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THE PRINCE'S "MARKED COCKNEY ACCENT."

VIOLENT BUT NOT SO BAD AS STATED.

MATRIMONIAL DISPUTE IN

SHANGHAI.

ORDER FOR RESTITUTION OF CONJUGAL RIGHTS.:

ABUSING A LADY,

CHAIR COOLIES FINED.

Mrs. M. W. Chesterton, No. 1, Queen's Gardens was the complainant at the Central Magistracy yesterday, when be Mr. St. John Ervine, who is an Irish

fore Major C. Willson, two chair coolies In . M. Supreme Court, on June were charged with disorderly conduct. man, has set out on a crusade to teach the English people how to pronounce and. Judge Grain and a jury continued

Complainant said that she took a chair their own language. He had a lively set The occupation of Wuan city by to on the subject at the London Schoo; the hearing of the case in which Mrs. from Wyndham Street to her residence Natalie A. Mills sought a restitution of on. Saturday morning On giving the Colonel Wei and his Shanai troops, on of Economics with Mr. Nigel Playfair conjugal rights on the part of her has coolies 30

cents, they became very March 17th, meant real liberation for who, as they say, gave as good as he got. band, Mr. Stanley Vandelura Mills. Mr. abusive, and shouted at her. the populace. For eight weeks peace and Miss Irene Vanbrugh was in the chair

Tycho Wing appeared for the petitioner One defendant denied having said any- established. order were

The almost as umpire, or, as she put it, "between and Mr. M. B. Brown for the respondent, thing. The other pleaded that he had faultless behaviour of the troops called the devil and the deep sea.”

Mr. Wing called the petitioner, who asked for an additional ten cents which forth praise from all classed.

Mr. Ervine, who himself speaks with said she was the daughter of a retired

was the usus) fare. The 'Governor of the Model 'Province, a clear and decisive Irish accent, re

Defendants were fined $5 each. cficer in the old Russian Army. She Yen Hai Shan, appointed his own repre-miniscent of Mr. Bernard Shaw's, re- sentative to be chief magistrate, and the cently broadcasted some advice on the denied the respondent's allegations of latter co-operated with Colonel Wei to English accent. He told us that after. violence and assault. The individual in- repress crime and to establish law and wards, someone wrote to him and told stances he had cited wore nonsense. She never blocked his eyes, nor did the de- order. Wudn and Seb counties were that he had a voice like a cornerake," really incorporated with Shansi during and a lady wrote that he had a vulgar liberately break furniture, though she these two months. Trade revived and Irish brogue" (which was unfair). The admitted that on prcusions, when angry, citizens returned to their normal occupa same lady laid it. down that the only the had broken things, but nothing like 82,000 worth. She had slapped her hus tions Timely rains enabled the farmers people to speak English correctly ste to sow cotton and millet.

"the best people in the south of Eng. band's face, but never bad she done him would mind. She struck him, but not to land, especially our dear King and such an injury as any ordinary man Queen."

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BLUFF WHICH FAILED.

.CHINESE WHO POSED AS A

DETECTIVE..

Before Mr. E Lindsell at the Central Magistracy yesterday, a Chinese, was charged with unlawful possession of & wallet, a detective's badge, with im

Mr. Erving admitted that the King and hurt him. When she hit him, he retalint-personating a police officer and with theft, Queen do pronounce their R's, but heed and struck her. said the Frince of Wales does not. He has a marited Cockney accent," and it seems that one of the Prince's brothers

The signing of the deed of separation arose through an accident when he took away her coat and put it in the garage. They were quarrelling and she threatened

It was stated that defendant had stolen the badge and the wallet from a detective. According to the evidence, defendant on Sunday afternoon visited No. 91, Stano Nullah Lane, and producing the badge, posed as a detective. He insisted that one of the tenants had illicit opium, and During the search be

Already the general feeling of helpless ness and despair resulting from the cruel extortion, and insolence of armed coolies during a year past, was receding before the incoming tide of just government, police protection, public confidence, re- münerative labour, and honest toil..

But this was not to last long. New referring in a speech to the Duke of foes strongly entrenched soon got the up-York called him "The Dock o' York" to leave the house, whereupon he said per hand. These were the opium mer After these loyal remarks Mr. Ervine he would take away all her clothes. He searched him.

vile Corkney removed the coat, as he said, to show transferred a sum of $1.45 to his own One of the occupants then chants, who include practically all the proceeded to abuse the gentry, the Commercial Guild, the Re- voice" spoken from Walworth to May, his authority. Two gentlemen and a pocket. venue Office, and the chiefs of practical fair, and the people who "slide their lady friend of her's came to the house, slipped out and returned with an Indian ly every public service. Representatives R's and make diphthongs out of their there was a further scene and she asked Sergeant. Even then the defondant still

for a separation. A day or two later & attempted to continue his bluff vowels." of these classes have been busy feasting

paper was brought to Fer and she signed Colonel Wei and his entourage ever since

it. She did not have a lawyer's advice. their arrival.

