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MILITARY AFFAIRS.

MORE RUMOURS.

CHIANG KAY SHEK TO RES

IN CANTON.

[Y2OM OUR CHINESE CORRES

TRE HONGKONG DAILY

CASE DROPPED.

SENSATIONAL CLOSE TO CHINESE "MERCHANT'S TRIAL.

ISNE JUDGE URHOLDS MH JENKIN'S CONTENTIONS.

The trial of Chan Sui Lin, a Chiness merchant, who was charged with making false statements in connection with bank ruptay proceedings, had a sensational close, when at the Criminal Sessions be fore Mr. Justice. Wood yesterday, the cast war dropped, and the accused dis-

According to the latest information General Chiang Kai Shek will remain, at say rate for the time being, in Canton It is said that the original plan of cam-charged. paign in Hunan may have to be consider ably modified owing to unrest in Kwang- tung, and Kwangsi.

When the case for the prosecution was closed, Mr. F. C. Jenkin. (Counsel for the defence) contended that it had not bean proved that the accused was a partner in the firm. He further held that the statement of affairs was not in order, because it was declared and not affirmed, and that accused was not sworn in by a swom interpreteï

The air is full of rumours regarding military disaffection. It is now stated that the commander of one of the Kuo-

Mr. Whyte-Smith replied briefly, and, mintang, army corps is considering asso- ciating himself and his mea with Marshal-in regard to the third point raised by Mr. Wa Fei Fu and that two well-known Jenkin, said that the interpreter had been in the Official Receiver's Office for four military leaders in Kwangsi will join him.teen vents

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and that he had not been properly swara in. He, therefore, discharged, the pri-

Boner.

THE CONNAUGHT ROAD TRAGEDY.

INJURIES OF A MOST BRUTAL NATURE.

EXAMINATION.

Information from the Police shows that

WEDNESDA

OBITUARY.

JUNE

JUDGE LR WILFLEY

WELL-KNOWN IN THE FAR EAST

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ConSPLENDID

A message from Greenwich, Conn., dated May 28th to the Tribune states-

Labbeus Redmon Wilfor, first Judge of the United States Court in Shanghai, China, died this morning at his home, Otter Rock Drive, Bellebaven, from paonmonia. He was 89 years old.*.

His wife and a brother, formar Sanator Xenophon P. Wildey, survive.

The Herald Tribune published the following obituary:-

the attack made on an office "boy" who was murdered in his room in the offices of the China Commercial Company during the early hours of last Monday moming was of a most brutal and desperato nature. He was badly backed, no fewer than 83 blows having been struck. All the blows fell on his head and arms with the exception of two. It is thought, in the absence of a weapon, that the injuries were inflicted with a chopper. No arrests have as yet been made, but the police when he began a campaign to cleanse are still pursuing investigations in con- the city of vice. The port was then nection with the crime. Meanwhile, two rampant with gambling and other forms office "boys," who also slept on the proof organized ovil and Judge Wildey's mises and who first reported the matter, efforts met with instantaneous fight on

It was while Judge Wiley was Attor

was appointed, on July 6th, 1906, judge. ney-General of the Philippines, that be of the United States Court in China, a tribual which superseded the. Consular Court, He bad hardly unpacked his be longings and assumed the robes in Shang-

A-COMPLAINT TO CONGRESS.

He succeeded in Shanghai and trans

General Chiang Kai Shek, to strengthen His Lordship held that it had not been Fare being held for examination, while the part of the vice leaders.. the position in Canton, has summoned proved that the accused was a partner, several regiments of loyal troops back to Canton from the Eastern Districts Some of the stories in circulation may, of course, be without foundation but there is a general feeling that all is not well with the military "pachine, and that very soon the testing time will come.

AVIATION BUREAU. Lam Wai Shing, who has studied via tion in America and Russia, has been appointed director of the Canton Kuo- mintang Aviation Bureau, a position formerly held by a Russian

NEW PUBLIC PARK The Haichu Park, formerly knowIL.65. the Dutch Folly, and for some time the

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efforts to trace the fourth office "boy," who is still missing, are being made. The murdered man, who had been em- ABSENT WITNESS'S EVIDENCE. played for some time by the China Com When the case was resumed yesterday,mercial Company, was not more than

years of age. before His Lordship began to read the evidence given at the Magistracy by the principal witness for the Crown, who had not put in an appearance at the Criminal Sessions, Mr. Jonkin, suggested that the jury be informed that the witness was in the Crown Solicitor's office two days be Fore the. Criminal Sessions opened. He was then told that he would have to attend the Sessions, so that his absence was not through any lack of knowledge of the fact that he was required to be present to give evidence.

