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LAWLESSNESS IN SWATOW. LABOUR UNIONS IN CONFLICT WITH POLICE

(FROM OUR OWN COBEESPONDENT.]

THE HONGKONG DAILY PR

CANTON'S JUDICIARY. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO BE

REORGANISED.

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

[BEFORE MR. JUSTICE" WOOD,

PUISHE JUDOK

[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT. ]

The Department of Justice in the Ruo mintang Government in Canton, which was formerly in charge of a single dires:Wood, the Puisne Judge... tor or minister, is now to be replaced by a commissary of five. The Commissary

FIVE YEARS AND THE CAT. The Criminal Sessions for January opened yesterday before Mr. Justice

It will be re-called that the December Sessions, which had included the murder on Saturday last. There were very few CANOS for hearing for the present Sessions, and they were all taken by Mr.

The Labour Unions have como into conflict with the Police and after a few skirmishes and a pitched battle the Polica went on striko. They have boen per suaded to resume work for five days pending a discussion of the merits of of Justice, as gazetted, consists of M. trial and the Atherley trial, concluded both Police and Labour cases. It is up. parent to any unbiassed observer, that the Police have more right on their side than the Labour people. The City Kuo mintang is backing up the Labour Unions so it is more than likely that the whole Police Force will go off duty in a day

or só.

George Hsu Chien, a former Minister of Justice in Peking and Canton; Dr. Wu Chao Chu, LL.B., London University. and Chairman of the Canton Municipal Council; Mr. Lin Hsiang, former Direc. tor of Justice in Cantin; Dr. Chien Shih

Fan, J.D., University of Chicago, and a

former Commissar of Home Affairs in

Justice Wood.

A Chinese was charged on two counts, (1) with having on December 17th, as

saulted a Chinese woman with intent to

rob, and (2) with common assault on the

Prisoner pleaded not guilty..

Yesterday there was more fighting and Canton; and Mr. Loo Hing Yuan, A.Mr. same woman on the same day. smashing, this time between the emigrant | LL.B., Oxford, and Attorney-General of hong's and the Seamen's Union. The the Kuomintang Government. later got distinctly the worst of it, and their headquarters were smashed to bits.

"FEARFUL BARBARITIES."

Mr. Hsu has been appointed Chairman or Chief Commissar; and until the re- turn of Mr. Hsu from Peking, where he is on a diplomatic mission, Dr. Wy will net as Chief Commissar.

TUESDAY

JANUARY 19гä, 1926

THE ARIKAT

In conclusion, Mr. Whyte-Smith said that the accused was arrested at the in- gation of Chau Sik an oiler on the 8.3. Suidu, who had been one of the captives Accused was one of the steerage Passengers on the vessel from Macro to Hongkong on December 18th. Chau Sik immediately informed the police on duty at the wharf, and accused was arrested.

PASSENGER'S STORIES.

Chan Sik, in evidence, stated that he and his wife were on board the :Po On when she was pirated on July 9th, and they were robbed and held to ransom for three months. He recognised the accused as one of the men of the pirate

gang.

Chau. Sik's wife said that she was going back to her native village at Sai Young, when the Po On was pirated at Lik

Mr. T. & Whyte-Smith, Assistant Shri The passengers were forced down Crown Solicitor, outlining the case for to the bold, and a day later they were the Crown, said that a Chinese woman paraded on deck when the pirates search. and her daughter occupied the top floored them individually, and afterwards of 39, Eastern Street, between Bonham took them aahore. She, personally, had Road and Connaught Road. almost op

all her jewellery atolen. Continuing. posite No. 7 Police Station. At& p.m.

the said that, the temple was vacated on" December 17th the daughter went to

after one night and they spent ten days in the open. On July 21st, the pirates fexpected un attack from the Volunteers, and they moved away, driving the cap- tives amongst them. They wandered on from hill to hill; until they became foot- sore and weary. Those who could not keep on walking were made to do so by beatings. She, personally, was kept captive for four months, and she only got away when her mother-in-law sent $10, as ransom.

