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STATE OF AFFAIRS IN CHINA.

THE · · HONGKONG "DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY," "DECEMBER" "15TH.

DISTRESSING TRAGEDY THE GENEVA DISARMA

QUESTIONS ASKED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

TIENTSIN ARRESTS: BIAS BAY PIRATES.

THE TARIFF

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LONDON, December 13th. In the House of Commons, Sir Frederick Hall, in view of the use made for pro paganda purposes of unauthorised state- ments with regard to the Government's policy with regard to China," asked for a discussion on the subject before the House rosy.

CONFERENCE,

British authorities to hand over to the City Authorities any Chinese for whom a warrant was issued in the proper form, charging a specific offence. This prac tice is so widely known among the local Chinese that it has had an appreciable effect upon land values in the British Municipal Area, which are relatively lower than in the French Concession,

IN FRANCE.

TERRIBLE EFFECT, OF EXPLOSION IN CHEMICAL RESERVOIR.

MANY KILLED AND INJURED."

HEROIC RESCUE EFFORTS.

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PARIS, December 14th. Fifteen persons were killed and 30

MENT DISCUSSIONS.

LORD CECIL'S REVIEW.

EXPLAINS HOW CONCLUSIONS WERE REACHED.

(BRITISH WIRELESS BENVIM.

1920.

THE LIBERAL PARTY AND "FUSION."

VISCOUNT GREY DENOUNCES MR. LLOYD GEORGE

EX-PREMIER WON'T "KEEP

STEP

"GEORGIANS" STILL HOLD THE

· PURSE STRINGS,

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SANITARY BOARD

BUSINESS.

DELAY IN GRANTING RESTAU- RANT LICENCES.

MR. BRAGA AND SCHEMES FOR THE NEW TERRITORY.

A meeting of the Sanitary Board yesterday, 'Mr. Wong Kwong Tin during, a discussion on restaurant licences cited a case of the granting of a licence being delayed for 6 days,

..

Mr. N. L. Smith (the President of the

Replying to Mr. Stanley Baldwin, Sir where the Authorities have adopted a seriously injured at Saint Auban, neared on the fundamental point that thetrative Committee of the Party on Novem Board) said that it egered to be a bad

mons.

Mr. Stanley Baldwin thought it was impossible to find time for such a discus

sion.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SEXVICK.)

THE TIENTSIN ARRESTS. ·

STATEMENT IN HOUSE OF COMMONS.

case and he would enquire into it. seems Mr. Wong Kwong Tin; pursuant to

notice, asked:---

Rrary, December 14th. Reviewing the Geneva disarmament discussions, in a speech to the League of Nations' Parliamentary Committee at

LONDON, December 14th. A fusion of all the Liberal forces and the House of Commons last night, Lerd funds, which was brought forward as a Cecil said the agreement had been reach resolution at a meeting of the Adminis object of reduction or imitation must be ber 24th, following upon an offer by Mr. actual peace armaments of the different Lloyd George to finance the Liberals at countries and that it was impassible to the next General Election, now limit the potential war strength which unlikely. tora auch as geography, population and depended on various uncontrollable · fac

natural resources.

The view generally held was that the men. The conclusion thus based could be carefully checked by comparison of the budget expenditures. Further a possible check was the comparison at budget expenditures.

(1) Are applications for restaurant

and eating house licences dealt with by

to the City. Police had not run into the outright, others struggled blindly througafrit criterion should be the number of creating organised schism within the the Inspectors of the Department and if

Heroic efforts were made to rescue a

number who were imprisoned in the building, where there were 1,500 em ployees.

somewhat different attitude towards Digne, through the explosion of a reser Frederick Hall explained that he refer

Chinese warrants. Unless it can serious-veir containing 20,000 kilogrammes of red to statements by unauthorised per- sons connected with the House of Com-y be argued that the men handed over

to the City Police are political refugees, quid chlorine. The roof of the factory the British Authorities had no other fell in and volumes of deadly gas swept course than to hand over the men for

into the building. Some were killed trial. The fourteen Chinese handed over British Concession, for asylum. They the furen groping for an exit, while were charged with "conspiring against others, unscathed, scrambled on the law and order and inciting to commit wreckage and wildly stampeded for the a breach of the peace."