Despite this she did not leave, though he frequently urged her to leave. She did not want to go. They continued to live together for another four or five months, during which time he promised there

Mr. Ervine seems to think that it is all the fault of Oxford people who have affected the actors and actresses with THE OPIUM TRAFFIC.

their peculiar speech to such an extent Bat the Colonel' was not wholly that no one can understand them, and ignorent of the situation. Governor Yen he quoted in support of his views some had definitely instructed him, before he remarks by Mr. Iver Brown referring to left Shansi, that he should do his best to

an Oxford performance of "Shakespeare. should be no more trouble. suppress the morphia trade of this coun- Oxford

according to people, are steadily debasing the try. Streams of the poisonous drug Ervine,

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Mr.

In Court he said that he had gone to the house to buy opium.

Sentences aggregating twelve months' burd labour were passed.

JUNK MASTER THREATENED.

ECHO OF CRUISER ARMS CASE.

When three boatmen were charged at

detaining a junk-master, for ransom, the the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday with defendants alleged that he was the re-

nese crniser, Kwong Ching, while she ceiver of the arms stolen from the Chi-" was in Hongkong harbour.

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BECAME CRAZY. Eventually he admitted he had opened were constantly pouring from this foun- coinage of speech with their emasculated tain-head through hidden channels into voice for instance, by their habit of her desk and taken her copy of the Shansi, thus frustrating the efforts of saying "culchaw" for "culture." The separation deed. She then became crazy, the Governor to prohibit the traffic in infection, it seems, is also spreading into there was another scere and she said his own province Now was the golden the churches, where nine times out of ten finally that she would leave. She denied opportunity.

The clergyman cannot be understood, that on this occasion or any other res while at the theatre ear trumpets are pondent complained that she stayed out

all night; she had never behaved thus. now more useful than opers glasses.

Her doctor had said the Shanghai climate was not good for her and that was the reason for her visits to Harbin.

Inspector Pincott said that the com Also, her parents were there. All the plainant alleged that the defendants had time, her husband corresponded with her demanded from him $250 and threatened on friendly terms "After a while he to have him arrested. He was taken to wrote accusing her of having a lover in a house in Water Street where he was.. Manchuria and giving a name, saying detained.

Colonel Wei set himself resolutely to the task. His troops examined all goods coming into the country from the rail- way. But apart from confiscating about 50 pounds of opium products, hia search bore little fruit. He imposed fines on some of the worst offenders, assigning part of the proceeds to the various city schools. The latter had long beca oc cupied by troops, who before leaving had ruined the buildings by using the doors, windows and all exposed timbers for firewood.

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"QUAITE SURPRAISING.". Mr. Ervine produced some letters from sympathisers with his views, including one from a person who had been horrified to hear a publisher says "surpraise for "surprise" and "quaite" for." quite." He ended with a Anal slash round at the church, the stage, and the English people generally. Any man who says dinnah for dinner" is "a eunuch and ought not be encouraged to talk at all."

Some, months ago a member of the cruiser's crew was sentenced to one months hard labour in connection with the theft.

that he had opened her letters. She had Mr. A. J. O'Donoghue appeared for the not seen the letters, nor did she know defendants. anything about them. She had not got a lover anywhere.

Frequently her husband had said she married him for his money; he repeated

The case was adjourned for a week. bail of 8800 being allowed.

Mr. Nigel Playfair was not so quotable as Mr. Ervine, but he was very merry The Colonel also sought to foster and effective, and his piece of fooling was really the best. Mr. Playfair, one public opinion, adverse to the trade, by gathered, had been to Oxford, and be won organizing an anti-opium society. He the Reading Prize at Harrow, and with these credentials be was briskly scornful wished the missionary to take the inof "a man coming all the way from that statement in his letter and it made i

Belfast to teach the English how to speak her very angry. That was why she wrote a lover in Harbint their own language." He remarked that the letter that had been produced'; no English was not pronounced as it is spelt,

tiative in this, but the latter pointed cut how fruitless such a leadership would

Mr. Brown-I put it to you, there was

Witness-I don't deny I knew several

and that in practice English pronuncia tually there was no truth in her admis-men.

Yes, very well-There was nothing

tion is governed by two things, (a) consion that she had a lover, that she was vention, tempered by good sense, and going to Paris, etc. She now denied all intimate.

