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THE “MONTROSE"—“YUEN SANG" COLLISION.

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Asked if he were on the

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBRE 16ra, 1923.

fontrose which preferred to hit the Yara Song Or the bulkhend,the witness said he would have rather hit the Farm Sang as it would be a softer blow.

Witares, continuing, said that if he had been in the position of the Joalrose, when her bow lines began to carry away he

EURASIAN ASSOCIATE OF

LAWLESS GANGS.

POLICE SUPERVISION FOR TWO TEARS

CHINA AND OPIUM.

[FROM A CORRESPONDENT IN RWANDTUNE

SteamNavigation Co-is elniming from would have left the wharf. In support tence to six months beprisonment with | Man were never müre deceived. China

CAPT. MEAINSH GIVES EVIDENCE Evidence for the plaintiffs was called yesterday morning at the Supreme Court in the action, in which the Indo-China;

the owners of the Montrose For damage done to their vessel, the Tauf this witness said two other vessels, the Sang during the 1920 typhoon at Manila. Behere and the Column got successfully The case is being heard before the Chief way after his vessel had been in colli- Justice (Sir William Rees, Davies) sitting tion with the Ventro. He did not in Admiralty. Jurisdiction and Com- agree with the other side's contention mander C. W. Beckwith sitting as ames-

that steam would haw been of no use to themi,

wor:

Mr. Eldon Potter, K.C. (instructed by Mr. E. Davidson) is appearing for the plaintifs and Mt. F. C. Jenkin and Mr. Campbell Prosser (instructed by Mr. G. G. S. Tinson) are conducting the

defence.

Mr. Potter: Ehre you any criticism to offer with regard to the moorings of the Mogtreet-1 formed the opinion after reading their evidence (taken on Commission) that their moorings were in too vertical a direction-too much up and down. The lines were too short.

Benjamin Lay, a Eurasian youth, aged 31 years, was yesterday afternoon sen- hard labour by Me R. Wood, for his complicity in the recent burglary which took place at the house of Mr. Alderman, at Wong Nei Cheory, when 25 pieces of silverware and one clock were stolen..

His Warship ordered the defendant, on his release from prison, to be placed under police supervision for two years, which means that he will have to report to the police each month th

A Chinese, who was his colleague in the burglary, was also sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour, Both defendants pleaded guilty to the charge.

The first with called was Capt.

You suggest that the moorings should MeAin-h, who was toaster of the Fuen

Inspector Aris related the facts of the Sang at the time of the collision. He said has been longer instead of up and downt

case to his Worship, substantially as they in the course of his evidence that when-Yes.

The witness was then cross-examined at have been already published. He said he arrived in Manila harbour on August 30th, 1920, the No. 1 sigan was flying. great length by Mr. Jenkia. He agreed that finger prints on a broken pane of This let him so tukr the precaution of that he commenced to maneuvre his glass led to the arrest of Lay. The prints keeping up steam, as he looked upon the yeel at 7 p.m. and it took him some were examined at the Central Station sigualas A general warning. If this thing like three-quarters of an hour to and there found to compare with those signal had not been flying he would not get into the position where the collision of Lay, who had already done time." have kept up steam. He was first warned took place. But he did not agree that Inspector Cockle was sent to Happy of a change of a signal at 443 pm, but the neurre was more perilcus and Valley to procure his arrest on the day he continued to discharge cargo until 3.30 dangerous at 7p.m. than if carried out after the burglary. He found Lay play. ing football. The stolen salver was later m. whilst the vessel was lying at the at 30 p.m. bulkhead between "Nos. 3 and 3 piers. Capt. MeAinsh, asked by the Assessor found in the third defendant's house in

Men have thought and had some reason to think that leaders in China, military and civil slike, ad hound themselves to root out opium from their country. through her present day leaders are Ropt- ing bare-facedly every anthopiamų league in their own country and in the wide

promises to the winds and committing world. They are throwing their solenn their son to the wine and constan doing so in a manner which is almost incredible. The Chinese, communities

tain many who have avowed their op with whom the writer is acquainted con- position to cultivating the epium poppy. They are now confronted with a serious' problem. They are ordered by the mili ary to saw the goods. Every farmer is in a certain district receiving, gratis, seeds to now. At the same time he l ordered to sow them under pain of pro- secution if he fails to do so. In some instances we hear of conscience scruples

what about these? The civil bugistrate may show leniency by offering an alterna- tive Conscience inay be relieved of its

man! What about the freedom solemnly scruples by paying a fax to the excise declared by Chinn, to all her citizens?

foreign Powers All are treated as What about the covenants made with scraps of paper." I do not for a moment bold that Chinese farmers as a

On the other hand they ace in it a quick nothing wrong or immoral in doing so.

