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M A Potts propose the following Comuniter: The Hon Mr. P H. Hal· yoak. the Hou M, S. H Dodwell, the

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D. K. Moss seconded the motion and Arcied ununinsusly.

The CHAIRMAN then intrated Mr. H Brett. Commercial Attach for Hong kung and South China, to the meeting.

M 158777 Mr Chair. und gentlemen I do not propose to intliot a speech on you abis evening. but as Mr. Holyunk has very kindly referred in very Battering terms to my appeantment as Commerreal Iftuck to Bouth thins, 1 should like to take this opportunity of abanking him perously and the ham ber generally for the kindness and entertesten shown me gince my arrival in the Colony. I have been invited to be

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nimatiorazy member of the Com mugam, an invitation winch I accept with goat pleasure. The use of the Chamber's Committer room has been given me until i own affice is completed, and I have revived much assistance and useful ad Yie Frosh the Committee and uffierra. For this I am very grateful. The Departmeof of Overseas Trade. nader which I hold my present appoint- ment has been organised, as you prob ably are already aware, with the object of placing within the reach of the British manufacturer, exporter, and importer a more complete system of commercial in telligence regarding the Overseas mar kets than has been hitherto available. In this. and in other ways the idea is to assist in the development of British trade. In

any Colony, such as Hongkong. whose whole life and prosperity are bound up with the interest of British trade in the Far East. I know I can rely upon the assistance and advice of all the members of your Chamber in my endeavour to advance those objects as far as South (hine is concerned.

(Applause.) For

CRIMINAL SESSIONS

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28TH, 1919.

BEFORE HIS HONOUR THE CHIEF JUSTICE SIR WILLIAM REES-DAVIES, K.C.)] GOVERNMENT SERVANT INDICT. ED FOR BRIBERY. The bearing wha resumed yesterday.

of the cnec in which Lo Chuen, foreman! of the Public Works Department, was indicted for reviving a bribe of $400 from a sub-contractor, on January 4th, at Yaumati, with a view to influencing him in respect of certain works which he was engaged in.

The Acting Attorney-General (the Hon. Mr B E. Pollock, K.C.) prosecuted: and Mr. Eldon Potter (instructed by Mr. D. Lewis) defended.

The following jury was empanelled to Lry the enNG -Messra. R. Hunter, E al Arvulli, T. L. Scott, G. H. May, W P. Vermeullen. S. Goldschmidt, and J. M Noronha.

M. R. W. Carpenter. Engineer of the P.W.D. stated that a report was made in writing, by the manager of the con- traeting firm, concerning the prisoner, OR January 13th. Our receipt of it, he took the letter and the manager to the Police Station and handed the case over to Inspector Te-rett. The money paid to the manager in February amounted to $2,062.57, a sum of $3,971.68-equal to io per cent of the amount of the cou of the contract, when it would be paid. tract being held back till the completion The prisoner had power to criticise un satisfactory work and order it to be re- done.

Cross-examined, witness stated that prisoner had not passed any bad work. and that his supervision was efficient. The approximate value of the work done was about 80,000.

fifteen por cent. deduction seems to be His Lordship: In my opinion the

manager of the firm of contractors. more than the ammunt paid to the Mr. Pollock That deduction is on the whole contract, not on the value of the work done monthly.

my own part, 1 need hardly say, I shali condemned some work three or four days The manager stated that prisoner had welcome any member who seeks my assist anne, and shall gladly render any slight say, before the $400 had been mentioned. previous to January 14th that was to service in my power dither to the Cham-

generally ite Brothers,

The condemned work was a retaining (Ap-wall sea plause) As I know you have further

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matters to discuss here. to-day, I will near Taipo. He had also condemn

not take up your time any longer, except to mention that my office is situated on -the top floor of the Post Office building, and anyone can call upon me to discurs matters, and I shall always be glad and ready to see him. (Applause.)

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When you went to see Me." Carpenter you had $400 in bank notes I carried over $1,000.

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Why did you carry 81,000-waya

Then you are one of the lucky men. When you went to the Police, I say, you were carrying the bribe of $400 with you? When I went to Mr. Carpenter, I and

intention of paying the mone On Tuesday morning you went to the Railway Station at Youtanti?--Yes, wanted to discover whether prisoner was going to Taipo to look after his work

Why was this! Because I wanted to arrange to get Inspector Marieon in the house before prisoner came.

