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TYPHOON NEWS. STEAMER ASHORE ON

STONECUTTERS.

RENT LAW.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH, 1924

POWERS OF THE GOVERNOR-IN-

COUNCIL QUESTIONED,

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CANTON GOVERNMENT V MERCHANTS VOLUNTEER

CORPS.

MENT STATEMENTS.

An action was commenced in the Sum- THE CORPS ANSWERS TO GOVERN mary Court yesterday morning in which ad Now, 68, 68 and 70% the J Morle Queen's Road East, sought possession oi the premises under Section 4 (1) (f) of

the Rents Ordinance. An important

The 8. Lake Gintong dragged her anchor during the early hours of Sunday worning and went ashore on the North East corner of Storrentters Island, According to the Nogal bservatory the highest wind velocity during the typhoon point in the case was whether the powers blow was registered at 1.55 am, on Sun-of the Governor-in-Council extended to day and it was about this time were that the houses in question. The defence was the Lake Gatani connaruced to drag her that the Governor-in-Council on May 20th anchor and she was eventually blown ordered that the provisions of Section

(1) ( shoukl not apply to the houses mentioned.

ashore,

ital

thameri Aside from the six-condi- tions already set out and accepted by the Government, it fasists. on new demands. of 83,000,000 to meet the Northern ex- pedition, and "borrowing" an addi Lional month of rent from the City before negotiating the return of these arns. How then, when our six representatives

id not enre to consider new demands. after the six terms had been shelved can the Government say that_the_representa tives netion in this matter is irrespon; sible I

.

•

We have received from the Kwangtung Province Merchants Volunteer Corps' the

Guvernment: Now we have a pro- following translation of answers to state

cedure. To-morrow morning we ask you tuents made by the Government in all Volunteers to bring yiur, receipts to letter from the Ceneralissimo Dr. Sunthe Government Office in control of the Yai Sen, to the Headquarters of the Pro-Volunteers to register yourself and thro

days after registration you get all the vincial Merchant Volunteers, Canton-agins."

tw According to condition No. Government: iam instructed by the Generalissimo, that in view of the the tieneralissimo had promised to re- The sox Lake Chiang belongs to the

Mr. Elden Potter, K.C., appeared for fact that the Provincial Volunteers are turn all these areas and ammunitions United States Shipping Board, the local the plaintiffs and Mr. C. A. S. Russ and formed by the people for the purpose of accenting to the number specified in the self protection, obeying Governmental permit. Tant would have been proper, agents being the Pacife Mail S.S. Co. Mr. D. Mactallum represented the defenders and of maintaining peace and but now the conditions have been changed She is commanded by Capt. Nakernag and | dants

order in the Province, they have always again, beenuse tieneral Li Fook Lim. is a Vensel of 1812 registered.ions. The Opening the case for the plaintiff, Mr. beer afforded every protection of the Controller of the Volunteers, appointed by the tiovernment, and announced to Government."

Vice-Commanant Li that the Volunteers Lake Gataño has been in harbour since Potter said that his Lundship (Mr. Justice

Jorwert Siner, banditry and lawless what hand over to the Government in Dyer Ball) was probably surprised" to soldiery has overrun the province the one &200,000 and then they will get August ruch when she arrived her from carn that it was possible to for any other people had no other alternative but to about 5,000 pivers, the Julance of the point to rise under the Rents Ordinance, organize and to protect themselves. If whole shipment having already been the Government professes to give the divided up amongst other soldiers, li but he thought a large field of argument people protection why did they two days is obvious that there are 1,000 pieces short had been opened up by the decision of prior to the inauguration of the federn and not sufficient to be given to us. “Thể the Governor-in-Council in the presention of the Provincial Volunteers try to whole body of Volunteers will, unite in ease. The Governor acted under Section clore the convention by force under someone and we are not going to take any

very irrational pretexts?

portion of the shipment only as that 24 of the Ordinance, which said that it

When the Arms arriv- would mean that some would pay with- Guerrament: was lawful for the Ggfernor to exempted last month, by the s. ar, the Gor-out getting anything.

