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CORRESPONDENCE. THE VISIT OF ARCHBISHOP MANNIX.

" THE HONGKONG [TO THE EDITOR OF

DAILY PRESS]

Staunch Catholic" make one inclined to say

Dr. Johnson said to a similar twadi Nay, sir, an you bring gahble into it I'll of argue with you."

Sia-The lucubrations of n

No-one loves, his enemies or

ever will de, least of all Roman Catholics who, for 13 centuries at any rate, wees more happily employed in burning them and as for calling such a man us Manpix "good old Archbishop "well, to say the least, it's a very pour compliment to that august breed a prosperous Churchmen. He may indeed be old, let's hope he is very old! but it would be difficult to prove him good, and in the arantine let him not come here.-

$ Yours, etc.,

PATRIOTIO ATHEIST.

Hongkong, June 21st, 1991.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG

DAILY PRESS."

Six-There is. a persistent rumour te the effect that some of those agitating against the reception to Archbishop Mannix intend distributing, leaflets on the Irish Question with a view to asso ciating the arrival of the Archbishop

with such distribution.

If there is any truth in the report, the publie will know that the leaflets are the work of the opposition. and not of Hongkong Catholics, the large majority of whom are not even remotely interested in the Irish Question,-Yours truly;

Hongkong. June 22nd, 1921.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HOXOKONG HAILY PRESS.''}

X. Y. Z...

SIR-With reference to the correspon dence in your columns to-day, it would appear that Catholic Loyalist" and Anti-Bigot have failed properly to grasp the meaning of Loyalist's" letter dated the 19th inst. There is no doubt

FAM HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 2o20, 1941,

SHAUKIWAN LIGHT RAILWAY

OPERATION OF SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.

The result of the Magistrate's test, of the safety arrangements at the ligh: rail, way at the A.P.C. Depot at Shaukiwun was reported; yesterday, when the sum mons against the contractor was called on again,

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The police case was that the trucks passed across the road too soon after the passing of a motor hicycle and side car, Mr. W. R. Andrews, of the P.WD."who was called as an additional witness for the prosecution, said he regarded it as a very close thing and a narrow escape.

The Magistrate said the defence had demonstrated to him, on the spot, that they could get the truck across the road before the police Sergeant could pull up his motor bicycle and turn round to see it. Two or three times, they d it. 3

Mr. T H. King. Deputy Superinten dent of Police, said that no flag was exhibited when the police sergeant was there.

The Magistrate: No, there would not be if the defence is speaking the truth that the barrier was down.

Mr. King: We are trying to devise some nieans of seenring the safety of the public without abolishing the use of the crossing which would be a serious incon- venience to the contractor and the com- pany..

The Magistrate: 1 should think the best way would be a reliable watching there. Mr. Rowan (for the defendant); My client will take every precaution

The Magistrate: I am going to dismiss the summons because I have a doubt about the facts. If the barrier was down, there was no neglect,

RINDERPEST

OUTBREAK.

SANITARY ORDERS DISOBEYED. A Chinese woniaw, who keeps tows if

but that the majority of H.B., Majesty's subjects would extend a hearty welcome to any dignitary of the Catholic Church. Kowloon City, was charged, yesterday Such welcome could not, however, be afternoon, in Mr. R. E. Lindsell's Court

one who by his properly "extended to actions can only, by reasonable minded for moving her enttle from an infected citizens, be considered as an undesirable. shed without permission.

ALLEGED PASSENGERS'

- REVOLT.

PROTRACTED. LEGAL ARGUMENT.

- NO PRECEDENTS FOR THE STJIKEMBANG ""CASE,

CHILD - SLAVERY UNDER BRITISH ROLE. CONDITIONS IN HONGKONG.

