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China is not very receptive soil for the propagation of Bolshevism. The great

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER

CONSPIRACY CHARGE.

NAKENT IN THE BOX.

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bulk of the population is rooted to the | THE “ SOLICITORS CLERKS CASE, moil under an excellent system of land tanure, which recognises the value of private property. Wherever communism Before: M 3. R. Wood at the Central has made any headway the result has Magistracy yesterday afternoon the care been disastron (Hear, hear.) Canton, in which Lo Shu Fan sad Cheung Pui the once-proud and opulent city of the Chuen, alina Charles Kent, two clerks Bouth, has seen its best quarter reduced in the employ of Mosstt. Hastings & to ashes and its once enterprising and Hastings and Dennys & Bowley, as Peaceable population exposed to the charged an three counts was continued. worst borrors of streets fighting. This It is alleged that they conspired experience and the spectacle of thou together to defraud Wong Tak Tin, of sands of destitute Russian refugees liver property by false representations ing in their midst on public charity should that Lo Shu. Fan was owner of certain be sufficient to convince all sensible lands in the New Territories and had Chinese that the adoption of the Russian the said Wong Tak Yis and desired to transferred the same into the name of creed is more likely to lead to the desmortgage the same. The other two..counte truction than to the salvation of China alleged that the defendants conspired (Applause.)

together to induce the complainant by false representations to sign two deeds

TRADE AND EDUCATION.

It is a relief to turn from this gloomy survey of the political situation in China 10 the question at trade, which, is after all, the one that most affects the mem becs of this Association. That trade can survive, and has survived, under such con- ditions as have prevailed since our last antal meeting is evidence of the vitality of the Chinese nation. (Ap plause.) It shows, what we all know from residence in their midst, that the Chinese people are made of indestruct ible material (Laughter) and live and carry on under conditions to which most races would succumb. That trade bas practically held its own in spite of all hindrances is a fact from which you can drow much encouragement, How it would progress under a stable Government, under respect for, the sanctity of contract, such as was inseparable from the Chinese name until quite recently; under a sys tem of legal administration that provid cd redress: under a system of taxation properly admicistered, opens out a vista tantalising in its prospects.

are alleged to have acted in conjunction In the last two counts, the defendants with Au Hon Fur and He Sai Lok, on of the complainant

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Shortly after the commencement of yesterday afternoon's hearing, Mr. David son put the second defendant, Kent, into the witness-box.

SUMMARY COURT.

[HETOLI THE PUZANK JUDGE (MR, JUSTICE

QOMPEXIZ.)]

NEIGHBOURS' - QUARREL OVER GÓDOWN.

ADJOURNMENT WITH VIEW TO SETTLEMENT.

LOCAL SPORT.

GOLE.

ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP.

In the 1st round played on the morn ing of December 7th the results were is follows:

JB Rods bent and 3

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Purves,

CC Stark beat ER Mitchell, 9 and "2.

A. B. Stewart beat. H. U. Ireland, 8 and

As a sequel to a neighbours quarrel over a godown, Mr. Kunneth George W. Galloway bend R. A Camidge Blair yesterday med Mr. Creil H Porry, both of No. 13c, MacDonnell Road The claim set forth that on October 3rd, defendant's servant or agent entered the godown and seized a quantity Plaintif claimed, possession of the go. of furniture, the property of plaintiff

down, damages for wrongs done, and ar injunction restraining defendant from any repetition.

J. W. Franks beat N. L. Smith, and 2 Capt. Bennet beat 0.

Murray, 5 and 3.

1. W. Shewan beat Capt. Moreditch, Lup

Lieut. A H Alexander beat A. H. Ferguson, 4 and 2.

In the 2nd round played in the after-

Davidson sppeared on behalf of the de- Mr. M. K. Lo prosecuted and Mr. E. fendants. Mr.. H S. Fitaroy, instructed by Messrs, Lee & Russ, watched the pro-Later it was agreed that plaistid should ceedings on behalf of Law Shun Cho, the take this part of the house. Plaintiff purchaser of certain property involved in claimed that in a conversation with Mr. the case.