Witness went on to say that it was bis where he was going to take his vessel if, Queen's Road East, hutu ailver ten po dass taboo poppy cultivation. They see usal precaution to raise steam whenever his maneuvre had been successful, said had not been recovered. Lay, the lasper' the No. 1 signal was raised and if he he was going to look for suitable moor- tor added, was, convicted in March of had not had steam he would have givenings to the South of the pier. He added this year for a similar offence. orders for it. When the No. 4 signal was that no ship had left its berth before 7 Tu reply to the Magistrate as to whether Lay had done any work since his release from prison in June. Inspector Aris said, that as far as he was aware, he had no job.

raired he regarded it as a general warn- p.. ing of a more precise nature than the first, but it did not require him to leave

his berth. The weather conditions #t

and

MARINE SUPERINTENDENT'S

EVIDENCE.

There is nothing that outbids the poppy way of adding to their yearly profits. in making rich. The fault however is not with the farmer. It lies with the military leaders who now stalk up and down the country leaving trails of misery and discontent wherever they go whe by their actions care no more for the comfort and wellbeing of the people than for the ground on which they tread. Their policy now is to grow opium by compulsion. The end they maintaiu justifies the means. Their war chests are empty. They do not know where and how to replenish them. Rather than yield to the consequences of an empty purse they extort by force, if need be, all the money that they can find in rich men's houses The Magistrate, in sentencing Lay, said and compel the agriculturists to traffic the defendant was associated with lawlessin opin which is now illegal. A just people and still associating with lawless cause need never have recourse to such people.

usprincipled methods.

done for him. He had no job at the pre-

Mr. Polter: It has been suggested in sent time. this case that tap No 1 signal means "lay your fires" and the No. 2 signal "put

Sub-Inspector Cockle said Lay's brother did make a promise to send him to Shanghai and to look after him there, but nothing had been done,

Capt. F. T. Wheeler, Marina Super 4.45 p.m., when the signals were changed.intendent of the Indo-China Steam When asked if he had anything to say, were not very bad. The wind was East Navigation Co. for several years, said Lay made the excuse that before he was South-East, force 3-4. There had been that he had been master of the Fren Sang sentenced on the last occasion he was light rain but there was nothing to make and had experiener of her in Manila given to understand that his brother him think that the conditions were bad Harbour, and it was his customs if the would send him away when he had com- and, nucther thing, he was in a perfectly No, I signal was up when he arrived there pleted his term, hut nothing had been sheltereil position at the time. He did

to keep up steami. not think at that time that the typhoon was going to strike Manila. The wind! being from the E.S.E. he formed the impresion that the typhoon was South and West of Manila, in the ordinary course of events it would pass away from that port..

Continuing, witness said that when the was sheltered from all parts except the

No. 4 signal went up he should take it S.W. After 5.30 p.m. the weather grad::

that the typhoon was in the China Seas sally became worse and they had to put and that he could stay at his berth. He out extra moorings to No. 3 Pier.

Later on," proceeded the witness, the weuld not leave his berth until his posi weather increasing in violence and the tion became too precarious. Had his bow wind veering round to the South West is given way he would have let his and my berth becoming untenable. I prostern go and would have rode to anchor. weeded to leave the bulkhead by heaving on the cable of which I had so fathoms

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Mr. Potter: Were you successful in your manœuvre1,

match to them."Do you agree?. The Witness: That is not my uter- pretation. No. I means raise team.

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The Chinese, in whose possession the silverware was found, was next charged. He pleaded that he had bought the articles and asked permission to call & witness to prove this. This was granted and the man was remanded in police

Witness said he had read the evidence given in London and in his opinion, custody, having regard to the fact that the Jontrose had no steam, he considered

The internecine war waged now in the Canton Province is absolutely devoid of any high principle or purpose. Did it serve even any rational end the conduct of the actors might be excused. Those who see a little into the feeling of the people know that they regard the pre- sent military leaders with evergrowing... hatred, disgust and shame. The people are helpless. They cannot force these men, to desist from their devastating strife, so they quickly acquiesce in a game which they know to be devoid of any other nobler purpose than personal greed.

that the Montrose was very improperly THE EAST RIVER CAMPAIGN Witness: Yes, I was quite successful moored. Continuing he said: It is my opinion that those in charge of the until the fontrose hit me,:

Why did you not carry out this entrust, knowing they would not be manœuvre at an earlier stage?-Because rible to leave their berth owing to their after 5.20 p.m. the wind was somewhers not having steam; should have dropped about S.E, and had I attempted to leave their second anchor, slacked away on both reason that the energy leaders are afraid and ainbition, heedless at all the sorrow

From yesterday's Canton Daily News "In the East River there has been hitherto no decisive battle fought for the

to meet the Yunnanese soldiers who have f

the bulkhead at that time it would have chains and the head ropes, as far as they shown themselves so formidable that their and misery it entails not only in their been dangerous to the swi lying on my reasonably could in order to place the very name has discounted the morale of south side at Pier No. 3, I could not have vessel well under the shelter of the shed, the enemy's forces. hauled my anchor cable up as the wind which, by the way, stands 50 feet would have blown me

on to Brabeatur.