The Canton Note states that the hand-open, air only to be overcoma and ing over of these Chinese socms to asphyxiated. indicate clearly enough that the British authorities in China are deliberately giving assistance to the political and military adversarics of the Nationalist It indicates nothing of Government." the kind. The local authority with whom the British and every other nation in Tintain have to deal under existing conditions, is the Tupan. Him only can they hold responsible for the maintain- ance of peace and order in this district. To him only can they make representa tions if the interests and the safety of their nationals are menaced. It is use less to protest to Peking or to Canton, or Wuchang. It would obviously be un- fair, as well as absurd, to hold the Tapan responsible for the maintenance of peace and order, and the protection of foreign lives and property within his jurisdic- |tion,»if the Authorities in the Foreign Concessions permitted them to be used as headquarters for seditious activities, beyond their boundaries.

RUGBY, December 13th. Replying to questions in the House of Commons, Mr. Locker Lampson, Under- Secretary for Foreign Affairs, made a statement regarding the arrest in the British Concession at Tientsin of certain Chinese and their delivery to the Chinese police.

He said that on November 3rd the police of the British Municipal area, acting on information "riven by the Chinese city police that certain premises in that arca were the headquarters of a treasonable and anarchist secret society which was a nenace to the peace of the community, raided the house in question. They arrested fourteen persons and seized inflammatory literature affording, prima facie evidence that the house was used for propaganda inciting to vialence against foreigners and "against all con- stituted govemment.

At the time of the raid the British municipal police had no knowledge that the premises were the local headquarters of the Kuomintang Party nor did any of the arrested persons. claim to belong to the Kuomintang or to be political i refugees.

FROM THE WAR FRONTS. A FEW SKIRMISHES.

LEADERS STILL NEGOTIATING.

leaders and

- Negotiations between necupations of undefended towns are the

main news from the war front but, ac-

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MEDICAL CENTENARY.

HONOURING THE MEMORY OF LAENNEC.

PARIS, December 14th. With the attendance of numerous

foreign physicians began the three-day celebration centenary of the death of Laennec, the great French doctor and inventor of auscultation and the stetho-

scope.

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GENERAL HERTZOG.

ACCORDED A HEARTY PUBLIC WELCOME.

ALL FOR THE EMPIRE.

the statue of King Edward on the Grand A Mayoral reemption was held under Parade.

are dealt with promptly? so, what check is there that the same

in honour of ale. Vivian Phillips, the Viscount Grey, presiding at a dinner Chief Liberat Organiser, declared that it was not the question of leadership or of Farty but that the feeling of mutual trust was absolutely impossible, as confidence had been destroyed. It was impossible to keep step with Mr. Lloyd George. "If

(i) Are the ground surface of all A further possible check was a detailide, we should be ready and not fall houses for which licences are applied for, we said we were ready to march side by premises used as restaurants and eating out of step within a short time. It was not we but he who changes his step. It to be opened up. If so, what are the

ed scrutiny of expenditure on certain types of arms such as guns and tanks. Regarding the divergent views on the methods of measuring naval armaments. Lord Cecil thought a compromise might be reached by combining the limitation of total tonnage with an agreement on future building programmes.

The air limitation was more difficult, but experts appeared to favour a limite tion of total horsepower of each country's whole air force.

Lord Cecil expressed the belief that short of a disclosure of military secrets, full information on the strength of each country's armed forces could be given to the League, and nothing was better calculated to create a sense of con- fidence.

MAMMOTH TRANS- ATLANTIC LINERS.

TWO OF 46,000 TONS "FOR THE N.D.L

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BERLIN, December 14th. The Nord Deutscher Lloyd has decided to order two Trans-Atlantic liners of 40,000 tons each, able to reach New York in six days from Bremerhaven and five from Channel ports."

EMPEROR OF JAPAN'S ILLNESS.

The Prince Regent's intention to return

Toxxo, December 14th. to Tokyo to-day has been altered owing to the Emperor's condition.

