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CORRESPONDENCE.

THE SHANTUNG QUESTION. L Tax EDITOR OF TAK HONGKONG

DAILY PRESS.

Six. My retugh to Mr. Smith's can tribution to your issue of the 25th. has been again responded to by Mr. Smith and Mr. ** N. Y.Z.," but I regret they are either sentimental or out of the aim, and. pannot persuade me of the mistake of my Belief.

THE" HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER

THE NEW GOVERNOR.

PROGRAMME OF TUESDAY'S"

·CEREMONIES.

The Gazette contains the following:—' His Excellency Sir Reginald Edward

Stubbe, K.C.M.G., will arrive by the .. hire ca the morning of Tuesday, September 30th, and will land at Blake Pier at 10 a..

A salute of 17 guns will be fired. Members of the Executive and Legisla Live Councils, the Judges, members of the.

MOTOR-CYCLE RUNS OVER A CLIFF.

MRS. A BOLTON SERIOUSLY INJURED.

A serious sccident took place on the Taipo Road: yesterday afternoon, when a motor-cycle and side-car, carrying Mr. and Mrs. A. Bolton, of the Kowloon Dock, went over the cliff hear the Taipo

Hill.

How the accident occurred is not

AN OPIUM HAÙL.

WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DRUG?

At the Magistracy, un "Saturday, a Chinos was charged with being in un- lawful possession of 108 curls, of pr pared opium,

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MEN EL Shenton uppenred for the defence.

Inspector Grant stated that he visited defendant's quarters on the top floor of

1- I did not mean to argue whether or foreign Consular bodies, Naval and Mili, definitely known, but it is believed that No. 4 Wellington Street, with a party

no the economic rights Japan retains are trivial or not only wanted to em- phasise that they were taken from Ger

tary Officers, and Heads of Department are invited to be present at the pier,

A Guard-of Honour, formed of mein

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the eyele sidded when Mr. Bolton was rounding a sharp bend in the road: Mr. severe shaking. Bolton escaped with a but Mrs. Bolton sustained rather serious

many and not from China. As regards bers of the Hongkong Defence Corps, will injuries to her bead and several abrasion the drug in his house, and if the Inspector

parade

ar Blake Pler at 9:45 a.m.

the reported demand of Japan for com-

His Excellency will proceed to the City pensation from Ubina in return for the restoration of Kiacchao, I am quite con- Hall, where he will be received by repre £dent of its groundlessness; in fact, Isentatives of the community; by whom an. am proud that Japan. after expending address will be prestated. The public blood and treasure, as Mr. Smith puts, invited to be present. i, mer the capture of German lensed territory, is now prepared to "hand this territory back to China,

His Excellency will then proceed to the Council Chamber, where the Commission will be rend and the oaths will be administered by His Honour the Chief Justice. The National Anthem will be played and a salute of 12 guns will be fired.

2-1 must thank Mr. Smith for his frank avowal of opinion that the Japanese statesmen who.

Sino-Japanese place Friendship before political aggrandise ment are not known here to have been, sufficiently powerful to swing the balance in Japan in favour of their ideals. I am sure the expression of these opinions serves us much for our reference, at least.

COMPANY MEETING. THE DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO

LIMITED.

in walizing how we are misunderstood, The thirty-sixth ordinary general meet though, to speak the truth, they do noting of the Douging Steamship Co., Ltd., persunde me still.

was held on Saturday, at the offices of the Company. Mr. G. W. Barton pre sided, and there were also present Messrs. D. & M. Bernard, J. W. C. Boanar and W. E. Clarke (consulting committee), Mears. W Logan, N. L Croucher, 1. S. Ferry, He Leung, Chan Tong U. Razack, Cheung Shiu, Chin King Yug and E. J. Gomez (secretary)..

3-Certainly Mr. Smith did not ang gest that the statesmen of Britain and What France are "stupid or villainons." I stated was that if they had concluded an unjust secret treats, such as Mr. Smith ents to simply, they would have been stopit or villainous. But I do not believe in this; in other words. I used these words in a negative sense.

What offered to Mr. Sarith us! true. fact is that Japan has promised to to return Kinschau with full sovereignty to China and that Japan will retain a few ecunou;ir rights. This is not my pinion but a fact, which all the world knows. 1f Mr. Smith does not believe it' -1 have

more to say.

