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THE FOREIGNER IN CHINA.

DISPASSIONATE REVIEW OF THE MAIN POINTS

AT ISSUE.

IMPERIALISM,

CAPITALISM AND UNEQUAL TREVICES.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, JUNE 19TH,

The following, latter, written by a well known, Hongkong resident, who has the greatest admiration for. the Chinese, and thoroughly under- stands their language, will, it is hoped, be read and pondered by all of those who are now endeavouring to stir up racial animosity :--

Bat "We are all Socialists now"

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BANK CLAIM

CASE FOR DEFENCE OPENED

The claim of the fadustrial and Com mercial Bank, Ltd, agaïost Chan Ping Shan, was continued before the Chief Justice (Sir Henry Gollan) in the Sup- reme Court yesterday morning.

The bank claim the sum of $10.000 from the "defendant on a personal bond, which he signed on behalf of the firm, the overdraft of which had not been

mrt.

Mr. C. G. Alabaster, K.C., (instructed by Messrs. Wilkinson & Grist)..appeared, for the plaintiff bank, and Mr F. C Jenkin (instructed by Mesara. Deacons), appeared for defendant.

of one.

ANXIETY IN SWATOW.

MEETING OF RESIDENTS AT H.B.M. CONSULATE.

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Swarow, June 13th. A meeting of the foreign, residents of Swatow was held at H.B.M.'s Consulate at Kakchio to-day (Saturday) to discuss. the general situation in the Port. The British Consul took the chair and was supported by Mesirs Van Dobben and Spiker, the Consuls for the Netherlands and U.S.A., respectively.

Most of the British subjects in Swatow were present.

The possibility of a general strike was Erst discussed and the chief point taken into consideration was the maintenance of communication between Swatow and Kakchio. Many views and suggestions were put forward, but they were conflict ing. and finally it was resolved to, form three committees to work out matters in detail-one committee to represent Kak- chia, one to represent Swatow and the third to act on behalf of the Customs, alsc

{TO TES EDITOR OF “TUK RONGKONG DAILY PRESS,"] Six-f" do not know if the Editor of (b) Capitalism in a bogey in indus the Canton Gazette sees your valuable trial Europe, and quità rightly. The Mr. Jenkin opened his defence yester paper, and, if so, whether he will con-unfettered capitalism of England in the day morning and said that the defendant sider this letter worthy of attention, but early nineteenth century and of America was adopted by Chan Lui Chia at the age The boy was sent to Queen's I mention him because, amid a welter-day is as dangerous as Marx realised.

College so he educated and leaving that of demands, invectives and estheraners Goschen said many years ago, and in collège, in 1919 became an apprentice at an every side, his paper does at least Europe to-day there is state ownership salary of $30 per month. A year later state a clear and comprehensible case in and state control in industry that would he was appointed as assistant manager these troublous times (however much we have turned grey the hair of John Stuart and then drifted into the managerial may disagree with it), and because I Mill. Russia, of course. being in 1920 think the most urgent need of the mo-jin the condition from which England had material times the sole, proprietor and ment is a calm consideration of the prin- escaped in Henry VI's day. France in when he opened an account with the by the Consul what to do in case of em ciples at stake not saly by the Govern. 170 and Germany and Italy in 1849, be Bank, Chun Lui Chia knew little of ments concerned but by the public whose came greatly excited at the "new" European formality and therefore in-gency, but we were not informed on this

structed his adopted soa

The account Paint civilized,uations lessons they had learnt was opened in the name of the Fook Heaven's name, does this apply in inception was

But how, in Cheong frig and from the time of its in the Middle Ages,

The Consul added that he did not a Fook Cheong account see any immediate danger and thought

natural' mouthpiece is the Press. Now that Canton has oner more driven out the Yunnanesem-as she did the Manchus

and the, Kwangsi rulers in the past—

covery and even

tried to

teach the

position. Chun Lui Chia

WIS at all

on the Swatow side of the harbour.

Commenting upon the meeting, a cor- respondent writes: It.was not a great PUCCERS. We were expecting to be told

We were only advised to hoard up provisions and to do the best we could in case our servants walked-out."

perhaps it may be more possible to attain ! Chica? It is justifiable, like Ghandi, to only. After Chan Lai Chia bad become it was premature to discuss any defen-

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say that industrialism and machinery area director of the Bank, a meeting of sive or precautionary measures., that philosophic enim which is impossible bad things, and to aim at a return to the board of directors was held at which Another statement by the Consul in times of great excitement, •

bandierufts and simplicity. But this is it was resolved that all directors should

disappointed all present He said it Let me say at the outset that my views not suggested here. Who are the rapit- be allowed to overdraw their accounts to would not be fair to ask for a warship are purely personal and unoffieird, though alists in China whose abolition is requir† the extent of 810,000

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I suspect many of ing fellow-countrymen ed? Standard Oil magnates, .. few Sir Henry Gollan: Is that according

to European practice 1

Mr. Jensin: No, but many things were done at this Bank which could ant confarm to European ideas.