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was not Mr. Asquith and his friends who were responsible for the disunion"

Mr. Lloyd Georga's Speech on China. Viscount Grey thought that Mr. Lloyd George's speech about China was detri mental to British interests and it would make a settlement in China more difficult, "British policy and reputation were al ready most unfairly represented in China, that any leading man in the public life of Britain should make a speech to add to such an impression abroad was most an fortunate."

When the resolution was passed on November 24th, the Asquithians, beaded by Mr. Vivian Phillips, walked out in protest

RUMOURED SALE OF A PHILIPPINE ISLAND.

·FILIPINO'S "GREATLY

“PERTURBED.”

A DENIAL FROM TOKYO.

(ARUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)

reasons of so doing? Should not houses built after the Public Health and Build- ings Ordinance of 1993, be exempted from such operations?"

Replying to the first question, the President said :-

A applications ror restaurant and eating house licences are referred to the Sanitary Department by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs and the Coloniat Treasurer respectively. The premises aro then inspected by this Department's Dia- - trict Inspectors who report through the usual channels and any undue delay in, turnishing such reperts would be noticed. As & further precaution, I see personally at the end of each month the offers copies of all such applications which have been.

more than ten days from the date of receipt from the Licensing Department to the date of their onward transmis- sion."

Dr. Pope (the M.Q.H.) 'replied to the second question as follows:

The ground surfaces of such premises are always opened up when there is any doubt whether their thickness or con- sistency complies with the requirements. of the law. The reason is that only so? can such thickness be ascertained. It is not considered that an occupation certi-* ficate of the Building Authority is suf ficient evidence of the adequacy of ground surfaces for this purpose.

WASHINGTON, December 13th. Commenting on a report from Manila thas the sale of the Philippine Island of Fuga to a Japanese syndicate is being negotiated, well-informed quarters point

The insistence upon good ground sur- out that the transfer privately-owned land faces in the premises where food is abund- ality of the property, but the Philippine whose aim is the reduction of rats." to foreigners does not change the nationant is, of course, one of the measures Government, if it thought that any for

Mr. Wong Kwong Tin referred to, eign Government was seeking a foothold certain Ordinances. Under the require- in the Philippines, could bring proceedments of the Ordinances be said, certi ings to negative the sale.

After effecting the arrest the municipal police reported the matter to the British Consulate-General which directed that the accused be held in custody, by the

CAPETOWN, December 13th. General Hertzog. Premier of the South municipal police while it referred for in-cording to the C-C, Post a number of African Union, has arrived and was struktions to the British Minister at all engagements" have recently taken accorded a great public welcome Crowds Peking. The Minister directed the Con- place. All troops under the command of gathered at the Docks early in the morn aul-General to follow the usual procedure Lu Chin San and Yang Sen have retired and to hand over the accused on produc. from Tienmen and district. They retireding and the streets were packed. tion by the Chinese police of a warrant in the first instance to Chungkiakang Issued by the cumpetent Chinese author sud for several days it was expected that ity. On the issue and production of such

a peace pact would be signed which a warrant the prisoners were handed over

would enable the Southern forces to take to the Chinese police on November 26th. over this section of the country, and the This action was in accordance with the

news was given out that peace had been settled policy of the British authorities declared.. This was not, however, the in China, that Chinese subjects by the mere fact of residence in a British Con- cession should not be sheltered from the

Another force which was sent to take jurisdiction of their own authorities. The the Kinchow district was told local Chinese authorities to which ever

In Chinese circles it is He added that the people of South return. faction they may have belonged have cen

reported that the representative stantly pointed out that if shelter is General Eu Chin San, Proof Africa, both English and Dutch, felt as given to persons conspiring against themkow, is unable to give a satisfactory ex-going to continue to feel and act as one. one upon a subject upon which they were in foreign concessions they cannot beplanation of these events, and that an (Cheers.) The work accomplished had heaviest fetters of Versailles has fallen legal opinion being that the only way to responsible for maintaining law and order and for the protection of foreign life and property in Tientsin.

In this case the search was carried out by the municipal police at the request ja person of an officer of the Chinese city police who ordinarily issues warrants, and therefore it was not considered necessary to complete the warrant before making

the raid

The prisoners have not been delivered" to military authorities but are still in custody of Chinese City Police.

