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THE HONGKONG DAILY FRESN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2D, 1919.

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CANTON, April and." **The Punjab Government gives pub- THE PROVISIONAL ASSEMBLY. licity to an interesting document in con- It is stated that the members of the nection with the recent change of atti-Proviacial Assembly and tude of certain members of the Ghadr Governor bave now come to an ander party in America. This is a copy of the standing. address presented; un the conclusion of hostilities, to His Majesty's Minister at Panama, Central America, by the Indian residents there. The address is signed by 18 Indians and runs as follows:-

May it please your Excellency, wa the undersigned bumbia subjects of their Majesties the King and Queen, on this glorious day marked by the victory and sriumph of their armies together with their allies, join with all our heart in Examen sending dur congratulations and felicita

tions to Their Majesties the King and Queen, their

never-erring diplomats and their never failing army and navy who jeined and fought in this world's greatest of wars for the liberty and freedom of mankind and who this day have brought peace and joy to us all. We take great pleasure in expressing our entire satisfaction in the achievement of this magnanimous victory, the praise" of which is beyond description. your Excellencies, Bir Claud and Lady Mallet, representatives of the British we have no words to express Empratitude for the courtesy and ex treme amiability with which you received us. We admit having erred by following the preachers of sedition (Ghade party) but this was due to our poor understand ing of the true work of Britain in India (as we are uneducated) which was always painted by these preachers as black possible. this only to further their own interests. We wish to say nothing more except to thank you from the bottom of our heart for the most amiable and kindly way in which you have received us, and for the pleasure we have enjoyed in being with you this afternoon and most of all for the kindly and curdial words of sympathy with our country, the hope of which we cherished and we are glad that we long hong enough to ste the down

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The opening of the new session is ex- posted to take place shortly. ROAD IMPROVEMENT,

The Public Works Department wishna to pull down the French Post Office and a part of the French Consulate in order to make way for one of the new roads.

A suitable building is being offered to the French Consul in exchange and the Tuchen has been requested to settle the arrangement as soon as possible. THE 21 DEMANDS.

IN SEARCH OF HIS FATHER. YOUNG FILIPINO BOY IMPRISONED.

At the Magistracy, yesterday, Arturo- Bailey, a young Filipino, was charged before Mr. G. N. Orme with stowing him

·GUN-RUNNING IN

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HON. ME. ED. C. WOLFE ON THE . SITUATION."

HEAVY FINE INFLICTED

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At the Magistracy, yesterday, before Mr. R. E. Lindsell, a Chiness was charg ed with being in unlawful possession of several parts of a Colt revolver.

away on the go. Ecuador, bound from Manila to San Francisco,

Defendant stated that his mother was

Defendant, who is a hotel-runner, was dead and that he left Manila with the in- tention of searching for his father who arrested on board the Yam Uni, bound had run away to San Francisco. Defend for Kongmoon. When searched, the parts". nt was starving at Manila and he was of the revolver were found, concealed willing to work his passage to San underneath his trousers. Francisco.

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Sergeant Ari, said that he had seen the Mr. Orme observed that defendant C.S.P. on the matter, and as the Police should have seen the Captain of the boat were certain that defendant was a “gun- before she left Manila and told him that runnerbe had been instructed to press. The Peace Envoys to Europe have re he was willing to work. He should have for a heavy penalty.

Sergeant Fallon stated that a great ported that after considerable trouble asked the captain's permission.

"The purser of the vessel-aid-that-the quantity of arms were being imported they have made known to the Paris Con ference, the gi demands formulated by Company wanted to discourage stowing from America

Defendant Mr. Lindsell fined defendang #950, "with Japan. The envoys add, however, that away as much as possible. there seems little bape that the demande was not a suspicious character; he simply the alternative of three months" hard will be cancelled, and the Canton Govern-wished to get to America.· ment is requested to make an appeal to Mr. Orme. I suppose the crew helped the "Big Foar "to adjust the matter.

