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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23rd, 1928.

TO PACIFY KWANG TO FISH IN THE ROUND THE POLICE

TUNG.

NETHER WORLD..

COURTS.

PLANS TO SUPPRESS BOAT PEOPLE AND THEIR STRANGE BEHAVIOUR OF

BRIGANDS AND REDS.

POST FOR CHEN MING SHU.

BIG FIRE RAGING IN CANTON CITY,

{FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.)

GODS.

FISH HOOKS BURIED WITH

DEAD BODY.

WHAT POLICE FOUND AT PRAYÄ EAST.

(BY: CLC]

Canton is announcing a compre-

Among the Chinese none are hensive programme for the tran quilization of the Province. The more superstitious than the boat tasks of suppressing-brigandage and people. Those who spend their the "Reds" will be assigned to lives aflost acknowledge many gods three commanders each to have a and goddesses who all have to be special area, in which he will be propitiated. responsible for maintaining peace and order. It is hoped that the job

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A 6ampan won will often go without her bowl of rice in order

AN OPIUM ADDICT,

PRISON AND THE RIRCH.

JUNK ROBBERS.

HEAVY SENTENCES IMPOSED

UNWILLING ACCOMPLICE

ACQUITTED.

VALUE OF AN EARLY STATE- MENT TO FOLICE,

Sessions.

A "RED FLAG" BOOKLET.

HOUSEBOY'S AIR

INJURED INNOCENCE.

GIVEN HIM IN QUEEN'S

ROAD!!

A Chinese was charged tofors "Mr. R. E. Lindsell, at the Central

was however not without uncon

The Chinese whose strange. be. haviour while in police custody on Sunday afternoon was stated by

The trial of the four men accused Magistracy yesterday, with having Dr. Dovey to be due to craving for of robbery of live stock and other in his possession seditious litera-) opium was brought before Mr. W. cargo from a junk which they seized ture; the translation of a pamphlet Schofield at the Kowloon Magis near Fu Tau Man Paas on January tracy yesterday and charged with was concluded at the Criminal called the "Red Flag Booklet," attempting to escape from a coli Three of the prisoners were found solous humour, for all its untruth. at the Yaumati Police Station: guilty and the Chief Justice (Siz damaging the wire netting of the Henry Gollan) imposed a sentence celt, and with returning from of seven years' hard labour in each In one part, it stabod inter alia that, "The policy of the Hong banishment.

The third prisoner, was also se Kong Government, towards the tenced to twelve months' hard labour for returning from the Colony labour class, is to deprive them of after being deported. He was their freedom. It fortids them to

make speeches, publish books or even to strike."?

£350.

ful venom.

will be done within two months, to save a few cents with which to prisoner. Half an hour after the i banishët in April, ) 1928, för told meetings, form associations,

The Eastern Kwangtung Territory will be assigned to General Chen Tani Tang, the Westera, to General Chen Ming Shu, and the Central to General Hsu Ching Tang. Each commander will again sub-divide the districts among his subordinates. The Reds," they hope, will be suppressed by the end of March.

POLICY OF CURRENCY DEPLETION.

In order to decrease the amount of Central Bank of China notes in

buy joss sticks and other offerings to one deity or another. When the weather is boisterous, joss candles and other paraphernalia will be freely burnt.

On the first and the fifteenth days of every moon, sanipan women may be seen tramping devoutly to the nearest temple to make their offerings to their patron dieties.

Before going out fishing, they pray and make offerings to their gods asking for help to make

Should they net any good haut

The defendant denied the first two counts, but admitted the third

Sub-Inspector Cotton described in evidence the actions of the man was placed in the cell. the years. His. sentence is to run con Inspector saw him digging a bole currently,

The fourth prisoner, who said that in the wall with a piece of wood. The wire netting had also been he was forced by the other threa to pulled down. After taking away help them transfer pigs, etc., from everything which might be of use the junk to his own boat, and to for further attempts, the prisoner sail to Shaukiyan, was acquitted, was detected iying the cell blanket the judge having commented that to a cross bar of the iron lattice the man's story had been consistent work. The blanket was then re from the beginning. moved and on a third visit the man had tied his jacket to the bar and was in the act of making a loop for his neck.

The defendant was entenced to the e month's hard about on first charge, and ordered to pay 13 compensation for damage tr the cell. On the charge of return term, ut nine months' imprison- ment, with twenty strokes of the tired, was imposed.

