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WHEN SKIPPER AND MATE DISAGREE.

THE "ON LEE "~" KWONG FOOK CHEONG "

COLLISION.

MASTER'S TICKET SUSPENDED FOR A YEAR.

Hrated accusations against Captain Fernanden by Mr. D Roushield of the xx. On Ile, werd heard yesterday at the Mari Court when an enquiry was held into the circumstances of the enllision between this vessel sad the as, Kwong. Pink Chenag en December, 28th, 'while both ships were nearing Kongmoen,

Mr. Bousfield also protested do the Court at the short intier given him to prepare his case, The Court nilowed him to engage legal assistance and when he returned in the afternoon he.. accused Mr. Fernandez, master of the On. Err, of writing up the log four days after, the accident.

Mr. Bousfield also accused. Mr. Fernandez of making him sign

The Afternoon Hearing. Mr. F. 6. Vaux appeared for Mr. D. Bousfield, at the afternoon hearing.

*" the log, without giving him an 'opportunity to rend įp... He called three witness to substanțiate his statement, but to no avail. The „Cláirt after a whole day sitting and M. Bousfeld grasiy

negligent and sugended his master's ticket for one year. Camander G. F. Hole presided Cover the inquiry and the assessors were: Lt. Comdr. C. B. Elbrow, of H.M.S. Titania; Captain H W. Walker, if ss." King Tung; j Mr. Bou-helin de witness box Captain A. Campbell, of as. Sad i sald: I am now master of the On, Oh and "Cagiaid J. W. Mile, pi | Are, but before the collision. I 5.5. Keungekuw.

was "lief ofher. I was on duty Dreenler Bril/24h from Wang

Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton appear- ed for the master, Capt. I. M. Morren, and owger of thes *.8 Kung Book Chrong, and Mr. Leo d'Almada, Sar., was for Captada, Fernandez, formerly master of the th. far.

Mr. Jahu Wilson, Chief Officer of Der Karang, d'und fheung said la evidence that a Dember 2ith, at 3.45 am, the Kwong Fook Cheong was there miles below Kungumoon, I with himself on the bridge. The | de fer was asterof them about a robple of miles away until they had passed Plover Island.

The fin her approached them our the port s'de but did not signa.. They were them or a sernight course and were saying at about 8 knots. When the Awong Pook Cheong's bow was "hbean of the On Lee,

She suddenly sheered to star- beard and crossed the Kwong Funk Cheng's bor. Witness at once pus Hinges, but not in time to pre his hein hard a port and stopped vent the collision. The Us Lee was struck on her port quarter, and several plates, above water line, were buckled as a rezult.of the in- Pact.

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The On Jee was a faster ship and had to get ahead of the Agong Fork Choing to get to the wharf. They were, however, about 3 miles off the whand at the tins, hnd there | was necessity for the Ur Lự to cross his bow. ! She should have passed us to staificard as there was plenty of room,****

JANUARY 5th, 1928.

"A Tissue Of Lies."! Mr. d'Almnda: And when you did rend it, were your satisfied that it contained a tissue of lies -Yes. Mr. d'Almada: Having discover ed the lies, have you taken steps to remedy it as far as you yourəli sware seancerned -I spoke to che

owner and the chief engineer.

Mee d'Almuda: Did you make ar attempt to see the Harbour authori- tars about it 1-1'did. I came to the Harbour offer on Monday yester day and walte half an hour to the assistant Harbour master. He was engagged, sool left.

Mr. d'Almada: Do you agree, Mr. Bousheld, that as far as the gollision was concerned). Yau were "the officer responsible as the time ! - / Yes.

Mr. Amada - Can you suggest any reason why the Captain should

o enter a tissue ad lies in the log k— He is an adonan Bar. I have never known ban tell the truth.

Me d'Alida Was there any grieving between yeli,

voii-Siner be

returned to the ship after sirk

THE EVOLUTION OF ETHICS.

LEARNED ADDRESS TO LOCAL RATIONALIST ASSOCIATION.

SPONTANEOUS INDEPEN

DEST IMPULSES."

