re- turned a unanimous verliet of guilty.

His lordship passed sentence of months' rigorous imprisoningat..

in the long run, not less strong. Lindtive Governments. military forces. (Hear, Bear.) Atgās tu discuss and deal with these forces that you are usssembled here to-day. The cou-French, that it was not pecessary to siderations which will influence you are constantly in the minds of the Govern- ments of the Allied countries. But you have the advantage that you can eat with them much more freely and openly

Captain K. W. Barnett, M.P., in sup- SERVICES porting the resolution, said, speaking in-

than is possible to us, and I venture" to kay to you that, as in the past" conter ences, so now, the Governments with care. fully study your deliberations and your conclusions, and I am sure they will be

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a serious offence.

Mr. Wood ordered defendant to provide the necessary buckets and fined him $25.

THE RECENT TAI O TRAGEDY. PUNISHMENT OF THOSE WHO NEGLECTED THEIR DUTY.

The two Sergeants, who were found guilty of neglect of duty in cannée.) tion with the recent. Tai O tragedy hap been sent back to India, They ware escorted" to the steamer by some Police officers Mr. P. P. J. Wodehouse, D.S.P., who was seen on the subject," stated that it was usual to send men of the Police Force who had committed & misdemeanour bick to their native land. in this instance, the Senior Sergeant B144, who has over fifteen years service, has been deprived of his pension. The other Ser geant has been given half-pension, as his offener was not so serious as that of his senior. A similar fate awaits the Indian constable who is now serving his acotence in Victoria gaol. At the

It is hoped that the present time considerable interest is being taken by how manu-

punishment meted out for dereliction of facturers in the mineral and vegetable duty will prove a deterrent to others who oils produced in the British Empire. Various lectures at the technical and may be similarly minded. learned Societies have dealt with the

RUBBER SEED OIL.

HOME INTEREST AROUSED IN MALAYAN EXPERIMENTS.

HONGKONG MAGISTRACY,

AN OPIUM CASE.

CO-OPERATION AND COMPETITION, THE PRESIDENT AND GEEMAN COMMERCE. Sir Arthur Steel Maitland, M.P. Sir John Randle, in his opening Ad- (Additional Under-Secretary for Foreign dress, said their business was to promote Affairs and Parliamentary Secretary to in their various Parliaments such friend- "the" Board of Trade), said in connection If co-operations as was possible, with due with this problem there were two main regard for their respective national tacta to be borne in mind. One was the interests, to bring into the world of attempted domination by Ger.nany of the commerce an atmosphere of "pence sura

trade and industry of the world before goodwill. (Hear, hear.) They believed

the war by a systematised form of com- that commerce was the handmaid of petition and organisation. There would peace. The German den was to make be no safety for the Allied peoples if they Commerce and war inter-dependent, and did not take steps to meet »aen"organt. both equally-a curse to the rest of man-sation as Germany would make after Lag kind. That made it incumbent on thu 1&1. Wherever he turned he found to find some means to prevent the friendly evidence that it was not only by the out- intercourse of nations being forged into standing methods of the German banks a weapon with which to destroy the lives and industries that she attempted to and liberty of tree peoples. (Cheers,) affect this object, but that every sub They, therefore, now had a second object ordinate means was utilised for the same added to their aims at Brussels, namely, purpose. There was evidence, too, that how to prevent the prostitution of coll during the war this organisation had not merce and to assure its future against deteriorated. Therefore he would urge the policy of German military scen- Aa strongly as he could the need of raubject, and members, of the Government dancy. (Hear, Lear.) In the past, dachganisation on the part of the Alligd have shown their interest by presiding ton of cheap German steel, every print, nations. They all hoped that when the at some of the lectures and giving button," or trinket, every German article war was ended and years had passed it their countenance to projects for exploit- purchased or carried in our ships abroad,might be possible for the Germans to come ing the Empire's resources, was of importance to Germany, not be back again into the society of nations; cause it helped to promote the happiness but they could not rest upon that hope and comfort of the workers and em- and make no preparation for the mean ployers, but because its sale was a con- timer tribution to their military strength, enabling them to support more soldiers and force an increased supply of the armaments with which to destroy us. We opened our doors to their penetration, and we were paring the price in the blood of our best. Ec. trusted that the confer enes would be able to find a common ground of mutual interest in peace, they had in war. Thes intended to cult vate the friendship of their friends, and demonstrate their firm determination

Serbia, and the North of Italy. Com securing the coming vindication of humercial relations even between Allied manity, civiliation, and righteousness nations presented very difficult problems. (Cheers.)