DISPUTER OVER THE PÅRLIAMENTS.

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Labour.

The Hon. Mr. E.D.C. Wolle, C.SP.

him:

appeared befor the Magistrate: faw The Furser: 1 do not think so.. We minutes later and applied for the re- He said that the opening of the case..

amo, on which defendant intended

It was obviously case of smuggling by a man who we fully-

The trouble that has arisen in the have 120 Filipino passengers in the Shanghai Conference over the question of steerage who evidently helped the boy te abolishing one of the two Parliamenta haside himself. That frequcutly happens

to travel

We now know that they did by no means been settled." It is reported Th. Dassage costs $60 in American" money viong occa.. been pirated on two pre

that the members of the Peking Cabinet from Manila to San Francisco

wit be forced to resign if they cannot maintain the Poking Parliament.

AT SC PA FLOW, MEMORIAL TO A CHINESE.

Writing From Edinburgh, the Scottish correspondent of the Singapore Free

of iu

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the horizon. Your Excellener may be sure that no words of goodwill. however trong, however enthusiastic, can be uttered by Your Excellency that will says:--A long pier stretches out not find instant and adequate respons into Scapa Flow, the famous base in England. Last of all we must soleme

Fleet. The bay is ly promise and pledge our loyalty with of the British the hope that your Excellency will com municate to Their Majesties the King And Queen and consider as true and loyal subjects from this day onwards'

SOUTH AFRICAN UNREST. LORD SELBORNE AND THE NATIONALISTS.

fall of German destroyers lying three abreast, ill kept and abject-looking com- pared with

the clean grey British T.B.D.'s Behind the pier rises. Hoy, snow capped and bleak, with a road wind. ing over its shoulder, empty of habitar tion for ten miles. About the pier and in the sad-coloured fields beyond are clusters of huts for the labour gang. The Earl of Selborne, présiding recent ly at a meeting of the African Banking Round" the water's edge mechanical dig Corporation, Ltd na Winchester House, said that the political unrest manifested Kers hold up their derricks above great by the Nationalists must make all friends gaps in the foreshore, and concrete blocks of the Union anxious. These gentlewan are piled up ready for the building of did not seem to understand the Constitu tion under which they lived. They claim yet another of the works that give the ed a right of self-determination, but that taxpayer. food for reflection. Some day was exactly what the inhabitants of each Scapa Inay be another Portland. Dominion possesses under their Constitu

But at the moment one recalls pictures. tion. They asserted quite truly that "the Boers were a very obstinate race, and of Klondyke in the early day's, Rosyth in could not be driven but they appeared 1910, ora Western American township

et that the British were also a very obetinato race, and that they also could not be driven They appear to look at the possibility of its disintegra- tion without misgiving, he said, but

to forget

the main reason which made all respon

in the making. A cemetery is on the rising ground above the bay. Neat wide paths interesect it and here and there are monuments, mostly taking the forth

of Ions croSICS.

In a place apart stands The Stone of

Mfr. Orme remarked that he bad several conversant with the regulations of the cases of this sort during the month. He Colony. A returned emigrant from fined defendant 250 with the alternative America would not be expected of a month's hard labour.

CHINESE CONSTABLE IN TROUBLE.

ALLEGED WOUNDING WITH

REVOLVER-

At the Magistracy, yesterday, a Chinese constable was charged with misdemeanour a constable, and with firing a revolver at two men and wounding them.