Mr. J. D. Bush read an interest- ing and learned paper at yester, day's meeting of the Hong Kong Rationalist Association,

The subject was "Reccnstruction

Once you hear it play

in Modern Ethies, and the desired you'll want one

reconstruction is evidently to tikr the form of the rog lavement of" the religio ethical types of ethics in chamonious or pursuit of the higher self interest." Mr. Bush argum

that ethical

letve. the was nothing but standards are, subject to the law of grievances. He thought I was after change and that there is no "ab- his post, bus as a vintter of fret, if was offered to me and I turned ajute " in this matter. . He evidente down.

ly prefers spontaneous independ- ent impulsex" as a guide to any of

Ignored" By The Captain. " Cynes exahtined by Mr. Hall had kept a scrap, og look. It had put, Mr. Bousfeld said that he

an entry with reference to the col- lision, but he did lop think of

ringing it to Court with him.

He said the mer of the ṭn here to Kongmon. The No. Mr. Fernandes, bad always ignored kibat was with me on duty, «Ce | him and, used to go to the Chinese) leaving Wanginn The Wront Pub pilt for kay thing he wanted denes Me. Half 1ration then asked if Cheng was ahead of us. I first

witars rould SILV whether the sighted her before we reached | oficjal log of the da Lee was right Pakhal Island, about three miles whether his own statement in from Kongmonn."

Coun was right. This was he She was autoves, ruled out by the Court as the on our starbord bow, approximate question amounted to calling the Is ainutes away.

ne of the party a liar.

Questioned about the cullision. Dar, ship was faster than their Boushold said he could at Winny Punk Phemy, She WALM shu just my rettson why the Krung then going 7 kamus and Our best | Puck Cheong should have rammed perd was 11. kes. We overtook the fe as there was plenty water on her stared side. The her at about 6 am. She was then Kenng Fouk Cheong was then "a. 03 our starfoard side about a ship's mid-stream.

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the fixed inws of religion.

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Socrates says that knowledge.is i conduct is the result of knowledge. virtue, that is, virtuus or moral Plate, in his Ideal Republic," tells us that in order to realise virtuous rondact, it presupposes n certain form of society, the state. Aristotle declares that virtuous endeavour is help of reason, in that PPAKON he attained by the alone en assure a wise raoderation j of passion and desire, and protect 1x from the too much or the too little.

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gth away. "We" passed dear

Capt. Fernandez's Story. ahead, and put a mile away. We Capt. A. Fernandez, who was were then done; about 11 knots out command of the s.s. On Lee at the slowed down to about 4 knots. We time of the collision, said that he did this beeuse we were not allow was in his gal when the two ships od twenter "Pakhai before 6.30 1.m.

coiled. He jannately went About ten to fifteen minutes the bridge, but found the Chief later, I felt a slight shork, and officer, Mr. Beusfield nos on watch.

As will be seen from our ad. when I booked round, I saw that He was given details of the colli

Coms Aristotle, like Plate, lays dissent

general fry plates on our starboard sidston by the No. 2 Chinese pilot who the emphasis on the ethical import meeting of the shareholders in had been damaged Tale saw the was navigating at the time. Krong Pink Cheong, she was gping Capt. Fernandez denied writing and Politics are inseparable.

nace of the state, that is Ethies | Autosrst Laney Crawlord, Ltd. has been called for Monday, January" full sped to get clean. We here his log up four days after the them at two miles from Pakhai collision. He wrote on the after Soeratie school of Ethics to the pre-posal for the

Ever since the days of the 6th, at 12 noun to volsider a pro- reduction of the The visibility at the time of the ronn of the sume day while the sent, the two greatest opposing capital of the Company.

fairly att

Vessel was in Kangoon. He reviews of the origin of moral obliga d not hear any signals fromquested Mr. Husdild to sign tion are:-

The resolution to be put to the the King Feik Cheung, After but was told that there would be

I meeting is as follows: the elision, we preceded on to plenty of tin to do 31r. Pakcha. The Captain came up to Bousfeld kept up the same excuse the beige and after looking at until December 29th, when he was Cover side, he walked back into bis mader to sign

cabin,

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-The Log.

The official log of the tn Lee hearing the entry concerning the dlsinn i writen on December

Cross-examination. *

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The Court again adjourned as 4.15 pm for twenty minutes for Mr. Bousfield to call witnesses to substantiate his statement that be

as en watch at the time.