Governurat: "According to" General from the provisions, or any speciße pro-ernment owing to the fact that Com. vision, of the Ordinance any domestic maader Chan Lim Pak had obtained a Fan and Commandant Liu's report tha permit by fraudulent means and also be Volunteers are willing to contribute Half| cause all the newspapers in Hongkong a Million Dollars as Military expenses and Shanghai reported that Cbaa Lim on receipt of the arms," Pak would use the Merchant Volunteers against the Government, the Government hul to take the necessary steps to detain the Arms. But unfortunately there were few who had no knowledge of the real situation and misunderstood the action of the Government.'

the South, taking up anchorage off Stourentters.

According to the Master, fires had been drawi the vessel for sonic rime and she had no steam to counteract, the drag- ging of her anchors.

Ersterday niternoon at 5 o'clock the Vessel was refloat with the all of the as: Lake Paulk.

A LUCKY STEAMER.

tenement, if he thought, circumstances warranted the exeuntion. If the section was construed literally, it would lead to

Another Stenmer, asmalt Portuguese most extraordinary absurdities and the with the malicious intention to revolt ment that the whole shipment of artas

river vessel, named the Constantine, was also blown ashore at Laichikok. Sho

fortunately refloated on the rising tide apparently none the worse for her ad

venture.

CARGO BOAT FOUNDERS.

Answer: It was agreed by the Govern. be returned within seven daye. These conditions are on record and anyone can refer to same. Now the Government tries to cancel their promises and pays atten tion only to the half a million dollars. We don't know why the Government pays more attention to this money than anything else.

The Clevernment has Guvernment: caused investigation whether the Volun

ters are obedient to the Government, and whether these arms were actually pur- chased by the Volunteers and nothing else. But during the movement of the Northern Expedition Military expenses being needed. contribution from the Volunteers would be very timely. All we ask is that you pay us 30 for every arms

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greatest injustice. It would mean that the Governor could set aside the whole of the case law. It would mean that the Governor could deprive the landlord of the few rights left him under the Ordi

Answer: Since the permit was grant парес. It could unt be understood bowed by the Headquarters of the Generalis During the storm on Saturday after the Executive Council could have besimo and the exact number of arms and ammunitions were clearly stated in the noon in M.BK. cargu beat, laden with lieved that Section 21 was passed to give permit and since the permit was given in coal. was swamped by a rough sen and the Governor the power, he had exer- the name of the Provincial Volunteers, she fännidered. Fortunately, ag lives cised. The Governor could, if the section we do not understand in what manner or course can we be charged as having were lost, the crew being picked up by was construed literally," allow; a 'tenant obtained the permit by fraudulent means, sumpans which happened to be acar. The to remain in possession even if he failed After the arms had been detained, there cargo but foundered between buoys 13 to carry out all or any of the conditions were 138 cities on strike against the unfairness of the detention. We wonder and J. These two buoys are now out of the tenancy Section (1) exempted what the Goveriment means by few handed back. We bave notified General

of the people. With regard to newspaper reports published in Hongkong and Shanghai, they were commenting on the timely organisation of the Merchant

a monopoly by any individual or by any salvation of the people. These nows-

Whether the people, obedient or papers have never scaid that the Volun.Party

not depends upon whether there is any teers were in any way revolutionary in value in such obedience. This is true ta Mr., Russ: The Governor equld leave nature. What ground has the Govern. wit. Foreign and Chinese History. If out all the Verbs."

ment to set up these slanderous and ridiculous remarks on the articles in question}

of use, owing to the sunken lighter mak- ing the moorings dangerous,

On Sunday a Lapidary of vessels had to

hotels and warding, houses, but the Governor could say that that section did not apply in the cause of the Hongkong

Fan, Commander Liv and neral Li to delegates official to protest the arrange ment of distribution."

Answer: The Government is nu or

appeal for assistance especially those Hutel, and I could stay in the batel as Volunteers, as the only means for Kanisation to serve the people. It is not

auchored in Kowloon Bay and, off West | tong as I Eked and they could not turn Point. They commeñard dragging their me gut," anchors and the tug Henry Kenwick rese ponded to the calls and was instrumental in towing the back to their original anchorage.

SHIPS EXPERIENCE ROUGH WEATHER.

PASALNGAS INJURED ON "THE" .. **HAKONE MARC.”.....

velocity.