The chairma said:-Though we had been in hopes that the year's working would have shown even better results, thing we may regard the profits carned as quite satisfactory and I trust the pro posed distribution of same will meet with your approval.

Docking charges on all the steamers have been very beavy, and lows of earn- ings was caused by their detention while in the dock's, hands.

on

different parts of her body. The motorcycle was completely smashed up.

a few minutes later, Mr Fortunately and Mrs. W. J. Crawford, who were driving in a car along the road, reached the spot where the accident occurred, and brought Mr. and MrsBolton back to Mis Bolton. Kowloon.

transferred into a motor ambulance on the Hongkong side of the Harbour, and removed to the

iovernment Civil Hospital.

ASSAULT ON A SHIP'S OFFICER

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- EUROPEAN SEAMAN SENT... TO, PRISON.

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At the Marine Court on Saturday, befer Captain Basil Tayloar, R... Harbour Master. J. Barrie, a seaman on the State Arrow, pleaded guilty to unlawfully assaulting Mr. C. E. Hala, third of the vessel, on the high seat

officer on September

The complainant stated that he was of the bridge, talking to the pilot at 10.30 a.m. on September 1st...while the vessel

dant une on the bridge. he had no

in the sea of Japan.. and the defen business to be

compan there. bins off

received on ordered

repeated the order and was all sorts of Blthy names. * He also

slap across his then

He saw defendant in his cubicle, and be of detectives, to execute a search warrant,

told him that he had come to search for opium. Defendant said he did not keep wanted to search he might search the Witness saw baskets outside his room. one basket, which contained potatoes, and, founds tind which contained 100 taels of after emptying about half of them, he opium. In the other basket, eighty taels were discovered. Witness searched the cubicle, and, in a drawer "there was part containing 18 tela. He arrested defendant

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Defendant stated that he was the accountant of the Asiatic Steamship. Ca. He told the police that he had no opium, and directed them to search the baskets, which belonged to his brother-in-law, He wing visited in jail by his concubine, who told him that her brother Bnd left the opiam in his house He had seen the account book (produced) before, as it had been lying in his room for some time He hand looked through it, but did not know that the entries referred to opium...

The brother-in-law said he was a caman, and was staying at a bearding house. The opium was his property r brought the baskets to the house, and told

woman to let his sister know that he'l Lad left them, there, He went up to Canton to find a purchaser for the opium, and on his return he was told that the opiam had been seized. The actuant-book was his, as he had left it behind for his brother-in-law to write up some entries

opium to his brother-in-law. He had only for Him. He had never mentioned the the word taels written in the account book, and had not described what it meant

Mr. Shenton said the person who ought

seized defendant Com to suffer as his client's brother-in-law.

and a

struggle ensued. He managed to throw defendant down and hold him till the arrival of the Captain, who put the defendant in irons. "Even then defendant attempted to strike complainant on the head with the

with the irons.

Defendant: I wish to know whether you had any impression why I came on the bridge

-Complainant: No. started

I should like to know why it was you, to. me away before you got to know what my business was? As it "I was held condemned before I

got The Haiging was released from Gov was

The impression in ernment requisition on December 23rd.oh to the bridge. last year, and aching on February your mind. I suppose, was that I intend 17th fast, and each bad to undergo and to do bodily harm to you -You had extensive overhaul Efter their strenadas nebukiness on the bridge in the first work of the last 20 months the Govern place. ment only defraying the cost of the damage caused to them. Application has been made for a further grant towards the cost of the general re-conditioning of the steamers, but we must not be too shag uine of getting same made.

5. Nor Japanese: officials, are taking care to cloud the issue as "XYZ." shy, but he is right in saying that Gerumu never owned Shantung Pro- Ainer, and that, consequently, Japar cannot be said to have got any sovereign rights in Shantung from Germany, I am

1 made u SOFTY

mistake in this respect might to hav+ the lensed territory Lastead of

Shantung of Kincehno which is promised to returned to Wertainly have no shadow of laim to the sovereign rights of Shan- tang and its people, nor are now exercis ing such rights there. Tu talk of return ing the leased territory is not to say that Japan will return something to which she never had

The installation of an oil-plant into anadow of a claim G-Hundreds of thousands of Japanese the as fluiching took much longer than ay be settling in Shantung, for aught was at first anticipated, and after some 1 Koow. They may wo of their own initial trouble in cow running satix

do 0.

people are Irve, will. 1

hope the

factorily.