"These facts, it stated, are clearly borne out by (s) closing up of all labour unions; (6) arrest of strikers; (e) formulating ordi- nances to prohibit strikes; (d) No violence was used in the per- ordinances to control publications petration of the crime and for their and (e) ordinances to control meet moderation in this respect prisoners

ings." escaped "the cat."

"

"Our workmen should

rise.

When the case was called yester day. morning police, witnesses des cribed the chans and capture of the gainst such treatment and the first three prisoners who fled inland proper attitude to deal with this at the approach of the police. The tyranny is to resort to the actions and did not try to escape though holding meetings, circulating pub he had the chance."

circulation, the Commissioner of thing in the stiape of a turtle (some-ing from banishment, a further fourth prisoner remained in his boat which have been declared illegal-|

Kwangtang Finance is now calling in the notes and keeping them in reserve. A committee of citizens is

thing bigger than the ordinary one een at the market), or some really big fish, they at once circulate the

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being formed to see that this news and the general deduction is BAR BOY WHO WAS AFRAID tracy one prisoner said "I have no be arrested, we should bold a mass

"that the following year will be vag of famine and pestilence. They have, in fact, & fixed interpretation for all usual phenomena of the sea.

When a

fisherman dies, three Little fish hooks are buried with him. This, they say, will enable the departed to fish in the nether world and make his own living.

Dead Body With Fish Hooks Found. Examples of these superstitious ca. yesterday when the

done properly. Some $2,000,000 worth of notes have already been sealed up in this, way. The notes which are quoted at 30 cents, are being accepted for the payment of taxes and other public dues up to 50 per cent, of the amount due. So faz there are more than $30,000,000 worth of notes on the market, some $7,000,000 of which are in the hands of Chang Fat Fui and other Kwang- tung clique leaders, who took away were

OF AMERICANS.

All prisoners denied taking part lications and reinstating the in the robbery but at the Magie | Labour Unicze. Should any striker thing much to say. I do not mind parade against the Government of being sent to prison."

Hong Kong,” The fourth prisoner said:-" I am Another part of the pamphlet The manager of the Tung Shan Hotel was gummoned before Mr. R. a native of Pu Tai Aa. My father, red

Workmen in Hong Kong, E. Lindsell at the Central Magis my two elder brothers and I work under foreign masters, get the tracy yesterday for selling liquoren a fishing junk. On the night in poorest wages. They are made to and allowing it to be consumed on question I was the only person on work many hours a day and given their premises after closing time,board the boat and I was sleeping. most laborious tasks. They experi- Appearing for the defendant. The boat was on the beach. Some ence inuch hardship in life, and 31r. E. Davidson pleaded guilty to

men came and pushed the boat in view of this state of affairs, we a technical offence. He explained into the water. They spoke Hakka should form a union in order to that the hotel was not meant to dialect and I did not understand improve our conditions. We have. cater for Europeans, but at mid them very well. They said they therefore, formed the Foreign Em- might on the evening in question wanted the boat to convey pigs. Iployees Club' Outwardly the Club two American tourists came in to refused and they struck me. I am is for recreation purpose, but in change some money and ordered sherman. I did not commit a reality it is to better the lot of our fellow workmen. We hope all com- drinks. The bar boy who was not robbery." accustomed to deal with EuropeERBY This statement was amplified prisrades will join." a large amount of public money Police discovered dead body was too frightened to refuse, and oner aaying that the robbers forced The defendant, Yeung Fing -before they evacuated Canton buried in the Praya East Reclina-served the visitor with beer, hop him to fetch his father to help with Wona, when questioned as to how tion. It appeared that threeing by that means to get rid of the transfer at the pigs. They then he came into portion of this them. The Americans, however, re went to the junk and the pigs were seditious literature amid that as he youngsters were playing about mained a long time.

taken off and he was forced to take was walking along Queen's Road when they saw an old shoe half His Worship imposed a fine of them to Shaukiwan where the pigs Central, a Chinese accosted him buried in the ground.