She had actually seen one of the men's produced by the accused. cars cut off, and the razor had been She had picked prisoner out on an identification Parade. Asked why she was so certain of the man, she said that he had mount- ed guard over her and the other cap- tives for over four months.

The state of the City is pretty foul Meares of the local gentry and wealthy people are in gael because they will not

The functions of this Commissary are to submit to extortious. Fearful barbarities supervise the administration of justice the door in response to a knock and be have been practised on several unfortu and prisons and ret

mend suitable fore opening it asked who was there. A nate adherents of Hsu Chung Chi whom candidates to the Ge

ment for up-voice replied Chickens for sale, very the local officials accused of spying inf

pointments to the jury. The" ad- cheap." She thereupon opened the Swatow. The ordinary people are slowly ministration of justice, however, is in door and the man walked into the sitting being driven desperate by the squeezing the hands of a system of courts with a room. He had two fowls in his hand. The The whole place is in a ferment and any Supreme Court in Canton for all pro-man hail called on a previous occasion thing might happen. Further riotingvinces in South China. a high court of at the house, and had sold chickens within the next few days seems certain.

justice for each province, and a namber there. A few minutes later, there was CUSTOMS SURPLUS DEMANDED.

of district courts throughout the pro-another knock at the door, and the man The Commissioner of Customs has reviners. There is an attorney-general.said that it was his fobi. As soon as the ceived an official request from the local and a number of high court and district girl opened the door, the newcomer grasp. authorities to hand over to the local i

court procurators assisting the Governed her by the throat, whilst the man in Government the Swatow Customs Surplus.

ment when prosecuting in criminal cases. the sitting room caught hold of the If this request is not agreed to and con:-

In Canton. there is a special criminal woman. Both men produced knives. The plied with by Peking they threaten to court and a police court outside the re-

woman had her hand and forearm slightly take over the Native Customs, now under gular judicial system.

cut in the struggle. Meanwhile the girl the control of the Maritime Customs.

Of the five commissars of justice newly managed to free herself and blew TERMS FOR SETTLEMENT.

appointed, three are returned students.police whistle, whereupon the men fed. One of the vernacular newspapers says Dr. Chien has a lucrative practice in Two knives and two gags were found that the following revised terms. np Canton, and fr. Loo has an office in

on the floor, and in his fright the man proved by the Canton Strike Committee, Shanghai as well as in Hongkong. Dr. had also left the chickens there. One for a settlement of the strike at Swatow Wu, son of the late Dr. Wu Ting Tang, man, the accused, was later arrested, and was another passenger on the Po Un on July 9th He gave corroborative evi- against British subjects have been re-like Mr. Loo, is also a barrister-at-law.

on an identification parnde he was pick-dence, and said that 15 men and 13 ceived:

Both Mr. Hau and Mr. Lin have studied ed out by the woman and her daughter. 1-Employees of all British official or in Chinese and Japanese law schools.

Concluding Mr. Whyte-Smith said that he did not press for a verdict on both counts, but asked the jury to decide on the count which was better proved.

The woman and her daughter gaver, gave very low figures. That man evidence, and accused was found guilty. He was sentenced to five years hard labour, and twelve strokes of the cat.

private institutions shall be re-instated and shall not be rejected or discharged under any pretext whatsoever.

2-Full salaries shall be paid to the employees for the entire period of the strike, this to apply to piece-workers' as well as those paid by the month. "

TI

TROUBLE AT CANTON CHRISTIAN COLLEGE. THREATENED STRIKE OF

WORKMEN.

There appears to be trouble now at the -There shall be no resumption of work until full payment of salaries due Canton Christian College over the dis. for the period of the strike has been charge of a large number of workmen handed over to the Strike Committee for employed at the College. A mass meet- ing of workmen was held to discuss the distribution among the strikers.

4-After the Strike has been lifted, on matter. Dr. Henry, the Principal of the oficial or private institutions shall dis. College, and some of his Chinese ass ebarge any employees without the ap ciates on learning of the meeting went to proval of the employees' unions. New employees needed by these institutions it, and for half an hour they were occu shall be those recommended by the labour pied in answering questions and, making unions only.

explanatory "statements.