THE SAMPAN TRAGEDY.

CONTRABAND SUSPECTED · ́BY®

CONSTABLE.

ENQUIRY INTO SHOOTING

INCIDENT CONTINUED.

ferred his crusade to Hankow, Canton and Tientsin, where he met with hatred. Again he succeeded. His relentless pur- of lawyers in these cities. The lawyers suit of evil soon led him to the offices organized against him and be retaliated by disbarring many of them," with, the result that a complaint was made to Con- gress, His impeachment was naked and a committee was named to investigate his activities. This committee exonerated Judge Wilfley on every count.. A few weeks after the decision he resigned his bench:

Judge Willey was born in Andrain County, Mo., on March 30th, 1888. He The enquiry concerning the death of a

was graduated from Central College, Fayette, Mo., in 1889. with the degree Chinese pig dealer, named Lam Cheung Lan, who was shot dead while in a samofA.M., and from Yale University in on the night of Friday, June 18th, 1892 with the degree of LL.B. He was headquarters of the Chinese Navy in were mentioned in the statement of affair, by a Chinese police constable, wakiconzmitted to practise before the Missouri Canton waters, will be opened to the as having deposited money with the firm day afternoon by Mr. 1. E. Lindsell bar in 1883 and had office in St. Louis

The evidence was then read to the jury. In his evidence, he had stated that he did not know any of the depositors who

tinued at the Centrál Magistracy yester-

never

sitting as Coroner with a jury.

public on July 4th by the acting Chief He had referred to each deposit item," Commissioner of the Municipality, Mr. and swore that most of them had

been paid in Sun Fo, who will perform the formal opening ceremony

IRRELEVANCE.

-until 1901, when he was appointed Attorney-General in the Philippines. A seaman on a Conservancy Boat said He was a delegate to the Universal that be saw a Chinese constable on the Congress of Lawyers and Justices,& boat blowing his whistle. Two district member of the American Bar Associa Mr. Whyte-Smith naked leave to recall watchmen boarded the boat in responsetion and of the Bankers Club, New York, The park has been ready for some time Sergeant Meadows with reference to to the whistle, calls Witness did not and Greenwich Country Club. He had and on June 19th, the Euro-American statements which the defendant had made see a sampan. His boat was lying in offices at 120 Broadway. Returned Students Association in Can-regard to alleged deposits made by shore. The police constable left the bout

several Chinesc..

Mr. Jenkin said that such evidenca would be wholly irrelevant.

Mr Whyte-Smith I suppose my friend wants to know what efforts we have made to find the alleged depositors.

alter about five minutes.

LOOK-OUT FOR CONTRABAND.

HIS ASSOCIATION WITH SHANGHAI

While we publish the above obituary, an organization of Chinese young ton, men and

women who have studied in

-A district watchman said he saw the says the N-U. Daily News, it is the rew -Europe and America, held their semi

told him that he had seen several four well that this is hardly an accurate annual reunion there. Mr. Sua Fo and

constable on the boat, and policeman of those who knew Judge Willey's career Mr. Jenkin: My friend is referring to bags, which he suspected as containing statement. Certainly one of his first acts Mr. Lam Yat Man, Commissioner of Pub lic Works, ex-officia, custodian of all the Brat charge, which has practically contraband, being transferred to a samin Shanghai was to purify the American public parks in Canton, are graduates of been abandoned. The Crown attempted pan. He had called upon the sampan bar, and this he did by insisting on all foreign schools. Mr. Lam is i Hongkon to find the depositors, on June 21st after | People so that he could search the bags, the practitioners undergoing on examica-

University man and a nephew of the well- known Hongkong Chinese builder-con- tractor, Mr. Lam Woo

READY FOR HONGKONG DELEGATES

Scong, Kuomintang Minister of Finance and a brother-in-law of the Late Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, recently received a visit from Mrs. Silas Strawn and Miss Strawn, wife and daughter of the Chair hian of the American Commission on Extraterritoriality in China. It is report- ed that Mr. Sooog will now soon be ready

welcome the Hongkong delegates.

LEGAL EXAMINATION. The first examination held by the omintang for the selection of candi- dates for posts in the Kwangtung judi- mary ended last Monday, June 28th, at

the day for trial had been fixed.

Mr, Whyto-Smith; If they cannot be found now.....

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but they did not do so. The constable $700. The result was that a consideroble also told him that he had seen a man in number were not allowed during his white on the Praya keeping watch. This tenure of office, to practise ut the bar His Lordship I don't think that man, the constable told witness, gave of the U.S. Court for Chins although evidence would be of any value. It would igual by bissing and thereupon someone they could practise in the U.8. Consular

on the conservancy-buat pushed the bags Court-and in the Mixed Court. only tend to arouse prejudice.