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instances

knew the laws, and he would be fined $250 but in the present instance the defendant had deliberately attempted to souggle the arms If the Piracy Ordinance wha to be effective heavy penalties should be inflicted. Tha Police had so far been able to prevent piracies by carrying on a vigorous search and by having heavy fines imposed. If the de fendant had got through, he and his con-" federates would have fixed up the differ- ent parts of the revolver and might have The facts, as alleged, were that some held up the ship as had been done on workmen, employed on the Kowloon Docks previous occasions. Mr. Wolfe next cited Extension, at Eunghom, were indulging various

where exemplary in a game of cards during the tin hour, punishments had been meted out to and defendant, who was patrolling the offenders-in one instance a man getting place, demanded money. Words leds to 12 months hard labour and in another blows and a gang of coolies chased de being fined $1,000. Defendant, it could fendant who-immediately drew a revolver probably be proved, was runner of and-fired at two of the men, wounding ammunition. The only point he wished to lay stress on was that since the them in the leg.

armistice there had

a very great ia-. crease in the number of smuggled, and that meant greater severity of punishment was re quired to keep pace with the tendency to smuggle arms. In the last three months there were ten cases more than in the last three years. It was a serious

Mr. Lindsell remanded "the case,

BIG HAUL OF OPIUM.

170 TALLS-DISCOVERED.

At the Magistracy, yesterday, before Mr. G. N. Orine, a Chinese boy and girl were charged with being in unlawful,

arma

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sible men of both races, and in all the Honour. It is a plain headstone of con- | possession of 170 taels of opium, valued mätter and he asked the Magistrate so

four Colonies support the Union in 1998-9, was the conviction that without union the conflicting interests of the separate Colonics would one day result in

War. That was true then, and it is more true still today. Divide South Africa, up into four separate states, and within a few years there will be civil war I make that prediction with a full Bense of

but without hesita responsibility. tion. notice with great satisfaction that the Union Government have granted leave to the delegates of the Nationalists, General Hertzog and Dr. Malan, to pro- seed to Europe to lay their case before the Pesce Conference I am quite sure

that the decision was most viemen thou

ventional design, but it bears strange 1; $2,250. marks, and the inscription on it gives it an interest all its own:

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(A Stone of Honour) to Zu Sing Kang Who died at Scapa Flow "My Witness is in Heaven,

my record on High." Jab 16, 19."

Erected as a Memorial of a Kind done by a Chinaman in dursing a blinded Working Man afterwards Senator of the Australian Commonwealth."

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Mr. EL. Agassiz appeared for the defendants.

The two defendants, it appeared, weat on board the China, where "they were stopped by Detective Thomson, who sus

Actpected them. He had them arrested. and

searched, and the opium was found cleverly concealed underneath their waist

coats.

Mr. Agassiz applied for a remand,” and

BABY'S DAY" AT SINGAPORE this was granted by Mr. Orme.

A SUCCESSFUL SHOW.

Many events have taken place in the OF INTEREST TO THOSE GOING Memorial Hall, but it would be no ex;

could be better than that those men should there and expose to the world the hol- lowness of their cause, and the real ture of their demands. I quite under stand the feeling of the men of the Union Castle Line who refused to carry them, but I must say I think it was a stroke of genius for the inerva to aggeration to state that never, perhaps, offer to carry them. It showed a sense has a more unique and interesting one of humour which will excito, I believe been held in it than the baby show which, complete approval in every brenat in

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take a serious view of the case.

Defendant said that a friend of his who had recently returned from America gave him the revolver to take to Kong. moon for $5 reward. This friend bad also taken away some of the parts of the

revolver and had left for the country a few daya previously

Mr. Lindsell Sned defendant 2600, with the alternative of six the hard labour.

A

AN AIR GUN.

Chinese, stall-keeper was charged with being in unlawful possession of an air-gun,

Mi Lindsell remarked that as defend- ant had publicly exposed the gun for

It is understood that the sa Neuralia, sale, he did not think it was to have been

on her homeward journey, will have used for a dangerous purpose. He fired South Africa, because they know, as I on Saturday, April 12th, says the Straits know, that nothing could be better than Timer, brought into its precincts not few first class passages are available and

accommodation for 640 passengers, Very defendant $10. that these men should come to Europe only numerous babies of and be exposed,"

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-packed from 330 clock in the afternoon

AN AUTOMATIC FISTOL

aationalities; but mothers and even these will cost £84 each. The remainder fathers as well. The spacious-hall was will constitute one general lass, each G. N. Orme, & Chinese was charged At the Magistracy, before Mr.

