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A MODERN DELILAH. COWARDLY ATTACK ON AN OLD CHINESE.

An interesting story was related at the Hongkong Magistracy, yesterday, before Mr. E. D. C. Wolle, by Police-sergeant Murphy, when three Chinese were charge! with "robbery with violence." victim was an old Chinese.

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It appears that the first defendant made the acquaintance of the old man's young wife and through her learnt that her

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH, 1918.

DARING THEFT FROM

PORTUGUESE HOUSE.

CHINESE COMMITTED FOR TRIAL

At Hongkong Magistracy, yester. day torneon. Mr. J. B. Wood com initted a Chinese, for trial

at the Criminal Sessions on a charge of " rob- bery with violence." The prosecution: alleged that the defendant had entered the residence of Mr. I. M. Xavier, No. 16, MacDonnell Routh, on the afternoon

HONGKONG, MAGISTRACY,

ALLEGED, FORGERY.

THE DEVIL AS GERMANY'S

ALLY...

ره

A Chinese assistant of the Tai Fung THE DANGER OF DESCENDING TO

THE ENEMY'S LEVEL. Cheong shop in Des Voeux Read was

INTERESTING ADDRESS AT ST. charged with forging.thres cheques to thế total value of 8975, payable at the Bank of Canton and the Chinese afervantile

Bank.

Inspector Watt stated that defendant. whose custom it was to go to the Post Office for mails, went there on different dates and took delivery of four registered

husband was in the habit of carrying his of September 13th, in company with five letters, three of which contained cheques teenth Century was a very material ag

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or six others, for the purpose of robbing. sent by Chinese, from California, Mexico,

Sergt. Pitt said that on. September etc., to their glatives at the address F objects of sight and sense, and there was

money about for fear that his wife would: take possession of it. The first defendant that about 12.30 p.m.," the defendant further learnt that the old man was knocked at the back door of No. 15, Mac- frequenter of an opium divan in Yaumati. Donnell Road, and said he had a letter

On the night in question the old man

to deliver to the master of the house left horne, as usual, for the opium divan

An amah opened the door, whereupon and stopped on his way to listen to an itinerant story-teller. When he had be caught hold of ner" and seized her by beard enough, he moved on, and was ful. the throat. The nanh became frighten- ed and shouted out, when one of the lowed by the first two dexendants.

sons of Mr. Xavier came on the scene and chased the man, who was eventually arrested. There were five or six other men concerned. They were waiting out it had evidently been pre- side, arranged that if the defendant gained admittance.to the house the other men were to come in.

When arrested and taken to the Police Station "the man' seemed uncomfortable. so Sergt. Pitt warend him and found a gag and a package of pepper

a suitable dark corner, the first two de fendants seized the opportunity of attack ing hims

The second defendant embraced the old Buns from behind and threw him down. while the first defendant seized his belt. containing $30," and made away with it. When the old man arrived at the Polien Station his fingris and mouth were bleed- ing. He said that the robbers had thrown -him fack downwards on the road, and when he shouted they seized hold of his hand and thrust it into his mouth.

On information which the old man gave

the first defendant was arrested on the Canton steamer. The Brst defendant split" on the second defendant, and was instrumental, also, in having the third man arrested. As an identification parade beld on Sanday turning, the first defendant was immediately recognised by the old man as having followed close behind him on the night he was attacked. He could not say actually who attacked him, because he did not get na oppertun ity of seeing his assailants.

It was further alleged that the Erst defendant had tricked his partners in connection with the robbery. He is said to have met them by appointment half an-hour after the robbery and told them that the belt contained only 29. Of this suni ho gave 84 to the second defendant, and to the third defendant. On the morning after his arrest the first defer dant took the Police to the place where he had hidden the belt after he had taken but the money.

The Magistratë remarked that the evi dence against the third defendant was not very strong. It was strong enough, how- ever, to keep the man in custody till the next hearing, which was fixed, for Mon. day next.

AN OLD DEVICE. BAW OPIUM IN A FALSE BASKET. A basket with a falac side, which served as a convenient receptacle for opium, was

produced before Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe at Lhe Magistracy, yesterday, when a Chinese was charged with being in unlawful possession of 2 pounds of raw opium.