Perry the latter indicated that the go down was part of the flat. Un May 1st the key of the godown was handed over Mr. and Mrs. Blair took possession, and by Mis Ferry. Matters went fairly well betweh the parties, although, no doubt, there had been a certain amount of fric- tion The first written evidence concern. ing the dispute was that on September 30th, Mr. Ferry wrote to Mr. Blair, giv- ing his notice to quit.

plaintiff, and said that in April last annoon-

Mr. Macnamara appeared for: the

advertisement was published in the news

house in MacDonnell Road was to let, papen stating that the lower half of this

The Fitness gave evidence at some langth, and his statements in. reply to the defending solicitor were in cach case rebuttal of assertions made in the evidence for the prosecution..

Describing the occasion when the first agreement, respecting the mortgage on No. 38, Lyndhurst Terrace, was signed in Messrs. Hastings office by Weng Tak Yin and Mr. Lam, the witness said that he carefully interpreted the document, clause by clause, and finally asked both parties

terms.

Galloway beat Ross at the 19th hole, Stewart beat Stork, 3 and 2.- Bennet bent. Frariks, 7 and 3. Shewan beat Alexander, 3 and 2 The draw for the semi-final thus re- |sulted nay follows:-/

Galloway Stewart.-- Bennet. Shewan-

CRICKET.

IR.C.. R.E.

HOCKEY.

H.K.H.C. 1st XI. v. SUBMARINES.

p.m. on Saturday, the 13th inst., on the In a League match to be played at 1.RC, ground, the following will repre- Mesirs Deacon serta letter, on behalf.E.Sirdar Khan (capt.), S. A. R

sent the home and eleves against "the" of Mr. Blair, to defendant, referring him Ismail, D. Rumjahr, H. D. Rumjaho to the Beats Ordinance, and Mr. Blair E, Moordeen, N. B. Kitchell, M. P heard nothing more about his being turn- Madar, F. M. Arculit, S. A. Ismail, A. ed out of the fat, but on October 2nd B. Minu, and J. Cassabboy. Reserves In education and in all departments of if they were satisfied with the conditionsfr. Blair received a note from Mr. Y. A, Wahab and A. K. Minu Knowledge China has made immense pro of the agreement, before they signed it Perry, in which the latter stated that he PEKTOSS; in::recent years. A highly intel The heating was adjourned until this required the full use of the godown, and

lectual people, with a great heritage of alteracon.

the privilege he had given Mr. Blair brain power, they have suddenly divert

to use part of it, would now be with- need their attention from a study of their

drawn. This was replied to, on behalf of Landiept systems, of philosophy to the

Mr. Blair, to the effect that when the pursuit of Western knowledge in all it they are entitled to renew on nominal Mr. Blair did not intend to move any H.K.HI.C. 1st XI. on Wednesday at 4.45 matter of equity and still more of policy at was taken the godown was included. ibranches and the result is the creation

The following will represent the of a new China à different from the old They hold that the British authorities wrote to plaintiff, aying he was sub- Submarines:--P.. WF. Mille, C. F (Hear, hear, and applause) of his goods. Following this. Mr. Parry pm sharp at the U.S.R.C. against the China as the. England of today is from acted merely in a fiduciary capacity as stituting & new lock for the old one on Manolo Hughes, CL R. Becher, A. S. the England of 600 years ago. I remem

er the shock which the first appearance and that there was no intention at the the godown. It had been decided in the Hett, E. R. Mitchell (capt), Rer.

agents for giving effect to the Treaties, of a primitive piece of foreign machinery erealed some 3 years ago in Peking, and time of conveying any beneficial interest out, said Mr. Macnamara, that this, E. W. L. Martin, G. R. More. today there are all over the country

in the property to the British Goerra In following letters from Mr. Ferry be B. D. Evans..

in itself, constituted a trespass

Hott, WJ. Woodward, E. L. Sim, and great industrial factories worked on the fact that all other foreign Governments Blair's amab for washing purposes, and Applause.) They point to the mentioned the use of the basement by Mr. most modera.scientific methods, and medicine and other professions Chines/conveyed to their nationals in their Co-aid that Mr. Blair had made no attempt rations Agair, ons may be permitted and they ask why their trade and right there was no question of privilege. The are rapidly reaching the level of Western tenure, which they acquired from Chins, to meet him in regard to this matter.

