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RICE IN CHINA

1023.

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

THE ECROPEAN IN INDIA. SHORT LANDED CARGO.

inthe AND DIFFERENCES IN EXCHANGE [RAPONE THE CHIEF JUSTYLE (SIR WILLIAM HER PRODUCTION" AND NEEDS. The life of the European

mofusil says the Statesman has lost In an article dealing with the producmuch of its dignity in recent years. The tion of rice the “Chinese famomic traditionally open house of the planter Bulletin says:

AY

de

And

Kang with a total

of 372,034 square 17, is not a large province, but ex treme fertility of oil and intensive cul tivation give it the leading position in rien production. Out of the 58,490,000 m of land under cultivation, about one-balf is devoted to rice, yielding an annual crop of about 30,700,000 piculs

THE GRANARY OF HUSAN.-

Hunan has an area of 829,853 square ii with 87,844,000 mawinder cultivation, of which 26,337,000. mow are devoted to rico. The proving has a network of rivers and etreams, providing the necessary irriga tion. In summer the Hutan climate is warm and dump, but mild in winter, The climatic and soil conditions are well suited to rice cultivation An old Chinese saying that when Hunan has a good стор

all China will have food to eat sug Reste the reputation of this province as the granary of the counry The annual pro duction there, however, is estimatël to be only 47.860,000 picul

*NEER»DAVIES JUS

ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF ARMS PNG AND AMMUNITION.

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guilty

Mr. F. C. Jenkin appeared to defend the prisoners.

Police

Mr. F. J. Schuhl appeared for plain searching passengers baggage, until 8 pm, when he received certain informua tiffs; Mr. J. B. Davies and Mr. R. T.

114 While he was walking up the alley- Bryan with Mr. A. E. Seddon for de tion which led him to go towards cabin

fendants,

ANOTHER LIMITATION CLAUSE? Is it the universul custom of shipping Rice is the staple food of the Chinese and the official has almost gene and with companies to pay all claims for short-

Two Chinese who were, formerly mems: throughout the southern and central pro it that sense of lavishness which charmed landed cargo at the rate of exchange vinces. The principal producing arene are the cold-weather visitor and created the prevailing on the date of the ship's bers of the crew of the lines Fressione in the Yangtze Valley. The total annual yield in 1920 was estimated at 395,910,000 impresion that tents and dogs and horse, arrival in port! This was the important Veindey were tried ou a charge of being picule, but this amount is not sufficient to hosts of servants au continuat slikar point raised in an action which came in unlawful possession of 43 Mauser pistols meet the domestic demand the abortake moonlight piguies, pig stricking meets fore Judge Lobingier at the U.S. Court

and 2.300 rounds of ammunition. from importations Stam being supplied by

and the groning board, were the normal at Shanghai, last, week. Pläintiffs were

One of the prisoners pleaded guilty Annam, Indis and hores and a rather in ares Carpi, muting the Jong and warm knowing essitial for rice cultivation, although a Needless to say, the impression was not U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Ffeet at first and thon, when reminded by the vertale species, known as upland or dry eutirely accurate, because behind the pro Carpa and Pacific Mait Stenship Co., Chief Justice that counsel had been re- rice is successfully grown on unirrigated fusion and the apparent gainty there was) for $1,732 (American currency) and Ttained to delend him, he pleaded not land in regions north of the regular" rico belt, the dry rice district running so far a great deal of stricuous work in which 277.30 in respect of 140 bundles of cor north as Manchuria and Chilli. The the visitor was not asked to share, and rugated concrete reinforcement bars, part rice-producing provinces in order of im which he therefore did not observe unles of thipment of 1,160 bundles, shart-

Mr. A. Dyer Ball who conducted the case pertauer inquantity production are Kiangsu, (in which province Shanghat the happened to be a (2 W Steves But Landed in Shanghai. Defendants ad for the Crown sail one man was formerly situated), Hunan, Hupeh, Anhui, Kiangsi, to-day the open doors are shut, horses and mited that the merchandise was missing

a porter aboard the 'resident #ckinley. Seechuan..., Cheklang, Kuangtung

dogs are fewer, asiaaming khitmatgars when the str. West Calent reached the cd the other a cabin steward. The ship Fukien

and profuse hospitality have almost, dike appeared, niong with excursions in search port in June, 1920, but alleged that pay-ame alongside the Kowloon, wharves on of wonery and shikar. The reason of the meat of the claim had been made in full September 3rd at 9.13 p.m. change is not far to seek The ruper has at exchange 1001, the rate prevailing upon Sergt. Snare went on board and remain-

the date in question lost much of its purchasing power, and incimes have not kept pace with the rise in prices. Moreover much of the charm of the old meful life that existed between Europeans and Indiana was due to the