Government: The Government has, already delegated Generals Fan and Commander Liu to explain matters to the Volunteers."

Because

we are to be threatened as we have been used to before, we have to refer to what Jr. Potter: Yes; he could do anything

Louis IV. has suffered,, when saying: Continuing. Mr. Pötter sabmitted that

L'etui c'est moi. Now think over. the coal intention of Section 94 was that

the last part of your letter you sa the Legislative Council having passed au

that you would protect the people, and in the first part of your letter you said Ordinance depriving landlords of their

der the 6 terms outlined by the that you were always protecting th common law rights put in a clause which gave the Governor in Council the right to the Government through its representa people. As regards these two parases we The 3.8. Hukone Moru arrived in port give him back those rights if he thought tives, General Fan and Commander Liu, would request brothers from all over the expedient. In support of this contention, have been agreed upon and were accepted world to verify the facts. Ever since yesterday morning frim England and re

Counsel quoted many cases.

by the Generalissimo Dr. Sun himself, the Generalissimo Dr. Sun has entered

·ported passing through the typhoon on Counsel's second point was that the which fact has been known by the public the Province of Kwangtung, kidnapping Saturday, encountering heavy seas and construction placed on the section by the and published in the Foreign and and robbery has never erased. What is

Governor was nitro, vires. No body ex

Chinese newspapers. Now the Govern then meant by "protection " 1 hurricane winds of 100 miles per hour cept the Legislative Council could deprive ment tries to shua responsibility by say of the fact that we get no pratection we For six hours the ships was a man of his statutory or common lawing it has delegated its agents to "ex had to organise Volunteers, and because plain." What a pitiful position for of the Merchant Volunteers having been buffetted by the storm, coming out of it rights.

Counsel's third piat was that the Government seeing the anavoidable and from time to time trodden upon, we had

to organise a federation of the Provin

money, no unsethed. During the storm one lady jocernor-in-fuuvil had placed a wrong then engineering lies to cover. cial Volunteers. We spare

Government: Now that Chan Lim risk and no spirit, baping we can make passenger, Mrs. J. A. Fraser, was pitch-meading on the word provision" in ed down the hatchway, her face being Section 21 in that they said that the Pak and Chan Fun Chan have repented life out of death. From this one can see section could be split up and that exenip and have publicly declared their allegi: what a state we have been in. Now the severely cut. She was attended go by the tin could be obtained from any portion ance and support of the Government and Government tries to suck the life out Ship's Surgeon and on arrival of the ship of that Section. This was obviously since we find that there were some mis- of this organisation and then deny them in Hongkong. Mrs. Franer was removed wrong, and would be reducing the Ordi- takes committed in the process of pur self-protection. They dissolve the head- chasing these arms and since it is known. quarters und detain these arms until the to the Governanes Civil: Hospital. in putting his fourth point Counsel that the arms are purchased with money people had to resort to strikes. Then the According to the officers, the Hakone referred to the decision of the Full Court actually paid by the Merchant Yolun Government tried to pile up crimes on Maru, behaved, remarkably well. riding as to the Ordinate not being retrospecteers, we feel under the circumstances, us, they threatened to utilise the gunboat tive in its operation and said that once that we can treat the case with more ing Fung to bombard Saikwan, after, through the storm on practically an even the notice to it had been given, the leniency, and can allow the arms to be wards threatening to use 300 tins of kerosene oil to burn up the whole city, Leely the only vibration felt on the ship landlord had a vested right to possession returned to them.”

in three mouths. If the Governor was

dusicer: Do these words of empty putting all the merchants shops under being when ber-propellor was raised out right, he had the power, after notice to promise constitute a fair and straight Military Law. Are these actions in s of the water. According to one of the quit had been given, to divest the land settlement on the part of the Goveru-cordance with what the Government calls

protection What we have stated above| passengers the ironieter early on Sun-lord of that right even before the potice ment? What treacherous tactics!"

we know will not please the Government. slay morning registered 28.42, which is expired and after he might have com- the lowest yet recrrded for the typhoon, misted himself considerably to contrat

We now trust in Providence,

KWANGTUNG PROVINCE MERCHANTS VOLUNTEER CORP.

THE

"TAIYUAN DELAYED.