cessions the full rights of perpetast

Giving evidence Mr. Blair said that. to speculate on the proportions which all of residence should be exposed to dis this advance would assume, if only the abilities from which their reighbosies are Godown was offered sa part of the teze- country could enjoy the blessing of good exempt. (Loud applause.) Why they take it. He gave extracts from the con- ment, as an extra inducement for him to government. (Applause)

farther ask should the holders of soversation which took place between hir 60 and 70 acres of land at Tientsin and wife and himself and Mrs. Perry at the Hankow, respectively, be required to pay first interview which they had on April a heavy assessmerit for procuring, the During the year this Association has same leases as the owners of the 5,000 5th. The furniture arrived very lato oce "had to deal with several important ques-cres. in the Shanghai International night, owing to it having been sent to tions, zore of which can be said to have Settlement have held from the start it wrong address, and a considerable part attained a un can bid to have without any similar payment at all, see of it was placed in the godown merely by using imagination an The promulgation by the Chinese Goving that all British subjects enjoy, with Mrs. Blair gave evidence as to the ernment of Trade Mark law, called out discrimination, the same rights under forth early in the year an energetic pro Treaty? (Applause;) wh test from all the leading firms in Shang

These arrangements and delicate quas hai ugainst a measure which they to tions of policy on which it is under garded not only as a menace to trade, able to enlarge at present, carried little c But as calenlated to undermine the whole

CURRENT QUESTIONS-TRADE

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conversation which took place at the first interview. Both Mrs. Perry and he had keys of the godown, and the furniture was stili in the godown, as far as she

CORRESPONDENCE.

CINEMA PICTURES. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "KONGKONG DAILY PRESS.]

Sia, While not a devotee of what' George Jean Nathan aptly terms tha speakable drama, obtained great pleasure from The Thief of Baghdad,” tributor makes great point of the fact that in the elaborate cardboard settings nothing is left; had he tried to hark back to his youth and to consider himself as & boy of ten or twelve seeing this film, he might have secured equal enjoyment

We achieve nothing by criticising the tests

beings have a superior intelligence, and since the industry is now on a business' basis why carp because the management. writes, down to the other, 95 per cent. 1 After all, it is they who provide the re venue. Neither should the system of publishing the names of hangers can be too severely criticised that merely follows an aga old custom of Capital in keeping the employee satisfied with a low salary Cut him to twenty dollars a week and list him as fourth assistant carpenter

weight with the First Commissioner for the defence was that the premises were vulgarity of the movies; army

Mr RE. Wcbater said that the case asis on which foreign intercourse with Works, to whose decision they were praadvertised to be les, and there were 18 proved that less thanes per cent of human Ching rested (Hear, hear) There is tically entrusted by the late Government. not time to review the tortuous course of This Association feels that, as a matter applicants, including Mr. Blair, who the negotiations which followed, but the of justice and equity, the whole-question went and saw the hours on April 8th and upshot seems to have been that instead of should be re-considered. (Hear, bear.) next morning decided to take the place. Being given a clear lend as to what line It has been suggested, and the suggestion At the first interview the godown was of action they should pursue, British seems a perfectly fair one, that the case never mentioned, and it was only at a traders were virtually told that they should be submitted to arbitration, or subsequent interview that the question of should exercise their own discretion, alternatively, that it should form the sub surplus furniture was raised, and the and register their marks or pot as they jets of a friendly sit in a Court of godown was referred to. The furniture pleased. The result is a lack of solidarity Justice between the Concession and arrived at the end of the month, and, which can hardly fall to weaken the whole renters and His Majesty's Government because it came a late hour, Mr situasion. (Hist, hear) The trade (Loud applause.) marks regulations, as originally issued, certainly seem to impinge serious upon xtraterritorial rights, and any benefit what this acceptance may confer in is dividual cases would, in my opinion, be far outweighed by the sacrifice of import ant principles.

SINGAPORE BASE.

This is not a political Association, and

WASHING DONE IN GODOWN.