5-Working heure in all factories, godowns, workshops, etc., shall be eight hours per day. Improvements shall be

introduced in the treatment of women and child labourers,

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THE "PO ON PIRAOY..

CHINESE SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT. Tse Po Kwong, was arraigned on four counts: 1, kidnapping; 2, assault; 3, possession arms; and, 4, piracy.

Accused pleaded not guilty to all charges.

THE PIRATES.

to.

Asked if he had any questions to put.

witness,nccused, said "She only wants me to dje; I am falsely accused." EAR AND MOUSTACHE BY PÓST, Cheng King Chai, a collector of ach counts, of the Yew Fan Steamship Co.,.

women were taken captive. When they reached the pirates' den, he and his fellow passengers were imprisoned in a house, and their feet were chained. Each captive "was asked the amount of ransora he could raise, and he and his

continued witness pointing to prisoner in the dock, "produced a razor, and ordered me to share off my moustache. He did that to insult me; to make a,. fool of me, because I had stated a low figure for ransom. They then cut off my nephew's car, prisoner ordering a oneered man to do so. He then told me to wrap the ear and moustache in a envelope, and informed me that it was going to be sent to my home. I was eventually ransomed for 8600 paid by my family and my fellow-villagers".

WITNESS WITH ONE EAR...

His Lordship remarked that the identi fication parade should have been held immediately.

Chang Sung, the nephew of the last witness, who had only one car, next gave evidenc He corroborated his Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith outlining the uncle's story and said that his ear was In correcting a report published at

case for the Crown, said that on Juis cut off on October 11th He, too, was Canton Dr. Henry wrote: «I gave surath, the steam lausch Po left Hong freed only, when a ransom had been, ance that the cause of misunderstanding,

paid. He identified prisoner. the dropping of these particular work-kong at about 3 a.m. for. Lik Shui on

Another witness, who was one of the 6.-Employees who have not parti. men. at this particular time, would be the northern shore of Deep Bay in captives, said that the pirates Exed his cipated in the Strike shall be dismissed removed, and stated what was quite true, Chinese territory but the whole of Deep raosom at 8200, and also ordered that a

my full sympathy with the workingman,

further 830 should be added to buy the resumption of work by the and, arranged for a conference the next Bay itself win in the waters of the opium. This witness also identified strikers they may be retained only in cases in which there are new posts for morning with delegates of the meeting, Coloty. The launch stopped at a place prisoner.

Another witres, who had escaped, them to fill after complete re-instatement in order to come to a complete under.

standing. So far as am aware the meet- called. Wan H and two passengers "went

recognised prisoner. of the strikers.

A Chinese sergeant give evidence of 7Any British official or private ining continued after left, and other on beard Arriving at Lik Shui, the

meetings have been held since, as they stitutions that does not contemplate re-

Prisoner, he suming business at once on the lifting of were before, without any thought upon boat was not anchored, but the engines arrest following upon information re-

A boat came from the ceived from Chan Sik

said, did not resist in any way when he the strike or that intends doing business the part of the College authorities of were stopped.

interfering.

shore with about 12 people in it, date was apprehended. of a dimerent kind or in a new name stalk

"I regret extremely that there seems re-instate their former employees on the in certain quarters a determined effort sibly passengers. As soon as they came on Sub-Inspector Andrews said.he receiv ed custody of prisoner, the day after his resumption of operations. These particu- to put forth erroneous reports about Ling board about eight of them produced re-arrest, and the identification parade was lar institutions shall take payment for Naam and what its attitude is. I regret volvers and made for the bridge. They held a day later. the employees for the period of the strike this particularly as we are doing every- then forced the paspergers down to the in the same manner sa the other institu- thing that we can to co-operate with the tions shall do. (This is to apply to British who have left port also).

present Government, and to promote so forehold of the launch at the point of -Employees in the service of the far as lies in our power the welfare of the revolver.