The Court then rose at 3.10. to consider their findings, which were given out at 6p.m. as follows: We find that about 6 on the 24th Deceraber, 1927, the 5.3. fee when on a voyage from Wang- 4.9. King Fook Cheong. moon to Kongon overtook the

Heteronomeus, or religio-ethical; type and the autonomous, or pur- suit of the high self-interest. The essential ine" of "difference i between the two is this:-

The Heteronmons or religio Chical type fils the rigin net į sanction of moral ronduct of the individual in abedinice and sub mission to certain precepts which Are invariable and unchangeable. I The autundens type of ethics) places the origin of moral esaduet in spontanems Dudependent in- pulses.

In reply to Mr. d'Almada, with, four days later in my pro-

Three witnesses were exted freun ness said that the On Lee was about some That Antry was signed by the On Tre, but they all testified two ships" length away when firet me, but I didnt read the fore that they did not see Mr. Busheld sighted.

siguing. I was at the time in than the bridge at the time. Capt. J. M. Marren, master of Harbour Offier. I was called back

The Findings. the Nwang Fook Cheong was then a hurry to sign the log. The talled. He said that on Derculier version in the afhent log is not Bath, he was in command. At 5.45 trur,and Fam now glding the true am, he was in his cabin when he story. felt the pet of the collision. The vessel thenled over to starboard. When he went on foard, he found the On fee was niout 30 degrees across his bow and heading for the starboard side. She was About 10 free away. His helm was hard a port and ful astern. The chief officer was (11) the fridge, who told him that the tin lae had certaken the Kwong Fook Cheong wn the port side, and when her amidship section wes nerogs the port bow of the Kony Fond promptly on the bridge, what-ame in that she passed too close to an external authority,

Ant in damage,

We find that the On fee was to his will through fear and cherrim inner freedom. is likewise having

(when abean) to the King Eook Cheung,

Mr. d'Almada: Awording to nothing to do with the wollision your statement, the Captain had Yes, he was not on the bridge at the time, but he came up after

wards.

Mr, d'Alavada: Hix enin, was on the wider Yes, all our calins are on the bridge.

A Silent Pair Mr. d'Almada:

tha Oy kee suddenly quiries did he muke-Nothing at starboard. Witness, he walked out of his ibon and urdered helm to he steadied and rack again. started the engines slow ahend. Mr. Almada't And you did not The On Lee was by this time well speak to him -Yes cleared.

The Chinese pilot of the Kwong Funk Chrong said that he could not remember the day, but could recall the occasion. He beard one blast from the fin Lezat atrout 0.45. He relied with two blasts.

When the the Lee who abreast of him. he stopped the engines. Be

I d'Alunda, Being the officer on-wałęht; didn't you think i was your duty to til him No. I did pot think it was my duty Lectuse he júl not ask m2,

Mr. d'Almada: Not having com- municated with each other re nice to this matter, who spike to the Captain afterwards

fore that the King Pink Cheng | after the ship was moored. was going about 8 knots Witness Mr. d'Anada, And at 9pm. gave ordens be the engine room what report did you make to km? under the instruction of the Chief Officer.

At this stage, the Court said that it had enough of witness's evidence, 18 it was quite obvious that the man was repeating like a parrot. what he had carefully learned by heart. He was accordingly ordered out of the witness box...

only told him that a few plates, above water wirk were damage

Mr. d'anada: Did he any my- thier-No, he made no reply.

Mr. d'Alada: And, may I take

From you that you had no er communication, until when t

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Scientiae Moralists." The seientific moralists, in the light modern science, are something flexible, vital and grow. clined to decide in favour of the ing. Even the most advanced that the man who refrains from a have no terminus or limit to be antononious, type. They maintain standards and ideals of man can wine through fear of the law of reached. The Mosaic Law itself has part how of the Awong Fook moral obligation to

The tu her forged ahead on the the State may not feel a dirvet undoubtedly undergone much trans- keep from formation to be wins it . They hering and the latter's bows werd i sucked in towards the On Ler causad who tries to onder his life growing and transforming.

criminal action. Then, also, the can be always in the process of ing her Part Bow to come intoaccording to certain recents try evolutionary philosophy has given The. colision with the starboard side for the Bike of pleasing God or of the Ou Lee and causing slight the Church and not satisfying

Le issued to him for that period.