The Island of Wak" struck me more Elizabethan than Chinese, certainly mors like the timbered Japanese than any thing else seen or pictured in the East. have not been to Baghdad either but the pointed arch, of which the Tudor is a fisttened variation, has been used as a conventional dengn of doors and windows as a symbol of nature worship long before. Christianity or any other existing religion, I haven't seen The Golden Snare ?? but the title and theme indicate that it imagination to picture the opening foot does not require a great stretch of the

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THE GOLDEN SNALE OR EROTIC BYMBOLISM

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Perry allowed the Blairs to have it put into the gadown. The parties being on good terms at the time, an arrangement was come to whereby the furniture was I have no wish to touch upon politics to remain in the godown, but at no time But there can, I think, be no harm in re- was the godown let to Mr. Blair Mr. ferring to another and more important Perry: simply gave Mr. Blair the option matter, which will, we hope, receive because of the friendship that existed be favourable consideration under a new tween them. Mr. Perry had been lessen RENEWAL OF CROWN LEASES. Government (Applause.) I feel sure of the whole house for some considerable that all of who spent msuy anxious time, and it was not until he had been Another gestion which concerns exelu-days and nights in China during the there for 12 months that he got the key sively His Majesty's Government and Great European War, watching our naval of the godown himself section of His Majesty's subjects in authorities, engaged in what seemed to China is the renewal of Cocceion Leases. be an almost hopeless task, will rejoice These Icases which affect only fire or to think that the position in the For Mr. Perry, in the witness-bor, said aix of the Treaty ports in China, are a East is now likely to be strengthened by there was no mention of any down singular exception to the conditions which the establishment of the naval base at until Saturday, the 19th. The fat was obtain everywhere else in China All Singapore, and that the immenso in actually taken on the 9th, after Mr. Blair British subjects putside the Concession terests of our Far Eastern trade and had seen the place. Mr. Blair aid that Apens at these parts, all British subjects even the safety of our Great Dominions the place they were going into was at other Treaty ports and all other for in the Southern hemisphere, will never smaller than the one they had been in, cignors at all the Treaty ports hold their again be exposed to the risks which they and that he would probably have to sell Jard in perpetuity from the Chinese had to face during the late war. (Ap some of tho furniture, but he did not Government. This is Treaty right of plause.) all foroigners At Tientsin, Hankow and I know I should fail to represent the then informed him that they could put want to take this step. Ha (Mr Perry) three four other ports the British Con views of this Association if, in propes this surplus furmitors in the godown, and suis caperienced difficulties in arranging this toust, I did not convey an ex he showed them the place. Mr Blair for the purchase of land by their pression of our gratitude to all those noticed a tap in the corner of the godown nationals direct from the Chinese owers who, in these peculiarly trying times are and said that it would be useful for and found it more convenient to obtain upholding our interests in Chinto our washing purposes. He then told her that grants of land from the Chinese author Minister, Sir Ronald Macleay, to the there could be no washing done in the

ties for the use of British subjects. These Naval Commander-in-Chief, Sir Arthur godown. It was four weeks. After the EFATOER MARGOTIS grants were made to the British Govern- Leveson, and to the British Consular Ser entry of Mr. and Mrs Blair that he

EXPERIMENTS, - ment in the usual form of perpetual lenses, vice. (Applause.) We are fortunate in heard they were using the godown LEA and were explicity stated to be made in having two distinguished members of the wash-house He complained, and the Senatore Marconi returned to London pursuance of Treaty for the benefit of Consular Service with us here to-might reply to his complaint was Ob, it was in November after an absence of about British subjects The British Govern Mr. Fox, the Commercial Counsellor such a wet day, which seemed to imply three months, during which time he has mant recouped itself fully for the outlay Peking, and Mr. B. Barton, the Consul that it was not being used regularly been further developing his new beam by disposing of the lots to British sub General at Shanghai-both old and trust The godown was actually flooded on one system. He is now able to state that the Jocts, but for some reason-probably fed colleagues of mine, and I should like occasion and he had the tap removed ten will be effective for efficient, tele following the practice in England with your permission, to express through Mr. Blair did not complain about, the regraph service over any distance by day granted the latter only 10 years lease them our warm appreciation of all the moval of the tap. In spite of his com as well as by night Those lenses, will crpire in 1960, and the Consular Service has done, and is doing, plants the washing was done openly in British Government are row demanding to maintain the British position in China. the gedown,

b onerous terms for conveying to their Applause.)

The Exaring was adjourned until the

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