BY LIEUT, COMMANDER HASLEWOOD, „B.NG IN THE DAILY NEWSK"],

"It is high time that the British public Two hours legal argument yesterday afternoon, with regard to the alleged were fully informed of the abominable revolt of vine Chinese passengers and one system of child-slavery which prevails in member of the crew of the sa- Tjike. the Crown Colony, of Hongkong. bang, before Mr. R.E. Lindsell at the For seaply a hundred years this island, Magistracy indicated the existence of with its 200,000 Chiness inhabitants, has certain technical dificulties. None of been under our rule. There are now some the legal luminaries concerned was pre-6,000 Europeans, and the island is con pared to quote & precedent that coverd trolled by the Clovernor and a Legislativa the case. Apparently, revolte by passen Council When I was acting as Super gers, have been very rare in legal his-intendent of the Admiralty Chart Depot tory. "But it seemed to be agreed that there in 1919, my wife and I were horrified one member of the crew," alone, could not by the screams of a child which came revolt or conspire to revolt, and it the during the evening from a Chinese, bouse: of the crew was charged, in addition to quiries we came to the conclusion that this case before the Court only one member As a result of our efforts to make in

the nine pasengers.

must be one of those enses of slavery The Magistrate said he understood that which we had hearil darkly hinted at. Mr. Leg D'Almada and Mr. M. K. Lo, When I reported the case to the police I for the defendants, wanted to attempt was told that it was probably a slave to convince him that the prosecution, on vestigations and these revealed to us the

onde girl My wife immediately began in the evidence of the officers of the ship, fact, which had indeed already boon is- had not made out a case on which the cussed in a serinou by the British chap- Court would be justified in committing, lain, that each Chinese house in the or of extraditing, in the event of the Colony had one or more girls virtually in requisition being received from the Dutch a position of slavery. The custom is call- indies.

ed adoption, but money payments are Mr. D'Almada addressed the Magis usually made, and in the majority of cases trate

at some length. He contended that the girls becams household drudges and there must be prine facit proof of guilt worse, As the result of our action. I re- according to English rules of evidence, linquished my appointment, and step by and objected that no specific acts of restop have forced the Colonial Office to volt were mentioned in the warrant. By admit the material fact in this gravé the omission the accused were placed at indictuiert of British honour a loss In "common law, a. Master bad absolute control over his passengers; they were bound to obey his reasonable orders; Utics to questions regarding the buying A reply recently given by the Colonial he had power to put them in irons and, for offences, passengers were liable under and selling of children in Hongkong was the Merchant Shipping Acts vhich were as follows::. applicable, he

to all nations.

The Magistrate: Are the Acts of uni: versal application 1

Mr. Wakeman tfor the Crown): Only to British ships.

Mr. D'Almada said that when 'the Cap- tain notibed Hongkong the wording of his message indicated that he had no intention of suggesting that the men were committing a revolt. He used the words

trouble

disturbance. .or

"SLAVE BROKERS.

Buring and selling of human beings does not take pince openly in Hongkong A cutter does exist there, as elsewhere in China. By which in return for a money payment, giris ara transferred by their parents or natural guardian to the care of another household, usually for the purpose of domestic service, though the transaction is described by "the Chinese, as a form of adoption. Outside official circles it is hard to believe that anyone can distinguish the difference between the transfer of a girl for a money

selling. payment and actual buying and

Sheltering

the most under this custom.

Go- Mr. D'Almada: Perhaps more import revolting abusea in the traffic of girls and auce will be attached to it hereafter. children are openly carried out. Assuming for the moment that passen betweens or brokers are employed for the gems are liable equally with the crew, is sale and purchase, of these unfortunate there evidence of +revolt" 1

Mr. girls, and the fact that large numbers are D'Almada criticised the evidence with the sold into the focal houses of ill-fanie: and object af showing that the acts of the are shipped overseas for the same purpose, passengers were not of a very alarming is perfectly well known to the whole ship. character; they only heenme excited, plng community shouted and gesticulated and created a

The Magistrate: It only shows he did not know the nature of the extraditable offence. I think you are going too far there

It is, probably, fortunate that Mannix Sanitary Inspector R. Dunenn said happens in the 20th Century. At anthere had been an outbreak of rinderpest earlier time he would. undoubtedly in defendant's cattle shed, in Kowloon have been debarred from being in a City The usual measures were taken position to continue his ill teachings. On the 10th instant the defendant's cattle Enclosing my card.-Yours, etc.,

shed was declared in infected aren. disturbance. FREE THINKER.

Notices in Chinese and English were Mr. M. K. To made the point that a bath, 1991, writes as follows:- posted by hita do the defendant's shed person to be extradited must be guilty prohibiting the removal of any, article or according to the laws of the extraditing did that

Hongkong. June 22nd, 1021. CARDINAL LOGUE AND PEACE ÍN IRELAND. WARNING. AGAINST CRIME.