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Mr. F. A. Xavier, 1

University student, said that he was living in No. 14. MacDonnell Road. On the afternoon in question he was in the ground floor, of his house, when he heard shouts. The shouts came from an amah who was not played by his family, but was visiting an amah there! She happened to be in the Pook-room, which was slightly raised above the ground floor. He chased the defendant, who was coming from up-

stairs.

The defendant was eventually urrested on a patch leading to Bowen Road. When arrested, the defendant offered no resistance, and said he was not the man' wanted. After some yards had been covered witness released his bold of the defendant, who then ran away. He gain chased the defendant and arrested him, when defendant had cover.

about 15 yards. When brought back, the aaah identified him as the man who had, attacked her.

KIDNAPPING.

COMPASSIONATE CHINESE

WOMAN PUNISHED,

JOHN'S CATHEDRAL.

Taking The wiles of the devil" as his text, the Rev. H. Copley Moyle, in the course of his sermon at St. John's. Cathedral on Sunday evening, said:

It has, always been the belief of the Catholic Church that evil is not merely un influence, but that it is personal; that there are such beings as evil spirits, of wucia the Devil is the chief. The Nine- ren had made great discoveries in the

a tendeñoy to disbelieve in anything the firm, Defendant extracted the three which could not be seen and measured

endorsing them with the firm's chop, went he proved by the ordinary methods of cheques, and, after signing his name and and tested, and so people began to doubt the existance of anything that could not to the respective banks and casBed therri scienen. So men began to think of Satan The reason why defendant was suspected as a mere shadow thrown by the guilt and was because he was living above his scans.acality was often denied. We may class.

terror of the human mind, and his per Mr. Wood wanted that if the Policu it as one of his greatest triumphs that he establish a prime Jucie case defendant almost persuaded men that he did not would have to be committed for trial at the next Criminal Sessions.

The case was remanded till Wednesday.

ALLEGED" SNATCHING,

A Chinese was charged with snatching two gold neck chains from two women in Yaumati.

exist. ---

But there was bound to eqme a reaction from the hard materialism of the last century, and today it is no longer. fashionable to deny the existence of spirits, and therefore the possibility of evil spirit exercising power will not be denied. A modern commentator writes: belief in Satan as a personal being is "That our Lord many times expressed

admitted on all hands. The only ques- tion is whether He may not in this matter have accommodated His language to the beliefs of His contemporaries, or per- haps. have personified evil in order to a express mere vividly ita pervasive ac

tivity. Both suppositions are, on the The allusions to whale, improbable. Satan and his angels are too frequent and emphatic to make it easy to suppose

It was stated that on August 7th de- fendant snatched a gold neck chain from n woman and then disappeared. On September 19th, at night, he committed similar offence in the same locality. On information received the Polia visited the Canton boat on September 20th and arrested defendant, who subsequently admisted the snatching. He took the Polier to a house in Yaumati, where another man informed them that defen dant gave him the chains, which were disposed of for: 442. The chains, however, have not been recovered. At an identifier tien parade "held at Yaumati the cont plainants, who did not attend Court, were unable to identify the defendant though they described their assailant is of similar stature and similar, dress to the defendant.

Mr. Wood remanded the case till to day..

POSSESSION OF HOUSE-BREAKING

IMPLEMENTS.

A Chinese was charged with being unlawful possession of house implements in Yaumati.

that our Lord did not believe in their personality, and, moreover, "belief in an impersonal devil presents greater dif- sculties to faith than belief in a personal one. That eril should exist at all in a world created and governed by a good an all-powerful, Being is a serious moral and intellectual diffealty, but that dif ficulty is reduced to a minimum if we suppose that it is due to the activity of a hostile personality. Opposition to God's will on the part of a personal self-deter civable. Opposition to it on the part mining agent, though mysterious, is con- of any impersonal evil influence or physical force is. (to most modern minds) inconceivable."