Out" of 825,

were landed and sold and prisoner and asked if he were an employee curiosity, they pulled it up and to

was given some money. He was of foreigner Defendant replied A CONDEMNED HOUSE.

told to keep his mouth closed or he that he was, and the stranger at their dismay, they saw three toca Looking very scared they ran to

Before Major C. Willson at the would be killed. As he was on his once placed the book in his hand. way back to the boat he was stopped Not knowing what the pamphlet Central Magistracy yesterday, by a Chinese detective who took was about, he put it into his pocket report their discovery to the fore-Chan Kwan Sang was summoned him to the Police Station where he and continued his way. When he General Chiang. Kai Shek, who man of Mersus Sang Lec, contrac under the Public Health and Build-made a full statement and subse was searched by the Police, ho has never given up his post of Com- | tors. No. 2 Police Station was ings Ordinance for disregarding a quently did everything he could to found to his warprise that there was. mandant of the Whampoa Military notified and the

more than one book in his pocket. Court order to cease using the help the police. Police photo ground floor of No. 4, Tung Lai

Defendant said that he had been The Judge in summing up remind- Academy, has issued an order that grapher, Sub-Inspector Vincent, Lane, as a dwelling.. the institution be removed from went to the scene. He took photo-

Mr. C. A. 6. Russ, for the deed the jury that the fourth prisoner had been extraordinarily consistent Whampoa to Nanking. A number graphs of the three toes jutting fendant, applied for a re-hearing in his story right from the begin- of students left the institution out of he ground and when the of the case, pointing out that thing. A statement made immed. several days ago, before the orderground was dug up a dead body the time the order was made, his iately after arrest, said His Lord- was published.

weight than one of a Chinese youth, aged about 16, client was not legally represented was unearthed.

and therefore, failed to state his ship, carried more w

made afterwards." position.

Verdicts were returned and sen- tences passed as stated.

A Portuguese steamer recently seized by the Canton authorities on a charge of carrying contraband has been released at the request of the Portuguese Consulate. The Bureau of Foreign Affairs is now clearing up all outstanding cases involving foreign interests.

A BIG FIRE.

fluried with the body were a little box containing three fish hooks, bottle of face cream, joes papers. a hat, shoes and a suit of clothes, The body itself was wrapped up in matting.

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Major Willson said that the aß. plication should have been made earlier. He fined the defendant 835 and made a fresh order.

HALF OF STOLEN MONEY REPAID.

A fire broke out at one of the godowns of the Evangtung Section of the Canton-Hankow Railway at Wongsha carly yesterday morning, and up to yesterday afternoon the The shoes and dress were fire brigade were still at work, accordance with the burial rites of although the danger of its apread the Chinere and the fish books ing had passed. Two firemen were were, as stated, part of the proper Remanded from last week, seriously injured and their recovery equipment of a dead fisherman in Chinese charged with darceny of is doubtful. Nearly one-third of the nether work, The bottle of $8,000 from his employers, a Chi- the Yui Yeo Fong Street have been face-cream has, as far as we know, nese firm, came up for sentence wiped out. The Railway did not no meaning. Probably it only before Major C. Willson at the suffer, but the residents of Yui Yee signifies that the youth in his life Central Magistracy. Fong, who are all small shopkeepers time had a fondness for using it. A ples of guilty was tendered at have lost very heavily. The cause The jos papers were Dopey to the last hearing, and an adjourn of the fre was being investigated speed the dead body to the other I when this was being written.

AFTERMATH OF THE UPHEAVAL.

work!..

In burying the unfortunate boy in this inadequate manger, his par- ents must have saved their con-

ciences with the knowledge that found. they had done something for him. They had given the boy his burial clothes, shoes, hat, fish hooks and above all the little luxury he liked

best in Hife-face cream.

It will cost the City of Cantan at least $200,000 to rebuild the District Police Stations which the Reds" destroyed last December. After several attempts to bring The Police examined the body about a compromise between the carefully and found no marks of insurance companies and policy violence. It was therefore presum holders who suffered in the recented that the youth must have died "Red" upheaval, the local author of natural entires. A post-mortem rities have decided to let the cases examination will, however, be held. go to the Courts. The insurance Death must have taken place two

that companies maintain

their or three days ago policies do not cover losses on ac- count of war and riots. The cases will involve a sum of more than $2,000,000. Uninsured property des troyed, according to some estimates, must be at least $20,000,000.

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working as a house boy for 11 years and had done nothing wrong. He was recently a boy at Huntington, Stubbs Road.

A Chinese cook employed by Lady Ho Tung spoke to defendant's good character and said that he was willing to go bail for him.

Inspector Lane for the prosecu- tion said that he could call rebuttal evidence. Mrs. Matheson, who had employed the defendant would say that ho WAS

dangerous character."

The case was necordingly nd- journed until Saturday moon.

ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE FROM AN AMAH.