Then you admit ouaking the most eluhe rate preparations for defendant's recep tion at your house 1--1 bad instructions to do so.

And do you mean to tell the jury that you did not know prisoner.was coming? - I had to make preparations whether peisuner căng or not, ag I exported him to drop in at any moment.

The truth is that prisoner passes your shop every morning and you had arrang. ed with a feki to tell hime you wanted to see him? No.

CHINA AT THE PEACE O

CONFERENCE.

DR. C. T. WANG INTERVIEWED

Dr. T. Wang, expressing his views on the League of Nations to 起 Pres correspondent in Paris, said: -

The world has been torn to pieces by the ambitions of Imperialists who em played the military forces at their com mand in the attempt to make themselves; the masters of all mankind, To realize their ambitions, they have not hesitated Lo resort to any means, fair or foul. That is what made the whole world tremble, during the last four years.

Thanks to

the intrepid determination of all the Allies and Associated Powers, this satanie ambition has been thwarted by the epoch. tubing victory won by the free peoples, of the world. To ensure the fruits of this victory, it is absolutely necessary that a League of Nations, so aloquently advocated by President Wilson, should be brought about. It is the one sure way of preserving the world from another terrible disaster. China, from time im memorial, bes adopted the vow that the world should I in pouse and that nations should have brotherly feelings

You had some trouble about dynamite ? for one another." - No.

The trouble was that I had used too much Mr. Rouse has, told us that you had ?- dynamite,

What you did was to use powder, in- stead of the dynamite, which had di appeared ---I sometimes used powder.

Mr. Rouse further states that since the case your use of dynamite has been very unsatisfactory -How unsatisfactory?

Ask Mr. Rouse; I accept his word. You have sub-let this contract-Yes.

You had trouble with Mah? Yes, J intended to take over the work wrote a letter to him telling him that

When you paid the money to prisonor you wanted to dobi Mah's account 7- Yes.

this money to Mah was because the latter The reason why you wanted to debit

charge of it? As a matter of fact, it was money from the Treasury and were in owed prisoner money. You received the

account. prisoner who taught me to debis the

"What sort of League of Nations Remembering that there are 28 varieties would the Chinese favour, Dr. Wang?"

now under review, each out of gear with aome cog of the others, I thought this question in order. Dr. Wang's answer, I think, gives the essence of the Chiness viewpoint,

"In euch a League of Nations," he said; "the most fundamental thing is that justice shall be the cornerstone in that every nation, whether big or small,

happiness of mankind. Provision must strong or weak, shall be able to contri- bute its share to the advancement of the

be made that no advantage shall be taken by nations that are powerful over nations that are wook. Should this League as.j The $400 which you debit to Mah would sume an aspect (which I don't believe this be a swindle on your part, if it was a conference would ever accept) of the agent. brile I told Mah I was going to break off the engagement and then net as his strong nations so predominating over the Mali.

Any expense would be debited to weak nations as to have the effect of per manently shatting these weak nations out Even when you offer a bribe! Our case was that you desired to debit 346mfrom equid and just treatment (as Pre- it. To-day you say exactly the contrary" to Mah. At the Police Court you denied sident Poincaré said of the birth of the German Empire) it would be thus 'vitiated I don't remember anything about it. You arranged with Meh not to draw from its origin, and by the fault of its consent --We both want to the Treasury money from the Treasury without Mah's founders." It would be foredoomed to

him? No.

But Mah says you broke faith with

failure. To borrow, again, from the words of the great President of the French Republic, born in injustice.' it would be certain to end in oppre brium.'"

a stone support near Shatin bridge. condemned work was done by sub-con ross-cxamined, witness stated that the tractors, but he supplied the materials. Prisoner came to his office and asked for the money, after which he did not see him or hear from him for two daya.

Mr. Potter: The CHAIRMAN announced that the attention

I wish to draw your to election of the following new members of which

a piece of evidence, the the Chamber required confirmation:-

Attorney-General заув irrelevant, but which really is the Messrs. A Lapicque & Co., Gerin solution of the whole case. When pris Drevard & Co., Mustard & Co., Moller oner came to your house he said: &Co., Ltd. Handel Maatschappy Trans were going to Canton, why did you not "You marina. Robert Dollar Co., T. M. Gre gory & Co. Carvalhu & Co., Manners

You replied: "I was hindered by scive business. Backhouse, Ltd.