Of course, there is nothing in the creeds to compel us to belief in "the per- sonality of the devil, and there have been some members of our Church who bave denied a belief in a personal devil, but it seems to me that the words of our Blessed Lord and His Apostles are quite clear on this point and leave us no choice in the matter. I think we may say that nothing has been done or discovered which in any way disproves the existence of evil spirits, and that a belief in their existence and malignity is one of the easiest explanations of the existence of evil which cannot be denied

two Chinese boys. She was also charged with what is known among" Chiness as attempted to escape, whereupon witness Christian ethics.

flying the white pigeon selling the boys and asking them to run back to her, so that she might be able to sell the

again.

blew his whistle, which was from his grasp by defendant, who can Witness chased defendant and managed to secure him as the latter trip ped and fell. Defendant also had a knife

A. taking stated that whilst he was on dury in Shanghai Strett on Funday night he saw defendaat peeping into house No.

Before the present war began in 1914 112.

Evidently fading the occupants there was a vigorous attack being made awake he proceeded to a house further or writers on the fundamental teachings down and lecked into that: Witness then of our holy religion. It was not like the attacks which were made in the last At the Hongkong Magistracy yesterday called out "What do you want?” De

century, which aimed at doing away afternoon, before Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, n

fendant replied. " Nothing." He was with the miraculous and the supernatural Chinese woman named Yeung Kew aliasearched and the implements were found in the Catholic Edith, but it was al attack on the whole body of Christinn Leong Chai was charged with kidnapping concealed round his waist. Defendant teaching and Christian ideals, and Love, truth, parity,

The. wrenched humality, faith, were derided.

origin of many of those attacks diay be traced to Neitzsche and kindred writers they glorified force. It was such teach- ing that made the Germans capable of the horrible atrocities which they have come mitted in this war. I do not think that anyone who believes in the existence of a personal spirit of evil can doubt on whose side he is fighting in the present

shown in the ravaged fields and ruined for evil if the ideals of Germany, 23 towns of Belgium, had been victorious. throughout Europe! But it was not to be. God is greater than the devit, and those atrocitics must be hateful in God's sight So we may see behind the present world-wide war, the still greater conflict between right and wrong, between Gad and the devil. Those who fight on the side of the Allies may feel sure that they are on God's side. If ever there was a holy great Crusade, and we must win it and obtain a complete victory till we can dictate terms of peace which shall make the world a better world than it was.

To beat the Germans is our great

Sergt. Derney stated that the two boys' whom the woman was supposed to have in his possession.

Delcndant stated that the luking.slapped

implements he picked up in the street.

Mr. Wood sentenced defendant to three monthy' hard labour and four hours

The defendant was arrested alongside a kidnapped were playing in the read on Japanese steamer at the wharf in front August 25th. when the defendant came up him in the face and he had no alternative war. What a triumph it would have been of the Siavers Co.'s premises. by a and naked them whether they would like but to run away. The knife and other searcher of the Revenue Department, who employment. If so, they were to follow had his suspicions aroused by the fact her. The boys succumbed to the tempta that the defendant's luggage included a tien of getting money from the woman new und somewhat prosperous-looking and foliowed her to Aberdeen and thence stocks. basket. The searcher asked for the key to Tai (. Ou the way she explained to and opened the basket, which did not ap them that a good way to procure money pear at first to contain any "contraband."

would be for them to allow themselves to Further, examination revealed that the

be sold. The information that the boy's

A FACTION FIGHT.. Six Chinese-Hokles and Hakkas-were charged with fighting in Yuumati. Three

basket had a false sido, with a quantity were being sold was given to the Police of the defendants presented a ghastly, war, this war is so; it is, in truth, a

of raw opium inside.

The certificate from the Government, Analyst not having been received, the case was remanded until to-day.

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almost to bring about the victory of his evil ideals in some other way.

being in unlawful possession of the iron the woman had sold witness for $95 and broken, with the result that about five Berlin and yet fail to win ce in given one day it might be easily. nccessary severely that her whole people are mado.

whom the Police had entered a charge of It was stated that one of the defendants, object, but it is not our only object, nor abetment, was discharged. He gave im- the master of a shop in Yaumati, bad, is it our chief object. We went into tha war to maintain the inviolability of UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF Portant evidence for the prosecution. He as argument with another conn over some treaties. It was because we had signed said that another boy and he were playing shovels. The argument was a heated one.a treaty guaranteeing the neutrality of on the road when the woman offered them though there were no apparent signs of Belgium that we took up arms; it was because we had made that promise, and employment and took them to Aberdeen. a fight ensuing. A Chinese constable, who honour and truth forbade us to break it. A sequel to the case in which fire Witness changed iis mind about getting is a Hokio, appeared on the scene and We must never lose sight of the high The ideals with which we entered the war. Chinese were convicted of having stolen employed and wanted to return, but this interfered rather indiscreetly.