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Replying to eloquent speeches by the Mayor and Administrator of Cape Pro- since, General Hertzog expressed himself as deeply touched by the totally unex

therefor by the news of how the great perhaps he should have been prepared

ference was received in South Africa, act of statesmanship at the Imperial Con-

Fuga is a small island off northern

ense; the Northern force retired to Cheko, Pected warmth of the populace, though GERMANY "BREATHES AGAIN." Luzon and south of Bolintang Channel]

and intimated their intention of fighting

over to

attack on all fronts held by Lu and Yang Sen' men has been ordered.

Honan Reports.

It is reported that all the troops under the command of Governor Kaw Ying Chicb which were in Hupeh have been retired to Honan. No reasons given for this retirement, and they were not attacked.

aro

GRATIFIED WITH GENEVA -

RESULTS.

BERLIN, December 13th. "Germany has no reason for jubilation, but she can breathe again, for one of the

off."1 This phrase in a Nationalist behind it the soul and spirit of the whole British Empire.

paper, summarises the attitude of the German press towards the results achiev- White-clad students hauled Generaled at Geneva, where Dr. Stresemann has Hertzog's "carriage to Government.

certainly strengthened his position. It House.

is generally agreed that the next step in the realisation of Germany's political aims must be to concentrate on the most important problem, namely the early evacuation of the Rhineland, which it is believed will occur in 1927

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(BRITIAN WIRELESS SERVICE.] CONVERTED TO IMPERIALISM. Feeling of Love and Respect for Britain.

For a Certain Cash Consideration,"

Rrasy, December 14th. According to Chinese reports an ar-

General Hertzog, on reaching Capetown rangement has been completed between yesterday from the Imperial Conference, PUNGENT LOCAL COMMENT:

Chin Yuen Ao and the Southern com-

delivered a speech which created a deep mand whereby for a certain cash consi- impression. He said that he had hitherto heen a lifelong antagonist of imperialism, For brazen effrontery and mendacity, deration, the former will hard over two

hut after the declaration issued by the says the 'aking and Tientsin Times of hundred empty railway trucks which are December 6th, it would be difficulty to at present in and around Singyangchow. Imperial Conference he no longer had MR. beat the telegram sent to the British That negotiations with this gentleman the least fear of our Empire and was Foreign Office on December 2nd, regard. have been proceeding for some time is convinced that for the Dominions as for ing the surrender to the Chinese Autho- well known, and that the negotiations Britain there was. no other path along. rities at Tientsin of the fourteen Chinese were to do with the opening of the rail which the interest of each individual and associated state and interest of them all arrested by the British Municipal Police way has also been published, but the sala on November 23rd. It is stated that this of a number of cars belonging to the rail- could be better safeguarded, If he were cable was despatched after a thorough way is new. In any case if such a thirga South African of English descent, he

would feel all the more love and respect rights. be of some interest to know by whom the seat to pull them, and there are already free constitutions and commonsense use investigation of the matter." It would is contemplated, engines will have to be

for Britain as a country, which through examination was made, and who invent sufficient trucks in Southern hands to of them, had made younger nations "As

which overtax the limited engine power in their ed" the lying statements with the telegram abounds. These fourteen possession,

Fenglish Movements. Chinese were peacefully living within the limits of the British Concession, whisk is Chinese territory."

15.

Beyond the published statement that Fengtien troops have been recalled from Kiangsu there is no word of any move- ment. Rumours are all to the effect that- Fengtien has decided not to interfere with the progress of the Southern forces in the Yangtare Valley. This is being

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"BIAS BAY PIRATES. QUESTION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

LONDON; December 13th,

free as the Motherland and at the same time standing in a close attitude of affection.

! *RUBBER EXPORTS.

AN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION.

(REUTER'S AMERICAN BERTIGE}

THE GERMAN CLAIMS' SETTLEMENT, KELLOGG'S LETTER TO THE

SENATE.

WASHINGTON, December 14th. Mr. Kellogg, the State Secretary, in a letter to the Senate says that the German Claims Settlement has been reached without any modification of United States

WORLD'S LARGEST SUSPENSION

BRIDGE.