By way of contrast to the views on the Irish problem in which Archbishop Mannix of Australia has given expres Bion, we reproduce the following dis patch from Belfast which appears in one of the latest numbers of the London Daily Telegraph to hand:

cattle to any other place without the country,

the thone passengers, if British Mubjects.

permission of the Sanitary Board.

the 18th instant at about 4 pm. witness could be indicted for their ronduct. visited the defendant's cattle shed in com. Mr. Lo quoted

to show that pany with the Chionini Veterinary Sur. Justice Abinger before Mr. renman could not be accused of As to passengers the Merchants Shipping Acts dealt with provided £2 fues for minor offences. In this case, instead of pro

geon to inspect the cattle: Two of the ring to revolt..

cattle were missing. The No. 1 coole in charge stated that the two missing cattle had been removed to Canton, but he traced them to atauwai, where they were on the point of collapse, dying.

The Magistrate: That would mean that they were very infectious!

Witness: Yes, certainly.

Considerable importance is attached to a declaration by Cardinal. Logue yester,

In further evidence the Inspector men day that an Irish. Republic would never ioned that earcases of animals that died be achieved so long as England bad of ruderpest were always baried near the man to fight. This is the most definite slaughter house, that the place of pronouncement on the subject 'that, bas yes come from a member of the hier interment could be under observation, otherwise the country people took the archy, and in the light of the efforts carcases up again although they were that are being rande für peace is regard soaked in disinfectant. ed as significant:

The defendant's No. 1 coolie said the The declaration was made at a con-inspector told them they might sell the firmation service in Glonoe, a remote, sick cows. part of county Tyrone, and, unfortu

them and

coeding under these Acts, the Crown want ed to extradite the prisoners. It was using a steam hammer to crack a nut

SOLD IN MARRIAGE, " The Hangkung Weakly Press of March

We have heard one of the leading. Chinese residents of Hongkong, express, the opinion that fully 90 per cent. of the children bought in the Colony,aro bought really as a commercial specula tion neon few dollars.

They are purchased at a very tender trained to domestic service" for a few years, and sold in marriage perhaps for many times the original purchase price.

!

In circumstances like these, it will instantly be recognised that the system is open to great abuse, especially in the cash of children who fail to develop personal attractions which enhance their markotable value.

Mr. Lo said he could not imagine a Captain guilty of a wanker attitude than this one. When, by neglecting to hold An astounding fenture of the case is that proper inquiry into a dispute, he had the above practice has been definitely aroused a storm of feeling he did not act announced as illegal in China itself, and firmly, or the people would have been that the Colonial Office are fully aware quelled at once.

Mr. Wakeman, replying for the Crown, of this fact, but in spite of this to steps quoted the Act of 2nd Wm., 111, which are taken to abolish the practice in Hong- after dealing with offences by the crew of a vessel continued: or if any per son shall lay violent hands on his mander

Mr. D'Almada and Mr. Lo rejoined reference was to seamen

com-

kong...

nately, it has not been fully reported.he-Magistrate; Who is going to be that bis commander" proved that the year, when two girls were taken to thei

His Eminence warned the people against A fine of $50 was imposed,

lieve that?

the commissiod of any crime, and said a

great many people, including a number

of influential persons bath in Ireland

BURNS AND BRUISES. Revolting cases of brutal ill-treatment were brought before the Hougkong magis tracy on July 15th and August 3rd of last hospital covered with burns and bruises from head to foot as a result of the treat- The Magistrate thought any per son might include the passenger; the ment they had received from their par Captain was his commander, too, for the

chasers. On January 24th and on Janu- time haing,

25th of this year, and also on Febru Mr.

Wakeman, continuing his arg taken to hospital in

ar 7th, three small girl children were the same condition. a fact that if the people in Ireland Spite was alleged to have been the men as dealt with the evidence in Un of them while sick (as her mistrose

detail and if the conduce of abondoned crime they could obtain any motive that led an indian watchman, the passengers did not amount to revoit adohitted) had been beaten and kicket thing that was necessary for the count employed by Meara. Daniel & Co...of be. did not know what did. If this was about, and, bore the marks of a rattan

qoute the exact words, achievo, so long no Bagland" had a ver Wyndham, Street, to prosecute a Chinese cocase, to which the Magistrate, would was litera uvered the brainch, caused to fight. If they got a full measure of boy on a charge of stealing a metale Magistrate intimated that he would

by "sime unit, rough instrument."

that the buy- self-government, with control of taxa

hear the defence on one or

is by no means confined to tion, that would give them all they wristlet watch. Pawn tickets relating to

two points ing and

adoption and domestic service, as the

and England, were making every effort CHARGE OF THEFT DISMISSED

to establish price. He himself knew for.