Mr. Whyte Smith: My case is that these into the sampan which was rowed away. The strenuous nature of his work, here deposits are fictitious and I must have The constable had told him that he shout-led him into many confiets, and in 1908 evidence from people who live at the ed to them to stop, and said that if they he brought a criminal libel suit against

alleged depositors addresses, or people who have visited those addresses.

Two witnesses mentioned by the Acting Crown Solicitor were considered by his Lordship not to be necessary to be called

UNKNOWN DEPOSITORS.

did not do so he would fre. They had gone 100 yards when he fired two shots in the air, and these failing to stop them he fired three further shotsy this time at the sumpan...

The question erore as to the meaning

the then-editor of the Shanghat Garette. This case was heard in the British Coust and a sentence of six months' imprison- ment in the second division was imposed signed appeal the British Minister re duced it to three months... upon the editor, but following a largely-

After leaving Shanghai Judge Wilfey wout to New York City, where he prac

ordinary able, man. As a judge he was Willey was undoubtedly an extre

probably because of this sense of duty impartial, but very strict and it was

*** Finto conflicts as those mentioned above- that his career in Shanghai brought him

feeling and made his path a distinctly leading to bitterness-and, at times, bed thorny one.

Another district watchman said the constable told him a man had refused to

A witness called by the Crown, on being of the Chinese word translated as cotised law for a number of years. Judga | referred to the name of a depositor traband, and it was said that this word alleged to be living at his address, and also covered arms. that he had never known such a person He agreed that another person mentioned was known to him personally.

Replying to Mr. Jenkin, witness said. It was stated that the two sampen that the person referred to ordinanly women and their sampan were still miss ing, although search was being made for lived in Canton.

Another witness said that he did not them know another person alleged to be

the Law School Building of Canton, depositor with the r

Some 249 young-men-

allow the to- search the staff**

Division Inspector Peter Grant said Lung Kwai Tin, who lives in Canton, he visited the sampan the same night of

for examination.uted themselves and is a slcóping partner in the firm, of the shooting. There were no bullet holes

LL.B., AM, a barrister-in-law educated

Loo Hing Yuan, which the accused was managing partner, in the boat but one of the elder boat-

said that the accused received $350 a year and commission from the firm. Witness women had a flesh wound in the thigh, came down from Canton once a year only which appeared to have been caused by

À POOR SHOT... business was $1,000. bullet. The wound was a recent one

After another partner had given cor- roborative evidence, Mr. Whyte-Smith

in England; now Chief Justice of the Kwangtung High Court, was the chief

aminer..

SILK

The third silk season in the Canton silk districts is not by any means producing

to examine the books. His in the

said that the case for the prosecution: It was stated at the Chinese con was closed

Mr. Jenkin held that the accused bad table in question was very poor shot. not been proved to be a partner; that He was very much below the standard of the afirmation was not in order and that efficiency required in shooting, and it was defendant was not sworn in by a sworn usual that a poor shot had a tendency to

His Lordship held that in

SHIP'S CAPTAIN SHOT DEAD. TROUBLE "ON YANGTZE.

CHUNGKING; June 16th. Serious fighting is now taking place above Luchow between Gongral Chow Hai Chung, who is on Yann Tsu Ming's of Yang Sen. All shipping has been stopped above Luchow. side, and General Li who is a supporter

The captain of the MV Chuan H, shot and died almost when anchoring at was also badly wounded one of Barry and Dodwell's boats, wis Kiang King, another member of the crew

There is a large movement of troops up ships have been commandeered for carry ing troop

ctory, according to reports to hand interpreter. to fire high. In this case, appeared in and down the river and several British

in thought that the production will not be more than 50 per cent, of the normal Cocoons are now selling at 81,100 per 10,000 pieces, and the price of when the next

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the first count it had not been proved that the constable had attempted to fire to defendant was a partner in the firm. In hole the boat, but his shots went high regard to the second and third. counts struck someone the onus of proof was on the Crowty show that the interpreter was judicially sworn. He made no ruling in regard to the form of afirmation. He then directed the jury to acquit the accused.

Prisoner was thereupon discharged,

At this stage of the proceedings, the Coroner adjourned the enquiry until next Monday afternoon, when it is hoped that

it will be concluded.

One vessel is thus reported to bave been forced to carry 400 troops from Wanhsien to Chungking, and another carried 120 from the same place; and not a cent was Batterfield & Swire's smaller steamers paid for passage money. Three of are treated in the same way above Chungking. Daily Neth

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