TO SPAN THE HUDSON RIVER

ficates were issued by the Department when the premises were kept in com- liance with the law. He did not under- stand why the ground premises were to be opened up.

Filipinos Perturbed.

MANILA, December 14th, Filipino Government officials are great- The President said that the question ly perturbed over the reported attempts had been taken up with the Building of the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha to buy-Fuga Authority on several occasions, but it Island, "off North Luzon, near Formosa, was felt that it was not sufficient for the purposes of the Ordinance to grant certi- block the sale will be to resort to expro-icates in respect of auch premises. The priation proceedings

certificates was. secured from the architect but he did not have an inspector or overseer witching the premises the whole time to see whether the law was com- plied with. The President thought that. delays averagedabout,, about 60 a month. Those which come to him were never more than 7 or 8 per month on the aver- age, and all there were satisfactorily ex- plained.

Manuel Quezon yesterday conferred with Vicente Masigan, the owner of the island, who said the Mitsui interests had secured an option until to-morrow,

The broker handling the deal, says cable from Tekyo, is expected this morn- ing with the MBK's final decision.

The Mutsul Co.'s-Attitude.

MANILA, December 14th. The local office of the Mitsui Co. says that they will not bay Fuga if the Philip pine Government objects to them doing

BQ.

An Emphatic Denial.

TOKYO, December 14th. The Mitsui Bussan Kaisha emphatically denies the report from Manila that they are attempting to buy Fuga Island.

U.S. SUBMARINES FOR PERU. AN ORDER FOR TWO MORE.

NEW LONDON, Con, December 14th. for Peru, have arrived at Callao, Pera, The submarines R1 and R2, built here which has placed a contract for two more to be built immediately.

NEW YORK, December 13th. The War Department has finally ap-ONE proved of the construction of what will be the largest suspension bridge in the world.

CANADIAN BLIZZARD.

OF THE WORST FOR YEARS.

WINNIPEG, December 13th. One of the worst blizzards for years swept, the Prairie Provinces over the week-end. There were two fatalities in Alberta, a mother and a child being lost

the snow.

It will span the Hudson River, from Washington

Heights

oa Manhattan Island to Fort Lee, on the Jersey side.

The construction will begin forthwithin and will take about five years, at a cost

LONDON, December 13th, In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. Penny, Mr. Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies, said that detailed figures of the actual quantity of rubber held in the East on October 31st laat | of 850,000,000. against unused export rights showed that a proportion of the unusued permits out- standing on October 31st in Ceylon and Malaya were held without an equivalent amount of rubber.

MOTOR-CYCLISTS FINED.

STUDENT WHO WAS "IN ́A HURRY,"

Mr. Wong Kwong Tin replied that in one case an application for a licence bad been sent in, but it was not issued until 62 days after. It was in respect of No. 15, Cheung Wan Street.

The President: I shall enquire into that. It seems a very, bad case.

New Territories Schemes.

Mr. J. P. Braga, pursuant to notice, asked:-

FIO BREEDING IN. THE NEW TEBANTURIES. · What steps, if any, have the Govern ment taken to carry out the suggestion

endeavour to make this Colony self-sup- of the Economic Resources Committee, (1820), that there should be an earnest porting in so vital a commodity as pig-

meat?

HONG KONG FOOD SUPPLY. With a view to make the Colony less. dependent on outside sources for its food supply and to check the tendency towards higher cost of daily necessaries, and to bring down (it possibly) the high price of foodstuffs, will the Government devise some schemes of bonds payment or other simple method of encouragement. Lo settlers in the New Territories withe the object of fostering cattle and poultry farming and pig-breeding, and to cultivate market produce on a larger scale f

Is the holding in the New Territory of an annual cattle and poultry show feas ible; 'and, "if so, will the Government initiate and help to defray the cost of such shows with a view to stimulate greater enterprise in agricultural pursuits. and farming within the Colony f

How many of them were living within the British Copcession we do not know. Certain it is that they were arrested in a house within the Concession limits which was being used as headquarters for the storing and dissemination of pro widely advertised which is probably the paganda hostile to the Manchurian reason why tow believe it. authorities, and to the British. The arrest of one of the band in a Chinese cotton mill, in the act of distributing Kuomintang propaganda, enabled the local Chineas authorities to obtain in