Each Government wanted to do its best Sir Watson Butherford, M.P., present for its own people; but it appeared to ed a report which he had prepared at the him that in the future each of them must request of the Commercial Committee of endeavour to harmonise their interests the House of Commons, on How to with those of the Allies with whom they Counternet the German Conspiracy for had fought shoulder to shoulder in the the World Domination of Trade In war. It was no good the Allied countries presenting this report, Bir W. Rather-

necessitated by the war if they were not ford, speaking in French, said it was going through all the sacrifices that were established that our enemics commenced

to co-operate afterwards in commerce a commercial wat for the domination of unless competition were tempered by the world not four but forty year, 459 forms of co-operation. That was an ideal and there was no doubt that the signing very easy to put forward; but it was not of peace would be the signal for the re- so easy to bring it into practice.". He was newed outbreak of commercial hostilities, sure the conference would not wish him will soon he making direct enquiries of mediately scized defendant, who the and unless vigorous and efficient economic to commit himself to the details of Bir their managers in Malaya as to the pos dropped the purse on the ground.

sibility of putting the experiments of the measures were concerted at once, and Watson Rutherford's scheme at this Department of Agriculture to practical Defendant asserted that be was seized. were sufficiently advanced to be put into nomerit; but just as during the trans- purposes. The matter may still be reafter the purse had been dropped by immediate operation when peace came, wrion period they ought to pool their regarded as in the experimental stage, but complainant. He heard a commotion should suffer for our want of foresight sources, so afterwards, when it came to should soon emerge therefrom, seeing how and preparation, as we had suffered in detailed work the more that could be done strong a demand for oils of all descrip- and, out of curiosity, wont to ascertain 1914. The devilish and dishonest prachy joint effort the better it would be for tions will continue to exist on the ter when he was arrested.

the cause. He was greatly surprised lices of "kultur" warfare had their all. His own feeling was that finance mination of the war. Those who are Sergeant Pitt tated that defendant counterpart in "kultur" trade. His re- was the key to the whole situation, and concerned in the development of the had a previous conviction against him port showed that in German schools of that transport win a very important natural products of the Malay Peninsula for stealing and had received ten strokes commerce the principle, was inculcated element. They needed co-operation in would be well advised to devote attention with the birch. that any rascality was permissible pro joint enterprises in place of competition, now to this promising utilisation of what Mr.. Wood sentenced defendant to four vided that it advanced the intereste of the and by that means they would go for-hitherto has been regarded as of little months hard labour and four hours Fatherland It exposed the system of ward

stocios.

AN UNLICENSED MILK SELLER„ A Chinese was charged with being an unlicensed milk vendor.

Mr. Wood remanded the case, fixing bail

A paragraph sent out to the news.

A Chinese was charged with attempt. papers by the Malay States Informationing to export three taels of opium. Agency a few weeks ago, calling atten Defendant, who is a cook on board one tion to the experiments carried out by With regard to the other main point, Messrs..F. G. Sprint and F. W. F. Day, of the Canton teamers, was arrested on as a British subject he felt that our

of the Department of Agriculture, the Praya. national honour was absolutely bound F.M.S., in the production of oil from up to repair the ravages of those coun-

"Mr. Wood fined defendant 2400, rubber seeds seems to have stimulated tries of the Ailies which had been beneath further interest in what ought to be an German domination, and if they divided important development of the rubber in- the period after the war into two parts dustry. Applications came at once from arst a transation period and then norma! various parts of the country for copies times then during that transition period of the Agricultural Bulletin " contain those of us whose territory had beening details of the experiments, and there spared must do our part in recon-

seed oil can be produced in any quantity there would be ready market for it. milk found in defendant's possesion Ona sretion of the oil community would should be sent to the Public Analyst for Appear to be more interested in procur-examination. ing the seeds for treatment in England, the obvious desire being to secure the stablishment of the new industry in the home country, but some of the enquirers A Chinese was charged with snatching recognise the force of the arguments urged in favour of local extraction of

a purse from another Chinese in Cochrane the oil in Malayo and its shipment as Street. nfinished product for the market, Ap A witness stated that whilst complain- encon raging feature is the demand for farther information on the part of the ant was changing some money at a money- home representatives of some of the changer's shop, defendant extracted the will probably be found that these agents Malay. States rubber companies; and it purse from his pocket, Complainant im

that nothing should separate them in Mituting Belgium, North-Eastern France appears to be no doubt that if rubber at 820, and ordered that the bottles of

value.

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