(b) context

The Judge, addressing the jury, said

be, for the reason that the opium-mer thants would clamour to become members and officers of the society, with a view to screening their guilt, and posing as

The standard of English pronunciation this. From the end of 1024 until the righteous under the name of the church is set, he said, in our national theatre Court made an order early this year, re-that in modern practice, if a husband

THE PROHIBITIONISTS.

and our national college of good pro-spondent had not in any way contributed could prove that a wife had behaved in nunciation. By the former he meant the However the Colonel went ahead, best actors and actresses, giving Sir to her support. She had lived by selling such a way that it was impossible for bim heedless of this warning. A mass-mect- Johnston Forbes Robertson as an example and pawning ber jewellery, fur coats and to live with her, even without the com- ing was called. The gentry attended in of the finest dramatic speech, and by other things given to her by her husband. mission of some offence, that was suffi- cient. Matrimonial cases always were the national college he-apparently meant large numbers. The pupils came from the best public speakers, among whom She produced some pawn-tickets.

When she returned to Shanghai in 1923 puzzling and this one no less so than the some government schools. All classes be doubtfully included Mr. Ervine. Mr. were represented. M. Wei made a Ervine, he said, may come to be admitted she found her husband had left for Eng- majority. One puzzle was why the lady

in time but he must approach the subject

land and at the British Consulate she should want to go back to a husband speech showing up the evils of opium, with more humility. and making known the efforts of Gover-"As a member of a race whose motto was advised to go back to Harbin. When she apparently did not treat with much for Yen to eradicate the drug. All ap is No surrender, I will never allow the he returned she went to see him and ask respect. Another puzzle was why a man plauded. It was unanimously decided semi-detached villas of south-eastera to organize to combat the trade Officers England to dictate to me how to pro-ed him to take her back. He ordered who wrote auch letters as the husband nounce the English language. This was her away and threatened to call detectives did, now refused to take her back, and were elected. A Christian was made one of Mr. St. John Ervine's quips in if she did not leave. He refused to give it was puzzling also that, in view of his

chairman. The one chosen for vice

chairman was a notorious user and seller reply. It was quite a good mock debate.

of opium. Several engaged in the trade were appointed to the Executive Com- mittee. A large, compound was secured

pensca

THE DEALERS' CHANCE.

her any money and sent her to his law-stories of her violence, he should so short

a while afterwards write those letters. vera, who told her respondent would give

BIASSED PERSONS.: ber money only on condition that the

"The evidence of private enquiry for headquarters, and for taking care of It is reported on fairly reliable left Shanghai. those who wished to break off the habit, authority, that the opium merchants of Cross-examined-Her, married life was agents ought always to be considered The Colonel gave $100 for running ex-this county have a deposit in Hankow of unhappy, but not altogether; there were with the very greatest caution, because

Mex. $300,000 for the purchase of opium Had Mr. Wei been able to give con- products. As long as Colonel Wei was times when they did not quarrel. He they go out to discover something and tinuous support to the scheme, probably here no purchases of these goods could be allowed her a reasonable amount of are not unbiased persons," the Judge some useful end would have been accomp-imported. Therefore the Colonel must lished, but already the gentry, "by ways be sacrificed. Two days before he left, money but she did not consider him said. "I do not suggest they are per that are dark," had intrigued to bring immediately after the day for his de generous. He gave her $200 a month, jurere, but they are biased. They are paid to find out things, and if they don't about the end of his control in Wun parture was fixed, the jitney taxi-cabs but she had to ask for extra sums After the formation of the society, before were crowded with the opium agents, Mr. Brown-Did you have to ask for find something they lose business." a week had elapsed, it was suddenly an scurrying off to Hankow to forward their nounced that the Colonel, the magistrate goods. They were confident that by the diamond rings and fur coats He and all the troops were ordered back to time the smuggled goods were ready to bought those to make up after quarrels. jury announced that they found the neti- Shansi. The chief magistrate informed cross the border, the Colonel who had

You have a hot temper I have a very tioner had been guilty of violence, but we that this was due to the influence of held them at bay for a few weeks, would good temper. I get excited but after Eve not to the extent alleged by the respon- the gentry. As soon as their criminal be safely out of their way.

dent. They did not consider the evidence traffic was endangered in spite of all the What hope is there for China The minutes I cool down. feasting and fawning, they determined opium will only bring another horde of The letter from Harbin, witness said, produced sufficient to prove that the peti to get rid of the reformers. The traitors, bandit-soldiers to batten on this ́ill-

After considering for a half-hour the

who had sold faw, morality, and every gotten wealth" Where the carcase is she wrote in spite. She was excited and tioner had true interest of the people for oplum, there will the eagles be gathered to she wanted to get her husband excited, Kr

mitted adultery.

had betrayed the men,, whom for these gether." The iron claws of this beastly too. She did not intend anything, but order, thereupon, asked for an

few weeks, they had been heralding a trele strike. into the very vitals of the meant to make him angry.

the savioure of their city!

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social, moral and spiritual life of the

community.

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The Judge ordered a restitution of conjugal rights within 14 days.