H

nus as prejudiced a Chinese, nationa

I do not know why" X.Y.Z." referred

Was it hot your duty as an officer to enquire what I wanted on the bridge, instead of shouting me down before came on to the bridge-Complainant did not reply,

Mr. Lindsell expressed himself satisfied that defendant knew very well that the spium was in his custody. He fined the

fendant 10,000, with the alternative of nine monthe hard labour. The opium was confiscated.

LITTLE BOYS AS OPIUM SMUGGLERS.

THE LATEST DEVICES OF THE OPIUM RING.

At the Magistracy, on Storday, a Chile boy was charged with the unlaw tal-bosscasing of a trely of prepared Topium

Defendant said that he was looking at the show window of the Wing On Com- and gave him a parcel," pany, when a stranger came up to him

Mr. Lindsell fined defendant $500, with tabour. the alternative of five months' bard

A seaman, called by the prosecution, stated that he did not witness the occur vence. He heard a noise and saw the third officer holding down the defendant

Complainant: Just sis defendant Another boy, charged with "the posses attacked me what did you say 7-Witness: you are absolute ly

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not

ing the the gendarmes protec: $13,000, for which we have not takro of glass, which

xion of 30 taels of opium, said he was

Praya when man him

CONVICTIONS

IN TWENTY-FIVE YARS.

acture, which occurred in October mistaken. It will not do me or started rerriedly and disappested. Be

to tell lies,

fore he could get over his surprise he to this fact in support of his argument,

las on the Harkony, and an accident tondant stated that the vessel felt was arrested by a constable

Mr. Lindsell fined the boy $2,000, with though, of course, it is all right if he the aitan's bailers' necessitated extra gozaki. hn oil port in the Inland Sea |

Kobe

and the Shimonoseki | the alternative of eight months' hard only stated it for the information of the dock and a charge on the underwriting between

Straite, on the morning of September tour. public. If the latter is his aim, I should account of the company.

Investments in sterling, Japanese and 21st. The crew were mary or less under like to warn the public not to be mis- guided by it, for Shantung is a most Straits currency have been written down the influence of liquor at the time. While thickly populated, of China and net in the accounts to exchange rates ruling they were drinking on board a bottle TWENTY-ONE fucked for immigration. That will on June 30th, last. Investments in shares broke, and the pieces were strewn all over go without argument with those who in local companies, you will see noted the deck. Defendant was walking bare- know that Shantung is a prominent show a proft at market rates of some fected on the deck and trod on a piece A Chinese, aged 35, was charged at the

of emigrants.

his foot. Fearing that Magistracy on Saturday, with unlaw. would credit in the accounts.

be get blood poisoning, he thoughtfully intering a house in Wanchai, with and other properties,

The item bonus to steamers officers" the best thing to do was to see the

the Captain intent to commit a felony. think this can be

cited

in proof of

is now shown separately in the present and obtain some medicine. all her promises. Japanese loyalty to She promised that the railway should be accounts, ex officers' pay all round bas admitted that he was under the influence Inspector Kent stated that a 6 a.m. on Saturday defendant climbed over the liquor at the time. He was going on of

a table guarded by the Chinese police with such been increased to amounts which include to the bridge to see the Captain, when wall of the house, landed on Japanese adviser as the Chinese Govern the amounts of the bonus grant.

Get away from below, climbed on the Brst floor verandah, ment agrees to accept, but, of course. Our old friend the Haiton has been complainant shouted:

Witness did not obey the order and was going down the stairs, when he everybody isust admit that this can only sold, subject to inspection, for delivery because he wanted at opportunity of

was met by an inmate who arrested him.

hard be done after the settlement of all ques shortly, and we hope to acquire in her stating his rights to the Captain.

Mr. Lindell: Three months' tions, and that, meanwhile, it cannot be place a vessel of an up-to-date type Capt. Taylour: Do you think it was labour. left unprotected

your business to go on to the bridge? - B-Does

X.Y.Z."

Witness: I wanted to get some medi- Government," by putting simply

cine.

ex

The amount appearing as freights.

since been collected.

tion of the province, expecially by the sale of morphia? If so, 1 and no neces- sity to explain it. What I feel is simply that I am sorry, for the ignorance not

-I am, sir, yours faithfully,

i who have permitted

the counts receivable, agency balances has

Least trade, in spite of the disturbed state of the country, has been quite satis factory "for the last three months. This, combined with slightly lower price for place the company in a very good.nosi tion in the present year.