China. We welcome, the fullest investiga General Accounting Departments of

It They would hear that one of these men tion of any and all of our activities." British business establishments shall be is well-known fact that Lins Naam is was the accused. A witness would state A Chinese interpreter," in evidence, givon their usual pay from the British each year, becoming more and more of a that he was one of the men who had aid that when prisoner was charged with employers plua such other allowances as Chinese controlled institution, with the forced him down the forehold. The pas robbery he said that he did not rob any- they used to receive from their Account expectation that at the cartest possible zengers were made captive, and a guard body, but that the robbers had forced date it shall become entirely so. It is was placed over the hatchway of the him to go with them in his oyster boat. interesting to note in this connection that forehold. The launch then turned back lo reply to the charge of kidnapping, the Trustees are seeking to have the char- to Wan Ha and more armed men came he said that other persons forced him to In regard to the, possession of ter, amended so as to change the official on board. The Pe Oz then proceeded do so.

When about arms, he said that had no gun that day. name of the College to that of Ling up the Chinese Coast.

in At the Magistracy he said that he had "Naam University.'

cpposite Cha Chang, which was Chinese territory, a mile from shore, the nothing to do with the matter, and had captives were brought up from the fore-been falsely accused. hold and searched one by one, and all " CHAU BIE COMPLIMENTED. their property, stolen. About 28 of the The jury, after an absence, of 20 passengers were then taken ashore They minutes, found prisoner guilty on all | were kept in a temple for the night, and counts. The foreman stated that it was the next morning were taken inland and heldwish of the jury, that Chau Bik, the first to ransom, some of them for three witness, be complimented on his meritor - At the Supreme Court yesterday, before months. The captives were badly treatious act in informing the police. The Sir Henry Gollan, the Chief Justice, there cd until they were eventually ransomed jury also desired to add a rider to the were three applications made for exten- by their relatives. The accused seemed. l'effect that More circumspection" sion of time for the filing of share allot to have taken a prominent part in the should have been taken when a person ments. In each case an extension for piracy. one week was asked for.

ing Departments, for the entire period of the Strike.

THE BOYCOTT.

FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT] To further tighten the boycott... the Strike Committee is sending out 400 more pickets from Canton City to Shum- chun, Chinshan, and other points ad. jacent to Maceo and Hongkong.

FILING OF SHARE ALLOTMENTS. EXTENSION OF TIME GRANTED IN THREE CASES.

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MAN'S EAE CUT OFF.

PAIBONER'S STATEMENTS.

was arraigned on such serious charges, For that reason the identification evi- Continuing, the Assistant Crown. Scli.dence was considerably discounted citor said that, one witness would say

THE BENTENCE.

The reason given by some for this action on the part of the Strike Com- mittee is that they want to force an active issue, so that some settlement must be made in the very near future.

The Canton Strike Committee, reply ings to charges of extortion and corrupt practice on the part of its pickets at Mr. H. J. Sheldon, applying on behalf several stations, has informed the of the Chinese Foreign Knitting Co., said Canton Government that soms of the that a previous return of allotments were pickets are self-appointed, without sanc erroneous, and arose through mistransla tion from the central authorities, "andtion of accounts. has advised that these culprite, when Mr. T. Addis, applying for the Sui Wear cut off with a razor. The moustache arrested and found guilty, should be Co., Ltd., said that the allotments had and ear were put into an envelope and of 7 years hard labour was passed, on punished twice as severely no ordinary not been filed owing to, inadvertence. sent to the families of the men, com- offendora,

On behalf of the Yan Yes. Tug and manding them to pay ransom. The man Lighter Co., Mr. Somerset Fitzroy ap-who lost his ear would state in the wit peared; and made a similar application. ness-box, that his car was cut off by a Extension of time of one week was one-eyed man, on the instructions of granted in each case,

According to the Canton Strike Com mittee, there are now more than. 3,000 strike pickets on duty in Canton and vicinity.

that he was ordered to shave off his His Lordship in passing sentence, moustache, and that his nephew had his mid that all the sentences would run cop- accatively. On the first charge sentence

accused.

the second (assault and robbery) 7 years' tard labour and 20 strokes" of the ost, on the third (possession of arms).5 years' hard labour, and on the fourth charge (piracy) imprisonment with hard labour for life.

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