His Lordship: What made you tell -Witness: Yes. From that the prisoner understood that $100 you must not molest my workmen

prisoner: Now that I have paid you you were away ?-I told him on Wednes. day, January 9th, that I

-Witness: Because prisoner troubled Was going to thent. he thought I was in Canton I cannot Canton on January 13th, whether or La

You had a strong feeling against him-1 --No. Whenever the Engineer passed, yourself must believe that prisoner

"I think everybody in this Court except Brisoner asked me to pull down some

piece of work. thought you were in Canten, or else it would be folly for him to ask you that question 1-No, prisoner know that I was; out, because when he came to my house in which prisoner was the overacer

Is this the first contract you have hat at B p.m. my wife told bira so.

Yes.

The meeting acquiesced in their elec- 1100

This was all the business before the moeting, which then terminated.

A Committee meeting was subsequently held at which the Hon. Mr. 8. H. Dod well was elected Chairman for the ensuing year and Mr. E. V. D. Parr Vice-Chairman.

EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL

MEETING. Previous to the annual general ment. ing, a special extraordinary meeting was held to make an alteration in one of the

rules.

say

That's very interesting. How did your

No, it is the business of the Accounting Have you control of the accounts1 Department.

Inspector Terrett gave evidence to the Central Police Station he took down the

"Have you," I asked; "considered the proposition of conferring upon curtain antius, merely because of their military strength, mandatory powers?"

Yes, I have," was the reply, given

understand fully the importance of work- without the least hesitation. "I think {

ing out a plan that will be found practio

the second Acor wife tell prisoner-She shouted from effect that when a report was made at the able. In its application to certain coun- number of the bank-notes and handed nations be called upon to assist them in trims, it may be necessary thit some them to complainant.

to Canton,

But you had arranged definitely on Saturday I don't know that.

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that should be invested with these respon- sibilities, should be such as have proved, by facts, that, in the first place, they are capable of rendering such help and, in

Mr. Potter: Our case is that this man us out to get the prisoner in trouble He was chasing him with $400. The Hon. Mr. P. H. HOLYCAR, who pre explain why prisoner told you:

Proceeding, Counsel asked: Can you prisoner came to the manager's house he every such as the nation, or nations, A constable stated that as soon as the working out of scil-government; but in sided, slated that the alteration to the thought you were in Canton,"

"Baid: rules would enable a wider working of according to you, arrangements had been

when, Canton.

"I thought you had gone to the Chamber. The proposal was:--- ande

"That Clause VI. of the Rules and why he asked me that was because I had

meet you ?-Witncas: The reasoning the manager's house.

Surgt. Murphy also depoved to visit Regulations of the Hongkung General told him on Wednesday that I was going for the defence, stated that the prisoner the second place, that they have absoluto-

Mr. Potter, after adducing evidence Chamber of Commerce should be amend ed to read as follows:--

was promised a reward by the complainly proved to be disinterested and un- an for making certain translations of eclfish." I take it you cannot explain?-art of the whole and was that the English measurements into Chinese. The I say I don't know.

manager of the firm had a A

grudge against prisoner, because he was conscientiously carrying on his work, and thus becoming Ing a nuisance, and be set a for

trap manager's verson was correct, the Prisoner was an undesirable foreman, but that was not the case was testified to by Mr. Carpenter, who stated that prisoner had done his work very well.

The Committee shall consist of ten Members, all of whom shall be British or Representatives of British firms, to be elected at the Annual Meeting of the Chamber, and they shall hold

Office for one year. Vacancies occur. ring during the year shall be filled up by the Committee."

The Hon. Mr. S. H. Donwel, seconded. Mr. DONNELLY may I suggest the word

instead of or 7

and

May

I'll tell you why. The last time you you ani gen were going to Canton

said you all your story is false, There was no meeting on Saturday at

Witness:

It saw me on Saturday.

p.m. on Monday —Yes.

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come

is perfectly true that

be

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some false statement."