Capt. Richmond, master, stated that defendant had borne a good character

well. and had done his work that defendant

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Inspector Kent. Your Worship, he has twenty previous convictions, and this in his twenty-first. He came out of jail on the 6th, of this month. He has been in and out of prison since he was ten years Defendant I entered the house for

of age

particularly of the Japanese Government. coal and much smaller dock bills, should could not do this sort of thing with the purpose of getting some water to

T. HIGHBRIDGE." Hongkong, September 27th, 1919. SERVICE PENSIONS AND THE

HIGH DOLLAR.

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG "

DAILY PEERS."']

I now heg to propose the adoption of the report and statement of accounts.

Mr. 1. 6. Perry said I should like to give expression to the feeling of ap preciation, in which, I am sure, all the shareholders will join. The satisfactory results obtained this year in spite of the high price of coal, docking charges and other incidental expenses are undoubtedly due to the foresight, good management and untiring efforts of the general managers and the directors, ably assisted by their staff, to promote the interest of the shareholders. Our thanks are, there fore, due to them for presenting ng with such a satisfactory report, and if we are

Mr. Lindsell But why did you enter in such a way! Six months.

wrong in punity. He was in the going on to the bridge, and had made drink. matters worse by assaulting the officer, on watch. It was a very serious offence. and defendant would have to go to prison

twelve weeks.

The Captain stated that the Standard Oil Co. would defray the cost of keeping defendant in gaol.

"FAIR EXCHANGE IS NO ROBBERY."

RICE TAKEN IN LIEU OF PAY.

At the Magistracy, on Saturday, a Chinese was charged with the larceny of a2 catties of rios. the property of his cm-

player, at Wong-nef-chong

-SB-With-reference to "Pensioner's

THE VICTORIA THEATRE.- letter in your issue of the 28th inst,

"Prize Packets," who gave The would you be good enough to add to his

most successful performance before a packed house at the Victoria Theatre on Defendant said that big employer owed protest a note from an outport. We

Saturday, are introducing another com- bie 83.50 and refused to pay. He, there there are two of us here-are by no means

plete change of programme to-night. form, took the rice to make up for the content to draw our pittance at a 4/-

The first part of their entertainment amount owing to him, dollar, although we have certainly been fortunate in meeting with similar success will consist of songs, grave and gay, by The employer admitted that he owed waiting for someone to start the ball year after year I do not think we could the Missze

Father" ty Xaide willing to pay. rondent to discover when and upon what marks, gentlemen, I have much pleasure Steart" by Ln, Fetite Zilla, and They're charge you, but the rice is to be given back

must be made

Mr. Bmith (to defendant):" I dis Government order the old scheme of exchange serving soldiers was dis- and accounts. pensed with?

Is it possible for your corres wish for anything better. With these re Stella Special mention defendant the money, and said he was

and

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paying pensioners at the same rate of in seconding the adoption of the report all after me" by the "midget" of the to your employer.

Meera D. GM. Bernard, J. W. this injustice publicly Bonnar and W. E. Clarke were re-elected for a a month by so, I suggest that Pen- to the Consulting Committee, on the zionex

call meeting of his colleagues proposition of Mr. Lo Choung Bhiu, and have a memorandum drawn up and seconded by Mr. Chan Tong. presented to H.E. Bir Reginald Stubba, K.O.M.G., "for his perusal and necessary action, please I am si pour faith fully,

J. ROBINSON. Bwatow, September 27th, 1919.

Mers, A. R. Lowe and C, Bernard Brown were appointed auditors at a re- muncration of 3000 cach

The Chairman having announced that dividend warrants would be ready on Monday morning the meeting ended. ·

Company.

After a short interval, the Company Inspector Kent: But he has consumed will put on an amusing sketch entitled it.

Let 'em all come." Mr. Weatherly will

Mr. Smith (to defendant); Have you take the part of Dr. Machle with finished up all the rice ta Xaida Stella in the character of his son,

Defendant: Yen... in love with every domestic in the house. Mr. Smith: $3 or 10 days. Beveral attractive songs are introduced in Complainant: But, when he comes out the sketch.

of jail he will take his revenge. I think...

(Other Local News will be found on Page 6.).

The programme is one of the best yet presented in Hongkong by this bright

little company.

291, 1919.

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