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THE CHARGE AGAINST A SHANGHAI SOLICITOR.

LA VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY

The trial of Mr. V. V. Macdonnell apon the charge of having obtained $100. from Mr. J. T. Hammond by means of false pretences and with intent to defraud wis coneluiled at H.A. Supreme Court, last Friday, before Sir Skinner Turner, Ghief Judge, and a jury, accused bring

found not guilty.

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THE JUDGE'S PLAIN SPEAKING.

monapay has been established, and a SIR F. AGLEN ON. THE REMEDY. arrangement was made to send 150 tons

The point is whether the truffle" which of opin to Kwangsi, no doubt for ulti-

has arisen shall be officially controlled SMUGGLERS OF OPIUM

ente transport in Kwangtung Of this aggregate, two consignments of vor hun with the object of sccuring some degree [[BY THE TIMES" PERING.CORRESPONDENT.]

dred loals gach get through safely, but of restriction. Sir Francis' Agien is cleat The recent suggestion by Sir Francis third consignment of four hundred loads upon the subject, and 1 leave him to state Agien. Inspector General' of the Chinese was looted by so-called rebel troops, the case in the following short mentoran. Maritime Customs, that China should con- stratag m by which the Kwangsi provin dhun with which he has been kind enough sider "the" advisability of legalizing thecin! rulers are supposed to have escaped to, furnish me:-

Experience has proved conclusively that domestic growth and traffic. in epiùm, will; paying $1,600.000, doubtless shock many who sympathize with

it is impossible to bring to a successfat The other deal is of d highly surprising the widespread endeavour to suppress the character. It is alleged on good authority ist in China any far-reaching reform us of the drug. In view of the sacrifices that the Yuunan Government Monopoly affecting publiq morals without the sap made by India in connection with epium, Burean' has arranged to send four hurt and constant pressure of Chinese and the fact that China has for years for dred tons of opium within a period of public opilion. There is no indication His Lordship, in summing up, said the bidden the growth, transportation, im eight months into Indo-China, in transit whatsover of any Chinese public opinion jury would have to lecide whether there portation, and use of it, it is certainly for Kwangtung and elsewhere in China. of the subject of native opium. It is safe was intention to defraud. It was natuful startling to realize that a serious proposal The opium is to cross the frontier at a to say that the opium prohibition now in that Mrs. Jones should have taken a blank has been made to adopt a policy that rum point of east of Alengtare, thus evailing the force in China, the effects of which are cheque, since it would be dangerous to tako so deplorable, would "nover have been en-« blank signed cheque on a racecourse in counter to the letter and spirit of an foreign-controlled Custoas. and will re-

e acted had it not been for the feet that any part of the world. It enld have important foreign treaty and to the supenter Chinese territory somewhere 'on' posed unanimous desire of the Chinese south-west border of Kwangtung, where the question, when raised, turned on the been enshed by anytedy if it got into the wrong hands. It was a question, in plair people. The Inspector-General, however, there is no Customs atation. The first exclusion of foreign opino

With a hundred years' experieties of English, whether in deling with the speaks with speein) authority on the sab consignment, escorted by troops is bas

Yunnan the oplum question in China behind them, cheque Macdonnell behaved like a fool, or ject af opium, and, whether or not wired to have left Yanianiu. like his remedy for the situation that has ill receive about $11,000,000 for the goods, the last ruler of the Munchy dynasty knave. The alteration in the days on arisen, we are bound to considér, his view. It would be interesting to know what the deliberately selected the alternative of the charge was one of the most surprising in the light of the facts.

Indo-China Opiam Regie will receive in contral by licence and gradual supperthings he had come across "By a series of agreements. of which transit durs, and how a French-Colonial sion in opposition to the policy of total material or immaterial the date might be the first was concluded in 1907, the Indian Government reconciles the alleged trans prohibition, thereby following the expple to the actual charge, it was very import Government has entirely renouneed the action with the policy of France as ex- of other enters in Asia, notably the Indian ant that a man charged with a criminal right to export'apiam to China These pressed by her adherence to the Inter Government, the Dutch East Indies, and offence skald know quickly the time and agreements resulted from the admission national Opium Convention of 1912, which Japan, who possessing admin tantive place of the alleged offence, and it was that China was effectually dealing with has been incorporated in the Versailles | powers and a machinery of government the elementary duty of those responsibin the growth of the domestic product, and Peace Treaty. In that document the con- with which China can offer no comparison, for launching criminal proceedings to bo although suppression was not "complete, tracting Powers agree to prevent the have never attempted to deal with a accurate as to their, facts, and if they in 1913.India finally put an end to the export of raw opium to countries which deply root d habit on the leastic lines of wanted to change their minds they must absolute prohibition. A considerable men do so at the earliest possible moment. traffic. It was undeniabis, that Ching had ị shall have prohibited its entry.”