ROBBERY TRIAL ADJOURNED. Alleged to have robbed the master of a Chineer fishing junk af 30 in money, and five pieces of clothing, Chinese, named Chan Wa Po, was charged before Mr. Justice. J.

TWO YEARS. BENTENCE R. Wood, in the Second Court at ment was mad when Mr. M. K. the Criminal Sessions yesterday.

Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith (Assist-

The Chinese accused of the Lo, for the defence, said that $3,000

ant Crown Solicitor) prosecuted, of the missing money had been re covered and there was the pesami prisoner pleaded not guilty." simple larceny of 810 the property The offence is alleged to have of Mr. M. A. Grant, a missionary piirity of the remainder being nieo

been: perpetrated on December 31st, 1, Saikung Road, Kowloon, and Mr. Lo informed the Magistrate when the fishing boat in question of robbery, with violence from the

was lying of Lan Tan

amah employed by Mr. Grant was yesterday that the balance of the

Evidence was given by an inter-found guilty on both charges at the money had been sent by the defond

The Judge Mr. Justice Wood) ant to persons who refused to preter that prisoner in his state Criminal Sessions yesterday. return it. Under the circumstances ments, in reply to the change, said:

"I did not sbest any money and imposed a sentence of & months he would leave the matter in his Worship's hands and asked for achthing from the junk, I did not hard labour on the larceny charge go on board this boat. I was fish and two years hard labour for the lenient penalty.

His Warship passed sentence of ing for shrimps in Tai O in my robbery with violence the sentences

own boat that day. I have been to run.concurrently. six months' hard labour.

wrongly accused

Evidence was given of arrest, and His Lordship, having stabed that it was necessary for certain inquiries to be made before the case could go on adjourned the hearing until 2 p. to-day

HOUSE SERVANT COMMENDED.

A house boy caployed by Mrs. Mackay, of Jordan House, Nathan Road, was commended by Mr. W Schofield at the Kowloom Magis tracy yesterday for his smart work Yesterday being the anniversary Mr. J. F. Brenan, British Acting in effecting the annat of a thief. of the birth of George Washington, Consul-General at Canton, has in The arrested man admitted a the American Consulate-General on accordance with the Shameen Land theft. On him were found a bundle Shameen-was-closed to business. In Regulations, fixed the sounal gen of skeleton keys and a packet of the afternoon. at the Chinese cral meeting of the rate-payers at pepper. Y.W.C.A. the American Association Shameen, for the afternoon of The defendant entered by the was at home to members and friends Friday, February 20th, in the British back door, but was seen by the and a literary and musical pro- Consulate-General.

house boy who brought the police The agenda includes the 2027 re-in and had the man arrested. gramme was given by Chinese American citizens as well as Ame-port and accounts, the budget for His Worship sentenced defendant ricans. Mr. G. W. Greene, Pre-108, the election of members to the to three months hard labour on sident of the Association, presided. Council for 1928 and the transaction the charge of breaking and enter The affair was a very informal one, of other business." and many European friends of the

There are now more than 60 re of the Americans and a large aumgistered land owners on Shamcen, ber of returned stud ts were pre-individuals and corporations, posses

ning property of rateable value of weeks. (Continued on next Column.) four and a quarter million dollars.

sent

ing into the house. On the charge of possession of the packet of pepper for an unlawful purpose, he was sentenced to a further siz (Continued on next Column,)

CHORUS OF ABUSIVE

WOMEN...

Police Sergeant Jessop had a complaint to make against gang of coolie wooden then the alleged ringleader appeared before Major C. Willson at the Central Magis tracy on a charge of using obecne language.

Witness said that the defendant carried a suspicious looking bundle under her arm, and when the polico officer attempted to examine it she used olocene expressions which were taken up in chorus by her com panions, amit made me

The defendant was fired 85.

The verdict was obtained by a six to one majority.

The amah in the course of her evidence said that the prisoner had a small firearm. She was treated in hospital for a wound on her face.

Witness identified bloodstamed clothes so those she was wearing at the time.

Mr. Grant said that when ho returned to the house on the day in question he found the amah wil

wound on her face and the house disorder The amah's clothes were stained with blood, towels were similarly stained, and there was broken glass on the floor. He. knew the prisoner.

Prisoner, who was undefended, leadet, guilty to the larceny charge, and denied using violence against the amah, whom he accused of telling lies in her evidence.... The jury did not believe him and found as stated

Mr. Whyte Smith was counsel for the Crown

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