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thought should be given to the probable, "Don't you think, Dr. Wang, that

immediate, future development of so called weaker nations, as well as to their Powers!" present condition, vir-d-vis the great

Yes, exactly," replied the Chinese

"the Bloeman;

potential strength of nation should, of course, be taken into very careful consideration. A we am

You expected prisoner to come at 5

building for the future, that is even more The CHAIRMAN remarked that the pro-.

In fact he did not come ?--Yes, till 8.25 The prisoner had proved his innocence in inportant than merely present strength.

The posed alteration had been carefully coo-

every sense of the term.

world is full of changes, just now, With regard sidered by the Committee. ile suggested fact that he thought you had not return.

And if he did not come it explains the the question of molesting the workmen, and none of these can, with safety, for the that the words "and,'

surely the jury, as business men, must Bec

futuro, be overlooked. "or might meet the cast.

ed from Canton. I told him I was going foreman it was his daty to substantiate China--which, so far as military strongth

that when the manager luid a trap for the Take, for instance, my own country Canton at night. Mr. CARTWRIGHT: May I ask, Sir, how the rule reade which it is proposed toelase to

He must have been running you pretty what he intended to carry through by is concerned, is decidedly very weak. But mend i

prisoner had when we come to consider the latent the boat would leave to get the $4001 fare though, if to had wanted to do so, strength will stagger the imagination of to get there never asked the manager for money be powers of China, the absolute ovidences of Mr. WILLIAMS then read out the rule, He was too busy, as he had to go and he could have made things unpleasant. even the most farsighted. Here is which limited membership of the Come the Assistant Engineor, mittoe to British memberg of the Cham

ment for him on Monday after und from the answers given by

It was one man's word against another's nation of four hundred millions of noon I did not.

virile type of humanity and a country of The CHAIRMAN said he thought, perhaps,

prove you dict

musager in crowd-examination de- was over four million square miles, with it would be advisable to explain the knock at the door on Monday night,

His Lordship When be did come and and discharge him,

sure the jury would believe the prisoner, inmenso deposits of minerals and other

Sopronatural resources situation. It had been found in practi- why did your net open the door!--Wit know he had the manager, in his power source of the coming two dendea Sha

think of the pro.. Tho Attorney-General said the cal working that the rule as it stood, was ness: Inspector Terrott had and blat was why he made us of the pas grent man-power and these immon

the ingress that China honne to male in the necessary during the war because sales ordered

not to see the prisoner words A Word and the country ntural resources be used for the better

dourishes another, and it is ruined.

ber,

You

I'll

the Committee had leon limited to British except in his presence.

confidential correspondence Mr. Polter: When he came to your The From the Foreign office enuld not be non house at 9.95 p.m." he was not allowed to evidence adduced by this Grown hand Kfar the alliction of the world. De

to it. It had been found in practical go in-die door was not opened 1-Wit working that the hood of at least one big Britial concern was not a British des Yes

Mr. Potter: At the Police Cours you

nent of the world,er shall they be abused been corroborated in every detail

**k came away with this question ringing After a lengthy humming up byists of the bell of Saint-Sulpice, tolling my oare, It was repeated in each tho Lordship, the Chamber asblirarily to adhere to the the sound of his volcs," He said s***

and prisonor was dis the hours. I wonder if the Conference charged. ruin. Therefore, the Commitice had do promised to wait for me at 2 pm, why Potter asked for mit order from the Court not, will pay more fois pretences or what the impatient world will Parig cided to widen the rudo,

"At the close of proceedings, Mr. care to listen to Chian, and if they do The CHAIRMAN tien put the original go out." Wan ho spenking to that the $400 be returned to his client

the late Mr. Roosevelt dubbed "a longue

subject, and that it would be weakening "No one let him in Irocognised of "Not are brought in a verdlo

door-Witnes: To my wife.

You

proposal, and it was carried adm eau.. Mr. Donelly's tendons having contioned your wifel-I cannot remember But this is the Oral tline you have men withdrawn.

mentioning my wife as the Pulico Court.

of

His Lordship, directed that the money of empty rhetoric, save the work of the that, if the geened wanted it, he would dentation warned against in the pithy should go to the complainant, cdding | l'aria poseinkers from that ultimate Inve to sue film for i

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