A correspondent in home paper † right où to 45 at which hour-Dr. Passage of the latter costing £58. In view with being in unlawful possession of an writes:-Talking of rats and the little Glennie read out to an interested audi of the difficulty of obtaining passages for automatic pistol and twelve rounds of things they do carries me back to some ence the list of the Bables who had won Europe, advantage will no doubt be ammunition.

Defendant was arrested while return thing which occurred in Hongkong in prizes, as well as the two lucky one is readily taken of the opportunities the

pneumonic and beea declared to be the champion plague were both raging and when the babic of Singapore, the first under 19 Neuralia affords.

1303-when bubonic

and

and the second 6 months respectively. It was a wonderful sight which met the

price of a few cash was put on the head of each dead and dely identified Hongkong rat. For months the corpses at every turn for the body of the hall flowed in, until one night the Governor and been metamorphosed into 3 place who at that time was, Bir Henry Blake, werdlowing with babies. And to the sur: sent for six live rats for purposes of

prise of experienced maters and paters observation. Days passed, and nothing there was conspicuous absence of happened. Then the truths came out. Dead rats by thousands had been shipped crying on their part. The babies were

HONGKONG DEFENCE CORPS

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS. BY MAJOR É

MORGAN, ADMINISTRATIVE COMMANDANT.

PARADE

in junks from Canton, Wachowind really good, though an occasional squeal The Parade ordered for Wednesday, 23rd

The henthen went to g176 a zest to the proceedings, for other parts of China Chinee is a wonderful business man 1.45 it would not have been baby-land without There were, as it has been stated, all tinde of bables European babies, Eura frikan babies, Japanese babier, quite a Sultan Alang Iskandar, the new rulerplethora of hefty Chineze babies and summe of Perak the premier State of the good specimens of Mohammedan babies, F.M.B. was installed by H.E. Bir Arthur | mad with the Babies there were many Young, amid magnificent remonials, on interesting exhibits of baby requisites, in- April 11th The new Bulian who is one of the beat pola player in Malaya, willding christering cups, mage, and probably be included in the Malayan various intant food Tha arrangementa. generally, were excellent and the doctors team if an Inter-port polo match ever materialisex The advantage of an educand all the ladies concerned have to be tion at Home where he imbued very congratulated on the arduous labours of liberal ideas makes his advent to the judging which gave universal satisfac This Year throne of Perak an important political tion, there being great applause se exch Insi Test. event. The new Sultan is a younger bro winner was lifted up for the audience to Iner6800

Вестовно ther of the late Sultan Abdul Jalil. ses him or her.

The

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ing from Stanley, where it was alleged be attempted to sell the revolver to ona of the villagers.

Inspector Kent said the case was D VETY. serious one.

Defendant, replying, said he carried the revolver as a means of protection against highwaymen,

Mr. Orme: You, yourself, might turn into an armed, highwayman. Defendant was fined $250,

A LIVING ARMOURY.

A Chinese was charged with being in unlawful possession of a revolver, several rounds of ammunition, gagh and two daggers,

April is postponed till Tuesday, 29th April, 1019.

H. A Monday (Major), for Adjutant, H.K. Delence Corps, Hongkong, 2nd April 1910..

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Bergeant Murphy stated that on Friday proximate statement of traffic aight a constable rushed into the the wosk ending April 10th-Yaumati Station and reported that an armed robbery, was about to take place in Mongkok, A European Bergeant and a Chinese constable went to the place, and, arrested defendant, who had in his possessions loaded revolver. The de fendant put up o terrific struggle before he was apprebended.

Mr. Orme remanded the casa.

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