The Taigaan, which was to arrive in Hongkong from Australian ports vid Manila, yesterday, has been delayed by

gance to a faret,

tors....

MR. RUSS REPLY..

Mr. Russ, replying, claimed that it was impossible to contend that an order made in a Gazette could not be made under this section. The only way in which Mr.

Guvernment: "Chan Lim Pak left for

Hongkong on the day when the arms but we cannot find other words

were detained, but since we have counter. manded our order to arrest him, he still keeps himself away from Canton, so that nobody is responsible for the Merchuint Volunteers."

Thuner: Jasmuch as the Government Potter had tried to induce Eis Lordship has been so ridiculous as to attribute to the typhoon. She was due to leave to give that interpretation to it was by Manila on Saturday bowing to the stating that the resut on allowing orders Chan Lim Pak from time to time erimes storm she did not lenye until yesterday.to he made under the section would be of all descriptions, it is a matter of per She is now due to arrive here on Wednes ridiculous. The obvious answer was that al opties for Chan Lim Pak to return if -authority were delegated to another to Canton or not, although the order

day.

to arrest him has been withdrawn. Far-

froth the Eody of Volunteers, and further thermore, there were six representatives the Vice-Commandera, Mr. Li and Mr. Dung, are still in charge. How then can the Government explain that there was nobody responsible for the Marchant Volunteers?

Government: "The attitude of the

body to sub-legislate, it was to be assum The E. King Tuen, which teamer sented that the authority would be properly through important messages the Royal exercised. One would not expect the legislature still loss the Governor--to act Observatory on Saturday, regarding the in a manner which could only be de- position of the position of the typhoon,serbed as lunatic if the powers were used in the manner plaintiff's Counsel had wind velocity, etc, has reported to claimed they might be. The whole point Messrs. Butterfield and Swire by wireless whs whether, when these powers were that she weathered the storm successfully exercised sensibly and after due con- several representatives of the Volunteer sideration, they would work in a just

and she has not suffered any damage The ... King Tuen was on a voyage from Bangkok to Hongkong and she was acting as escort to another ship, the ang Cha belonging to the same Com pany, the engines of which ship were out of order. Bot. ships hove to above 100 miles off Gap Rock, and there rode out the storm. They were due to arrive in Hongkong yesterday.

manner. ́.

have

$1,000 MISSING. NEW DEVELOPMENT IN CON- NAUGHT ROAD MURDER. SHOP FOKI'S COMPLETE

DISAPPEARANCE. - -

No further news has been heard of the shop loki who disappeared on the day of the discovery of the body of a Chinese Connaught Rond, but police inquiries now

tea, merchant on the verandah at 145, prove that a sum of 21,000 was drawn from a local bank by means of a cheque When the sale was opened by the police bearing the chop of the firm. only three double-engles were found

EXPLOSIVES CHARGE. WARRANT ISSUED FOR MAN'S ARREST.

Corps has been so undecided, that the Government has found is extremely dif Referring to Mr. Potter's fourth point, ficult to come to terms with them. There Mr. Rusa said that it would not be un is therefore in consequence, opportunity reasonable, under a Labour Government for further activities by the agitators." for powers to be given the Goverproent Anaer Our representatives: to prevent people being turned out even be doing their best and have been meet- though they did not pay rent in facting the wishes of the Government in every the Labour Government had seriously possible way. Their position has been

Tsang Pun Nam, a stonecutter's fore introduced such a measure into Parlia extremely difficult, for during the nego. meat. Mr. Huss submitted, that the effect tiations they were at all times under the man, was charged on remand before Mr. of the publication in the Gazelle must merciful hands of the Government.. E. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy

What could they do more 3

ho to affect premises from the date of publication.

CASE ADJOURNED.

yesterday afternoon, with the unlawful. Government: The Government, ossession of 40 sticks of dynamite, 40

detonators, and one coat of fuse wire, Thoro was & strong wind on the bar

ing to the irresponsible attitude taken

As he did not appear, his ball in $250, bour yesterday until tent when it

The case was adjourned to this morn by the six mem repronatatires, had to

was estreated, and a warrant issued for modérated considerably.

ing

defer the decision of the matter.”

his arrest.

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