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When Mankind 'Has Arriv

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all the time, such as the law of the only moral end to be attaining Nature has taught us. Nature, by the way, from the viewpoint of evolutionary philosophy, is not enr enemy, but our best ethical teacher, We must be able to see in Nature its inexhaustibleness, which is the real seerpt of immortal youth, when it is quite true that man possesses

us the idea that growth in life

The controvery resolves of this: When mankind has arrived at such

state uf civilisation,

We and that Mr. David Bousfield who was officer of the watch of s.s. the bridge at the time of the colli. On re at the time was absent from

relieved for which. sion without having been properly thilosophy and science grow are the advantage of both natural and offence we adulge that his Carti its doginas. which type of Ehirs natural selection, man should be the very rav powerful and religion has discarded, artificial selections. But even in ficate of Competency Extra satisfies us more, the evolutionist-co-worker instend of being the and that a Certificate of Compe (that is, the assumption of an inant narrow view which some are in- Master be suspended for one year. Ethics or the intuitionist Ethics antagonist, as the result of the did, ie bo Male (Foreign Going) conscience.) There can be no doubt clined to take of the evolutionary if we were to take a consensus of philosophy. Evolution consists of opinions among the scholars of the cosmic, inorganic and organic evolu- world, that the tendency will be tion. Again, organic evolution con to accept the evolutionist Ethica

sists of that of the body, the mind By considering moral phenomena ay and society. "In the evolution of phenomena of evolution, which are mind and society, we may trace the in accordance with the physical, ethical process, apart from the Chang Two Lin starts will be better able to find a rational lieve, is always crimson with blood.. biological and social laws, we are cosmic, which we are made to be soon placed on sale, according to generalisation so as to formulate the In the ethical information from Chinese circles, general rules of conduct from a rid of much of the sense of struggle. process, we enn get Queued on the dictator the government hes desiti other words, modern philosophers, ing of teeth. In the ethical pro- To mark the inauguration of the clearly-defined cause of morality. In the courusion, despair and gnash- Bousfeld Baid: On December 28ted to issue vomraemorative stamps as I have just said, are decidedly cess is the path to liberation and Mr. D. Bousfield, who was the office told me that the offeint to bearing the portrait of Marthal in insour of basing Ethics on the high endeavour. Basing Ethics on

lunan From the Harbout Chief Offert of the On Lee, at the was required. I went back in the Chang Ts Lin. A design has been empirical knowledge of science, suc: the Law of Nature can also lift man time of the collision,

shin and told the Cantain, about it. The Bureau of Printing and engrave and biology.

made and approved by the dictator.

as paychology, political economy above all pettiness and minimise the On entering the box, Mr. Bouse then asked me to write it uphing attached in the Ministry of field expressed his indignation at for him, but I refused. He then Finance is now busy nt work print-

undue importance attached to the the abort notice given him for his write up the leg, sigued it in iny

permanalme." appearance in Court. He said that presener and then put it in fronting on the new stampa,

If I had had more time at my have' passed the notice was not served until 9.30

The stamps will be in denominn-through, the same development,

coinmand. I may go on to elaborate am. that morning, and he had had

us of one cent, four tents, ten from the lowest to the highest, as Dougall as set forth in his recent on the views of Professor Mac- ents and one dollar, 4,500,000 those of the social animals. Suich ups will be used for circulation being our premise, it is not raah

book entitled, Ethics and World Chine, while 378,000 will be issued to draw the conclusion that moral with our discussion, namely, to Problems," which is quite in line It the use of Sinking. In ad values of man are not fixed, stereo-build National and Universal: Ethies Mr. d'Almada: Was the ship in

dien to these, 1,500,000 will be typed and static. These morni Hong Kong when you read it-tributed in Kirin, and Heilung values should be looked upon as

"king.

(Continued on next Column.)

An Indignant Mate.

no time to engage legal assistance.

An adjournment until the after noon was given the Court holding that was only fair that Mr. Bousfeld should have legal assist ance as his certificate might be jeopardized.

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til about 1 p.m.

of me and neked me to sign. 1.did. Int. I did not read it although I had the oportunity of doing so.

first rad the lag It was

Mr. d'Almada When did you January 1st.

St.

On

Flexible Human Moralsi Human mornin

on the Utilitarian principles of greatest happiness and culture for the greatest number.