for Swatow in view of the situation at Canton, Amoy, Shanghai and in North China generally. I wonder if British subjects here are to be left without any protection at all. The Japanese have gun-boat in Port, for their protection. The British policy, however, is always

Later defendant's father, who wished to take advantage of the overdraft re-Wait and See!! solution, met Mr. Li, who was then man ager of the Bank, and he was told that

(Note: The British Consul at Swatow cabled on June 15th that a general strike had begun and that naval protection was required. Consequently H.M.S. Bluebell

will agree with them. Let me further Japanese milkowners, the Chinese owners "clear`myself of any excess of racial pre-of the Nanyang Cigarettes, and a few judice. I consider the Chinese in many others, almost countable on the fingers, ways the aust, cultured nation in the Capitalism in China is almost as rare as world. Their art inspires and has inspir-suakes igeland÷rarer anyhow than ed much that is Best elsewhere. Their was where else in the world. Mills and literature and, what is more important,inctories are a foreigy, importation, but their national respect for that literature, do not think the Chinese suggest that are admirable. Fur Confucianisin, which the general raising of the standard of it was' necessary for a guarantee to be I happen to know from, the inside, I have ring, which has been the result of signed He told Chain Lui Chia, that his was seat to Swatcw.} the very deepest respect. I find myself machinery, elsewhere, is of itself a bad personal attendance was not necessary).. much easier terms with a Bonham thing However, I an entirely open to and Chan Ping Shan was sent and the Strand shopkeeper or a New Territory rosietion and thers may be another side?! guarantee being on the table in front of fariner than with Penk taipar ((c) Unequal Treaties are very naturally him he chopped it with the firm's chop, Most of all do "I admire the Chinese innde much of The Russians, outcast and wrote his own signatore. genius for self-government and in parti-among the nations, unrecognized as a Mr. Alabaster objected and said that cular that respect for the family and its civilized state. by most, have made a it was a suggestion of fraud. "temporal head which is the backbone of virtue of giving up what they do not His Lordship did not agree, and Mr.

it

Chinese life.

Now cutting but all considerations of mobs and outrages and landings of marines and strikes, let us consider as philosophically as possible the main points that are at issue in this present unhappy crisis of China's History. I think the fissette will agree as to these The main tries to-day are (a) Down with Imperialism. (b) Down with Capitalism, (c) Dowu with Unequal. Treaties,” will try to deal with these in order.

A POINT OF LAW.

Chan Lui Chia said that he started his

ALLEGED KIDNAPPING. CURIOUS CASE UNRAVELLED YESTERDAY.

At the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday afternoon, before Mr. E. W Hamilton, two Chinese appeared on a charge of

appeared on a charge of harbouring.

The complainant, who had adopted the child, said she had paid $30 for it three mooths previously.

want. With no desire for honest inter-Jenkia replied that he was alleging fraud. | kiduapping, while two Chipese womT national trade (which is surely not an Want of truth on the part of the bank essentially bad institution) and bitterly witnesses he alleged, but not fraud.

The evidence showed that one of the men went to No 24, Wai Ching Street, disappointed at their failure in 1995 to

Yaumati, and rented a cubicle. He stir up bloodshed among the greatest

Mr. Jenkin further urged a point of stayed there for a little while and then democracy in the world (and by demo-

law and quoted authority for the state month. He returned again to the house weat away at the beginning of the cracy I mean Parliamentary Government

ment that once judgment by consent had, on June 11th and said he wanted to take rather than the breaking of Ministers"

months. for a walk. As he did not re- windows, and trial by jury rather than been given against a company or a part the little boy who lived there, aged thres ner, no claim could be made against an

turn by the evening the foster "mother }· Ku Klux Klan lynchings), they have on their own admission set out merely to alleged co-debtor. In further argument,' of the child reported the matter to the stir up feeling against the nations that Jenkin submitted that the Chinese police and later went to To Kwa Wan, consider that a Government's first dutyajority, age (20) did not apply in a Hunghom, where outside an unnumbered house she saw the second defendant and The authorities showed recognised him a man who had been (a) Imperialism 1 take to mean the is to govern, and in particular against British Court.

that domicile was the main factor in the to her house while the first defendant enforcement of one nation's will upon Great Britain..

On going into the another's Against the wish of the latter.

Now why do we say that the foreigners validity of a signature on a mercantile was stopping there.

bouse she saw the first defendant and The word descenda "from Roman tinfes in China must have in their settlements contract. Domiriied in Hongkong, the both men were subsequently arrested, In and the Roman Empire might be taken their own courts, their own police, and came within British law, and, in any the meanwhile, the child had been taken as typical. The Roman legions conquer their own gunboats? Here I fear one case, the fact that the contract was made to the Police Station by a woman living in Hongkong brought it within British in Kowloon City, who stated that the ed the known world, civilized it after a

had bought the child for the sum of must be uncomplimentary if the truth is law,

85, from the third defendant, a woman. fashion, kept the peace, and made the not to be blinked. "Civilization to our

As the child looked rather weakly she conquered provinces pay their way and aminds means, among other things, the bit over.