The Yunnanese leaders are stretching the high, at the same time giving longer their neck to the highest tension in ex scope to her head ropes. In that posi-pectancy of a decisive battle, and they tion with the wind at SE the Montrose are keen on the look-out for the position would have been perfectly secure. As far of the enemy. They have to encounter

Continuing witnes Kaid it did not become possible for him to move out until the wind went to the South-Werte

watirely muccessful?--Yes

who live amongst them. These men may own countrymen but in foreigners also retort "Let the foreigners who are dis- gruntled quit China." But these wouhi- be responsible leaders must or should bear in mind that if they count as stub ble the Chinese people whom they harass

at pleasure the whole thinking world has

as Fremember, the wind eventually fell difficulty in this direction as the enemy an interest in their welfare, giving men

기

Mr. Potter: If the Montrose bad not through South to South West, blowing always tries to dodge and escape their and money in order to convey to them hit you in the way she did, in your very hard. Now had the Montrose adopt approach. When once the Yannatiese knowledge of the good things they them opinion your manœuvre would have been ed the method I consider to be the Commanders can locate where the enemy selves possess. It may be a toilsome, proper che, having always in view the forces andor Hung Shao-lin and Liu Fu irksome and burdensome work yet the About how far out from the wharf faos that she could not leave the wharf, are, then they will fight them to the finish altruistic spirit which pervades the Chris- were you when you were struck by the abe would, in the strongest part of the and terminate the East River Campaign: tian world demands that it be given ex- typhoon have been lying to two anchors, as the prolongation of this campaign pression to in some such way as foreigners Montrare I put it at about 150 feet.

out at that distance and a good scope of chain, and she would merely delays the construction work of in China are trying to do however imper When you were

fectly. Jad not the most difficult part of the have been able to give to the lines lead- Canton city and Dr. Sun Yat-sen's plan, ing forward, which was eventually the

of exterminating unrighteous rulers, such naneuvre been carried out 7-We had wind direction. That is my opinion. broke the fores of the wind. At the Mr. Potter: And therefore it comes to as Tao Kun and Wo Pei-fu, who enter fira: start we had the full force of the this that he was improperly moored into public services and power not to wind of the port side of the vessel, but Yes, Sir, she was lying in an exposed work for the preservation of their race

position. S 28 we benved in the cable we had the With regard to the line going up and but to utilize that power for accumulat wind at an angle consequently at less down, have you anything to say about ing wealth and promoting their sell force of this vessel, and every heave of that and that longitudinal the cable made the venture more success rapes would have been better." ful. We wyr getting more and mere At this stage the Court adjourned to into the wind,

Monday morning at 10.30 o'clock. Later, Mr. Potter asked: Supposing the as Yuen Sang had not been there what would have happened

to the

His Lordship That is a matter of gue work surely.

Capt. Wheeler said

ILLICIT DRUGS. BIG HAUL IN THE HARBOUR. A big, seizure of illicit drugs was made on Wednesday night, by Revenue Officers, aboard a Gezinau steamor. The officers opened six cases of what purported to be chemicals, and were found to contain morphine. A rough estimate plaers the

aggradisement."'!

This same spirit regards with no little horror as well as agonising sorrow the depths of misery into which these unfeet. ing men, are driving the people, whose voice of complaint is not heard because they are unconscious of a world which sympathises with them and hope for no Our contemporary says there is no redress from their own government I doubt that the Constitutionalist forces it not high time that these breakers of will emerge from the East River cam law and orders should be reminded of paign victorious, notwithstanding the wild rumours spread by interested parties to the contrary.".

A NEW

SUBMARLIE.

their obligations to foreign Towers in the matter of opium Such reminder might be the means of bringing about thoughts of reconciliation between these two quondam friends-Mr. Chen Chiung Ming and Dr. Sun Yat Sen-two men who should never have quarrelled; who at one A despatch from Genon says that the time held between them, the power of naval engineer Commander de Feo hay after long study and experiments, suky making, Kwangtung a prosperous and His Lordship Probably she would value at over a hundred thousand dollars, mitted plans for a new type of submer model province but who by their per This would constitute one of the postsible, which has been officially approved, sonal feud have ruined her prospects for have hit the bulkhead.

valuable hauls of drugs ever made in this and which will have a speed and offen Mr. Potter: Fxactly, that is the point Colony. The morphine was brought from sive power superior to any known type of years and done her people unforgetable

Mr. Potter? Well we have it aid that we were 150 feet out at the time of the

want to mak

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