Opening the case, Mr. Schuht said he way he saw one of the prisoners, the porter, come out of enbin 114 carrying excellent relations which existed between Europeans and Indians. The hospitality claimed the difference between Tls. 1,740

cabin 190 The Sergeant followed the of the zemindar was as great as that of and that amount in gold dollars at the a pillow case behind him and turn into man into the cabin and while he was his European friends, and whether it was rate of exchange prevailing to-day.

Mr. Davies, in reply, zaid the amount questioning him the door opened and the a case of marking down a tiger or beating

carry for quail, villagers were courteous and claimed was not large, but the principle other man came in. He was also well dispo, But nowadays excursions involved was vital not only to shipping ing a pillow case and when he saw the outside certain well defined limits are often companies, but to insurance people. He sergeant he tried to get away. The Ser- ruined by the undisguised hostility of the propose to call evidence to show that it

geant grabbed him, however, and pulled peasantry, and even those refreshing morn was the Aiversal custom, and had been him into the cabin. When the bags wern Hupeh has a total area of 689,116 square ing canters must be conducted with a from time immemorial," that all claims examined in the presence of the Captain" 14, wtih 91,430,000 mow under cultivation, 22,853,000 mow of which are devoted to certain amount of discretion as to the paid by insurance companies were paid and Chief Officer one was found to con rice. The climatic and sail conditions are route chosen. With the decay of the in on the basis of exchange on the day the tain 10 Mauser pistols in cases and the other 1,000 rounds of Mauser aminual similar to conditions in Hana. The an dividual household and its attrations the ship arrived in port. nual crop is about 39,940,000 piouls.

Anhui has an area of 405,171 square 1, station club ar gymkhana has me to R. P. Mayer, man subject, the tion, Sergeant Saare then took every- with 74,510,000 mow under cultivation assume special importance, and the ament only witness for plaintiffs, said he was body to Cabin No. 114 where, on the floor Only the southern section, comprising ties and distractions it now provides com connected with them in 1920. The rate inside the door, were found some hita os 22,413,000 mow, is given over to rice,

4 pot

of paint. There was a producing about 46,450.000 piculs an pensate in some measure for high prices of exchange when the ship arrived was board and

The club 582. nually, the northern part, being too dry and Indian non co-operation,

The transaction, was entirely in hole in the partition between the cabin and cold.

Witness produced a con- and the adjoining bathroom and from a Riangsi has an area of 603,4-47 square fi is the centre of social life, and large en gold dollars. with 57,540,000 mow under cultivation. ough and the necessary facilities in some tract betwem plaintiffs and a Chinese hole under the bath were fished out 13 Bice fields are, however, limited to the stations, where the buildings exist, it dealer, which was in American currency. Mauser pistols and 340 rounds of am- great plain bordering the Panyang Lake is even taking the difficulties of house

For the defence, Mr. Davies said they munition. Two more bags containing 16 totalling about 13.102.000 mow a and pro ducing about 30,940.000 piculs annually, keeping off the solders of worried mom had paid the claim in full with pheque Manser pistols were found under beds in Szechuan has an area of 1.207.030 square sahibe. People have their meals there for Tis. 1,704, which was equivalent to cabin 11 There was some luggage in Out of the 106,953,000 mow under cultiva nad the housekeeping is done by the khan plaintiffs' claim in gold dollars at the cabin 114 but cabin 190 was unoccupied. i, being the largest province in China. tion about one fourth ar 41.585.000 mow, samah at so much per head per day, while

The nature of the questions put by Mr. is rice land, producing 27.650.000 vical,

a committer of stern males keep watch rate of the day on which the Feat Cuiera Chekiang has an area of 323,100 square 1. with 56.870.000 mow under cultivation, over the quality of the food. The statim arrived in Shanghai Defcadante con- Jenkin in cross-examination of Sergt. of which 22.599.000 mos are rice prodne mes, of course, whether forming part of tended that this was the custom of all Snare and other witnesses suggested that ing. About 16,600,000 pieds a year are the club or run independently, puts in shipping companies operating between one prisoner's defence was that he was harvested.

cend to the time-boasured Anglo-Indian the United States and foreign ports, only a porter acting under instructions The seven province enumerated produce.