For returning from banishment, formation as to the location of its head-

Chinese was sentenced to 6 months with quarters. And a formal request wa

hard labour yesterday at the Central made to the British authorities for &

After full consideration of the issues Magistracy by Major C. Willson. It raid upon the premises; and the arrest

In the House of Commons, replying to involved, and with the concurrence of appeared that on the first occasion de of the piring against law and order and Mr. B. W. Looker, Mr. Locker: Lampson the Governments concerned, he had come fendant was sent to prison for three

persoas found therein, on charges

said the Government W3L carefully to the conclusion that no interference months with hard labour for kidnapping, inciting to commit a breach of the peace. The raid was duly made, several men examining the whole question of measures with the validity of such permits would and banished for for five years in 1910 were seized at the foreign and anti-pirates. A final decision had not yet been outstanding unused permits in Ceylons later and, was then banished for twenty were seized at the time, togethed with to be taken to deal with the Bias Bay be justified. On October 31st, there were He returned to the Colony two years Fengtien literature, and further arrests reached, but if possible it would be de- to an amount representing approximate years.

sirable that the Canton authorities should y 18,000 tons of which 7,000 tons were were effected as men unsuspectingly themselves take action. He asked for held with rubber. In the Malayan re- At the Kowloon Magistracy on Monday, visited the premises, bringing the total notice of a question whether negotiations striction area, the permits outstanding, Mr. B. L. Dunnett was fined 810 and a fairly fast speed and attempted to over. It is understood that the question in up to fourteen in all,

Po local Ching, ch'a Thing (Chinese were occurring with the Canton authori beld Gais toss with a full equivalent without an appropriate licence, and facile take two tazi-cabs. He served to the regard to an agricultural show is being

0,315 tons

of an licence, right of an Indian constable who was on considered by those interested.. Police Department) thereupon issued a ties with a view to joint operations.

rubber, and producers in the Malay ing to have an efficiently illuminated duty there and did not stop when witness THE TARIFF CONFERENCE, warrant for the arrested men, and pre-

States with properties over 100 acres held light on the side car, Mr, A. May was signalled him to do so. sented it to the British Legation. And The Chinese Commission connected permits for 6,507 tons, with 4,129 tone fined $5 for permitting his cycle to be Sub-Inspector Alexander gave evidence the men are still in the custody of the with the Tariff Conference has decided of rubber. Bimilar information. with driven by an unlicensed driver. At the that the place was a controlled aren Chinese City Police, awaiting trial to request the Powers to give a definite regard to the smaller producers in the same Court, Mr. B. C. Witchell, jr., was The defendant said he was in a hurry, After quoting the Canton Note our reply to the Chinese proposal that the Malay States and producers generally in fined $8 for failing to have full control as he had to sit for an examination, but contemporary continues: For years past Conference be resumed within a fort the rest of the Malayan restriction area of his motor-cycle in Jordan Road, on denied that he was driving fast, it has been the custom of the local night.

(å were not available

the morning of December 1st

Th

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The Fresident: I am authorised to reply that in the opinion of the Govern

Before Major C. Willson, at the Central Police Court yesterday morning, Mr. M. Weall, of Messrs. Sennett Fares, was summoned for driving & motor-cycle at an excessive speed in Caine Road He was fined $15. motor-cycle in a negligent manner in Sanitary Board is not directly concerned, A Chinese was charged with driving a ment there are matters with which the

Garden Road.

but the particulars have been sent to Sergt. Wynne aid that the defendant the Colonial Secretary for the information was passing Volunteer Headquarters at of the Government.

Major Willson imposed a fine of $15.

Those present tt the meeting were Mr. N. L. Smith (President of the Board), the Hon. Mr. H. T. Creasy (D.P.W.), Colonel Boylan Smith, Dr. Pope (M.OH.) Mr. J. R. Braga, Dr. S. W Tso, Dr. S. C. Ho, Mr. Wong Ewong Tin, Mr. B. A. D. Forrest (Secretary), and Mr. D. Davies (Assistant Secretary).