There is a danger, a very real, danger, 17 evt. of iren belonging to the Kowloon the woman refused to allow him to do. Hoklos, "who were occupying nearly all of our being so eager to win the war of an interesting debate in the Legis Wharf and

The Ind further deposed that she had pro the Bats in the locality, noticing the that we may use weapons which are in lative Council of the Straits Settlements. Company and

If we allow the spirit of hate and to constable being rough-handled by the consistent with the bigh ideals with which During the debate one of the officials in sentenced to various terms of intprison: mised to give him sufficient money

have used these words: revenge to fill our hearts we are giving we began this war. It is conceivable (pray reported th ment, occurred at the Magistracy, yester enable him to return to Hongkong and Hakkas, immediately went to his assist Cod it be not the case; I do not for "They were at war. Sudden changes came place to the devil. Of course, Germany day, when a Chinese man and woman were induced him to sign a paper empowering ance with hamboo poles, etc. A regular moment suppose that it will be the case, almost daily, and even if promises were must be punished, and punished so

but it is conceivable) that we might win mele ensued, and several heads were the war and dictats terms of

to break them the next," Buch a senti to feel the terrible guilt of her crimes. charged, before Mr. F. D. C. Wolfe, with her to do as she liked with him.

what we

ment is utterly unworthy of a nation against humanity. The punishment must": in question, which was valued at $300. the money was found on his person. This men had to be dispatched to the Govern started to fight for Howevor crushing that went to war to keep its proming, and be such that no nation will ever again do

the witness toutly denied,

might be the defeat, which the Allier Mr. P. W. Goldring, who appeared for The defendant stated that a man had ment Civil Hospital for treatment. By inflict on Germany, yet if the German it shows us that there is a real danger what Germany has done in this war of people thinking that any means may but to bo effective the punishment must the defendants, asked that a dato be brought the boys to her and asked her to the time the Police arrived the combatants methods and the German idenis west be used to win the war, which is just be judicially inflicted by the calm judg fixed for the bearing. He admitted that top them as they were orphans. She had disappeared, except the six defen- adopted by the Allies the real victory the German sentiment which we have ment of the conquerors. The Allies have been called by God, to uphold the Christ- therefore took charge of the two boys out dante. It was further stated that there would to Germany's. If her ideas of

gone to war to destroy.

ajust pot for a the iron was found in the cargo-boat beef compassion for their miserable con- seemed to be no indication of either fac- truth and right and force were to be Iwa believe that behind the forces of an ideals, and we

tion bearing animosity towards the other, adopted by the Allies, then we should evil there is the active power of a malign moment allow ourselves to condescend to longing to the defendants, but said his dition.

Sergt. Devney stated that this story was it was a battle got up on the spur of here failed even if we wiped Germany being of great knowledge and experience, use the weapons of the devil. It seema defence was that possession had not pass different to that which abe bad Grst told the moment.

from the Chinese who stole the iron the Police.

Mr. Wood remanded the case till to-day of the map of Europe.

Let me take an example of the danger we should expect that when he sees the to spe that the course of the Allies is so to the defendants. The case was exactly The Magistrate?

eventenced the woman to to find out whether the headmen of the which lude. There was published chance of his ideals being evertbrown great and noble that we ought to be most similar to that of Rer. e. Wylie.

six months hard labour on the first factions were willing to sign bonds for

triumph of the German armies becoming to achieve the victory. We must not The hearing was fixed for to-morrow charge. She was discharged on the second tits: future good behaviour of the defen last week in the local Press, an account and replaced by Christian ideals by the careful not to use any means but the best

smaller and smaller, he would do his allow the wiles of the devil to succeed. dania.

morning.

Sergt. Deracy, at this stage, said that

charge.

(Continued at foot of next Uolumn.)