No favour particularly betwren America and China. and did not know what he was carrying. two-thirds of the rice crop in China, the custom of the burra-khana

The second prisoner giving evidence, yields of Kuangtung Fakien and the is conferred in asking people to dine with Evidence to prove this would be called ather provinces combined making the re you when they dine with or near you as

• Mr. Mr. J. C. Hill, Pacific Steamship Co., said it was his first trip on the as mainder,

a matter of course, everynight. Simil arly, the bridge afterwards

ng examined by Mr. Davies, said he had President MeKinley. At Seattle the arms SUPPLYING THE DEMAND. Most of the rice produced in the country longer be included as part of the attrao been 17 years in the business-in Sao were taken on board by him. A man is consumed locally or in the immediate tions of an invitation, for "ia these days Francisco, Yokohama, Hongkong, Manila named Li Hing asked him to take them neighbourhood, Only three provinces, bridge both before and afterwards is part

For and Calcutta, and had handled many on board and told him that at Hongkong Hanan, Anhui and Kiangsi, have a decid of the normal life of the station.

some people would mention his name, ed surplus over local demands, For this the same reason tennis and dancing no claims.

rite Wake, Changsha, and longer depend upon the hospitality of

After this, clain had been allowed will He was to let those people bave the Ringing are the principal distributing individual They are to be had at the

practically nowhere else. you state why you tendered a cheque for arms. He was told that the arms were centres, Between five and ten million club-and

down the Yangtze Every social activity in picus find the "demode of the centres about the club and the motus Tls. 3,705.07 ir payment of a claim for for protection of these people in the River to supply thickly populated regions along the sea auropeans are drawn much closer ver

that erall, solated communities G.$1,708.331-Witness: The shortage was country. This Li Hing told him to pot coast and of cities in the north, like Pek of ing. None is expected, except under rare together than they used to be. They all never located and the claim was never them in cabin 114 and that in that cabin circumstances, as there is an embargo on meet each other every day and according checked up. It was worked out accord. he would be able to move a board and rice. Considerable quantities are import to the optimist, the consequence is that ing to the customary practice of the hide them in the hole behind the board. ed every year, varying from 1,000,000 to malicious gosip has almost disappeared.

arrival at Hongkong be un- more than 19,000,000 piculs, ne shown in How is it possible, he asks, to believe trade that in, claims are to be paid-in He himself unpacked the arms and hid the following table from the Chinese unbind things of people whe habitually local currency. Where the claim is made them. On arrival

help to make up your four at tennis or in gold, same is converted into local packed them from there to put them in Maritime Customs reporte

bridge who dance with you, and who

1917 9,837,199 picula.

1918 6,984,025

1913 1,809,749

1920 1,163,500

1921. 10,634,560.

1992 19,156,651

COMEDY OF ETIQUETTE

HOW THE PRESIDENT'S WIVES WENT TO PEKING.

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take you home when your car is out of currency at the current rate of exchange cabin 120 which was empty whereas there order The prevalende of scandal, how on the day on which the cargo was sun were passengers in 114 going to Manila. erer, probably depends more on the people posed to have arrived in the freight con- The first prisoner knew nothing of the

themselves than or the conlitions in which

they are thrown together. Be that as it tract. This was the basis on which I arms. He was passing and carried the may, the station club continues to keep settled the claim.

* bag for him, mofussil life enjoyable at any rate for Answering further questions, the wit. Cross-examined he said he thought he those who live within reach of it. But the news stated that this was the universal was committing no breach of the law greater the attractions of the club, the

unless he took the arms ashore.