An Irish Republic they would never

The

in

The line case showK, Í

"asked for. He warned the youth of the stolen.clothing were found for the boxes still out-standing and adjourned the CAR Colonial Office would have us believe:

country against the old stagers wh Keemed to love organising crime,

GIRL ROBS A BABY.

AN UNUSUAL CASE

The girl snatcher who stole a bangle from a baby's wrist at Yaumati was again butore Mr. G. N. Orme, yesterday morn

The Magistrate regarding charge of this kind against a girl, as unusual; had adjourned the case to give it special consideration, and he now stated that he would discharge the girl with a caution. in view of her youth, and an condition that her uncle fulfiled his undertaking to send her back to her relatives in the country...

FIRE AT BEA ON 9.8 TORILLA

CANTON-BANKER'S CONCUBINE.

of other Chinese employes when the for another week. police searched the premises, but the Indian expressed a desire not to charge the owners but to continue proceedings against the defendant for the alleged theft of the watch. The defendant himself produced a pawn licket for a watch which the proprietor's son had given him. Evi dence in support of this statement having been given, Sub-Inspector Field expressed the opinion that the complainant bad laid the prosecution out of spite, and Mr Lindsell dismissed the charge...

she

On December the 8th, 1920, 4 -Tomar was, charged with obtaining by false pretences the sum of thirty dollars. The evidence showed that she arranged for the sale of her sister as a concubine. As is sun in these cases, incredibile as may seem, no exception was taken to the buying and selling, but only to the question of false pretences, the woman Two men and woman appeared at having represented her sister as being the Magistracy, yesterday on the comunmarried. plaint of a Chinese banker, in Canton."

"SEQUEL TO. AN ELOPEMENT.

BABIES BURDENS.

caso came before the courts recently The woman is a concubine of the com- in which tiny children aged 11 and 13, plainant. Sometime ago the eloped with were found to be carrying weights of 80 lb

from this case questions in the

LARGE HAUL OF CIGARETTES one of the male defendants, taking with up the

| her $2,000 worth ( jewellery and cloth- A steep hill of the Penk, Hongkong.

In connection with the five cases each ing Enquiries were made in Canton House of Commons elicited the fact that containing 24,000 cigarettes shipped to and it was ascertained that the concu there are no regulations in Hongkong, ongkong from Blacus by the s. Sui An bine of the banker had come to Hong controlling the amount of work which s as ten, a Chinese merchant appeared kong. The police here hunted for them child may be called upon to do, nor any before Magistracy Orme yesterday to several days and succeeded in locating limit hours for which a child may be answer a charge of having attempted to them yesterday in the servants' quarters called upon to work; and, further, that evade payment of duty. The police of the Government Civil Hospital. They rosolation carried unanimously: a meet- alleged that coolies stopped by Revenue were having ment at the time and-ining of the Sanitary Board in

in Hongkong The British steamer Torilla, caught Officers when loading the cases on to a the pocket, of the woman's jacket was in May, 1910, calling for by-laws prohibit Bra during ber voyage from Singapore truck at the whart named the defendant recovered about 8400 worth of jewellery;ing the employment of children under the which port she left a few days ago, as consignee. He professed to be a leat Hay foyer was WEIFing gold button age of Ia in factories or workshops for more than 10 hours in any one day w64 arriving in Hongkong yesterday. On merchant but the police asserted that his which was claimed by this banker,

It is intolerable that, such a June 18th fire was reported in the No. 4 premises were practically devoid of luspector Watt said that probably a rejected hold and dense clouds of smoke were furniture and carried very sparse stocks. requisition might arrive from Cantom slavery should exist in a British colony, issing Hoses were brought to bear After hearing the evidence of two of the within the next few days for the extradi-whora a British, Governor rules practi and the outbreak was soon quelled. No coolies the Magistrate adjourned further tion of the woman and her lover

cally without check, and it would appear The cause of hearing antil to-day. Mr. C. F. Mason Mr. H. W. Woo applied for a week's that nothing but public opinion is likely, grent damage was done. the fire could not be ascertained..

conducted the defence.

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