sure of success attruded the efforts of the From the beginning in this case the at- done almost all that was humanly pes- Į sible to supor cultivation, and had Thear, two transactions involving the Mauchu rulers and many competent obtention of all concerned had been drawn, achieved remarkable success within a much sport of 520 tons. or nearly mine thou-Servers are of opinion that, had these to the 21st, and on several occasions com shorter period than the most optimistic and chests, represent, of course, only a efforts not been brought to a sudden end plainant quite definitely stated that the by the outbreak of the revelation, the incident took place on the 21st. No sug- had expected,»

fraction of the total product of Yunnan position to-day would be far mare satis gestion was made as to any mistake, and It is significant that from the moment which finds its principal outlet by the

even now no reason was given as to why. fuctory. when the importation of foreign offum Yangtze, "Down this great river passes

I am convinced that of the two evils this mistake should suddenly have been Cultivation still existed in some of the chow, the former always the lendingative opium, and the effect on public the cheque had been put in a bag together the effect on individuals of the neo of discovered. There was a suggestion that remote Provinces and was resumed fur- opium-growing province. It is notorious

morals of the vast illicit trade in opium with sono uncashed sweep tickets, but tively in several of the nearer. But the that every vessel navigating the Yangtze engendered by prohibition which has not these were cashed long before the mis- reasonable excuse was made that the Re down-stream carries opium in large quan Chinese public support behind it-the take was discovered. Whether or not volation had resulted in administrative tities. Customs stations at Chunking and former is incomparably less harmful. The Hammond had committed the offence weakness, which, in turn, permitted abuses lobang supervise traffic, but it has proved results of an ineffective prohibition are known to the law as perjury, they could which could not be corrected while the

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are the main supporters of anti-opium asinto that court as a liar, either there or

"I do not mince my vation increased in the Southern Proara:ggling. Rewards to employés for the by the magic of the words opium pro in the pole court. vince, The Peking Government con-

sohibition and misled by the case with which words," added his Lordship." As a busine tinually exhorted the provincial author detection of opium have beenme

large that the staff is being demoralized. the prohibition, deriving its support from ness nan, Hammond ought to have been racial feeling, was enacted. Unless these ities to uphold the law, without success worse than this, the profits on the illicit associations can create a genuine Chinese certain of his facts before he launchert.. of course, in regions beyond its control. traffic are so great that bribery is on such public opinion on the subject of native | criminal proceedings. He cancot gut..

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opium, they are beating the air. so far away from the stigma that either in this. as the main question is: concerned, "and might as well close down. It is for these court or in the police court he has told & reasons that i am convinced that, in public lie." interests, China will eventually be obliged to legalize the trade,

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THE COMING STAR.

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EVIDENCE FOR DEFENCE

Continuing, "bis Lordship said that if the jury found the accused guilty, they must not be deterred from saying so by the possible consequences to him. There was no reason at all to doubt the evidence- of Mr. Jones, who was a well-known.

As the power of Peking has declined the

a scale that the subordinate staff is sub- Provinces have become more independent,

jected to temptation which it cannot be until, as we see to-day, the Central Govern- ment of China is a mere name, and the expected to resist. Last year the Customs rulers of the country are the Tuchuns, seized about forty tons of illicit opium, The Tuchuns are above, all law, and the which cannot have represented inore than long and the short of it is that many of an infinitesimal percentage of the quan- them are obtaining the funds to support tity passing through their armies by the systematic encourage officiali, moreover, who endeavour to do ment and development of the trade in the their duty are frequently terrorized, as in

Universal is advertising Gladys Walton drug which Great Britain agreed to cease a case quoted by the Inspector-General, [importing on condition that China totally where the child of an employs was "ab as the greatest find since Mary Pick schoolmaster, but if they believed Han- abolished cultivation. In some Provinces ducted and threatened with death because ord. In support of this faith Universal mond as to the date they would have to

caose Edward Burns for her leading man, tho authorities actually enforce cultiva the father refused to pass & consignment King Baggot of Human Hearts" as her find that Mr. Jolies had lied in the tion by penalties on the farmers who negof, opium. The magnitude of the bribes director, and a well-balanced caste of pro matter. Ho hadtail that ho backed leet to plant poppy. They tax the fields is indicated by the offer to a Custom's minent players for principal roles in Archer for the accused and hold a con and levy toll on the plant itself whics official at, one of the const ports of The Lavender Bath Lady," the attrac siderable sum of money for bim on the exported elsewhere. They derive further $100,000 to pass a quantity of heroin. story is by Shanon Fife, and the scernie Saturday, and the prosecution therefore revenue from houses licensed for smoking which figure I inadvertently doubled in by no less a writer taan Geo. Randolph asked them to say that, with all thin