The first prisoner then gave evidences

Jess the intimacy of Europeans with Incuziom among shipping companies trad dians, and in this connection, it is imposing between the United States and China. "The Peking correspondent of the able to avoid reference to a difficulty He would say that 3,000 or 4,000 had been which is facing every club committee in Peking, and Firntain Times, writing on India. Mest stations catain a small knot settled in this manner, 15 or 20 on this and told the Court that when the ship arrived at Hongkong and he had finished the 15th inst., said

of Anglicised Indians whose education basis in respect of the commodity in quem his work he was going ashore. To do so An interesting story beard in Chinese

members of the club, but, they are not

circles to-day indicates that the supposedon should made them eligible asien. Marine insurance companies follow he had to pass down the corridor of the harmony in President Tao Kun's family always admitted. In the west and southed the same practice. Witness had been first-class saloons. As he passed tha was nearly upset when they reached here of India, where for many years past the member of the Shipping Board Con- because of the fear of his first wife that conditions of station life have been such as fercnce. It was formed more or less at she had lost face in the eyes of Peking we have just described, the difficulty bas

caldon when Wife No. 2 gat to Peking frequently arisen and whereever the liberal the suggestion of the US Shipping ledge of the arms till he was arrested.

other prisoner asked him to carry the

of the matter when the other prisoner

After

that he was afraid to speak be the officer's revolver was pointing at him.

Laughter.)

Both counsel addressed the Court at

hag and he did so. He had no know

first. The story is to this effect

policy has been adopted has always been Board, for unification of the workings of t Taao Kun had ordered arrangements satisfactorily spiral. The experience of

Cross-examined he said he was going made whereby Wife No. 1, accompanied many stations in Bengal, we believe, is various shipping board tonnage, for the to tell the offer that he knew nothing by Madame Wa Pei-fu, should be the first the same; in no case has any club in purpose of stabilizing freight conditions

Indian to leave Paotingfa and the first to reach this province regretted admitting

and eliminating a differences especially his headquarters in the Presidential man gentlemen to its mothership. They have between American and foreign steamship came in and the officer arrested him. sion. Wife No. 2 was to follow shortly always proved themselves good fellows and afterwards, each to have special trains. good sportsmen, nor has their presence companies Wife No. 1 and Madame Wa Peidu were produced the constraint that some of the reference to this question of exchange. în They had a meeting in Shanghai with smaller station clubs seem so terribly delayed owing to an accident to the afraid of Indeed, she fate of the Ang settlement of claims, before plaintiffs loss motar-car taking them to the Protingiuliaiset Indian in the remoter districts is had been incurred. The rule in ques railway station and, in the meantiros, often very pathetic. Revived everywhere tion was laid down at that meeting some length and after the Chief Justico Wife No. 3. and her entourage reached the in Eust the mannis and customs be There had been a great many cases where a summed up the Jury returned-a ver station and the waiting train sped away he adopted out him off from his own exchange and worked the other way and with them. The error in etiquette was not noticed in Peking and when the train people, whose simple pleasures no longer the shipping companies had lost diet of guilty against both defendants.

satisfy him. He looks with longing eyes. Mr. Schub (cross-examining) -

The Chief Justice announced that he arrived here Wife No. 2 and her coat the social activities of the European many claims have you mottled with child sentence panions were whisked away to the Presi residents, activities in which his education a wide difference in exchange is 1003 would sentence the prisoners on Monday dential mansionWife No 1 arrived and upbringing have qualified him to and 581-Witness: There were some 15 morning here less than an hour, later and when fly a part, but he finds himself shut or 18 claims settled at the same time as sho ascertained that No. 2 had preceded out from the society whose civilisation ho your cheque as given her into the palace there was the palhas adopted, and to which in many res The freight conference agrequent, - wit comedy of errors, No. 1 insisting that the pects His sympathies incline. In all such neas admitted was not published, nor must bave a train to take her and..her cases and they are far from are the were the whippers notifed, companions back to Pactingfu, at once station community should regard it as a The affair was arranged only after the duty to accept the Indian gentleman on Mr. Leonard Everett, shipping agent, iated Inst month, it is shown that tho

and Mr G. A. Perks, traffic manager in annual cost of fire defence and direct loo President, himself had assuaged the equal terms and admit him to equal pri Shankak for the Robert Dollar Co., gave caused by fire in Great Britain has much wounded, dignity of Wife No. I, so it is vilege Otherwise they not only lose enin and has not been possible to opportunities of appreciating the fhe corroborativo evidence

increased-in recent years, and may be win any idea of what happened when qualitie of the durated Indian, but add The Judge instructed both sides to le estimated at present at about £25,000,000. Wives 1 and 2 met within the confines of gall to racial bitterness and swell the ranks briefs, and adjourned the ease pouling The annual diret, los from are in gives

£1,000,000. the President's residence.

of the disloyal.

judgment

How

In the report of the Royal Commission

on Fire Brigaden and Fire Prevention,