Is there anything like this in security of the individual and his right son in his own business (the Fook Cheang brought it back to the police station. When this woman was recused of being to a fair trial if he offends, the law, fm) after he had completed his educa connected with the kidnapping of the China apart from that tiny piece of Let anyone who has leisure go through tion at Queen's College at a salary of child she accused the other woman, the Jarren, granite which is called Hong even the cases that get into the foreign kong? (And in Hongkong I can say newspapers and pick out the tortures, $20 per month. The 1,000 shares which fourth defendant, who she and was re

child. without fear of contradiction, that rich lynchings, executions without trial, call his son had in the business had not been sponsible for the harbouring of the

blooded murders that appear almost and poor desire "nothing but a continu daily; let him multiply these by a hun given by witness who said he did not ance of the present system, whatever dred to allow for the cases that are never know how he came by them. His son promises the agitators from elsewhere beard of; and how can it be seriously was afterwards made assistant manager suggested that the foreigner should Inny hold out). Have aby European willingly expose himself to such perils and given no more salary although he powers tried to conquer China or to If the Chinese Government shows that was to have a bonus. He often took drive roads through it af the point of it can govern, extraterritoriality will discharge although the business was never

appear as it did in Japan. I have the bayonet? Except in so far as honest desire to stir up the flames again, but thanded over to him. Not being used to trade benefits both sides does any to one whose bias is, if anything, on the foreign forms in regard to banking it Chan Ping Shan, defendant in the Chinese in China contribute a penny that

side of the Chinese, and who certainly was arranged that witness's adopted son deeply deplore the racial animosity goes into the Treasuries of Paris, London engendered, it does seem absurd to make should operate on his account with the or Tokyo! Do the foreigners attempt to all this fuss about the death of a few Bank and when the question of a over impose their culture in China except for rioters who were admittedly attempting draft arose he was told by the manager to seize armouries at Shanghai” and of the Bank that his presenou would not the half-hearted efforts of missionaries, Hankow, and to blind one's eyes to the whose activities must at least be ad weltor of blood and total disregard of be required but that that of his adopted of the contents of the document because

son would be sufficient. The adopted mitted to be unselfish t Most thinking the value of human life which is so evident throughout Chins today. But

In reply to Mr. Alabaster, defendant Englishmen are to-day as anti-Imper- perhaps it is more pleassat to be muti son attended and signed on behalf of Sialist, in the present sense of the word,lated by one's own countrymen thun to the firm but the account all along had admitted that his father had given him nathority to sign cheques because he Trotsky. If you doubt this compare be shot (after reposted warnings of the been the account of the firm and the Arm could read and write English. He did the position of Canada and Australia sequence of rioting) by a foreign only. The guarantee he signed was on not consider himself liable for the amount

¡“* Imperialist.””.

behalf of the firm and not a personal claimed because be had not acted as the with fifty years ago; look at South Africa, I have written at too great length one, said witness. The adopted son had firm's guarantor bat had merely put his conquered because there was no alter- already, but I must not close in this signed an that occasion just as he signed name there for purposes of verification.

His Lordship said that it could be native-by force of arms, and given com- provocative vein. We all want peace, cheques on behalf of the firm.

Chan Lui Chin, in reply to Mi proved it had been signed for the pur- and the prosperity that can only como pleto self-government almost immediate through peace: Shells and bayonets are Alabaster, said he was a director of the pose of verification, the defence would ly; look at India since the days of n poor form of argument anyhow, and bank. The latter was accustomed to be Atrengthened, but he could not see "Morley (a much stronger because sanera question like that of the position of grant overdrafts without security to per- that the signature carried no guarantee. The defence pleaded no indebtedness forsigners in China should be arguable. Bons who were known to the manager. anti-Imperialist than Lenin); look at Why not give up recriminations and

but it was alleged against them that a Mr. Alabaster contended that this was Ceylon; look at Egypt; look at the West refer the whole matter to arbitration, unusual, whereapon Mr. Jenkin said he guarantee was signed. It appeared that Indian Colonies.

say the League of Nations?/ "Down, with Impet

that the same thing was done at the was admitted except the amount das. knew from his own personal knowledge if the defence denied the signature they would have chance, but everything Jalism" a mero catchword, utterly

That had beca the difficulty all along. meaningless in China.

The cake was further adjourned.

I apologise for my ioordinate vorba

sityYours, cts.,

JUNIUS.

Hongkong and Shanghai.

(Continue on nezi Column).

The second Chinese and the first wo-

man weter discharged and the first and the fourth defendant (the other woman) were remanded until next Monday.

action, replying to his Counsel said þe signed the document which was for an overdraft of $10,000 from the bank. He had been told by his father to go to the bank, to sign, his name to a document and also to append to it the firm's chop. This he did, but he had little knowledge

he merely perused it,

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