Chester. Money 19 being expended freely the drug. In other Provinces the engen-telegraphing about this subject list on the making of Miss Walton's starring money at his disposal accused deliberately yehiers in the belief that the girl who swindled Hammond out of $100. If they unctare ostensibly observed and growth, month. use, and transport of opium forbidden. "Owing to the immense quantities avail-ft high school in Portland, Oregon, two found that the incident took place on the

years ago, and is hardly grown up But the, traffic, revertheless, is not only able, the prics has fallen so low that even now, will prove to be the biggest star in Monday, then they would have to decis winked at but encouraged and a great the coolie class can now afford to indulge motion pictures some day.. revenue derived from it. Prohibition is to a modern extent, Many of the cid. strict in districts where the magistrates or style officials now smoke openly, and the public opinion. are opposed to opium, but practic, of course, is very prova ent only in one Province, Shansi, can it be among the troops. It is remarkable that said that the suppressive measures are Sir Francis Aglen's suggestion has net Sir Frederie Kenyon, delivering the fully enforced.

with almost no adverse comment in the annual lecture on Literature at Leighton House, Holland-park-road, on May 18th Chinese Press, and is generally approved dealt with the modern value of classical GROWTH OF SMUACLING.

It is truofiterature". There has arisen, in fact, throughout the by the foreign newspapers.

He emphasised the value of Greek and Jength and "breadth of China an iminense that the foreign educated Chinese de noti

Latin, not only in the educational sense, business in the smuggling of opium from smoke opium, and are strongly opposed bag essential elements of our modern the producing regions to the towns and to its use. Nevertheless, there are many culture. They were living languages, cities, either open or secret. The officials intelligent and well-informed Chinese who having a living message to-day."

regard the opium habi: as practically almost everywhere counive at the trade. ineradicable, and who see no hapa for re- twofold. In any list compiled of great The demand seems limitless, and it is not striction the traffe except in some mea literature Grock and Latin would be an said soused could call and pay the money cheque back when he would have to decide too much to say that cultivation and con- sure of deial control. But the Chinese element of dominant importance. A and receive the sumption are growing so fast that it will as a people are indifferent. They were knowledge of Latin and Greek was liked. The jury

whether this procedure e was the actioz of not be long before the use of opium will aroused to some extent at the time the necessary for a fult appreciation of our

opium agreements were being negotiated own great literature,

n criminal or of a man who had made a have become as general as it was beforé principally because the agitation was dir-

Lenu Ade mistake: the policy of suppression inauguratected against a foreign produer; and the

proof that their former interest in sup ed. Some observers are of the opinion pression was due to desire to stop the

ANCIENT LANGUAGES AND MODEEN CULTURE.

what trust they could put in any of the svidenca gitau by Hammond. It was nocemary, in order to bring a verdict of guilty, they should find that the accused. haul the wicked and wrongful intention of depriving complainant of $100 when the document was handed over. His Lord ship pointed out that Macdonnell tole

honed to complainant and said there had been a mistake, and asked if that was the attitude of a guilty criminal or not? In must have brought to Hammond's mind the fact that there was something wrong.

The valus of classical literature was but apparently he was not disturbed, and

KRYPTOK LENSES

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he jury did not retire, and in two that already that day has arrived. twi foreign importation lies in the fact that are conceded to be one of the very best

Obviously, there are no figures by which they have nothing to say now that their forms of bifocal lenses. The bifocal segminutes arrived at their verdict of Non the magnitude of this illicit trafic can own court se les resumed cultivation on ment le ground and fused into the distant Guilty." bo But we do know that calti- the grand scale, frem t

Addressing Macdonnell, his Lordship

vation is officially promoted in the pro-It should be noted as an interesting lens making the product practically one vince of Szechuan, Yunnan, Kwanggi, fact that ad immediate result of the piece of glass. The segments are totally said: The jury have found you not Kweichow, Fukien, and in part of. Shengi, suppression misasures which were so sur invisible and the lone has a beautiful guilty, and I must say it is a verdict and or small, successful twelve ago wak NEW READY-TO-WEAR DRESSES that areas, grens of men, are unsurprisingly sucepansion of the demand for appearance Kryptok lenses of any pres with which I agres. You have been vinces, in Honan, Hunan, Hupei, Kansuh, morphia and kindred drugs. The illicit cription in either regular or Toric form placed in a very unpleasant position, Kiangsi, Shantung, and Sinkiang. As ro trade in such has grown to great dimen

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His Lordship thanked the jury and exempted them from further service for

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